Two Cousins and a Wealthy Guest Find Love in Hard Times
Millicent and Catherine More, young schoolteachers, face poverty and a foundling Australian boy left with a plan to adopt him. Catherine pursues the child while Millicent resists. William, the wealthy cousin, arrives, reveals independence, and endorses Catherine’s choice. Catherine and William marry, while Millicent contemplates her own reluctance softened by love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent More
Catherine
Millicent
Catherine More
Cathetine
George
Australia
Milly
Milficent
Hannah
Dorcas Brown
Lawyer Goodale
Willie
Dorcas
William
Kitty
Hopper
Costly Fly Exterminator Ends In Explosion
A winter plagued man tried to kill house flies with gunpowder by making a sugar trap. After shooing flies into the pantry, he lit the fuse and exploded the powder. He forgot to remove live cartridges, causing a blast. Monday he bought new dinnerware and paid a carpenter’s bill.
Women‑Led State Besjukovschtschina Surfaces in Russia
A fictional or sensationalized account claims a Russian region called Benjukovschtschina or Besjukovschtschina is governed entirely by women. Seven villages each have a woman mayor, Baschka as president, and all roles from magistrates to policemen are held by women. The piece notes women run roads milk sales mail delivery and legal actions, with men absent from prominent posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besjukovschtschina
Russia
Baschka
Lengthened Days and Longevity in 1908
The article notes longer life expectancy and improved conditions over the past century, with the masses benefiting from plenty, hunger, and cold influencing longevity. It also recalls the social duties of visiting and the effort required to meet trains, plus a domestic joke about post-mleave household disorder and acceptance.
The Stage Driver's Bluff On a near-fatal mountain ride
An Atlanta Constitution tale recounts a stage coach journey where a driver toys with a pale faced passenger by threatening a deadly cliff fall. The passenger remains calm as the coach narrowly navigates curves, near-disasters, and a dangerous edge, with banter about facing death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crrt
Hig jAorges
Winter Book News and Classic Reading List
Nearly ten thousand dollars yearly from books by Mrs. Arthur Stannanmi. Anthony Hope’s new novel Tristram of Brent in Princess Osra style. Trinity Bells by Amelia E Barr new edition with sixteen illustrations. Sketches of Lowly Life In a Great City by Michael Angelo Woolf issued by Putnam’s Sons. Betty by Carolyn Wells tells of an Irish foundling heiress. A fragment of fairy tale exchange with Prof William Grimm. Chronological order for Scott novels listed from Count Robert of Paris to St Ronan's Well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Angelo Woolf
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Betty
Carolyn Wells
St Nicholas
William Grimm
Scott
Robert
Paris
Ivanhoe
Perth
Quentin Durward
Anne of
Gelerstein
Kenilworth
Jock
Nigel
Mfontrose
Woodstock
Peveril
St. Ronan’s Well
Tragic Utah Mine Disaster Kills 250 at Winterquarters
A blast and fire in Pleasant Valley Coal Company mines No 1 and No 4 near Scofield Utah killed 250 men on the day shift. Rescue crews recovered charred bodies as investigators suspect blasting powder ignited pockets of fire, with many victims found burned in No 4. The explosion shattered shafts and sent flames through connecting galleries, drawing families to the scene as doctors and supplies rushed from Colton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Coal Company
Winterquarters
Scofield
Utah
Colton
Rio Grande Western
Coal Company
Canal Traffic and New York Crime in 1899
The Treasury Bureau reports 20055 vessels passed the Sault Ste Marie canal in 1899, with freight at 25255810 tons and grain moves doubling since 1889. New York crime figures show 98917 arraigned, 77612 male and 21709 female, with 37607 discharged and 61116 held. Porto Rico spelling debate noted. Nome Alaska reports scarce coal and wood, wood at 500 to 4000 cord, coal sold by the pound. medicine tax relief sought on alcoholic products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics of
Treasury Department
Sault Ste Marie Canal
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Great Lakes
Northwest
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Cape Nome
New Alaska
Nome City
The Census Ages and Errors in Reporting
The census faces difficulty in obtaining accurate ages from respondents as people inflate or deflate ages to fit self-image. Enumerators note that between ages 25 and 60 the impulse to appear younger is strongest, with peak errors around age 40 and many at 30 or 40. Historical data show widespread misreporting and a pattern of fewer people at certain ages due to these tendencies.
