A Story Illustrating the Horrors of War and Loss
Margaret Crawford returns to Edinburgh after her father’s theft is exposed and seeks restitution through a life of medicine. At Greystoke she confronts Paul Cleland, the man involved in the crime, as old feelings resurface and threaten her resolve to stay distant. Florence Wynter schemes amidst fragile loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crawford
Margaret
John Cleland
Paul Cleland
Cleland
Paradise
Edinburgh
Margaret Crawford
Ske
St Fillan’s
Douglas
Bughts
St. Willan's
Fen-y-Gant
Halidays
Flo Wynter
St. Fillan’s
Greystoke
Florence Wynter
Pon-y-Grant
Mrs. Wynter
Dr. Clelandt
Dr. Cleland
Mother’s Corner
Florence
Flo
Paul
Frank Thorpe
Jand
Doctor Cleland
Miss Wynler
Miss Crawford
Sir Edmund Yorke
Miss Wynter
Russia's Chernozem Belt Described as Wack Earth Prairie
The text details Fusala's black earth belt or chernazem spanning a vast eastern arc from Hungary to the Ural mountains, then to Siberia. It notes the belt's alkaline soils, similarities to North American prairie soil, and the abundance of elements wheat plants need, with surrounding gray lands and various districts.
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Fusala
Russia
Siberia
Zuys Bradstrest
Avaraga
Mungary Ay
Ural Mountains
Biberia
Caveasug
We Breathe: Air Inhalation Rises With Exercise
Dr Edward Smith explains how air intake increases with activity. At rest a man inhales 480 cubic inches per minute, rising to 2,400 while walking at four miles per hour and to 3,000 during six mile per hour walking. Exhaled carbon increases proportionally.
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Edward Smith
Chinese Customs Upg Due Down In Canton Oddities
A fragment describes Canton customs with observations on gender roles, salutation practice, hat handling, signboard orientation, reading direction, and shoe posture. It notes women in sailor and boatman roles, men as chambermaids and laundresses, visitors receiving the host’s gesture, and a reversed hat etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canton
Sean
Allies Advancing on Pekin Amid Conflicting Reports
A Hongkong cable claims Pekin capture but official confirmation is lacking. Dispatches from Taku and Ghent-Poo via London say allied forces, led by Sir Claude MacDonald, have advanced toward Tung-Chow and aim to reach Pekin amid reports of a heavy Chinese retreat and ongoing attacks. Admiral Remey’s telegram notes Latimer on staff for authentic updates with Japanese sources reporting Tung-Chow occupied on the 12th and a Pekin attack planned.
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Vienna
Hongkong
Pekin
Taku
Rome
Claude MacDonald
Tung- Chow
London
Disputch
Ghe-Poo
Shanghai
Tung-Chow
Washington
Navy Department
Remey
Allies Capture Chang-Chai-Wan in China
A Tientsin dispatch dated August 14 reports that allied forces took Chang-Chai-Wan with light losses. About 600 Chinese were killed and survivors fled toward Tung-Chow and Pekin. German officials expect the allies will not hold Pekin and will retire with legation members to Tientsin.
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Berlin
Tientsin
Chang-Chai-Wan
Pekin
Armistice proposals move toward Pekin defenses
Reports from Kobe and Tokyo on August 14 to 17 indicate Japan proposes an armistice with China. Allies may guard ministers at Pekin gates or be admitted there to receive them. Chinese sources say allied troops reached Pekin, with signs of encroachment and secured positions near the capital. British troops prepare to land while consuls meet Shanghai.
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Kobe
Japan
China
Pekin
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Chetee
Edwin Wildman
Tokyo
Fungehaw
Yungehan
Shanghai
Jealous of the Beat Knossies Seluure of Newehwang Resented
A Washington dispatch to the Herald reports Russia occupying Newehwang without cause prompts Britain to land troops at Shanghai. Britain supports Japan. Germany objects to Britain’s policy and proposes a counter-move by stationing a squadron and landing troops to protect interests. The piece outlines four powers’ stances on the Chinese empire’s treaty parts and the American powsgament’s position.
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Knossies Seluure
Newehwang
Britain
New York
Herald
Washington
Russia
Shanghai
Great Britain
Janan
Germany
Japan
Newehwatg
Shanghai to counterbalance the czars move in the north
Russia Germany and France object to Great Britain's action as Shanghai, while the St. Petersburg government will not withdraw and this remove all reason for the policy of the British government in the south. The United States remains neutral. The occupation of Newheang by Russia has aroused great excitement in Japan. It took place, according to information received here, on Aug. 5.
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Shanghai
Russia
Germany
France
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
United States
Japan
Belated Cable From Conger Reaches Chinese Minister
Washington reports the Chinese minister received a belated cable from Minister Conger via the American cipher. Acting Secretary Ades received it shortly after. The State Department also has Li Hung Chang's appeal urging allied forces to halt at Tungchuan where Chinese officials will meet them.
