Courageous Mary of the Cove Saves Stranded Girls
Mary Bethel, a fisherman's daughter, braves a gale in a heavy dory to rescue Ruth and Gertrude after their boat is wrecked and their oar lost. She rows through a storm, maintains discipline, and signals with a makeshift flag to guide a passing schooner that pulls the girls to safety at the cove. Mrs. Ellerton thanks Mary and vows lifelong gratitude for the daring rescue.
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Mrs. Ellerton
Ruth
Mary Bethel
Cove
Bethels
Mary
Agin
Mrs. Bellerton
Gertie
Coar
Dory
Boston Globe
Study of Advertising Art Urges Systematic Training
Professor James Bryce in a recent Liver pool talk at University College urged students to pursue a systematic training in what he called the art and mystery of advertising. He emphasized disciplined study of strategies, media, and messaging to craft effective campaigns.
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James Bryce
University College, Liverpool
Iceland Plans Nine Hundred Year Christian Anniversary
In 1900 Iceland will mark the ninth centennial since Christianity was introduced to the island. The observance highlights a milestone in the country’s religious and cultural history.
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Iceland
Island
I Witnessed Debenham's Engagement and a Quiet Withdrawal
The narrator recalls withdrawing in frustration while Debenham announces his engagement. He meets Debenham's fiancée and her sister, praising the fiancée as charming yet noting the sister surpasses her in kindness, hinting at a future tale.
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Debenham
Charnley
Kate Charnley
Kennion
Poverty Stricken Geniuses End in Distress and Want
The Homiletic Review lists famed writers and artists who suffered extreme poverty or died in hardship. Names include Milton selling Paradise Lost rights for £15, Cervantes, Drake era figures, Otway, Goldsmith, Fielding, Chatterton, and many others, showing a theme of genius in misery.
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Homer
Plautus
Terence
Boetius
Paul Borghesse
Tasso
Bentivoglio
Cervantes
Vagelas
Bacon
Sir Walter Raleigh
Spenser
Charming
Collins
Milton
Dryden
Otway
Lee
Steele
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Fielding
Lisbon
Savage
Bristol
Butler
Chatterton
Homiletic Review
Are Like Soup Says Chicago Daily News
A quirky Chicago Daily News aphorism compares friendships to soup saying the more you stir a soup plate the cooler it gets and the same with some friends.
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Chicago Daily News
Notable Miscellany and Military Speech Recap
A survey of curious facts notes umbrellas left in transit and a Rome Coliseum claim alongside dental canal minutiae and Egyptian reed pens. It highlights a Michigan liquor license bill, eye lens growth, and war years by country, plus a Bowdoin pocketbook tale and Newstead Abbey curses. A London sportsman J Joe earns praise for pigeon shooting.
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London
Coliseum
Rome
Germany
Michigan
Turkey
Spain
France
Russia
Italy
England
Austria
Holland
Sweden
Portugal
Denmark
Bowdoin
Newstead Abbey
Byron
Mr. Webb
Col. Wildman
Waterloo
Webb
Newstead
J. Joe
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Royal Dragoons
Barnett speaks to ex-prisoners of war in Pennsylvania
Lt. Col. James E. Barnett, after rallying troops in a recent crisis, visited Pittsburgh and Marklefonte to recuperate for a state treasurer campaign. In a speech to former Civil War prisoners, he praised Union fidelity, liberty, and America’s mission, outlining battles of civilization and the Philippines as key implications of imperial reach. The talk blended patriotic memory with future policy.
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Grand Army
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
National Association of
James E. Barnett
Tenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Luzon
Barnett
Quaker City
Cavite
McKinley
Hawkins
Pittsburg
Markleton
Somerset County
Allegheny Mountains
America
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Golden Gates
California
Pacific Ocean
China Sea
Philippine Islands
Philippine Islands and US Rule A Debate on Expansion
A veteran writer argues that Spain’s long claim to the Philippines was upheld until Dewey’s victory and asserts the United States must control the archipelago. He contends a protectorate would ruin liberty and warns against abandonment or withdrawal, praising American administration and predicting lasting sovereignty.
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Egypt
Africa
India
China
Spain
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Manila
Luzon
Archipelago
Island of
Malolos
United States
America
Otis
MacArthur
Cavite
Batangas
Imus
Pacific
Grand Army of the Republic
Post offices on Chinese coast and a 188 year old priest
The report notes three new post offices on China's coast and a claim that Greco Romanian priest Georghi Moldoveanu died at Vaslui aged 188, leaving two children aged 90. It also mentions long coin circulation, royal weddings in Morocco, a Paris water sale for baptism, and weather barometer effects on wells.
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Germany
Morocco
Paris
Jordan
Vaslui
Moldavia
Georghi Moldoveanu
From a New York Press quote on lunatics and time
A fragmentary New York Press quotation argues lunatics lack facts and humans carry deep, pigeon-toed footprints in time. It notes rulers would ruin society by three weeks of misrule and quips about marital folly and excuses in relationships.
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New York Press
Dr. Fenner
c.Fredor
Escape From The Burden Of Dying Rich
A billionaire resolves to give away wealth and faces penury after revealing all belongings to the assessors. The Detroit Journal notes the conundrum of excessive fortune and the quirky fix.
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Detroit Journal
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