Devotion and Deception Behind a Hidden Family Past
A man reveals to Beryl that his mother concealed the truth of his father’s status and a first marriage to an Italian lover who died at sea. The revelation traces a lineage of deceit, exile, and the birth of the speaker at the English embassy in Rome, with subsequent life at court.
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Bin
Naples
Sir Hector
Rowe
England
Court
Victor Iesmanuel
Ileal
Beryl
Ivor
Sam
Tom
Bery Marsden
Ohio
Seddeus
Almos
Court figure Ivor Grant faces secret loss and disgrace
In a tense scene at the court, Ivor Grant confronts a hidden truth that has stripped him of power and left him a nameless beggar. Beryl comforts him as Tom reports a looming, mysterious departure and mounting pressure from lawyers and peers.
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Beryl
Ivor
Desert Life in The Hot Sands of Africa and Beyond
The piece explores life in hot deserts where reptiles and antelopes endure. It notes addax antelope and Loder's gazelle on Africa's northern fringe, their adaptations to rain-following food, and the challenges of scarce water and inaccessible wells amid shifting dunes.
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Arizona
London Spectator
Sahara
Loder
Phuy
South Africa
Ruppell
Africa
Loders Vaselle
Rifle for British Cavalry Tested On Horseback
British cavalry to carry rifles instead of carbines with the butt resting in a leather saddle socket behind the trooper. The rifle stands upright, muzzle attached to the left shoulder by a sting for steady aim.
Dromedary Race Planned Across Algerian Desert
A 140 mile dromedary race is being organized between Biskra and Tagarta in Algeria. In Japan eight vessels are under construction for the San Francisco and Seattle lines.
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Algeria
Biskra
Tagarta
San Francisco
Seattle
Mont Soufriere Crater Noted for Size and Depth
A panoramic photograph shows Mont Soufriere on St Vincent Island two weeks before eruption. The crater’s circumference spans three miles and its walls rise about 1000 feet, marking it as one of the world’s most remarkable volcanic depressions.
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Mont Soufriere
St. Vincent Island
New York Herald
Deed of Wilson M Field and Ocean Rescue Heroism
From McClure's accounts a negro seaman Wilson McField saved two men from a sunken schooner Dolphin near Cayman rocks Nicaragua. He swam under a wreck, guided by rope, freeing Mallitz and Obande, while risking life to haul them to safety. Awards included a medal from the United States and a silver from the Royal Humane Society.
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Royal Humane Society
McClure’s
Dolphin
Cayman Rocks
Nicaragua
Wison McPield
Great Britain
Ther
Melfield
Botton
Mallits
Obande
McViell
Mallitz
MecField
Me- Field
Obando
McField
United States
Meffell
Royal Humane Society of Great Britain
Domestic life in South Africa noted by Mrs Brow
Mrs Brow recounts white households relying on Kaffir labor in South Africa with a humor laced tale of house boys named Knife Fork and Spoon. The piece contrasts colonial labor norms with ages and native names, reflecting on domestic conditions seen by a New York Tribune writer. Also included is a Pittsburgh Dispatch joke about belief based on hearing.
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South Africa
Brow
New York Tribune
Blows
Kraals
Emperor Intervenes To Save Pensioner Pants
A Czernowitz pensioner begged Emperor Francis Joseph to spare his worn pants after forty-two years of service. The court had ordered the pants returned to the state, threatening imprisonment for contempt. The emperor telegraphed officials to waive the rule and sent a new suit of clothes.
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Francis Joseph
Czernonwitz
Oflcer
Tani
Pitteburg
New Coins and Fading Gold Claims
The article notes 136,000,060 new coins issued last year with 99,000,900 in gold. It questions the fate of traditional coinage and moralizes that one person’s gain often follows another’s loss.
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Uncle Sam
Nervocidine The New Local Anesthetic Found
A Hungarian dentist report describes nervocidine or nervocidine salt as a powerful local anaesthetic derived from indian plant substances. In weak solutions it anesthetizes the cornea of warm blooded animals and in humans causes burning and tearing before corneal anesthesia lasts about five hours. It also numb mucous membranes and the tongue with loss of taste. While promising longer-lasting effects than cocaine it irritates tissues and can cause nausea vomiting and general poisoning. Experiments in animals with subcutaneous injections have not yet produced full anesthesia.
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Basu
Nis
Pittsburg
Bits from the World and Home Notes
A scattered column surveys diverse items from around the globe and home. Topics include rats nesting in trees in Bermuda, a Mexican carpenter's doorway work, a whale ashore near Antibes, Borneo mosquitoes, Boer hair, Italian sugar imports, tea processing, bridal crowds in Washington, apple cultivation in northern islands, and a verse from the Atlanta Constitution. It also notes cattle movements to England and Canada in 1901 and a brief comment on propriety in women’s chatter.
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Bermuda
Juan Les Pins
Antibes
Mediterranean
South Africa
Italy
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Leo
Mick Iver
Oman
Ign
Ctiapter Niv
Cabies
Mavam
Sries
Wilson M’field
Rome
Kattirs
Nuffir Bors
Indiana
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Pittsburg Dispatch
Borneo
Atlanta Constitution
Canada
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