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Conger
Washington, D. C
State Department
Ades
Tha Department
Li Hung Chang
Tungzhan
MORE RACE RIOTS IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LOOMS OF FEAR
In New York on August 18 a clash between whites and blacks led to arrests after a mob targeted two Black men on a Thirty-fourth Street car. A clothes line and mob pulled Robinson toward a lamp post before police dispersed the crowd. A pawnbroker reported strong black market arms sales, mainly to Black residents. In Chicago the same date, William Fiqua, a purported Black desperado, fired on officers, sparking a mob chase and his arrest as investigators link him to earlier gunfire against a fireman. he claimed to have fled Minneapolis.
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New York
Chien
Vincent A. Steeds
James Shane
Alexander Robinson
Robinson
Afty
Chicago
William Fiqua
Piqua
Madison Street
Wabash Avenue
Thomas J. Holore
Minnecapolla
State milk routemen face charges over formaldehyde
Aug 18 in Formatiehydoly Their M1 Funnt Mich State Food Commissioner Grosveuor filed complaints against nine milk route farmers William Hollingsworth Andrew Sproat Grove Ti Maltby William Dickenson Thewis Hiller Charles Atherton Reuben Pratt Thomas Gaker Lewis Ketteler after 22 samples showed 16 containing formaldehyde a harmful embalming agent L H Kirtland says over 2,000 samples tested statewide with only one as bad. Arrests may bring fines from 23 to 500 dollars or up to ninety days in jail.
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Mich
Grosveuor
William B. Hollingsworth
Andrew Sproat
Grove Ti
Maltby
Willian D. Dickenson
Thewis Hiller
Charles
Atherton
Reuben N. Pratt
Thomas H. Gaker
Lewis
Ketteler
L. H. Kirtland
Five Hurt in Gas Explosion at Atlantic Refining Works
Philadelphia August 18. Five men were severely burned in an explosion at Atlantic Refining Company Point Breeze while connecting a pipe between an oil tank and a United Gas Improvement station. Jefferson Burnside Sharp Henderson and Wiley were near a joint when the escaping gas ignited, causing the blast. One man died tonight and another cannot recover.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Joseph Jefferson
William Burn‘side
Sharp
Henderson
Wiley
United Gas Improvement Company
Walter C. Wilson Dies From Flat Car Disaster In Webster City
Walter C. Wilson, president of the Webster City and Southwestern railway and pioneer in the state, died from injuries after a flat-car overturned. He was pinned beneath the car and rescued after twenty minutes of desperate work. He was 70 years old and was prominent in railroads and mines locally.
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Walter C. Wilton
Bilted
Webster City
Town
Walter C. Wilson
Webster City and Southwestern Railway
Wilson
Heir to $20 million estate buried in Potter's Field
A man named Asa Packer Willa, heir to Asa Packer's vast Pennsylvania railroad fortune, was buried in a potter's field in San Francisco. The story notes he was a nephew of the Quaker magnate and the sole surviving link to millions poised for his Mahlittees daughter, an elderly woman referenced in the fragment.
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San Francsen
Cal
Potter's Field
Asa Packer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Willa
Teo
Magnétoe
Ast Packer
Smallpox Report From Tudlaya Reservation In N C
There is no smallpox on the Turtle Lake reservation according to Browney agent at the border who reported the fact to Major Getchell and sent them to Washington. The text notes many in the area believe otherwise and mentions efforts on the border.
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Tudlaya Devil's Lake
N. C
Turtle Lake Reservation
The Power Of Obedience In Crisis From Witte To Treasury
A Youths' Companion tale recounts how a railway station master in Russia defied erroneous telegraphic orders during a war to move troops. His brave disobedience led to confidence from the railway chief, a later cabinet appointment, and ultimately the rise of Witte to finance minister after proving the right outcome through questionable orders.
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Empire
Knos
Walhtre
Monsieur Witte
Quance
Monsieur Witta
Russia
Turkey
Romania
Bulgaria
Hini
Monsieur Wichnegdradski
St. Petersburg
Fortune Frowns On Her The Unluckiest Woman In The World
La Nelle Brooks-Vincant, once born into luxury, returns from the Klondike to Seattle, then faces divorce, failed marriages, and heavy losses from speculative ventures. After stock and staple cargo schemes in Alaska, misrepresentation and unpaid wages cripple her, ending with imprisonment and eventual release. Now penniless, she writes of her trials in the frozen north hoping for a new start.
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la Belle Brooks-Vincent
Klondike
Seattle
Was
Ypsilant College
Michigan
Benjamin Mason
Marriet Jim
la Belle
T. C. Vincent
Vincent
Mitchigan
Alaska
LA Nelle Brooks
Vincant
Datyson City
Beattie
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Elsa
Doctor Crawford
Aljone
Browning
Pen-y- Gant
Pentlands
Bonally
Chang-Chi- Wan
Cheefoo
Fortune
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