Strike Ties Up Millions in Chicago Labor War
Chicago contractors and workers wage a costly strike tying up millions of dollars in stalled projects nationwide. Estimates range from 16 million to 30 million, with 20 million cited for the era’s building trades disputes. Several large ventures halt progress including Chicago post office, a 3 million to 5 million school projects, a box factory for the Anglo American Provision Co, and railroad terminal plans in Stickney.
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Chicago
Chicago postoMice
Anglo-American Provision Co
Stickney Tract
Waller High School
George Dewey
Calumet Avenue
Charles W Berle
Prescott
Darwin
Madison Avenue
Rail and transit notes from the era headline
Rail extensions and planned stations across the Midwest and West are outlined, including a $30,000 Beloit station by the Chicago and Northwestern. Proposals cover an Aurora to Chicago electric line via Wheaton, consolidation of Chicago elevated railways, summer excursions, and freight alleviation measures. Additional items report new baggage tickets, Soo Line home seekers excursion, and cigarette prohibitions in the Southern Railway’s South Carolina and Georgia workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Kingfisher
Guthrie
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Beloit
Wis
Aurora
Chicago
Wheaton
Western Roads
Burlington Road
Colorado
Feago
St. Louis
Soo” Line
Northwest
New York
Boston
Canada
Union ’Pacific
Northern’ Pacific Arigurally
Ite
Pacific Coast
St. Pan
Minneapoli
Duluth
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
The
Southern Railway
South Carolina
Georgia
Market calm amid gold shipments and steady money rates
New York reports continued gold shipments yet money rates remain easy and markets show little reaction. Call money funds drop below 2 percent, Chicago banks cut rates from 5 to 4 1/2, and Wall Street remains dull with limited trading. Bull and bear interests see an equilibrium as traders await clearer cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ingWall Street
Chicago
Dull
Barrow
Board of Trade
France
United Kingdom
Perret
Roberts Crosses the Vet En Route to Pretoria
British field marshal Lord Roberts camps at Smaldeel with eleven divisions as Winburg falls. Gen Ian Hamilton advances nearly parallel to Roberts, twenty nine miles east, connected by the main railway. Two guns and prisoners reported. Boers retreat toward Zand river while Natal forces show no movement. London critics condemn government over Ashanti rebellion handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smaldeel
Hamilton
Winburg
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Ian Hamilton
Avbich-Runs
Hutton
Maxim
Amaldeel
Zand
Kronstad
Habanchu
Orange Free State
Towne Agreed as Bryan’s Running Mate in Conference
A Chicago dispatch reports silver Democrats Populists and Lincoln Republicans favor ex Congress man Charles A Towne of Minnesota as William Jennings Bryan’s vice presidential partner. Key figures at the conference include J G Johnson Daniel Campau Marion Butler J B Weaver Pettigrew and George Dubois. Towne and Bryan were not present. Also note civic population figures for several cities and reports of a North German serial killer and Paris exposition smoking ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innesota
Tia
Bryan
Chicago
Lincoln
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
William’ Jennings Bryan
Towne
J. G. Johnson
National Committee
Daniel 3.Campau
Detroit
Michigan
Marion Butler
South Carolina
J.B. Weaver
Iowa
Pettigrew
South Dakota
George Dubois
Idaho
Col. Bryan
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Gratis
Atlanta Constitution
Jobh Strange Winter
Arthur Stannanmi
Anthony Hope
Amelia E. Barr
Utah Shae
Porto Rico
Puerto Rico
Board of Geographical Names
United States
Foraker
Roberts
Baltimore
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Albany
Rochester
Buffalo
Jack
Ripper
North
Germany
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