Grand Duke Sergius Assassination and Russian Terror Plot
A detailed account traces the February 17. assassination of Grand Duke Sergius by Prince Obolenski in Senate Square Moscow. It links revolutionary plots across aristocracy and reports police raids, arrests, and a brutal punishment policy culminating in an emperor ordered iron mask confinement and solitary death for a high official.
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Bergius
Ellaabeth
Senate Square
Moscow
Kremlin
Willie P
Liemen
Sergina
Aris
Oxard
Sreater
Hils Close
Russia
Sergius
Grand Duke
Halle
Prince Obolenski
Obolenek
Searet
Anonis
London
Mogcow
Central Committee
Wellmant
Secret Service
Rlan
Obolonski
Chelea
Czar
Houathold
Prince Obolenslei
Spider Web Factory Near Paris Produces Balloon Ropes
A French missionary started a spider rearing operation a decade ago and now runs a web factory at Chulela-Merdon near Paris. Spiders in groups of 12 produce threads wound on reels, yielding 20 to 41 yards each before washing away the sticky film. Eight washed threads are braided into strong cords for balloon use by the French military aeronautics section.
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Witn Constal
Chulala-Merdon
Paris
Smallest Colored Adult Enticed to America
Report describes Minnie Dimery as a 43 year old, 42 inch tall, 49 pound woman entering the country as a small adult. It notes her mental development that of a six year old and mentions her parents and family as part of the context.
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Rock Inland
America
Minnie Dimery
Matera
Language Notes From The Verbalist By Joseph T Bowles
Author notes provide guidance on common word usage errors and preferred forms. The lengthy excerpt lists examples such as not ending a sentence with a preposition, using answer instead of reply, rebuke instead of reproof, and distinguishing character from reputation among others in a didactic tone.
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HY Boward B. Warman
A.M
Joseph T. Bowles
The Basemen of Belus and the Narrow Life
A reflection by O S Marden in Success Magazine portrays a man who prioritized money over mind and joy. He stopped growing, treated life as labor, and neglected sentiment, recreation, and public duty, ending with a hollow sense of success.
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Jety
Marden
Success Magazine
Notes on misuse and awkward phrasing from a quirky text
The excerpt analyzes faulty spellings and word choices in comically garbled prose. It contrasts natural idioms with incorrect forms and provides examples such as settle versus pay and since versus ago, illustrating how to correct errors while preserving period voice.
Dogfish for the Table in a Cornish Gourmet Note
A Cornish gourmet cites Horace on mixing pleasure with utility and suggests dogfish, harming local fisheries, could enrich cuisine when skinned and cooked. He calls it delicate as hake with a sweet flavor tempered by lemon or vinegar, recalling Frank Buckland’s advocacy of doxflah and earlier, weather hounds debating buying a dog.
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Horace
Frank Buckland
John
Dogab
Gene Tong
Edat
How Long Whales Live Says Biologist
A National Museum biologist notes no precise data on whale lifespans. He mentions estimates around 40 years, with speculation of ages up to 1000, but calls much of it unverified by authoritative information. The Washington Post report discusses harpoon evidence and Civil War era whalers influencing these theories.
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Miseun
Washington Post
Industrious at Play Amid Odd Scribbles in Washington
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled dialogue with names like Harmar Dorti and Halide, referencing waiting, time, and a “good bitter wp.” The passage appears to be a damaged, nonsensical historical snippet set in Washington, with no clear event or outcome.
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Harmar
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Trista
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Due Amele Bede Cei
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