Eben Lufkin and Judge Roach in a Tense Partnership
In a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt, Eben Lufkin, the quiet chief clerk, clashes with his ambitious partner Judge Roach over ambition, affection, and control at the firm. Roach suspects Lufkin of meddling and slowness while Lufkin quietly plans his upcoming marriage to Miss Gildersleeve, a client’s daughter, highlighting class and power dynamics within the partnership.
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Oach & Lufkin
Lufkin
Eben Lufkin
Judge Roach
Roach
Eben
Miss Gildersleeve
Luf&in
Wisa Gildersleeve
Campbells
Gldldersleeve
Mr. Roach
George
Rosch
Europe
Chicago Record-Herald
Bug Meaning: Ghosts and Goblins in Language History
The note explains how the Welsh term bug signifies a ghost while bug in Hebrew translations of Psalms 91:5 was rendered as terror. Early versions misrendered the verse as thou shalt not need to be afraid of any bugs by night, reflecting shifting meanings across languages and eras.
Speculator's Flurry: Advice to Furnish Small Speculators
Detroit Free Press notes a man who supplies tips to small speculators and questions why he does not speculate himself. The column comments that if a man has a new story, he should tell it himself and finish it, as he will not be satisfied until he does.
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Detroit Free Press
Flames rage in oil field near Beaumont Texas
Fire roared through the Beaumont oil field destroying derricks pumping plants and thousands of barrels of oil. Two lives were reported lost as waste oil ignited, spreading along tracks and igniting settling tanks. Spindle Top Heights and Keith Ward tract suffered extensive damage with losses possibly reaching hundreds of millions.
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Beaumont
Texas
Texas and
Sabine
Gladys
Keith-Ward Tract
Higgins Tank No. 2
Melith-Ward Tract
Spindle Top
Port Arthur
Russia
Forest Fires Wreak Destruction Across Oregon
Wildfires sweep Oregon towns and countryside from Springwater to Molalla and Elkborn. Homes barns and timber burn. cattle perished in forests. Smoke widens coastward turning Astoria’s sunset yellow green. City services halt lights on. packing house workers pray. steamship searchlight used on the Columbia. Timber fires threaten settlements and property. Thousands of dollars in losses reported.
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Oregon
Molalla
Astoria
Ore
Columbia
Portland
Owental
Marines rushed to Panama as threat looms on isthmus
The U S cruiser Panther was ordered to embark 380 marines and rush to Colon to avert a possible attack on Panama City. The Wisconsin and Cincinnati were ordered to land marines to safeguard rail property and oppose revolutionary gunboats. Revolutionaries control railway points and Agua Dulce, with the only Colombian warship under their control. Several gunboats patrol near Panama as upheaval grows.
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Isthmus
United States
Panther
Colon
Wisconsin
Panama
Cincinnati
Isthmian Railway
Agua Dulce
Global and domestic notes from the era of upheaval
The Cuban Senate raises import duties on boots coal lumber and provisions. Manila reports renewed Moro attacks on American outposts in Mindanao. The British Medical Journal says King Edward’s second operation is not needed and his recovery is complete. A bloody clash near Uskub sees Bulgarian Macedonian rebels cut to pieces. Spanish monarchic concerns grow as the king’s behavior alarms the public. Baden citizens urge German national schooling to keep German character from foreign influence. Col Gerald O Kitson named governor and commandant of Sandhurst. Berlin mails Germany’s economic stats for 1900 including emigration, strikes, and production shifts.
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Manila
Mindanao
Edward
Uskub
Turkey
Baden
Gerald O. Kitson
West Point Academy
United States
Sandhurst Military College
England
State Department
Berlin
Germany
Weekly crop summary reports mixed regional gains
The Agricultural Department notes cool central valleys and Lake region with above average rains in parts of the upper Mississippi basin. Texas receives abundant rainfall easing drought. middle Atlantic and Ohio valley areas still need rain. Frosts from the 3rd to 6th caused minor damage from Montana to New England. Corn forward progress is good east of the Mississippi with most crops safe in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Ohio valley. Plowing for fall seeding advances in the South and Missouri valley while the Ohio valley and lake region face dryness.
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Agricultural Department
Lake
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Middle Atlantic Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
South Atlantic States
Montana
New England
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Cotton Belt
Statens
Upper Lake Region
New York
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
South
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Boers Press Demands Limn Peace Talks Outcome
British parliamentary paper reports a Boer generals list of demands presented before Aug 20 talks. Proposals include amnesty for Boers, pensions for widows and orphans, equal language rights, rights for those surrendering, release of POWs, restitution of offices and farms, compensation for private property losses, and debt extensions. Chamberlain expresses surprise at the breadth and says Wheereniging terms cannot be reopened.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
South Africa
Transvaal
Natal
South African Republica
Mr. Chamberlain
Maine Vote a Surprise Republicans Carry State by Plurality
Maine election returns show a probable Republican plurality around 27 500 doubling earlier estimates. Four Republican Congressmen Littlefield Allen Burleigh Powers are returned while Cumberland County Sheriff candidate Rev O S Bisbee loses to Democrat William M Pennell. Portland city voters reject enforcement of prohibition with Pennell winning by about 2 000 votes.
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Maine
Hill
Cumberland
Androscoggin
New York
Hancock
Poor Year in Philippine Islands Halves Cultivation
War and public health crises depress farming across the Philippines with Taft estimating cultivated area at roughly half a normal year. Cholera and rinderpest compound hardships for farmers, dragging spirits as agriculture suffers nationwide.
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Philippines
Philippine Islands
Gov. Taft
Dan Patch Paces Vast Mile at Providence Pace
Dan Patch set a fast mile at Providence R I pacing a 1 minute 59.9 second effort, coming within a quarter second of the five year old Star Pointer record. The second quarter stretched to 29 seconds with a 21 50 gait credit noted.
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Dan Patch
Providence
R. L
Star Pointer
Evangelistic Mission Heads East Asia Work and notable era figures
Rev Dr George F Pentecost embarks a year long evangelistic tour across China Japan and the Philippines to rally English American residents train missionaries and evangelize educated Japanese. Included are notes on Rev Dr Sheldon Harris ex labor organizer and Luther Marsh prominent lawyer and spiritualist, plus Edith Huntington and John Spreckels engagement news and Prof Leopold Schenk death after expulsion from Vienna University.
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George F. Pentecost
East Asia
China
Japan
Philippines
Mayflower, Roosevelts yacht, under Gleaves command
Lieutenant Commander Albert Gleaves leads the Mayflower, the President’s new yacht, a sleek vessel freshly out of Brooklyn Navy Yard. Gleaves, a Tennessee native, commands the handsome cruiser set to accompany Mr. Roosevelt at sea. Peter Mortensen, secretary of the Pacific Lumber Company, receives a sentence related to the condemned structure's material costs.
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Albert Gleaves
United States
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Gleaves
Tennessee
Peter Mortensen
Slayace
Theacific Lumber Company
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States Federation
Chicago
Luther SR. Marsh
Mr. Marsh
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Onondaga County
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L. B
Marsil
San Francisco
Edith Huntington
Willard V. Huntington
John D. Spreckels
Miss Huntington
Jack Spreckels
Mr. Spreckels
Leland Stanford University
Leopold Schenk
Schwanberg
Styria
Vienna University
DE. Schenk
Miles Huntington
Cleaves
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