The Scourge of Damascus Continues in Chapter XXIII
In Damascus intrigue resolves as Horam learns Helena was innocent and Omar urges reconciliation. King Bel-Dara frees Horam, proclaims Julian his son, and seeks forgiveness between father and son with Ulin awaiting a hopeful reunion. The scene closes on a note of restored family ties and budding forgiveness.
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Julian
Horam
Omar
Ben
Hadad
Ezabel
Tim
Aleppo
Ben Hadad
Dzabel
Elena
Balbec
Damascus
Haram
Helena
Thare
Bel-Dara
Benoni
Ulin
Teenny
Horam's Destiny and Ju-Man Proclaim Lineage
In a dramatic scene Horam withdraws from public life as his son Ju-Man proclaims his rightful claim to the throne of Damascus. The moment unites Ju-Man and Ali in love as they bow before the ting, with Ali supporting Ju-Man’s ascent and Horam blessing the legacy.
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Horam
Damascus
Ju- Man
Ali
The Blind Bride at Bentley Grange
Harry Wade seeks marriage with Bessie Bird despite his uncle Brando Bentley. Bessie learns she is going blind and breaks off. Bentley, moved by love and sacrifice, forgives and accepts the couple, promising Bentley Grange as home.
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Brande
Defianca
Brande Bentley
Jones
Mel
Bessia Bird
Miss Belton
Mr. Bentley
Bessie
Mr Bentley
Barnet
Uncle Brando
Harry
Harry Wade
Bentley Grange
New England Conscience and a Widow’s Remorse Tale
A drummer visits a New Hampshire town and a young widow recounts her life. She loved an early suitor whom her mother disapproved, married a senior husband who later died, and kept silent about lingering feelings for the former lover. She believes her unfaithful heart is a punishment for thinking of James while married.
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M. EB
Boyd
New Hampshire
Mary
New England
James
Buffalo Commercial
Tn the huge mags of evil and deliverance
A compact fragment presents a reflection on evil’s vast reach and the quiet force of good striving for deliverance, invoking a period voice and a solitary quoted line to frame a moral tableau.
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Carlyle
Progress in Philippines bent on resource development and reforms
Government in the Philippines shows solid finances with a 1901 revenue of 10.8 million and surplus 4.05 million. Trade grows as imports reach 30.28 million and exports 43.21 million, with notable shifts in regional commerce and increased U S imports. Secretary Root urges Congress to allow private capital for resources, extend banking, coin insular pesos, issue bonds for education and works, and enable land purchases for public use. Manila harbor and highways projects advance with 2 million dollars for harbor improvements and 800 miles of roads underway.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Congress
Root
Archipelago
Relgiong Orlers
Islands
Manila
Corner-stone laid for Protestant Children Home and Orange In stitution
The corner-stone of the Home for Protestant Children and the Aged and Infirm of the Loyal Orange institution was laid at Hatborn near Philadelphia. David T. Graham of New York, president of the Orangemen of the World, conducted the ceremonies with Orange men from across the country in attendance.
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Philadelphia
Loyal Orange Institution
Hatborn
David T. Graham
New Yor
The
Orangemen of the World
Death of Watchman Samuel Willert in Nomadji River
West Superior Wis Nov 30 Samuel Willert watchman on the Berlin was found dead in the Nomadji river today. Police believe foul play. Three men who were with him Wednesday night have been arrested. Willert was a resident of Buffalo New York.
Troops Agree to Surrender at Calon
Liberal troops near Calon agreed to surrender to General Alban after a conference between opposing commanders aboard the U S warship Marietta.
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Calon
Alban
United States
Marietta
Sioux City inspector nets 100000 for Indians by leasing grazing land
Inspector Jenkins realized $100,000 for the Indians of the South Dakota reservation by leasing all unallotted lands for grazing at $1 per head of cattle during the year.
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Marna
India
Sioux City
Iowa
Jenkins
South Dakota
Brother shoots brother in accidental hunting death in Missouri
In Lexington Missouri on a November hunting day Kirk Workeuf was killed when his brother George Workenff’s gun discharged out of order. The incident occurred during their hunt with authorities treating it as an accidental shooting.
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Lexington
Kirk Workeuf
George Workenff
Indian schools chief urges farming focus in education
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian schools, in her annual report urged teaching Indian students how to farm. A trio of Chinese died in a San Francisco fight. The Catsdonty schooner crew, wrecked off Glen Haven Michigan, were rescued after a night in an open boat. A million-dollar lumber-yard fire struck East Veath Street New York. A mysterious light streak in the southwestern sky puzzled Chicago astronomers. Laymen believed it a comet.
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Estelle Reel
San Francisco
Glen Haven
Mich
East Veath Street
New York
Chicago
Hampered cousins seek estate shares in Herkimer will
The estate of Menzo Shaul of Herkimer N Y left four thousand dollars to be divided among his many cousins. Already 170 claimants from across the United States have sent in their requests. A note explains the term cousins meaning collateral relatives. Local wildlife and disease notes: malamute dogs are trained, silent and hardy in cold, dining on fish and seal blubber. Mosquito control near Mavana reduces yellow fever deaths while smallpox remains absent.
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Menzo Shaul
Herkimer
N.Y
United States
Canada’s Capital Aroused By Dodd’s Kidney Pills Case
Ottawa reports a sensational seven year old cure claim for George H. Kent of 408 Glimour Street. Kent says doctors gave up but Dodd’s Kidney Pills restored him, allowing him to work without lapse for seven years. His daughter’s name was christened Dodds in gratitude. The piece notes widespread physician discussion and public interest. The Berlin Unter-den-Linden street is described as illuminated by three lines of electric lights.
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Phyalelans’ Association
Esplai
Ottawa
Canada
George H. Kent
Glimour Street
Bright
Dadd
Nota Printing Company
Mr. Kent
Dodd
Pilla
Dodds
Kent
Berlin
Unter-den-Linden
Lellow Clothes Are Un sightly Bleaching Sun Ad
A compact vintage ad urging readers to keep clothes white with Russ Bleaching sun product. Marketed as genuine and available at all grocers for 1c. Quoted Tocqueville remark cautions disdain for mankind may limit personal improvement.
Your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH at 10 cents
The slogan promotes DEFIANCE STARCH as the only 16 oz package for ten cents while other 10 cent brands offer 12 oz. It promises satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded and adds a moral note about youth and aging.
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Defiance
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Newhero's Herplide Promises Cure For Dandruff
Claiming biology proves dandruff comes from germs, an ad touts Newhero's Herplide as a scientific cure. The product supposedly attacks the germ at the scalp root, prevents itching, and stops baldness, urging purchase at druggists.
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Adam
Newhero
Defiance Starch and Other Ads Mixed in Fragment
A garbled page fragment promotes Defiance Starch and Deviance Starch with price claims, notes Boston and Omaha origins, and includes various product pitches. It also contains a deafness remedy claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a political observation about election hopes saving politicians from prison.
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Sylvanus Cobb, JR
Srt
Amy Randolph
Cate Am
American House. and Old Brando Bentley
Grange
Will Carythes
Milliaer
Brando Bentley
Bessie Bird
Groadway
Bessia
Beasle
Philippines
Manta Harbor
Tocqueville
Hfe
Pik HS
Boston
Nantes
Bristol
Penn
Eek T Pai Cheney & CO
Toledo
Santa E
Lawrence Ottawa
Kan
Matt J. Johnson
Goss
Tang Foo Mall
ECL
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gil
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