Town and Country
Jim and Bil brothers from a New Hampshire farm contrast rural life with city success. Jim remains fond of the land while Bill seeks fame in New York, returns home, and warns of the hollow lure of city wealth and poverty. In the city Jim sees crime and gamblers near the church doors, while Bill remains unsettled by the quiet hills.
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Jim
Bil
New Hampshire
Bill
New York
Old New Hampshire
Brother Bill
Morley Murder Unfolds On Grandfather’s Estate
In a dim tunnel Nelson, Perry, Sonntag and Wilson uncover Sylvester Morley’s dead body. The scene confirms Morley’s killing, shocking the group as Nelson faces possible implicating truth about Jackson. Perry consoles Nelson, while Morley’s death tightens the mystery around Jackson’s actions.
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Sonntag
Wilson
Jackson
Mr. Perry
Skinner
Nelsonville
Mr. Morley
Sylvester Morley
Morley
God
Florence
Nelson
Heaven
Portrait of a Bank Robbery and Hidden Legacy
After a tense cellar discovery and a tense confession, detective Wilson reveals a bank heist link to Mr. Morley and the young heroine Florence. The narrator contemplates justice, loyalty, and a future with his criminal father in law’s daughter, ending in reconciliation and hope.
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Wilson
Chapel of the Seas cave in the Island of Torga
A London Telegraph report describes a cave on Torga in the South Pacific called the chapel of the seas by Byrd. A hunter found a six foot hollow rock forming an underwater entrance leading to a cave lined with stalactites. Local natives retreat by diving, while foes vanish, unaware the rock hides a hollow sanctuary.
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Torga
South Pacific
Byrd
London Telegraph
Parson Prays In Humble Dinner At Mean Man’s Table
Rural tale recounts a dinner invitation from a wealthy man to a preacher. The parson prays for gratitude amid meager fare and asks for strength to reach home in time for dinner. The scene highlights thrift and piety during hard times.
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Atlanta Constitution
Mabel Declines Proposal as He Pleads in Public Scene
A man drops to one knee and begs Mabel to return his love, but she resists by signaling she will keep her own hand, joking that there is nothing to return. The Chicago Post notes the humorous exchange and the spirited retort.
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Mr. Morley
Skinner
Wilson
Mr. Perry
Mr. Skinner
Nelson
Twineburgh
Jackson
Horace Jackson
America
Florence
Sylvester Morley
Nelsonville
Sunset Hill
Papa
Skinmer
You
Mabel
Chicago Post
Alarm prompts a sleepless husband in Washington Star quote
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a young husband saying his wife bought an alarm to protect him from burglars. He notes the nuisance of waking to check if the alarm is set, while his wife worries about interrupting his rest.
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A Chang
Washington Star
Its Origin Teacher of class in rhetoric
A reader asks about the derivation and origin of the expression a train of. The pupil offers a homey reply about a person with wheels in him, reflecting a plainspoken exchange from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Anchor Elected to Seaside Yacht Club Membership
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader notes an anchor who has just been elected a member of the Seaside Yacht Club. The joke implies the anchor is the best choice, reflecting a nautical pun.
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Seaside Yach Club
Cleveland
STATE TICKET NAMED
Indiana Republicans name ticket including Secretary of State Union B. Hunt Auditor William H. Hart and Attorney General William T. Taylor. Platform praises McKinley era war merits and calls for sound money and tariff protection with economic reforms and a Nicaraguan canal, Hawaiian annexation, and primary reform.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
McKinley
Union B. Hunt
Randolph County
William H. Hart
Clinton
Leopold Levy
Huntington
William TL. Taylor
Marion
Supreme Court
Robert A. Brown
Johnson
F. L. Jones
Tipton
John B. Conner
Willis S. Blatchley
Vigo
Alexander Dowling
Floyd
John_V. Hadley
Hendrick
Francis E. Baker
Elkhart
Indiana
Congress
Cuba
Patrio Urse
St. Louis
United States
Republic
Hawaiian Islands
Nicaraguan Canal
Spain
Gov. Mount
Republican Party
Tremendous Sensation In Sixth Massachusetts Regiment
A Boston dispatch reports a major clash between line officers and Gen Garretson's Brigade prompting Col Woodward Lieut Col Chaffin Maj Taylor Chaplain Dousseault and Capt Goodall of company K to resign. Maj Darling now commands as Gen Miles orders a full investigation. Resignations may trigger a court martial under military law.
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Boston
Journal
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Massachusetts
Garretson
Cuba
Woodward
Chaffin
Taylor
Dousseault
Goodall
Charles K. Darling
Miles
No More Troops for Alaska Planned This Season
Maj. Gen. Merriam orders no further troop deployments to Alaska this season and sends a year of supplies from Seattle. Small forces remain at Sitka Wrangel St Michael and scattered parties search Copper Sushima Tanana Good Pastor and Circle City routes toward Yukon settlements.
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San Francisco
Merriam
Alaska
Seattle
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Sitka
Wrangel
Copper River
Belle Isle
Yukon
Sushima
Tanana River
Troops for Hawaii Sail on Charles Nelson and Lakme
San Francisco announces the dispatch of First New York volunteers to Honolulu aboard the Charles Nelson. Maj. Chase commands 436 officers and men from Maj. Emmet and Maj. Charles battalions with captains McIntyre Sague Sheldon Tompkins Roach and staff including hospital and supply personnel. The Lakme sails next carrying 325 more men from the Second Regiment's third battalion.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Charles Nelson
New York
McIntyre
Sague
Sheldon
Tompkins
Charles
Roach
Emmet
Ashley
Chase
Second Regiment of Volunteers
Lakme
Fire destroys six warehouses at Dayton with 300000 bushel capacity
In Dayton Washington on August 5 a serious fire consumed six warehouses belonging to Western Warehouse Company Alliance Engel Engel Gillis and Broughton. About 40000 bushels of grain were inside. The loss to farmers is high though lighter than a potential later disaster. The origin is unknown and the blaze continues with insurance undetermined. Northern Pacific track and several cars of shelved grain and barley were also affected.
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Dayton, Wash
Western Warehouse Company
Alliance
Engel
Engel & Gillis
Broughton
Northern Pacific
Cleveland men form West Virginia smokeless powder firm
W E Irish H H Anderson and B Davenport of Cleveland organize a West Virginia company to manufacture smokeless powder with $500000 capital, expandable to $1000000. The firm has government contracts and will deliver 10000 pounds weekly. Plant to be built near Cleveland.
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Cleveland, O
W. E. Irish
H. H. Anderson
B. Davenport
West Virginia
Cleveland
Burglars Loot Saloon in Crystal Falls
Burglars blew open the safe at Thomas Gallavan's saloon in Crystal Falls Michigan at night and secured about 100 dollars. The job appears to be the work of local talent.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Thomas Gallavan
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