A Lovers Ruse Ends in Marriage Victory
In a tale from New York, Harry Hammond surfaces as a bold suitor to Imogene Lacy amid family pressure and a highway robbery plot. A moonlit rescue, a jewel theft thwarted, and Imogene’s steadfast affection lead to engagement and a wedding at Dr. Mugor’s home.
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Lacy
Mr. Hammond Ty
de Manonsett
Hammond
Maech
Imogene
Harry
Robin
Rimaat
Jenning bin
Mapan
Mr. Hammond
Convicts' Dumb Show Baffles Prison Warders
A Saturday Journal piece recalls a former governor who praised prisoners’ silent theatre. It details how inmates convey deaths, sentences, and other news through precise gestures, facial cues, and hand signals, with warders and chaplains noting the remarkable, coded language of dumb-show.
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Cansell
Saturday Journal
Armivy
Pear Leeds
Noenderrot
Eureope
Agi Unus
Seratel
Airlire
Liverpool
Catacomes of St Marys in London Ghostly Vestiges Explored
A transcription from the Tunden Telegraph surveys the Catacombs of St Marys in London. It portrays the eerie interior, historical figures, and the sanctity surrounding the site with a focus on relics, priestly figures, and the imagined sanctuaries beneath the church.
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Tunden
London
St. Maey
St Stary
Talentu
Piem
St. Marry
Cantina
Maryn
Mindy
Tim
Daxdean
A Tours
Fe Ager Ieee Ees
Removals and Remains Debate Over City Stray Issue
Fears persist over procedures for stray animals and possible mass removals. Debate centers on city stance, costs, and whether compulsory euthanasia will be required as authorities consider options. Public records indicate an aging removal policy with unclear outcomes and mounting pressure from relatives and officials.
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Lange
Fragmented Cincinnati letter recalls jokes and gossip
The narrator frets about keeping commitments and sharing anecdotes at Mrs Somebody's. They mention an anecdote about Hthel and a speech by Bob, a tale about The Faeumaric Woman, and plans to visit with friends while worrying about promising Maude. The tone is reflective and intimate.
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Hthel
Dexter
Fen
Clara
Tom
Maude
Gossin
Abe
Sven
Mawde
Central African Meteorites Reported From Zomba Region
A British museum collection of meteorites from British Central Africa Zomba district was announced after four stones fell on the morning of January 2h. Stones weighed up to 29 ounces total with a largest fragment of five pounds twelve and nine half ounces. Witnesses described a thunderlike crash, with stones found in native villages and a bright star seen near Lake Shirwa beforehand.
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London
Tesrites
Min- Feuin
British Museum
Pativ
Mount Zomba
British Central Africa
Alfred Sharpe
J. F. Cunningham
J.mo~ Chirle
Tamikry
Yomi
Chircmes
Zimbe
Port Jobson
Yand
Zamba
Zamir Mwuntsing
Zomba
Utfelais
Blantyre
Clark
Lake
Shirwa
McClounty
Me Sharpe
Canary Thief Begonia Seeks Forgiveness at Levinbolt Cottage
Barbara Held disputes with Miss Begonia over a stolen canary, as Begonia admits misdeed and returns the bird after a tense confrontation. Begonia apologizes and promises to mend relations, offering gifts to Barbara and her family. The incident echoes class and immigrant tensions in a German-American neighborhood.
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New York News
Miss Begonia
Miss Begoria
West Indies
Barbara Held
Miss . Gegenit
Deborah
Herman Held
Barbara
Hells
Miss Hexonia
Minx Begonia
Sollog
Jim
Begonia Featherfield
Tartara
Mrs. Held
Featherfield
Levinbolt
Leman
Canada
Maui
Jolinz
Communion Service Confusion At Local Episcopal Church
In a Cleveland Plain Center account a chaotic early service at a Liueplowa Episcopal church included a woodpecker perched near the altar and the crowd thinning as an elderly parishioner questioned the taping signal used during communion. Anxious attendees debated the mishap and the unusual interruption prompted by the bird drew surprised reactions from the congregation.
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Cleveland Plain Center
SunoGar
Siskyas
Ami
Earthquakes and Extra Tides in a Victorian Note
A fragment from Notes and Queries recalls a man born December 15 18. a trip to Althorpe in the Isle of Axholme and the Double Rivers drainage heads near Larether. a Dutch drift for Harheld Chace and a talk with a local old man who observed Trent tides and tremors, with Lisbon quake memory and scattered humorous quips and moral musings from period newspapers.
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Althorpe
Isle of
Axholme
Trent
Ome
Exar
Lisbon
Spain
Portugal
Gerry Berton and His Tandem Team Win at Local Show
Garry Morton of Topeka, a four year old in hand driver, shows dexterity with four-in-hand Vanderthitch team led by Miss Ruggles Hobart Trainer and Tip. He earns third prize in tandem events, rides confidently, and impresses judges with youth and skill. Son of G. G. Burton of 24 East Eighth Street.
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Gerry Berton
Wested States
Garry Morton
Topeka
Vanderthitch
Miss Ruggles
Hobart
Tip
Garry Burton
G. G. Burton
East Eighth Street
Kipling's Fish Story in Forest and Stream Revisited
In a Forest and Stream essay by A. N. Cheney a discussion pivots on Kipling and Pacific salmon. Cheney recounts Kipling's American Notes claiming he caught Chinook salmon with a fly in Alaska and elsewhere, praising Kipling's fishing prowess and vivid narrative style in a tale of a great catch and dramatic struggle.
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A. N. Cheney
America
Rudyard Kipling
Cheney
Restigouche
Rela Tor
Alaska
Scoters
Beardslee
Jamestown
Maye Sun
Kipling
Pacific
Kipting
Witel J
American
California
Jeauty
Pillsbury's Great Chess and Draughts Display at Chevy Club
American chess champion Pillsbury dazzled at the Metropole Chevy club, defeating Clindford, Iwi, and the Whit in rapid games and six dictated moves. After three hours, he won every game and drew a heartwarming thanks from the audience for the unique entertainment.
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London
H. Nelson Pillsbiry
Te Metropelit Chevy Club
Torch
Clindford
Ste Appements
Ebeas
Iwi
Creastits
Mr. Mitchell
James Hil
Chesnhourd
Pillsbury
Mr. Pillsbury
Sweet Auburn and the Deserted Village Tale
Notes and Queries questions whether the name Sweet Auburn dates to Goldsmith or hails from a real English village called Auburn on the Yorkshire coast near Bridlington. The desertion there arises not from Goldsmiths fiction but from erosion by the sea and subsequent name shifts from Pymnesday to Bicborn and Albarn, as Oysterbourne and other forms appear.
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Sweet Auburn
England
Auburn
Yorkshire
Bridlington
Cheea
Avyburn
Oeborne
Wight
Oysterbourne
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Mary Hammon
Asia
Cane Barry
Catacomes
ST. Mary's
Canary
Indiana
Senta
Sisthly
Chivaga ‘Tribune
Isabel
Eagar
Chicago Tribune
Imeerre
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Tires Herald
Louie
Henri
Chiveland Pizin Dealer
Mountaineer
Podner
Tadianapolis
New York
Miss Cayenne
Washington
Ge Mc Hatton
Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Foreign Missionary Society
Max
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