A Costly Adventure on the Union Pacific to Laramie
A train holds up a coach bound for Denver. A masked rider abducts a rancher’s daughter, while another group robs the Denver coach. The girl’s affections complicate capture and release as the would-be bridegroom pays a steep price. Frances Delaney and Blake face social ruin and a forced engagement, ending with a reluctant return to Denver and a wary, distant future in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Lulu Ross Medgeley
When Snakes Steep and Albanian Beliefs Jostle Death
Fragmentary text notes snakes seek food at night, avoiding daytime sun in shaded paths. It then shifts to a dubious claim that Albanians believe they alone have rights and others exist to serve them. It ends with a grim remark on death and a proverb about dying versus living.
Opium Monopoly Planned in Philippines to Fund Education
Washington dispatch reports the Philippine government may lease the opium trade to a single bidder for three years to curb usage and fund schooling. The plan, approved by the war department, would restrict sales to Chinese users and require strict government oversight with duties collected at the port.
Tales of Cities on Civic Reform and Public Decay
A collection of brief urban observations notes Bert coal smoke in New York must end after long tolerance. Harrisburg youths say they cannot marry due to cost, with a call for honesty. Philadelphia and Washington arrest men for sidewalk spitting, and Pittsburg would need more police if that reform spread.
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Miners Benefit From Back Pay Amid Wage Rise Debate
A New York Post special report from Wilkes-Barre covers anthracite miners receiving back pay from November 1 to April 4 after a 10 percent wage increase. About 144,000 workers shared roughly 1,425,000 dollars. payments were made mainly in May, with savings and debt repayment noted. The piece notes social gains among immigrant workers, wedding expenses covered, and expectations of further demands as the current contract nears expiration.
De Honor safety Bicycle inventor honored in England
Safety bicycle pioneer J Starley is to be memorialized in England with 2500 subscribed. Subscriptions are flowing in very liberally at scarce rate, reflecting strong public support for the inventor’s contribution.
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England
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Notable figures and legends from many lands and eras
Dr. N D North assumes exsecs bureau post in Washington succeeding Merriam. Kansas Senator Chester Long joins Leber circle and trout club in Colorado. Munich Professor Walkhoff argues oldest title ancestors could talk. Commodore Vanderbilt’s maxim cited. A W Longfellow to design Portland library. Ilisha Kent Kane medal awarded to scientist and president of Geographical Society. Lord Wemyse once felled King Edward in an argument. Parke Godwin at eighty seven enjoying birthday celebrations. Bear Tracks, Osage Sioux and Hot Springs resident, is a South Dakota legislator and barber by trade.
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Boston
Longfellow
Wadsworth-Longfellow
Portland
Lbeen
Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Ilisha Kent Kane
Lord Wemyse
Edward
Prince of
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Wemysa
Parke Godwin
Bear Tracks
Indian Territory
South Dakota
Hot Springs
Value of the Ampere Debated at University
The article reports experiments at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on determining the exact value of the ampere the current that deposits silver in a specified setup. Professors Garhart and Guth lead the project in collaboration with Gov ernment support as researchers test a new standard. The work, long pursued in Europe, aims to produce a stable instrumentless definition unaffected by heat cold or gravity.
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Immenad Folie
University of Says
Ann Arbor
New York
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Belentita
Michigan
Cairo Water Project for City to Use Artesian Wells
Pare Water For Cairo, Beryl. The onerous American tourists in Egypt will bear with pleasirg that a great improvement is about to lo made in the present system to supply the city of Cairo with drinking water. Ac tually this is yet furnished exclusively by the Nile, and it is eaay ts stand how dangerous io that , since cholera and other epidemic dia cases are known to be transmitted through Egypt mainly by the Nie wa ters. But soundings have been made, and they have discovered at Cairo a lrge underground sheet of water per fectly pure. An agreement has been concluded between the Angio government and the company of Cairo waters for the establishment of artesian wells ior all the quarters of the ety.
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Egypt
Nile
Angio
Company of
Cairo Waters
New Intexteant Emerges From T Root In Hawaii
A new intext eant is announced built from the t root abundant in the Hawaiian Tslhods. The effort aims to leverage local resources, with researchers outlining potential benefits and applications across industries. Further studies and collaborations are planned to assess feasibility and impact.
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