Debating War Echoes and a Boundary of Hearts
In a tense home amid war weary days, Jane and Matilda contend with scarce funds and distant suitors as Neville, a dashing soldier, captivates with stories and shared tunes. A blossoming, fate whispering between glances, hints at love’s turning point as histories of Charles Stuart Cromwell and Covenanters frame their evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Neville
Newcome
Mrs. Swaffham
Dunbar
Dr. Verity
So Sweet a Dream within Swaffham Parlor
Matilda leaves de Wick for a pre Christmas walk to Swaffham where cheer and plenty contrast her gloomy mood. She observes Jane and her mother with Lord Cluny Neville enjoying hospitality, and steps into the scene with a newly plucked rose. Her mood shifts to match the lively, hopeful atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Wick
Matilda
Swaffham
Jane
Thomas Fuller
Lord Cluny Neville
Deviled Turkey Dinner Causes Grave Suspicion At Party
An earnest English sociologist Prof Francis W H Tabor visits a friend on the East Side. A daughter and her friends design menus including deviled turkey and dad turkey. The professor’s demeanor and the odd menu raise a grave impression among the guests and host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis WH. Tabor
Tenth Street
Avenue A
New York Times
East Side
Tabor
Cambridge
Thia
Bethaylor as a Mirror of All Reflections
A brief aphorism notes Bethaylor as a mirror in which each person sees his own image, implying self reflection and universal likeness without naming events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethaylor
Goetho
Immense Crowd Marks Opening of Fifty-Eighth Congress
Washington observers describe a large crowd as the Fifty-eighth Congress convened in extraordinary session to take the oath. Senator Smoot of Utah subscribes to the oath. several newly elected senators fail to respond. Seventy-four senators attend, with Hoar and Cockrell named to relay readiness to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate of the Fifty-eighth Congress
Cannon
House of Representatives
Tillman
Benate
Messrs
Hale
Alfon
Teller
Bennett
Senate
Hoar
Burrows
Committee On
Privileges and Elections
Gorman
Spooner
Allison
Smoot
Utah
Ankeneey
Foster
Wash
Messrs. Clarke
Ark
Gallinger
N. H
Stone
Messrs. Hoar
Cockrell
Newfoundland Legislature Opens With Treaty Hopes
The Newfoundland legislature opened with the governor reporting a treasury surplus. He said Bond-Hay treaty talks progress and indicated plans to enlarge the naval reserve, extend telegraph service to Labrador after the Anglo American monopoly ends next year, establish a cold storage plant, and boost local iron smelting. The French shore modus vivendi bill was read for the first time.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Naval Reserve Movement
Labrador
Anglo- American Telegraph Company
Monnopoly
Public Debt Statement Shows February 1903 Total
The monthly debt report from Washington records a public debt of 987,972,898 at February 28 1903 after cash to Treasury. It lists interest bearing debt 914,541,420, debt on which interest ceased 1,250,510, and non interest bearing 996,744,438 totaling 1,012,516,368. Certificates and treasury notes outstanding 884,725,009 are offset by equal cash on hand for redemption.
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Washington
D. C
Treasury
Cambrian Prince Sinks After Capsizing in North Sea
Captain Owens reports the British ship Cambrian Prince of 1252 tons net burden from Coquimbo to Middlesborough capsized and sank in the North Sea. The carpenter was rescued.
