Squire Harding and Gladys Ray Heart Affair in Oakdale
Aunt Phoebe uncovers Gladys's love for Dick Archer and a heart ailment that blocks an engagement to Squire Harding. Harding leaves for Liverpool. Dick returns, they marry, and Gladys finds happiness with a healthy family.
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Phoebe
Thoebe
Gladys
New York
Squire Harding
Grandpa
Phoebe Ray
Miadam
Gladya
Ray
Mrs. May
Aunt Phoebe
Jess
Squire
Beling
Plolug
Serlous
Liverpool
Bayport
Dick Archer
Archer
Waverley Magazine
Strawberry fiasco at church supper ends with laughter
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts a strawberry dessert mishap at a small gathering with a rector and vestryman. Strawberries froze hard spraying the table and guests. the bride explains she used whole berries, not crushed, causing a comic scene as noses and eyes were grazed and the party saved by humor.
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Detroit Free Press
Diplomatic Librarian Shows Candid City Leader The Library
A Boston ward leader visits the Public Library and presses for a patronage appointment. Director Putnam tours the building explaining duties and exams, but the politician refuses to complete the application after seeing library work. The piece ends noting Putnam’s lifelong admirer and a lesson about busy leaders.
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Mr. Putnam
Bert
Boston
Putnam
Food in its true colors as Illinois set to label adulteration
The Illinois pure food law takes effect July 1 requiring truthful labels on all packaged foods. From July 10 stores must replace old labels with new names for adulterated items, such as glucose replacing sugar, coffee compound, and lemon extract declared with purity details, with fines and imprisonment for false labeling.
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Squire Harding
Oakdale
Gladys Ray
Matilda
Squire
Gladys Kay
New York
Squire Marding
Kitten
Violet
Sqmirel
Clematis Cottage
le Caine
Enine
Iladys
Gladys
Hilinois
Minvis
Hiingis
Cost of the Spanish War Expenditures and Revenue Surplus
Treasury figures show about 389 million dollars withdrawn to cover Spanish and Philippine war costs and prep for hostilities. Navy outlays rose from 27.1 million in 1896 to 63.9 million in 1899, while deficits grew until a May 31 surplus of 63.36 million. War Revenue Act receipts are projected near 120 million for the year, bringing two-year war revenue to roughly 222 million.
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Maine
W. S. MacLennan
Treasury Department
National Defense Fund
Paris Peace Commission
Spain
Philippines
Navy Department
Internal Revenue
Wilson
Treasury
The Census Man and His Troubles
Chicago census workers faced tough conditions as they collected data in tenements and crowded districts. Anecdotes describe evasive households and whispered lists, while Philadelphia and San Francisco crews add humor and danger. resignations mounted among Brooklyn enumerators amid harassment fears.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Atterbury
Sim
Origin of the Boxers Secret Society in China
The Boxers, a 250 year old secret society, arose from radicals seeking to overthrow the Manchu and restore the Ming. The movement linked to Empress Dowager Cixi's era struggles between reformers and conservatives, with anti foreign and anti reform sentiment fueling violent suppressions and imperial and foreign powers uniting for self protection.
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T He Boser Society
China
Progressive
Empresa
Quiet news pages hint at global tensions and policy shifts
The text mentions the Hague peace conference continuing its work and Italy ordering four armored cruisers while U S policy in China and Africa faces scrutiny. Congress debates broad topics as tensions rise, with references to colonial and economic issues and looming shifts in international relations.
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Kansas City
Wall of China
New York Ice Trust
Tammany
Dom Paul
Sam
the Hague
Italy
Congress
China
South
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