The Tie That Binds Aboard a Transatlantic Vessel
On a crowded departure, Stephen Dennison harbors bitter hatred for America. He learns of his son Stephie Jr’s political scandal and his wife’s divorce, fueling dreams of exile as Havre nears. He boards a train at the port seeking to outrun memories and the “American” label.
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Stephen Dennison
Peibery
Stephen Dennison, Jr
Stephie Jr
Stephen
Dennison
Havre
White haired man dies defending the flag in hostile riot
A lone white haired man dies in July as swarthy rioters attack a consulate. A tall stranger snatches down the tricolor, the police intervene, and the man dies murmuring he loves the flag. The scene ends with the star spangled banner held aloft.
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Dennison
Dorfchen
Germany
Magsie
United States
Dear Miss Champagne on Love and a Dilemma
A 20 year old asks how to choose between two suitors. One man earns 12 a week and cannot support her. the other earns 25 a week and could, with her family split between them. The advisor urges honesty, urges choosing the man who offers comfort, and warns against deception.
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Miss Champagne
Snow and Cold Halt Washburn Rail Freight Service
Heavy snowfall blocks the Washburn branch of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad causing all freights to be cancelled. Roads are impassable and high wind limits travel in the area of Washburn Maine.
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Washburn
Bangor & Aroostook
Domestic Recipe Fragments From Mrs Titus to Mrs Preble
A collection of kitchen guidance detailing pudding making with potatoes carrots suet and raisins, a spiced cardamom walnut bread, a chicken rice corn bake, clam chowder style dish with pork fat and cream gravy. Names include Mrs Mabel F Titus Belmont Mrs Il L Preble Belmont and Mrs F B Flinn St Johnsbury VT and Lucy W Jones West Brooksville Maine.
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Mabel F. Titus
High Street
North Attleboro
F. B. Flinn
Lafayette Street
St. Johnsbury, Vt
Lucy W. Jones
West Brooksville
Insurgents in Ponape Suppressed in Caroline Islands Action
Berlin reports the Ponape uprising ended after police stormed fortified cliffs on January 13. German ships Cormoran Planet and Emden supported the attack with bombardment. one German were killed and two wounded. Fewer than 50 insurgents remain active as a German column pursues them.
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Berlin
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Cormoran
Planet
Emden
Missing broker Davie left $80,000 in stock bonds
Ysador Fox as receiver for Robert C. Davie states in the Federal building that Davie possessed about $80,000 in Kansas City, Mexican & Orient railway stock and bonds bought with cash and likely disposed of in Mexico. Bonds as late as August include $40,000 with an English stamp listed on the English stock market.
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Ysador Fox
Robert C. Davie
Federal
Davie
Kansas City, Mexican & Orient Railway
Mexico
Carnegie gives $1,250,000 to Dunfermline fund
London reports that Andrew Carnegie has donated another 1,250,000 dollars to a Dunfermline fund in Scotland. The gift advances a long-standing philanthropic campaign tied to the Scottish town.
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Dunfermline
London
Andrew Carnégie
Scotland
Boss Quits Draper Mill After Black Hand Threats
Hopedale January 381 Robert Goodnow foreman of the bobbin department at the Draper mill resigned after a Black Hand scare. Officials denied fears of explosions and cited vandalism including belt cuts and machinery crippling. Mill detectives and outside sleuths were hired to trap the mischief makers following wage cuts.
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Draper
Change in Bobbin Department Chief at Local Plant
Vandalism disrupted a factory, slashing a belts in the bobbin department and halting work for hours. Mr Goodnow resigns on Saturday night and is replaced by F W Redgraves, a former bobbin department employee. The company officials offered no comment on the leadership change.
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Goodnow
F. W. Redgraves
Kansas Woman Wins Vote for Senate Nomination
Denver January 31 A Colorado Legislature session record shows Mrs Katherine M Cooke former state superintendent of public schools receiving a vote for United States Senator. The event marks a historic voting moment for a Kansas woman in the state legislature.
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Denver
Col
United States
Colorado
Katherine M. Cooke
Senators Shake Hands to Show No Enmity in Senate
In Washington on January 31 Senators Chauncey M Depew and Jeff Davis publicly shook hands in the Senate to demonstrate that no personal enmity arose from Davis's remarks the day before regarding the Arkansas Senator's statements.
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Washington
Chauncey M. Depew
Jeff Davis
Senate
Arkansas
Death by clothesline falls in New Brunswick
In St. John New Brunswick on January 31 Mrs George Maxwell died after a clothesline rope broke while she hung laundry on a bank top. She plunged about 18 feet onto rocks, striking her head and dying instantly. Survived by husband and six children including Andrew Maxwell of Roxbury Massachusetts.
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ST. John
N. B
George Maxwell
Lancaster
Newburyport Hangers-On Fined for Fictitious Names
In Newburyport on January 31 authorities reported hangers-on unable to buy liquor resorted to drinking alcohol bought by the half pint and diluted. Edward Wisee man was fined $10 for signing a fictitious name in the druggists registry, a likely first Massachusetts court case of its kind.
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Newburyport
Edward Wiseeman
George Adams
Massachuesetts
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New England
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Panama
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