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Hamburg
Owens
Coquimbo
Middlesborough
North Sea
Republicans Move to Fast Track Panama Canal Pact
Republican leaders in Washington plan a united push to pass the Panama canal treaty and the Cuban reciprocity treaty. A steering committee meeting urged keeping as many senators in the city as possible to avoid quorum calls and accelerate debate. Senator Morgan may reexamine prior positions to cover new members. The aim is steady Senate operations with minimal absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Morgan
Emperor William Authored Bible Letter in Full
Berlin reports Emperor William personally wrote and dictated the Bible controversy letter to Admiral Hollman. The North German Gazette confirms the sovereign penned every word without aid, addressing Babylonian topic and stressing the czar’s own hand and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Admiral Hollman
German Oriental Society
Empror
Consul Accused of Neglect After Bermuda Shipwreck
Complaint lodged with the State Department alleges United States Consul W Maxwell Greene at Hamilton Bermuda showed indifference to shipwrecked passengers of the steamer Madilana and took no part in their rescue. Bermuda papers commented. investigations to be started. Greene was appointed from Rhode Island in 1898.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
W. Maxwell Greene
Hamilton
Bermuda
Greene
Rhode Island
Western Lumber Dealers Withdraw From Association
The Western Retail Lumber Dealers announce continued friendly relations with wholesalers but cannot honor the 1892 Boston agreement. Western courts have ruled such an agreement restrains trade and is unlawful.
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Western Lumbermen
Washington, D. C
Western Fetal Lumber Dealers’ Association
National Association of Lumber Deal
Boston
Soldiers Will Return Home From Manila
MANILA The United States transport Thomas will sail for home Thursday taking two batteries and four companies of the artillery the first long service troops returning. Sixty artillerymen prefer to stay on the Island. Seven hundred men from five cavalry and infantry regiments ordered home have applied for transfers to remaining commands but General Davis cannot grant them because the remaining regiments are already at authorized strength.
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Manila
United States
Thomas
Davis
Nominees Sent to Senate Including John Reese as Receiver
The president sent nominations to the senate naming George C. Holt a U S district judge for the Southern district of New York John Reese as receiver of public moneys at Broken Bow Nebraska and John F Vivian as surveyor general of Colorado
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Washington
Senate
George C. Holt
United States
Southern District
New York
John Reese
Broken Bow
Neb
John F. Vivian
Coloruado
Idaho Irrigation Contracts Let for Snake River Dam and Canals
TOCOMA Wash Contracts have been let to dam the Snake River about twenty five miles above Shoshone Falls and construct sixty five miles of canal on the south side and twenty four miles on the north side. Lateral works will reclaim 240000 acres under the new government irrigation law. The dam will cost 400000 or more and the canal 2500000.
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Idaho
Tocoma
Snake River
Shoshone Falls
Secretary Whitney Ends Turkey Orders After Bindery Letter
A Navy Department tale recalls Secretary Whitney pushing a 1898 report through fast to reward printers with 3000 turkeys. Fifty five bindery workers then demanded turkeys, prompting Whitney to abandon the planned Christmas distribution and end the turkey business.
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Navy
Whitney
Saya
New York Tribune
Navy Department
Mr. Peters
Anid
Peters
Secretary of the Navy
Blackbird Tale From Old Atlanta Days
In a reminiscence from Atlanta Constitution lore, Bro Luckle recalls a time when a vast cloud of blackbirds darkened the sun as he stood on a cowshed with a gun. He claims the birds fell by the hundreds, filling the barnyard and leaving the neighborhood covered in blackbirds for days. Dock Smith confirms witnessing the scene.
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Bro. Luckle
Atlanta
Medlock
Dock Smith
Atlanta Constitution
Worried Mother Refutes Conductor in Five-Child Tale
In Philadelphia Joseph L Barbour recalls a Hartford lawyer story about a mother with five children boarding a crowded New York horse car. The conductor asks if all are hers and she replies Yes they are all my children and I tell you its no picnic.
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Philadelphia
Joseph L. Barbour
Hartford
New York Times
Frills Move to See Secretary of War
Representative Sulzer insists on access at the War Department door. The messenger initially refuses for the day, then admits the New York congressman after Sulzer asserts his ranking minority status on Military Affairs. The secretary consents to a meeting.
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Root
Representative Sulzer
Secretary of War
New York
Derivation of Connecticut Name Roots
The Springfield Republican explains the origin of Connecticut from an Algonquian phrase meaning at the long tidal river. It cites quonne tukgut as the source indicating a long tidal river location.
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Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
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