Sedley presses Dysart on will and home in peril
In the night Sedley unveils a late will showing Dysart that the estate belonged to his uncle not his father. Dysart offers money but insists Sedley stay hidden as Vera pleads to leave. Vera confronts Dysart after learning she is now rich, yet she faces isolation and heartbreak.
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Mr. Teysart
Lord Riversdale
Seaton
Sedley
Deyton
Mr. Dysart
Dysart
Gregory Dysart
Tie
Jjo
Vera
Ile
Kbysart
Australia
Griselda
England
Changes and wealth shift in Vera's world in Chapter XXI
After three months Seaton Dysart loses his inheritance to reluctant heir Vera. Mr. Keyton, now Vera’s ally, purchases the land and carriages, aided by Griselda who revels in the changes. A stormy day frames Vera's solitary reading by the fire as visitors wait unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaton Dysart
Mr. Keyton
Landan
Ile
Vera
Griselda
Crace's Dinner Party Hint Sparks Seaton's Departure Plan
Vera and Mrs. Peyton discuss Seaton's impending departure from England and a wish to glimpse his old home one last time before he leaves. Griselda carries Vera's note inviting Seaton to visit, a gesture framed as the most graceful possible courtesy amid past choices.
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Vera
Mrs. Peyton
Crace
Tom
Seaton
Engand
Griselda
Bread 1800 Years Old From Pompeii Museum Exhibit
A Naples museum displays carbonized bread baked in August 79 A D in Pompeii’s ovens. The loaves, now black like charcoal, weigh about two pounds and may have used leaven. The exhibit also shows preserved grains, fruit, vegetables, meat, walnuts, figs, pears, and a well preserved honeycomb from the eruption.
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Naples
Pompeii
England
Vesuvius
Vompeti
Tibet and its sacred city Lhasa through the camera's eye
A sweeping look at Tibet's isolation and grandeur. The piece describes Lhasa the Grand Lama and Potala Palace, theocratic rule, lamaseries perched on cliffs and the man made ritual violence of exclusivity. It notes recent photographic glimpses by Asiatic viewers and explorers who risk death to approach the sacred city.
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Ibet
Africa
Asia
Tibet
Lhasa
Henry Savage Landor
William Woodville Rockhill
China
India
Russia
Himalaya Mountains
Dalai Lama
Buddha
Gyalpo
Manning
Huc
Gabet
Ovehe Novzounof
Nepal
Ifue
Gya‘po
Potala
Europe
America
Kipling As A Guide Book In The East
Henry Sturges Ely of Binghamton returns from a world journey praising Rudyard Kipling. He says Kipling is the finest guide for the Far East with truthful reporting and vivid imagery, citing lines like And the dawn comes up like thunder and The night comes down the thunder. The New York Tribune quotes his view on Kipling as a guide and observer.
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Kipling
Henry Sturges Ely
Binghamton
Rudyard Kipling
Far East
Mr. Ely
Roedecker
China
Singapore
East
New York Tribune
New French artificial leather wall paper hits market
A French invention introduces artificial leather wall covering made from tiny scraps of refuse skin and hides dissolved in a strong alkaline solution. French leather papers have declined in U S sales over the past decades as decorative papers like Deco raline Anaglypta Linerusta Lignomur Cam cold and Tyncastle have risen in popularity.
His Ring
A dialogue exchange has Mr Lothario and Mr Benvolio discussing a woman and her rings. The piece notes recognition of a ring and mentions an engagement once, credited to the Catholic Standard and Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lothario
Mr. Benvolio
Catholic Standard and Times
World shipbuilding ranks and 1901 US output
Report to the State Department shows England leading shipbuilding with Germany 10 percent of total. For six months ending Dec 31, 1901 the United States built 717 rigged vessels totaling 154,073 gross tons, including 38 vessels over 1,000 tons and several large steamers.
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United States
Monaghan
Chemnitz
State Department
Germany
England
Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Watson
Buckman
Minnetonka
Washington Star
William P. Frey
Pacific
Diamond's standing among precious stones and cutting history
The diamond ranks first among gems for hardness rarity and brilliancy though composed of carbon. It can be colorless or tinted by impurities, with colors including white gray yellow green brown and rare orange red blue and black. Diamond dust aids polishing and the art of cutting spread to Europe after the fifteenth century.
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India
China
Europe
Germany's society aiding needy actresses grows branches
Home Notes reports a relief society helping poor actresses secure costumes and engagements. Now in its second year, branches span Berlin Cologne Munich Stuttgart Karlsruhe Mannheim with plans for more city branches. Committees of wealthy women and leading actresses run each city. Demand for costumes exceeds supply, spurring greater effort.
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Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Munich
Stuttgart
Carlsruhe
Mannheim
Faith and Works in a Western College Classroom
A professor, irked by a tardy student, stops speaking until he sits. After apologizing, the student explains his watch was fifteen minutes off. The professor replies that what is needed is works, not faith in the timepiece.
Brighton to London Electric Railway Estimated Costs
The project cost figures for the Brighton to London electric railway include £7,383,403 in round figures for the overall cost, £330,000 for stations, £1,128,361 for accommodation bridges and viaducts, and at least £2,408,720 for tunnels, with additional unrelated quotes and notes intertwined.
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Brighton
London
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Invo
Amy
Philadelphia Bulletin
Persia
Rewe
Shipbuilding OF the World
Colonies
British Electric Railway
Glasgow University
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