A Felon’s Love Chapter Ends in Tragic Revelation
In a dramatic climax Sullivan falls, Anne Dodson is revealed as Edward Bartlett’s shell for a life of crime, and the hut siege ends with multiple deaths. Edward Dent dies in Ballarat hospital revealing the miner was a woman, leaving the fate of his second wife unknown. The tale closes with unresolved mystery.
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Sullivan
Tom Bayes
William Luke
Anne Dodson
Bill Luke
Edward Bartlett
Froyles
Ballarat
Victoria
Edward
Edward Dent
Port Royal Earthquake Sinks Town in 1692
In Port Royal Jamaica a devastating 1692 earthquake sank the city into the sea after long debauchery and piracy. The harbor filled with corpses as the ground opened and swallowed streets, churches, and homes, with repeated disasters later erasing the town's ruins.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Royal
West Indies
Rome
Triumph of the Lady Bug in Pest Control Across Regions
The article notes how the Austrailian lady beetle Novius cardinalis once criticized for state expense now saves California Florida citrus and Portugal orange groves by preying on scale pests. It argues government support for biological control and entomology benefits nationwide and internationally.
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Department of Agriculture
Australia
California
Florida
Portugal
Lisbon
Spain
Sicily
Europe
A Fair Exchange
A Chicago Record item notes a playful exchange about a penny for Lafayette’s monument. one boy refuses, offering a birthday bargaining joke as the humorous twist.
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Bobby
Lafayette
Chicago
Launching a Ship Guided by Veteran Newport News Master
M V D Doughty of Newport News Va a veteran in ship launches has supervised seventy one successful launchings including battleships Kearsarge Kentucky and Illinois gunboats Nashville Helena and Wilmington four Morgan line steamers and the plant line steamer La Grande Duchesse He explains the launch moment is tense with risk of delays sticking or damage to the cradle and packing if calculation or timing errs He warns the danger of a misjudged launch and the financial and structural consequences for builders and crews involved in the process.
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M. V. D. Doughty
Newport News
Doughty
United States
Kissing bug wound described by New York physician
Dr F A Burrall of New York recounts a July 6 bite on a patient’s left forearm believed from a kissing bug. Treatment with iodine, calcium sulphide, carbolic ointment, and bandaging led to rapid improvement with eruption receding and finger motion returning to normal. The patient had little pain or systemic disturbance.
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New York
F. A. Burrall
Long Island
Royalist Plot Fears Rise as Louis Napoleon Cultivates Russian Ties
The article warns of renewed French royalist efforts to topple the republic. It notes alleged assurances from the Russian czar aiding Prince Louis Napoleon, who enjoys favor at court. Louis Napoleon, once linked to France, grew in Russian service after leaving his homeland.
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Louis Napoleon
Russia
Victor
Louis
Italy
Czarina’s Lancers
France
Kipling Plays Crack at Hardy in a House Visit
In a London Daily Chronicle anecdote Kipling visits a house with Hardy. Hardy reveals to the occupant that the guest is Kipling, who then learns the woman does not know Hardy’s name. The exchange showcases light literary sparring between the two authors.
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Kipling
Hardy
Had No Chance in Mourning Tale From Towm Topics
Quilp speaks of his wife’s sudden death and the heavy blow it dealt him after twenty years of marriage in Towm Topics. Philp asks how long they were wed, revealing the lingering sorrow and unresolved regret in the narrative.
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Quilp
Philp
Quuilp
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Colony
Collins Street
Melbourne
Mexico
Peru
Orient
George Wilson Bridges
Reading
Roden
Morgan's Fort
America
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Paris
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