Miss St Quentin at Mrs Sinclair's party and a forgotten love
In a London drawing room Miss Mary St Quentin, famed for beauty and pale charm, navigates gossip and longing for Maj Tremain, a returning war hero. The scene hints at a past Suffolk garden romance, a hidden memory, and a quiet central tension between public praise and private desire.
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Stheen
London
Saskea
St. Quentin
Hilda
Caron
Egnsider
Miss &J. Quentin
Pff. Sinclair
Jack Tremain
Suffolk
Lahey
Mary St. Quentin
Maj. Tremain
V. C
Miss St. Quentin
Phat Atlas
Tin Paige
Eee
Avek
Athens
Italians Quietly Parry Wage Cut With Shortened Shovels
A German railway project employed Italian navvies who refused to strike when wages fell. At night each Italian shortened his shovel by an inch so work required less dirt, then returned to work. The ringleader explained the tactic as reducing pay and dirt but extending the work life.
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Germany
Understanding Fish Age Through Ear Stones and Rings
The article discusses methods for aging fish, noting size is unreliable. It explains that ear stones or otoliths vary in age indicators and that rings on scales can be hard to read in small species. Professor Henseh of Deutsche Fischerer Zeitung is cited on ear stones as the better age clue.
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M4o
Henseh
Deutsche Fischerer Zeitung
China
Fiat
Currency reform and finance notes in obscure report
The text describes a proposed currency plan including bank notes and bonds, a capital mix of sovereign bonds and legal tender, and benefits like bond releases and reduced redemptions. It cites numbers for national banks, total capital, and mentions a ship subsidy and immigration notes. It also lists demographic race data and public building construction costs as part of the broader report.
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Bunien
Gage
Ameri
Gaul Ska Inquiry on Tobacco Use in Schools Sparks Debate
Fragmentary OCR about tobacco questions in schools cites figures like $100,000 and $412,400 for years 1896-99 and this year. Kansas City Supt J M Greenwood doubts a boy’s capacity if he smokes cigarettes, claiming he hasn’t found a lifelong smoker who finished sixth grade. The piece references a fifth year and effects of smoking.
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J. M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Henye
A.echools
Father Reclaims Baby After Brooklyn Incident
In a case from Brooklyn a father disappeared with his child leaving neighbors to care for the burial and baby. Mrs Lowenwith nursed the child to health after the father consented to give her exclusive right for two dollars. He later returned claiming to have remarried and demanded the baby, which was refused.
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Lowenwith
Remarkable arm operation may shift medical epoch
Dr James A Kelly at St Marys hospital performed a pioneering procedure on James Loughlin, a shipyard worker. The crushed humerus was replaced with a sheep thigh bone, fitted without cutting the graft, requiring half inch tissue stretching to align shoulder and elbow joints. Doctor B von Kotsch recounts the case.
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Philadelphia
James A. Kelly
St. Mary’s Hospital
James Loughlin
Loughlin
Kelly
B. von Kotsch
Hering Hospital
Soldiers Riot Aboard Sheridan Troopship After Manila Discharge
Discharged United States soldiers rioted aboard the transport Sheridan on arrival in San Francisco from Manila. Enlisted men, released while at sea, cheered and threw small arms overboard as officers urged formalities. Breadroom looting followed and reluctant arrests failed until officers persuaded the crowd to retire.
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Sheridan
San Francisco
Manila
Cost of living higher now than decade ago says Dim's Review
Dan's Review notes the average American faces higher living costs today than in the past decade with bread meats dairy and garden goods rising more than in 1897. It cites a hypothetical 1897 purchase costing 45 and current costs at 101.37, while Civil War era prep would have been 412ZL75. Dim's Review compiled price records for 850 essentials with weightings.
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Dan
Dim
Grand International Live Stock Exposition Closes After Week
The Chicago show ends a week long international exposition with record crowds and strong receipts. Attendance surpassed 85 000 for a single night and 330 000 from outside Chicago, while total receipts hit 200 000 with 250 000 expended by exhibitors and management. The event awarded 300 prizes across 3 800 head of stock and 250 lots. In a separate incident Hemmings aged 9 near Williamsburg Nebraska shot and killed his year old brother with an old revolver. the boy died minutes later.
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Cig Caxo
Chicago
Exhibiors
Hemmings
Williamsburg
Neb
Lawson a Heavy Loser in Copper Bull Market Battle
Thomas W. Lawson admits multiyear copper losses totaling about 14 million dollars as he vows to fight back against his enemies. He claims his Amalgamated holdings of 142000 shares remain unsold at cost and cannot be forced from him, despite market pressure and Trinity’s price drop stemming from ongoing attacks.
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Elie
Renae
Shaw
eMias
Quentin
tYou
Tremain
Cresswell
Ais
Hilde Carson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Trinity
Amalgamated
Notable International and Domestic Wealthy Figures Spotlight
Gov Hill of Maine plans a $200000 Angostasu house described as the state's costliest. Mary Preston Sloason, university chaplain, is noted as the sole U.S. prison chaplain. Alice de Rothschild named among America's richest women with Grasse villa and Piccadilly homes, holdings centering on gardens and a Harrow collection. Katherine Sprexes of Philadelphia, tied to St Patrick’s Church Carlisle and Carlisle Indian School Catholic support, is linked to a $30000 Carlisle project. Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt funded bronze doors for St Cholomew's Church memorial in honor of Cornelius Vanderbilt, to grace the church entrance attended by Mr Vanderbilt.
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Hill
Maine
Angostasu
Mary Preston
Sloason
University of ‘Wyoming
United States
Alice de Rothschild
Alberica
Grasse
London House
Piccadilly
Portaia
Cholomew
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Iren
Vienna
Dante
Washington
T St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Louie
Brooklyay
LITIL
Gertie Katz
Cost OF
W. Lawson
Nicaragua
Zepertah
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Ee Brys
Commission
Nicaragus
Atlantic
Sida
Plant Eae
Nicaraxwe
Cabal
Ana
Psanias-caial
United ‘Statess
Stuiley
Kan- Inon
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