The Convict's Daughter? A Guinea, a Trial, a Cipher
The jury returns a guilty verdict against Captain Westerfield in a court martial and civilian trial over ship loss and missing diamonds. In the aftermath his wife, Mrs Westerfield, uncovers a cipher and a warning from the dying man. She confronts secrecy, a looming inheritance, and a London to New York tangle as the case nears its end.
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Roderick Westerfield
Lord le Basque
John Jerminan
Familly
le Basque
Admiralty
Westerfield
Liverpool
Rio
Africa
Ffe
Nan
Papa
Beljames
England
London
Cornwall
St. John’s Wood
Letter Opens with Doubtful Message to Mrs Westerfield
In Chapter II Mrs. Westerfield discards an incomprehensible slip and rereads a terse letter addressed to Mrs. Roderick Westerfield. The missive, lacking courtesy, hints her husband doubts her, prompting further perplexity.
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Westerfield
Roderick Westerfield
Widow's release from mourning sparks a barmaid's return
One year after a fatal trial a widow, Mrs. Westerfield, discards mourning and visits the public house where she once worked as a barmaid. She orders care for her children and asks about Syd, while neglecting her eldest daughter in a tense family scene.
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Syd
Sydney
Not as Stupid as He Seemed Funny Swedish doorway tale
An old man in Sweden tells a wandering stranger that his pace will determine arrival. The stranger asks how long to the next town and receives only Walk on in reply. After the man explains his answer, the traveler learns the pace decides timing.
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Sweden
Treating Himself and Other Comic Anecdotes From Newspapers
A Paris Athenaeum piece recalls Jules Clarette recounting how Dumas used collaborators like Paul Meurice and how the author occasionally read a manuscript as if it were his own work. The snippets include a joke about weather, aging writers, and a Judge cartoon caption. The passage closes with a quip on American weather and universal ignorance.
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M. Jules Clarette
Athenaeum
Dumas
M. Paul Meurice
Paris
Monsieur Meurice
Was Adam a Negro Curiosities of Human Coloring
In a Knowledge series by Prof. Arthur Thompson the piece surveys original human color, weighing whether ancient man was black or white. It notes Walace's Mongol theory, skin pigments, and experiments by Sorby, with examples of pigment in hair and skin, and how tanning and pigmentation relate to race origins. It cites Darwin on dark skin and infant color, and closes with war casualty figures from Crimea, Civil War, and Spanish American War.
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Arthur Thompson
Alfred Russell Walace
Europe
France
Thompson
Darwin
Prof. Thompson
London
Tehuantepec Women Rule Their Market Town
A National Geographic Magazine excerpt describes Tehuantepec in Oaxaca as a female-led town where men may not sell in the market. It highlights the women’s distinctive dress the huipil and china poblana attire and notes their commerce and authority in daily life. The piece contrasts traditional life with encroaching modern ideas.
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Mexico
Republic
Tehuantepec
Atexico
Pacific
Mit
Rocky Mountains
National Geographic Magazine
Oddities and Observations From Fact and Folly
A broad miscellany notes insanit y in the Bavarian royal family over a century, left handed lions, shell lighted Philippine islander plates, Cairo’s ancient flower museum, Hawaii delinquent names, and a nostalgic roll of painters ages from Michael Angelo to Dolee.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hawaii
Honolulu
Bila Alapai
Ah Kui
Ah You
C. J. Ah Fat
Boo Sau Tong
Bow Din
Doi
Ah Goo
Tokepa
Ellen Kahauaela
Lukia Kaholoholo
Leihulu Keohokalole
Kahakuniakalani
Michael Angelo
Hals
Hobbema
Teniers
Morales
Greuze
Ghirlandajo
van der Heyden
Vernet
van de Velde
Poussin
Mabuse
de Keyser
Matsys
Wynants
Dolee
Melodious Milkmaids Boost Milk with Song
In Switzerland a milkmaid earns higher wages as vocal talent raises cow milk yield by one fifth during milking. The report suggests milk maids in this country should cultivate singing to improve profitability.
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Switzerland
Good Idea Abandoned World Railways Frill Starch Note
A historical note questions starch stiffening for frills as socially unacceptable about a century ago. It also mentions the vastness of the World's Railways and states the railway length exceeds seventeen times the earth’s equatorial circumference.
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James
New York
Reggy
Dolly
Robby
Globe
Adam
Crimea
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