Guilty 5 Innocent Chapter II Continued
George battles mounting debts and ailing mother while Barbara offers steadfast support. His gamble past haunts him as a looming hundred pound bill, and a looming departure to London threatens their engagement. Barbara vows to stand by him, but family pressures push her toward an overseas move.
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George
Barbara
George Bonverle
Jin
Tasmania
Mr. Saville
Mrs. Bouverie
Mra. Saville
London
Sebastian
Julia
Mrs. Saville
George Bouverie
George Bottwerie
Barbara to Australia Trip After Short Erring Letter
Chapter IV reveals Mr Saville's terse reply to Barbara with a two hundred pound cheque. No engagement news is given, only a warning about flirtations. Barbara is ordered to sail to Tasmania on the next available steamer after receiving the letter.
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Mr. Saville
Barbara
Asmania
Visiting Cards and Porters Names Through History
Mrs. Van Koert Schuyler explains in the Ladies' Home Journal that visiting cards trace to old customs. A lodge porter once kept a visitors’ book. a nobleman criticized poor records and began prewriting his name on slips to avoid bad imprints, a practice that spread.
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Ovighs
van Koert Schuyler
Ladies' Home Journal
Faubourg St. Germain
Best Town in the United States Debate
Four or five drummers discuss cities they visited including New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston a New York man asks a veteran reader which is the best town The veteran answers Chicago but corrects to avoid moralizing the remark implying a humorous mistranslation from a Washington Star line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boson
New Yorker
Bairly
Washington Star
India's Gold Famine and the Call to Action
Rev Cyrus Clone of Kansas argues that famine in India endangers 60 million people and demands relief far beyond Europe’s war costs. He critiques British policy, labels relief as socialist, and urges a massive fund to rescue India, contrasting imperial costs with humanitarian need.
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India
England
British Treasury
Transvaal
Great Britain
South Africa
Africa
Cyrus Clone
Kansas
Labor movement and socialism in modern society
A discussion on labor organization and the rise of socialism as a humane, justice driven force. It argues workers unite to gain rights and education, contrasts with rich class price manipulation, and calls for ethical ideals of justice and love guiding social change.
From Private Gain to Public Monopoly, an Appeal Reasoned
A historical excerpt argues that private enterprise naturally evolves from individual shops to partnerships, then to large department stores and finally to a universal monopoly. It predicts that private monopoly cannot endure, foreseeing a single public monopoly controlled by the collective.
Mexico and Odin on self government and Porto Rico
Bryan argued that the republic of Mexico had made greater material progress than India over 150 years under foreign rule and warned that conquered peoples cannot prosper. He criticized U S carpet baggers imposed on Porto Rico, urging removal and self rule by the island’s inhabitants.
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Mexico
Bryan
Puerto Rico
Transvaal
Ireland
Porto Rico
United States
England
Lincoln on Jefferson and the fight for freedom
A letter attributed to Abraham Lincoln and dated 2839 argues that Jeffersonian principles define a free society yet are denied by those who call them platitudes or lies. It warns that claims of superiority fuel a return to class rule and despotism, urging unity against subjugation and stressing universal freedom under just law.
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Lincoln
Jefferson
Abasham Lincoln
The Smelter Combine and Miner Resistance
A national smelter combine sets prices that miners must bear or abandon ore. The piece argues private ownership shifts costs from government to legislators, who deny responsibility. Miners are urged to push back, believing in private ownership despite harsh terms.
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Goverment
Paternalistic Iron Purchases Spark Tax and Wage Debate
A fragment argues that a distant government pays 21 cents per pound for iron to build ships and subdue enemies, noting huge volumes and profits. It suggests Carnegie benefits from high taxes and corporate profits, while the public endures tax burden and stagnating wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Urges farming for Negroes in race development speech
Booker T. Washington spoke at Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing on June 18 urging industrial training for African Americans. He warned against full general schooling without practical agricultural grounding, arguing the race must build a material foundation before pursuing higher education.
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Booker T. Washington
Lansing
Mich
Hooker T. Washington
Michigan Agricultural College
I. L. Snyder
Perilous Balloon Trip At Coney Island
Andrew Malthofsky, 16, was hoisted 1,000 feet above Coney Island when a balloon rope looped around his leg. The aeronaut, from the balloon, tied the rope to secure him as the craft descended toward the shore. Spectators prayed and watched as the balloon landed a few blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Malthofsky
Coney Island
Sgcronaut
Malchofsky
Riot at Beatrice State Asylum Ends in Injuries
Turmoil at the Beatrice Nebraska asylum climaxed in a general riot pitting Governor Poynter against Dr. Lang the superintendent of the feeble minded institution. Lang has ordered armed guards at grounds entrances to shoot intruders. Employees loyal to Lang caused clashes injuring several including Miss Bradburn who had a finger broken and Mrs Lang who was bruised with dresses torn.
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Beatrice
Neb
Guv. Poynter
Lang
Chicagoan Drowns in Bayou Chicot Incident
Sullivan Converse of Chicago and his father drowned while bathing in the bayou Chicot near Scranton Mississippi. The son suffered cramps and both men, unable to swim, sank in full view of Sullivan’s brother. Sullivan served as a volunteer seaman on the Oregon in the Spanish American War. His mother, Mrs Ide Converse, is known as a newspaper correspondent.
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Nayou
Scranton
Miss
Sullivan Converse
Chicago
Bayou Chicot
Sullivan
Oregon
Spain
Ide Converse
Son Fatally Stabs Father in Belleville Tragedy
In Belleville Illinois on June 18 19 year old John Hohn assaulted his father George Hohn with a butcher knife during a fit of passion. The fatal stab occurred in the head. The son, feeble minded and previously harmless, is in custody after the incident.
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Belleville
John Hohn
George Hohn
Young Hohn
Birthplace Cottage in Champaign Sells for 1800 Dollars
Hird 3 Comptrol, visiting Champaign, buys the cottage where he was born thirty five years ago for 1800 dollars. Coler of New York establishes his presence in the city during the visit.
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Raya
Bouvenien
Champaign
Ill
Hird 3
Coler
New York Est
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Bouverie
Jack
Loys
Sebastian Saville
Walle
Wellala
Phia
Lesgne
Hoy
Coney Tuland
Daily Market Report
Board of Trade
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