Return of Mr. Duncombe Sparks Dinner Jetset on the Nameless Barge
On the Gloucester Severn, Jack Duncombe returns aboard the Nameless Barge to join the party after a tense voyage through tunnels. He hosts a festive hotel dinner, endears himself to Queen Tita and Peggy, and shifts the mood with hospitality and charm.
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Tita
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Tewkesbury
Wales
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West Highlands
Dow
Mrs. Threepenny-bit
Bath
Thames and Severn
Bristol
Maliss Peggy
Miss Pegsey
Miss Peg&yy
Germany
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Corrie-na-linnhe
Chinese Habits of Industry and the Rise of China
An extract cites D. Z. Sheffield praising Chinese thrift and industry and argues Western civilization will develop China’s vast resources. It contends a dollar has greater purchasing power in China, enabling workers to prosper under future global demand. Capelle.
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China
Pekin
United States Hundred Twenty Five Years of War Summary
A long list of U S military actions from 1775 to 1899 covers revolutions, wars with Britain, Indians, pirates, Mexico, Spain and the Philippines. It notes major campaigns at Talladega, Shiloh, Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Chapultepec, and the Little Bighorn among others while tracing ongoing border disputes and secession battles. The piece concludes that Indian wars appear ended but the record shows wars persisted for a century.
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Sparks Defies Faculty on Kossuth Exhibition Decision
Harvard College president Jared Sparks sided with faculty over the site of a spring exhibition as Lajos Kossuth visited the country. The faculty voted to move the event to the First Parish Church, but Sparks pledged to attend the chapel in cap and gown, and the vote was later reconsidered.
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Harvard College
Dr. Peabody
Harvard
Wossuth
Sparks
College
Kossuth
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