Mount Morven Night of Forbidden Love and Confession
In a Scottish garden a late night meeting between Sydney Westerfield and Mr. Linley ends with a kiss and a vow to preserve appearances. Sydney accepts a future apart from Linley while Linley struggles with guilt and duty to his wife Catherine Linley. Mrs Presty confronts Catherine with a governess as rival, revealing a web of intrigue surrounding the Linleys and Sydney.
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Scotland
Mount ‘Morven
Highlands
Jumleys
Witty
Mrs. Linley
Sydney
Mr. Linley
Mount Morven
Mrs. Presty
Catherine
Mamma
Herbert
Mrs. MacEdwin
Miss Westerfield
Westerfield
Sydney Westerfield
Catherine Linley
Linley
Kitty
Secret plotting at Mount Morven leaves Linley and Sydney in danger
In the Mount Morven drawing room Mrs Presty and Randal discuss a hidden affair as Linley and Sydney Westerfield share a private moment in the shrubbery. Mrs Presty accuses Catherine’s marriage of ruin and hints at a sinister connection to London. The scene shifts as Mrs Linley returns to the library.
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Mount Morven
Witty
Linley
Sydney
Miss Westerfield
Randal
Mrs. Presty
Sydney Westerfield
Catherine
London
Curate’s Missteps During First Wedding Stir Laughter
A newly appointed curate to a rural parish botches his wedding vow in front of a nervous couple. The bridegroom, amused yet wary, prompts jokes as the clergyman fumbles phrasing. The ceremony ends with the groom declaring his intent to claim the bride, ending the tense moment with rustic humor.
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London
Patience as a Business Asset in Retail Sales
A Boston report describes a man seeking underwear sales staff for a new venture. He tested courtesy at dep artment counters, rewarding patient clerks with offers of salaries far higher than current pay, proving good nature can have commercial value.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Ramadan Starts by Drums Salutes and Electricity
A Cairo note recalls how Ramadan began with the new moon seen from Assiout and announced via telegraph. The grand kadi held a reception while minarets signaled the moment and drums and citadel salutes marked the fast. The writer notes the use of electricity in the announcement.
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Cairo
Assiout
Pennies Seen as Bad Luck by New Orleans Conductor Tale
A New Orleans account notes a street car conductor refusing five pennies as fare since pennies cannot be counted in official receipts. The piece cites beliefs among colored people actors and actresses that pennies bring bad luck, with anecdotes of a mammy discarding pennies and leaving coins on the seat.
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New Orleans
New York Herald
Parts of Solomon's Temple Colonnades and Waste Grain Use
The article notes the chapel of St. Helena at Bethlehem housing forty four marble columns believed to come from Mount Moriah and once part of Solomon's temple porches. It also reports a new Northwest industry using grain elevator waste for animal feed valued at seven dollars per ton.
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Solomon's Temple
St. Helena
Bethlehem
Mount Moriah
Solomon’s Temple
Northwest
Lion bites not felt in lion attacks says African hunters
Reports from Somaliland and Berbera recount that lion bites cause little pain at the moment. Capt. Abud and others note that many attacked remain conscious through the encounter, with pain mainly from jaw pressure rather than tooth wounds. Descriptions include Major Inverarity and Major Swaine experiences.
The Kiss Across Nations and Its Varied Etiquette
A survey of kissing customs worldwide traces ancient forms in Egypt and Rome to modern practices in France England and Scotland. The piece notes multiple kiss types and hints at future trends such as nose rubbing in New Zealand and restrained family affection in Northern Europe.
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Egypt
Jacob
Rachel
Hobson
New
England
Scotland
Lions At Large In Beira District Attack Tales From 1895
The London Spectator recounts three lion attacks in Beira in 1895. Capt Noyes survived after being bitten with no pain, Lieut Vandezee suffered mangled thighs and a fractured arm, and the injured man reported feeling no pain during the mauling while conscious of the lion feeding on him. He even used cartridges to rouse Kaffirs and load a rifle to kill the animal.
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Noyes
Lieut
Vandezee
Beira
London Spectator
Kissing customs and a German record kiss spree
A mandarin's puzzle over kissing reveals it as a courtesy act familiar to Western etiquette. Royal weddings feature extended kissing for guests, with Greece and Prussia among those noted. A Berlin experiment records a man kissing 3,750 times in under three hours, proving fatigue ends the practice.
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Greece
Sophia
Prussia
Frederick
Denmark
Kaiser Wilhelm
Art Berlin
Costly Admiration Over Lafayette Funeral Carriage
A Paris journal once recounted Gen. Lafayette's departure from Lamarque's funeral as crowds seized Lafayette’s horses and drew his carriage home, illustrating the era's reverence for the French general.
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Gen. Lafayette
Paris
Lamarque
Fortune in Strawberri's Patch Owned by Bryant
J. P. Bryant known as the Bardwell millionaire owns the world's largest strawberry patch, spanning 1,700 acres and fueling his fortune. The note adds a humorous aside about how men laugh to emphasize a point.
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J. P. Bryant
Bardwell
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Jerse Corlins
Somaliland
Abud
Berbera
Major Inverarity
Livingstone
Major Swaine
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