Mystery at Mon Repos hinges on missing Paul Leduc
Arthur Denstone joins the Mon Repos circle as Paul Leduc disappears after a tense visit. Antoinette distrusts her uncle and shares fears about his wealth secret tied to diamonds. Nanon and Battiste reveal worry as Mon Repos residents scramble to explain his sudden vanishing before dawn.
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Antoinelle
Fle
Monsieur
Paul
Arthur
Battiste
Batiste
Battiete
Leone
Paul Leduc
Cousin
Tam
Mademoiselle
Arthur Denstone
Jone
Nanon
Mon Repos
Mademoiselle Rigaud
Monsieur Pan
Monsieur Paul
Frick Rise From Small Clerk to Steel Giant
Henry Clay Frick, once a grocer's clerk with a single coke oven in Pennsylvania, built a vast coal and coke empire. From that lone oven to over twenty thousand in multiple states, his ventures powered United States Steel Corporation growth, with millions earned by Frick and partners in the coal coke and steel business.
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Trick
Henry Clay Frick
Pennsylvania
Signalic United States Steel Corporation
West Virginia
Prick
Childhood fears ranked by 1500 Western children
The Dunmore Advertiser reports a survey finding thunder storms are the worst fear among 1500 Western children, with snakes, strangers, darkness, fire, and death following in order. Girls fear rats and mice far more than boys, 75 to 16, while boys’ fear wanes after age fifteen and girls after eighteen.
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America
A Potato That Took Shape From 9 Brdspeing
A notice summarizes a curious invention where a potato forms from nine brdspeing and a rag and curtain holder. It describes a rug beating aid using a strong spring wire holder to keep the rug in place while beating, plus notes on aluminum paper and Wickel process applications in France for metallizing paper and wallpaper washability.
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Adyuoted
Massachusetts
Washington Star
Wickel
France
German Empresss Daughter and the Kiss in Japan
The Los Angeles Times reports on a Japanese college student in Paris describing a kiss as a new West emolment, noting it shocks and fascinates, while recalling prior reactions of maidens fainting yet later defending Western affection. London is noted for high consumption of ewe tongues for jam.
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Paris
Eshe
Los Angeles
Times
Six Evils of Wine from Proverbs 23 Exposition
A Sunday School lesson presents six evils linked to wine indulgence drawing from Proverbs 23 29 30 31 including pain sorrow quarrels complaints injuries and blindness. It argues total abstinence with direct warnings about drinking looking at wine and the end of the way leading to ruin.
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Lemperance Leston
Solomon
American Rug Factories in Asia
Consul General William H. Michael of Calcutta reports a first consignment of Tibetan rugs for an American carpet house, numbering 260, deemed satisfactory. The factory, started by an American, is building a large carpet mill at Amritsar, with all products destined for a New York house.
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Asia
William H. Michael
Calcutta
India
Tibet
al Ambritsar
New York
Movement to curb tuberculosis among colored Chicago residents
City Health Commissioner Evans reported tuberculosis deaths among Negroes in Chicago are four times higher than whites. An organized effort to reduce the disease among the colored population was launched at a gathering of Negroes.
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Chicago
Evans
Civil Service Officers Count Near 337000 in 1907
In Washington D C the United States Civil Services Commission reports June 20 1907 figures show about 337000 officers and employees in the executive civil service under civil service.
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Washington, D. C
United States Civil Services Commission
Executive Civil Service
Two Indians in One Soul Spirit Teachings at Woodside
Rev A W Snyder of St Pauls Church in Woodside New York City recounts a Christmas Sunday sermon about two spirits within a person, one good and one evil. The storyteller uses an old Indian fable where a white man returns money found and explains the conscience battles between the two impulses. The message urges following the Spirit and living to the Spirit to gain eternal life.
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St Paul
Jesus Christ
Bie
Newnemw
Nfe
A. W.snyder
St Paula Church
Woodside
New York City
The
Sunday Herald
Morning Star Promise For The Overcome
Rev George Mathezon reflects on the biblical phrase he that overcometh and keepeth My words unto the end. He contrasts the dawn promised to the faithful with a dawn after labor and the strange joy of a morning star at the end. Sermon prose contemplates timeless reward and spiritual awakening.
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Dask
Borr
Beyennous
Tan
George Mathezon
Baptist Argue
Vision Gloriots Arrives Homeward in Joyful Welcome
The Vision Gloriots and Arlen Whence describe four years away from home as they approach France. Passengers cheer, cry with joy, and spot wives, mothers, and children waiting on the shore. The scene underscores the emotional pull of reunion and duty aboard the ship.
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France
What Revival Means in a Faithful Life
The passage defines revival as a deep knowledge of God, greater desire to do His will, a mature love for the word, broader liberty in prayer, stronger church obligation, and a sober sense of the unconverted need. It emphasizes private struggle with God producing public boldness and victories over self and world.
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Jesus Christ
Pittsburg
Secre
God Writes on Doorways and Opposing Bounds
A compact reflection by J. TR Gracey D. D. noting that divine guidance marks opportunities on one side of life’s doors while an opposing force may shape the other side into a different frame of meaning. The quote emphasizes discernment in paths chosen.
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J. TR Gracey
D. D
Peary Dogs Kill Deer While Escaped Esquimans Run
In Augusta Maine Commander Peary reports that some Esquiman dogs have escaped likely onto Casco Bay ice. The canines are said to be at large and killing deer and other game as they roam the island confinement area.
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Peary
Augusta
Esquiman
Casco Bay
Hamburg Lumber Market Dominates German Trade
Hammry Lumber Market describes Hamburg as the great lumber market for Germany with most imports passing through major dealers at large hubs, reflecting central role in supply chains and pricing.
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Hammry
Hamburg
Germany
Unis
Thal
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