Love and the Pay Patient in the City Clinic
Dr Bob Edwards toiled between ambition and romance with Eleanor Blake his nurse as a patient joke backfires. Eleanor risks life to save him, then realizes she can pay him with love and a first patient. Their bond tightens as a crisis arrives at Mrs Martin’s door.
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Robert W. Edwards
Bob
Eleanor Blake
Hli
Nellie
Nurse Blake
Rol
Truvade
Miunner
Mienner
Valeeak
Babe
Edwards
Tong
Misa Blake
Dr. Edwards
Wty
Reb
Dr. Bob
Eleanor
Rhoda
Klesius
Hes
Diana
Bob. Maxule
Abrupt Proposal Alters Dr Abernethy Courtship Tale
A physician known for his busy practice wooed and won a daughter with a sudden marriage proposal framed as a financial and civic match. He announced he would come Monday to hear acceptance, noting he would not pursue ordinary courtship due to time constraints and claiming his fortune to settle on the wife. The match, based on character and nursing merit, proved felicitous.
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Abernethy
Burns and Tam Samson Tale of Death and Fame
The tale recalls Tam Samson, aged sportsman, fearing burial on moors as Burns writes an elegy for him. Samson contradicts claims of death with a jolly reply and both men share a new verse praising Samson’s life, ending with the claim that Tam Samson lives.
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Burns
Tam Samson
Tom Samson
Samson
Robin
Tam
Arctic Tragedy of Danish Explorers Heroic Self Sacrifice
Lieutenant A Trolie recounts the death of Mylius Erichsen Bagen and H Kronlund during the northeast Greenland expedition. For thirty days they walked with one sledge and four feeble dogs covering five miles daily, seeking a safe area for their bodies and Hagen's map. Kronlund reached the depot. Erichsen and Bagen died, their bodies left behind as Kronlund crawled on. Kronlund later wrapped in his scarf and perished, while he placed Hagen's sketches and his report for the search party.
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A. Trolie
Myllus Erichsen
Bagen
Hkronlund
Greenland
Herolam
Mylius Hrnchsen
Hagen
Bronlund
Escorting the Court in Old Colonial York Maine
In colonial York Maine judges and lawyers from nearby colonies traveled to the county seat for court with elaborate pomp. John Adams recorded a tavern scene where the sheriff and deputies wore gold lace and jewels to escort the court, as judges wore scarlet robes and wigs. Cannons, trumpets, drums, and bells announced arrivals.
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York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
Emma Huntington Nason
John Adams
Wiscataqua River
A Patriot Examinations Stir London Irish School Class
In a London school examination a subinspector tested national character by asking if three soldiers could hold a bridge against an army. The class debated if three Englishmen, three Scotsmen, or three Irishmen could do it, with an eager pupil declaring one Irishman would suffice.
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London
Macaulay
Horatius
How She Secured Office Pioneer Woman Disguised as Man
Mrs Mary Fast is portrayed as England's early woman leader whose eligibility for office was questioned. She concealed her sex to serve on juries and parish offices for 36 years as innkeeper of the White House Inn at Pop Inn. She became head borough in 1744 and overseer of the poor in 1752 before retiring with her earnings.
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Mary Fast
England
White House
Pop- Inn
A Sin of Omission and Other Bits of Humor
A Cleveland Leader joke line about drifts of misdeed and guilt echoes the idea of an accessory after the fact. It quotes a doctor lamenting not sending for Dr. Gookins and a weary patient, with punchlines on punishment and improvised schemes.
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Dr. Gookins
Cleveland
Correcting Him. Judge-Up again Casey for evading law
The fragmentary exchange notes Casey facing a judge for evading the law and a quip about not rubbing it in. A line from Puck and a moral reminder from Cleero appear as brief aphorisms within the fragment.
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Casey
Judge
Puck
Twin Earthquakes and a World War Echoes
Twin earthquakes form two distinct shocks separated by seconds with an eight to twelve second overall sequence. The strip of land where a single shock is felt helps locate twin foci, suggesting an eight shaped bend in interior rock layers. A New York Herald note and a wartime anecdote about a fort’s defense after a three day siege are included in the fragment.
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New York Herald
The Fighting Maori in Orakaw Trench
Some 800 Maoris were confined in trenches at a place called Orakaw. Without food or water except a few raw potatoes, they endured bombardment from artillery and a hail of rifle fire and grenades, with an unsuccessful outcome.
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Orakaw
Happy Are Physicians Relief and Errors Shining in Day
A compact aphorism notes physicians enjoy praise for successes while the earth covers their failures, reflecting a worldly view on medical craft through a pithy old saying attributed to Montalgna.
Shakespeare poisons taken too seriously by modern chemists
A London Globe epigram notes scholars debating Shakespearean poisons. It cites a foreign scientific review arguing that the juice of hebenon cannot pierce the ear, that Friar Laurence’s mandragora or Datura would not match Juliet’s symptoms, and that Romeo’s poison was likely aconite. The piece mocks overzealous chemical scrutiny of literary fiction.
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Shake Speare
Claudius
Hamlet
Laurence
Juliet
New Caledonia
Mandragora
Romeo
Shakespeare
London Globe
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Fortieth
W. P. Reeves
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