Whimsical Dispatches From The Washington Gazette
A collage of satirical notes and brief observations from the Washington Gazette column touches on Kipling, Marconi, Tolstoy, and the sultan, with jests about Venezuela’s honor, portraits on tombs, and a joke on naval recruitment. It lampoons politics, science, and society with clipped witticisms and scattered references.
The Mysterious Jeanne of St Pierre Poem and Isle Romance
Wilfrid Lankester discovers a medieval tale of Jeanne de St Pierre while in Martinique. He bonds with Jacques and a radiant Jeanne as Mont Pelee wakes in danger and a doomed city erupts, forcing a perilous escape with the woman he loves.
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Wilfrid Lankester
Bis
Drik
Frederic Singster
C. A
Solur
Ford Shuffer
Jeanne
Wilfrid
Henri
le Témps
Paris
Francia
Uns
Jeanne Thad
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
French
Isle of France
Martinique
Jacques
St Pierre
Cirele
France
Morne Rouge
Jeanne de St. Pierre
Jean of
Grandes Dames
Jeanné de St
Port de France
America
Strows
Fupine
Gay St. Pierre
Mort Pelee
Lankester
Mademoiselle
Last Barrier Gone In The New Year Parable
Mrs Pendecker questions Henry about self reform as he boasts of quitting vices. Henry claims he has stopped swearing smoking drinking and late nights but Mrs Penheck suspects he still pleasures in liquor ads. He withdraws into a new Monse-cohrt created from old clothes.
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Henry
Generosity Rewarded by Copenhagen Workers
An old couple in Jutland in harsh distress during a lockout donated their wedding rings to relief efforts. The Copenhagen workers kept the rings as a keepsake, then organized a collection that raised 460 dollars in cash and provided two new wedding rings with grateful thanks.
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Copenhagen
Jin Jutlard
Copenhagén
Origin of the Expression Kiss and Smoke Up
An actor and his favorite actress quarrelled and return to cordiality with a playful exchange about kissing and makeup. The scene establishes the order of precedence in the line quoted as kiss and makeup, as noted by the Baltimore American.
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Ney
Baltimore American
Remains of Hythe Battle Bones Draw Scholarly Debate
Special correspondence reports on the Hythe crypt bones in St Leonard’s church. Historians debate origin among Britons, Celts, Goths, Saxons, Danes, Romans with evidence of battle marks and Roman pottery fragments.
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St. Leonard's Church
Hyshe
England
St. Leonard's
Hasted
Wortimer
Folkestone
Hythe
Date
Hales
AL Thrae
Herbert Date
St Leonard's
Dale
Interley
Walker
Lympne
Mr. Dale
Mr. Dele
Jin
St Leonard’ 5
Richard I
St. Leonard’s
Daie
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a marriage confession
The readable lines show characters discussing marriage and affection in a playful or dramatic exchange. Names Bertle Edith Rose Lortle appear, with an unclear context but suggesting a romantic decision or proposal amid fragmented text.
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