The Dweller in the Haven and the Calais Conspiracy
London magistrate Mortimer Davenhill narrates a bold misidentification in Calais, when four criminals abduct him by mistake believing him Rutherford Patience. He remains calm, uses wit to defuse the plot, and is released. The gang is later tracked and jailed for life, with one cryptic postscript about his barrister wig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cannes
Naples
Algiers
Egypt
Rutherford Prudence
England
Mortimer Davenhill
Davenhill
Charing Cross
Dover
Calais
Cuba
Holy Moses
Barnieux
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Rutherford Patience
San Francisco
Queen's Gate
M. D
Sir Walter Scott
Davyenhill
Old Bailey
Moses
Jones
Honor Bright
Declined a Peerage How American Women Share Vernon Honors
London reports Sir William Vernon Harcourt again refused a peerage preferring the old sphere after thirty four years in the House of Commons. His wife, an American, reportedly influenced the decision. The Vernon family links to American women extend through Lewis and Lulu, and the present head’s heir Alice, with promises of cross Atlantic marriage. The Vernon line remains steeped in American connections and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commerc
London
William Vernon-Harcourt
House of Commons
William
Thomas Henry Lister
Earl
Claredon
Lewis
Lulu
Mary E. Burns
Walter H. Burns
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harcourt
J. Lothrop Motley
Ives
Goddard
Providence
Vernon
Baron Vernon
Frances M. Lawrence
F. C. Lawrence
Baron
R. T. Wilson
America
Herbert
Michael Henry Herbert
St. Michael and
St. George
Sir Michael
Francis Henry Evans
Maidstone
Samuel Stevens
Albany
Forest alarm and animal flight in Sterne Palmer tale
In Lippincott's Magazine, Sterne Palmer describes a forest alarm as a young moose mistakes an alien sound for wolves while a solitary bull leads others toward a wilder wood. Lynx, deer, and a black bear flee from a menacing intruder, leaving tracks that fade as the axe nears.
Harvard Librarys Angling Literature In Quaint Prose And Verse
A look at Harvard University Librarys special angling collection reveals rare volumes on fish, fishing, and anglers. From Walton to Dennys and Mascall, the catalog shows old English treatises, translations, and cookery manuals. The piece notes key figures, scarce first editions, and the charm of antiquarian fishing lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Library
Europe
Boston
New York
The
University
John Bartlett
Shakspeare
Izaak Walton
Bartlett
Charles Lamb
Coleridge
Lamb
Humphrey Davy
Albert
Simon Peter
Walton
St. Albans
Wynkyn de Worde
Caxton
Westminster
Harvard
Diana
Juliana Barnes
Berners
Sopwell
Holinshead
Solomon
Juliana
Mascall
Leonard Mascall
John Dennys
Gervase Markham
Barker
Legation
Henry the 7Th
Westm
England
Guillaume de Saluste
Derbyshire
David Cairncross
William Penn
Trout Brook
Out Of The Ordinary In This Early News Roundup
A sweeping miscellany cites 10000 rural delivery routes and 10198 petitions, bans on young waitresses in Hungary, San Francisco crisis reports, deep ocean depths off New Zealand, Jamaican labor for Afrikan workers, volcanic South Africa, London night labor, German streetcar conductors income, Berlin’s cold drink rule, Prussia school costs, Palestine Jews’ roots, Shenandoah Lithuanian and immigrant populations, General Booth’s Western Australia colony, Caucasus travelers, Wiesbaden calendar fragment, Cocos Islands autocratic governance, and a Wichita quail presented to St Louis Zoo.
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Hungary
San Francisco
New Zealand
Jamaica
South Africa
Kimberley
London
Berlin
Prussia
Palestine
Europe
Shenandoah
Pennsylvania
General Booth
Western Australia
Salvation Army
Caucasus
Wiesbaden
Cocos
Keeling Islands
British Empire
G. Clunis Ross
Java
Charles Payne
Wichita
Kan
Zoological Garden of
Odd Fish Stories Told by Indianians
A local fisherman recalls summer at Crooked lake in Steuben county where high school athletes fish and troll for bass bluegills crappies and pickerel. A prankish catch mimics a shark leading to comic fear and bravado among Fullback Center and Leftend as they confront an unfamiliar six to seven pound pickerel.
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Indianapolis
Crooked Lake
Steuben County
James Lake
Fullback
Center
Leftend
Tenderfoot
Michigan
Lake Huron
Illinois
Ignatius Brown
Straits of Mackinac
Gillie
Brown
Grass Piker
White River
Fall Creek
Indiana
Mr. Brown
Kokomo
Peru
Basslake
Piscator
Boneless Bass and Oceanic Tales From Inland Waters
A collected reminiscence of fishing exploits and tall tales from Indiana and Michigan waters. Anecdotes feature a grass pickerel, a bass fought from a boat, and a legend about boneless bass. Narratives contrast local humor with vivid fish lore and small-town fishing pride.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trange Folk
David Christie Murray
Haven
Private Enquirer
United States of America
D. T. Pierce
Vernons
Verus
Oklahoma
British South Africa
United States
Bahia
South America
Arabia
Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Tiverton
Spain
St. Mark's Campanile
Russia
Salop
West Africa
Fiong- Kong
Abelete
Ome Laces
Cruz
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