Princess Constantia Gregorius Appears At Mrs Foster’s
Ashe, a struggling poet, encounters a mysterious woman in white who calls herself Princess Constantia Gregorius and claims secret ties to his dreams. At a salon, he learns she is Miss Gregory from Binghamton, not a royal astral being, and the pair spar over reality and fantasy as they drift toward a budding, if comic, romance.
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Ashe
Fervand
Constantia Gregorius
Russia
Caesar
Thurston
Cissie
Billy
Morris
Wilmering
Sawar
Herald of Dreams
Billy Ashe
Society of Psychical Research
Foster
Mrs. Foster
Mr. Ashe
Miss Gregory
Constance
Cissy Loftus
Jen
Thurston's
Cruell
Constantia Gregarius
Binghamton
Constantis Gregorius
Mir
Rou
Mademoisselle Sapphira
Dick Thurston
N. Y
Veterans to Meet for Noteworthy 1902 G A R Encampment
National capital prepares for the 1902 Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Washington during the second week of October. Generals Torrance and committee set Oct 6 7 8 as the core dates with a week of activities to welcome veterans and guests. The event will include a monument dedication to Stephenson and Shermans and extensive public displays as the city dresses for the occasion.
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National Capital
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Grand Army
Eli Torrance
Ciates
Height of the Atmosphere Surprises with 500 Mile Claim
A Detroit Free Press note reports a new belief that the atmosphere extends up to 500 miles, based on meteorite observations. It argues the upper air is so rare that heating would require much depth of gas, with gravity’s pull shaping the limit.
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Charles Morris
Lippincott
Botha May Succeed Kruger as Boer Leader
Gen Louis Botha, regarded as Kruger's potential successor, emerges as a new Moses of the Afrikaners after the late British war. A rural Boer with limited prewar military experience, he is described as capable, decisive, and faithful to equality ideals, admired by Lord Kitchener for his conduct and leadership.
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Louis Botha
Paul Kruger
Great Britain
Botha Towant
Lord Kitchener
Plums of Patronage at Roosevelt’s Disposition
An 1900s era note outlines federal patronage moves under President Roosevelt. It highlights the ambassador to Germany vacancy as the most lucrative post with a salary of 12,000 dollars annually, limited to wealthy candidates. Bellamy Storer is a top contender for Spain, Eis as another strong possibility for Assistant Secretary of State, and talk mentions Wolcott and other wealthy figures for the Sixth Massachusetts District seat. The piece also notes efforts to remove Ambassador Powell.
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Roosevet
Roosevelt
Germany
Bellamy Storer
Spain
Eis
George T. von Meyer
Massachusetts
Moody
Wniswow
Wolcott
Powell
War scene at Lafay ette Square hosts monument dedications
A illuminated encampment area near Lafayette Square and the White House grounds hosts unveilings and dedications. Congress approves pedestal gifts for Gen W S Sherman and Maj Benjamin F Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. Proposals note sculptors Carl Roll Smien Stephen Sinding and Launtz Jensen.
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Lafayette Square
White House
Wot Sherman
Congress
Treasury Building
Benjamin F Stephenson
Sarand Army of the Republic
Carl Roll Smien
Stephen Sinding
Launtz Jensen
Maj Stephenson
Washington
Maj. Stephenson
Fourteenth Ilinois Infantry
Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
Appomattox
Decatur Post
No. 1
Potomac
the James
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twen ty Angora foats killed at Arkansas City stock yards
Short News Notes report twenty Angora goats or foats were stung to death in Arkansas City stock yards. Denver public library excludes Mark Twain story Huckleberry Fion as immoral. A strong natural gas flow was struck in Eureka Kansas at 382 feet with a pipe lit flame reaching fifty feet.
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Arkansas City
Mark Twain
Mississippi River
Denver Public
Eureka*Kan
Prairie Dog Pest Ravages Texas Vast Colony
The prairie dog outbreak in the West prompts federal investigation with alarming findings. In Texas a single colony spans about 25,000 square miles with burrows per acre averaging twenty five and total prairie dogs estimated at 440 million.
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Uncle Sam
Texas
Public Alliance appeals to Roosevelt over Morgan in coal strike
Merchants and noncombatants in the anthracite region urge President Roosevelt to intervene to end four months of strike turmoil. They accuse Morgan and his allies of blocking arbitration and threaten universal ruin, asking the President to curb trust power and prevent bloodshed amid growing tensions.
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Morgan
Roosevelt
Jobin
Gobin
Lansford
W. H. Helm
Twelfth Regiment
Public Alliance
T. F. Hart
United States
Triples President's Salary in City and County Funds
The piece argues Chicago and Cook County treasurers may face recalls and salary cuts in the next election. It claims the County Treasurer earns up to 274,000 annually, with broad estimates and bank interest dynamics affecting monthly balances. It notes the City Treasurer’s share of interest and possible inefficiencies during system changes, citing specific balances and percentages.
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Chicago
Cook County
United States
County Wretsacer
Tle
Gookin
Gunther
Abilene approves sewer contract. Cologne hotel sold
Abilene Kansas city officials awarded a fifteen thousand dollar sewer project. The Dom Hotel in Cologne Germany was sold to an American for one million four hundred eighty four thousand dollars. Lieut Brower drowned bathing in Lake Fahoe Allay California. President Roosevelt named Craig Harris, son of Senator Garris of Kansas, among cadet appointments to West Point.
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Abilene
Kan
Cologne
Germany
Lieut
R. P. Brower
Lake Fahoe
Allay, Cal
West Point Military Academy
Roosevelt
Craig Harris
Senator Garris
Kansas
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A. R
Stephenson and Shermans
Torrance
Edmonia
Botha
Kruger
Claston
Clay Evans
London
Ariteni
Dom
Bristow
Wreke
Anna
Scott Amd Phin
Las
Miles
Babe’ S
Long Island Sound
Ill
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