Jack Overton and Fedora's Fate in May London
The tale follows Jack Overton an aspiring artist recently freed from Bohemian Paris as he stalks a beautiful Fedora in London. A chance meeting with Mazette reveals her doubt that Fedora will choose wealth over love while a meeting with Captain Lyermore signals looming danger and a fateful dinner pact.
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Jack
Bohemia
Big Ben
Jack Overton
Paris
Strand
London
Verton
Rotten Row
Tima
Fedora
Dolorius
Heohla
Lonon
Wight Baya
Querton
Moloch
Landau
Overton
Mazelle
Azette
Mazette
Mr. Jack
Maurice Stanton Lyermore
Horseguards
India
Captain Livermore
Buckeye Animadversions On Indianapolis Telephone Exchange
In Indianapolis a plan to improve female voices at the telephone exchange engages an elocutionist to smooth and refine speech. The piece humorously anticipates practical mishaps, shrieks during practice, and patrons mishearing calls as insanity or curfew notes while noting the era’s gendered views and literary asides.
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Indianapolis
Central
Insane Asylum
Secret Weights a Woman Carries in a Torn Heart
A distressed narrator wrestles with fear and shame about a frail arm and a hidden truth. She worries that Fedora’s allure has already captured the beloved, and she fears the guilt of a secret that must never be revealed.
Brilliant and Daring Capture of Convoy at Von Honop
From Pretoria a dispatch reports a Boer ambush near Von Honop southwest of Klerksdorp. A British convoy of empty wagons suffered heavy losses with 62 killed wounded and 9 officers 245 men captured. Boers seized two guns and stampeded multiple wagon mules amid two hours of fighting.
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Brlliant
Vondonop
London
Maren
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
von Honop
Klerksdrop
Transvaal
Wounden
Col. Anderson
Kraalpan
Cape Colony
Klerksdrap
Klerkedrop
Col
Anderson
Delarey
Kemps
Gelliers
Lammer
Wolmarans
Potgieter
Commandant Lemmer
Illinois
Cuban Tariff Qs Question Objections to Cuban Relief
Washington March 4 The Republican members of the house met in conference to consider the Cuban relief question. After three hours of fruitless discussion they adjourned until Thursday without action. W Fordney and Morris of Minnesota opposed direct tariff concessions and favored a direct rebate to Cuban sugar planters. Much feeling was shown and political disaster to Republicans in beet sugar states was predicted if the sugar tariff was lowered for Cuba while another solution existed. About 120 Republicans attended.
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Washington
House
W. Fordney
Mr. Morris
Minnesota
Rebellion in China prompts missionary evacuation
A Canton cable reports a Nanning rebellion causing six Kwong province missionaries to flee with escorted departure to Wuchow. The note details are pending. The dispatch also notes Beloit: the execution of Kiangsi rebels and political tensions in Colorado seeking peace with Britain.
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Washington
State Department
Mc Wade
Canton
China
Nanning
Napaing
Kwang
Wuchow
Pekin
Kiangsi
Prince Ching
Pene
Dear Mrs Pauline: Praise for Lydia Pinkham's Compound
A testimonial from Mrs Pauline Jupaon of 4 Hoyt Street Brooklyn New York claims quick relief from womb pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The note urges others to seek the remedy and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Pauline “Sudeon
Schermerhorn Golf Club
Rooklyn
New York
Lydia RE. Pinkham
Pauline Jupaon
Hoyt Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia
Pinkleham
Kissing misfires and a Kaiser joke headline
An exchange unfolds between Mr Gillis and Miss Gray about a bottle of cough medicine and a piano polish while a humorous anecdote recalls Representative Bartholdt meeting the Kaiser abroad. The kaiser reportedly rejects German Americans, saying he does not recognize them as subjects if American, or as Germans if not.
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Bartholdt
St. Louis
Kaiser
Paterson Flood Inundates Industrial District Amid Homes Lost
Paterson New Jersey reports three weeks of fire followed by severe flood. Passac River overflow floods miles of riverside belt housing Rogers Locomotive works and silk mills. About 400 families displaced, many rescued by boats. Fifth Regiment armory opened as temporary shelter. Nearby cities report widespread flood damage, multiple towns evacuated, and thousands idle as factories suspend work. Local rail and streetcar service disrupted along with communications.
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Paterson
N. J
Passaic
Rogers Locomotive Works
Fifth Regiment
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Harrisburg
West Moor
Firewood
Riverside
Plymouth
Nanticoke
Wilkenbarre
Wheeling
Bellaire
Benwood
Martin's Ferry
Bridgeport
Cincinnati
March
Ghle
Ripley
Mingo Junction
Albany
Hudson River
Washington
Potomac
Maryland
Virginks
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
San Francisco
Sacramento
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Withdraws From Freight Associations
The Chicago and Northwestern railway company announced its withdrawal from all freight organizations, a move seen as a death blow to Western freight associations and bureaus. Several other large railways are expected to follow, amid Interstate Commerce Commission actions against violators of the law.
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Soha Wit
Muara
Suffolk Hospital
Jw.pensary
Hoston
Jinves ‘Chowas
Eeqa
Board of Review Wittentt of Pensions
Warhtrumou
1. O
John Will
Muncie
Ueda
Lotha
Adlgoss
Chand Kidney Cure Company
Ae Pourds
New York City
Diseuy
Tottering
Chicago
Western Freight Associations
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Injury Report From Collision Involving Premier Nut Serlouaty
An injury accident near Parizy involved M. Waldock-Rousseau driving a cart. The carriage collided with a streetcar, causing injuries and prompting a call for medical aid and authorities. Local officials report the incident under investigation.
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M. Waldock-Rousseau
Carrige
Tabor Students Suspended Over Midnight Dagen
In Tabor Louisiana on March 3 fourteen students were suspended at Tabor Vallega for holding a midnight dagen in the college chapel, authorities said.
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Tabor
Tabor Vallega
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