Bouverie Faces Ruin as Debt Shadow Deepens
George Bouverie wrestles with a looming hundred pound debt that threatens his mother with illness, his engagement to Barbara tested by gambling ruin, and a looming decision to go abroad. Barbara offers steadfast support as family pressures mount and a planned departure to London looms.
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Chaptex III
George
Barbara
George Bouveris
George Bouverie
Georges
Tasmania
Mr. Saville
Mrs. Bouverin
Mrs. Bouverie
Wordsworth
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Barbara receives unexpected letter and two hundred pound cheque
Chapter Iv shows Saville’s brief reply to Barbara. The letter contains a cheque for two hundred pounds and mentions no engagement, only a remark on flirting dangers. Barbara is ordered to sail to Tasmania on the next available steamer after she gets the letter.
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George
London
Barbara
Sebastian
Julia
Father
Mrs. Saville
George Bouverin
George Bouverie
Mason
Toba
Mr. Saville
Tasmania
Origin of Visiting Cards Through History
Mrs. Van Koert Schuyler notes in the Ladies' Home Journal that visiting cards trace back to antiquity. A lodge porter kept a visitors book recording callers for the master and family, inspiring a nobleman from Faubourg St. Germain to preprint his name on slips to avoid poor registration. The practice then spread widely.
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Oarda
van Koert Schuyler
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bose
Faubourg St. Germain
Best Town in the United States Debate Ends in Chicago
Four or five drummers discuss visited U.S. cities after work when a New York man asks a veteran major which town is best. The major, after thirty years of travel, promptly says Chicago, prompting a humorous retort from the New Yorker. Washington Star.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
New Yorker
Washington Star
Republicans At Work in Philadelphia at Convention Start
The 12th Republican national convention opened in Philadelphia with Senator Wolcott as temporary chairman. About ten thousand attendees filled Exposition Hall as delegates and alternates from all states gathered amid orderly proceedings and a Roosevelt ovation. Speaker Wolcott highlighted currency reform and Philippines policy, stressing duty to unfold a strong, virtuous republic.
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Exposition Hall
Senator Wolcott
Colorado
Union
Hewatt
Alaska
Quaker City Managing Committee
Wanna
Republican Party
Lberty
Hanna
William McKinley
McKinley
Wolton
Walcott
Hobart Lved
Long
Dolliver
Roosevelt
Tle
St. Louis
Thera
Garret Augustua Hobart
Banke
Europa
Advertised Thief Cephas Roberts Advertises For Renter
A Winsted Connecticut man Cephas Roberts advertised seeking a tenant thief who has served two years in state prison to occupy a house and farm offered for rent. He explains he could watch the thief but by not watching the alleged honest tenants he has sustained losses.
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Philippines
Wolcott
Spain
Bpain
Paris
Tropics
Fathers
The
Republic
Tha Bloriana Adifica
Cephas Roberts
Winsted, Conn
French Compliment to Americans from The Paris Nouvelles
The Paris Nouvelles notes American work on the exposition with praise for precision and energy. It states Americans have been among the promptest in organizing and exhibitors from the United States are equally praised for diligence.
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Paris Nouvelles
United States
The Cause of a Man’s Hair Loss Worries Told
A man explains that worry accelerates balding and the fear of impending baldness is itself a major worry. The exchange highlights anxiety as a key factor in hair loss.
Shanghai Battles and Tien-Tsin Siege Report Shocks World
Washington dispatches reveal Admiral Kempff warns of Tien-Tsin bombardment and the destruction of foreign concessions. Shanghai reports 10,000 coolies out of work as turmoil floods Sam-Chun, with Boxers attacking trains and foreign ministers feared dead in Pekin.
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Hackett
Admiral Kempff
Che Loo
Tien-Tsin
Maj
Walter
London
Kempff
United States Navy Department
Berlin
Cho-Foo
Taku
Shanghai
Admiralty
Bruce
Chelt
Tien-Taln
Tong-Ku
Hongkong
Wei- Hai-Wei
Yokohama
Pekin
Seymour
Japan
Hiroshina
Fukushimen
Rurik
Breslan
Sam-Chun
Bny
Tuan
Filipinos Meet with Leaders and MacArthur Allies
In Manila on January 23, about 200 influential Filipinos including ex-ministers and officers attended a meeting with Filipino leaders MacArthur and the Philippine Commission. Thirty prisoners held half a day liberty to join. Three hours discussed a plan for a dignified peace. A seven-proposition schema, subject to Aguinaldo's approval, was unanimously adopted.
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Manila
Jame
MacAl- Shur
Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Roosevelt Plans Kansas Campaign Speech Tour
Theodore Roosevelt promised the Kansas delegation in Philadelphia that he would speak in Kansas late in the month. Elaborate preparations are underway in Topeka to make the event a major campaign highlight.
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Roovevelt
Kansan
Topeka
Kan
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas
Philadelphia
Explosion Kills Two in Bakersfield Oil Tank Blast
A June explosion in an engine oil tank in Bakersfield California killed Byrd Gilmore and Patrick Quinn and destroyed the Southern Pacific roundhouse with twelve engines valued at about thirty thousand dollars each.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Byrd Gilmore
Patrick Quinn
Southern Pacific Roundhouse
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Rumoh Seymour
Mebber Bana
Coores
Agathat Iuyentt
American Federation of Lalor
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