Reforming zeal in Hope House sparks a fateful visit
John Gordon, a devoted reformer, learns of David Barton’s severe illness and hidden benefactor as he confronts tenement decay. An elderly widow of Captain Effingham seeks him out, revealing a long kept secret. Gordon faces political pressure from boss Tommy Randall while pursuing reforms.
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John Zs
Riche
Hys Mez
Ope House
Grace Andrews
Davis Bart
Consfers
Gordon
Eaton
Harris Offerdon
Luella
Ella
Marsh
Phn
David
John
Dable Deck
Favell
Barry
Etrnity
John Gordy
Bartow
Mr. Marsh
Oldman
Barton
David Barton
Williams
John Gordon
East India Marine Museum
Salem
Mass
Mr. Barton
George Effingham
Captain Effingham
Clark Effingham
Colorado Springs
John Gordo
Colorado
Ais
Effingham
Marah
Old Flan
Hope House
Miss Andrews
City Offcials
Misa
Tommy Randall
Fim
Ford
Louie
Hope Housel
Abrams
Moroccan revolt threat tied to sultan reforms
A report from Fez describes a strong Moorish rebellion aiming to overthrow the Moroccan sultan. Rebels vow to choose a sultan from a Sheree fian line who will continue anti Christian warfare as reformist aims clash with entrenched corruption and foreign distrust.
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Morocco
Bordon Times
Fez
Walter ‘Be Harris
Europe
Mr. Harris
Harris
Hia Tan
Oscar Lenz
Sid Ahmed
Alsorderis
Napoleon as Scientist at the Institute in 1797
The article recalls Napoleon Bonaparte filling a vacant mechanics seat at the institute in 1797 after his Italian campaign. It notes his later influence as First Consul expanding science after 1806, including restructuring classes and favoring physical and mathematical sciences over philosophy and ethics. Louis XVIII later restored the old class names.
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Napoleon
Carnot
Napoleon Bonaparte
la Langue Et la Litterature Francaise
Arts
Louis XVIII
Ancient Rhodesia Gold Mines and Lost Ophir Theories
A 19th century survey outlines Rhodesia as a major ancient gold region with 75 000 old mines in ten square miles. It discusses Hall and Neal's new book on Ancient Rhodesia and the Ophir hypothesis while detailing eastward wealth routes and ancient smelting furnaces still identifiable by cement linings and gold-splashed nozzles.
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Rhodesia
Zambesia
Messrs
Hall and
Neal
Ophir
Cecil Rhodes
Sheba
Plants That Made History and the Senussi Rise in Africa
The article surveys how crops and plants shaped world history from the potato famine in Ireland to the tulip craze in the Netherlands and the tea plant amid imperial rivalry. It then profiles Senussi's rise in Tripoli, his desert base, and potential impact on Africa’s balance of power, alongside notes on wildlife and Roosevelt hunting prospects in the Davis Mountains.
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Ireland
Atlantic
Amboyna
East
Indies
England
United States
China
Roosevelt
Davis Mountains
Mississippi
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Old-Time Senatorial Jokes From Congress Globe
Unearthed anecdotes from the 1854 Congressions Globe recount Gen. Lewis Cass and others joking about a court of claims. A tale recalls a treasury audit deciding whitefish could not run in November, provoking laughter and a digression on fish versus resolutions of 1798. Hartford Courant.
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Congressional
Lewis Cass
Senate
Court of Claims
Michigan
Treasury Department
Lake Huron
United States
Potomac
Salmon P. Chase Rose
Ohio
Gen. Taylor
Hartford Courant
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the Reformer
Rei Charles M. Sheldon
Robert Hardy
Charles Sheldon
Carer V—Continuip
Eta
Sultan
Africa
Tripoli
Pearson
Senussi
Oagis
Oasis
Soudan
Kitchener
Khalifa
Barka
Mediterranean
Abyssinia
Potomac River
Congressions
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