Tom Scott Defends Stranger in Boston Klondike Plot
In Merrivale a tale of gold fever inspires a farmer Tom Scott to act. After overhearing a robbery plan aimed at a Klondike outfit, he foils attackers during a snowy confrontation on the Boston waterfront and helps a wounded stranger reach police protection.
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Merrivale
Alaska
Hank Merritt
Eldorado
New Hampshire
Globe
Yukon Valley
P. W. Weare
Portland
Vuinson City
Tom Scott
Cape Cod
Obed Rider
Tom
Capt
Scott
San Francisco
Village Savings Bank
Boston
Trust
Fortune
Beggar's Franc Becomes Rothschild’s 2000 Franc Gift
In a Paris salon tale, Baron Rothschild praises painter Carolus Duran for choosing him as a beggar subject. A student secretly offers a franc to the beggar. six months later Rothschild and Cie present the pupil with a 2000 franc check from the invested gift.
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Baron Rothschild
Paris
Carolus Duran
Duran
Rothschild
Latin
Rothschild & Cie
Harper’s Round Table
Hights for Marriageable Girls From Chicago Tribune
Advice on choosing a husband emphasizes restraint and domestic skills. It urges women to observe suitors, heed maternal guidance, and enjoy culture before marriage while avoiding prying family questions about personal habits. The tone mirrors a social column with prescriptive tips.
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Chicago Tribune
Bells Ring From Walnut Tree To Mark Therfield Church Rebuild
The Therfield church in Hertfordshire underwent a major rebuild over twenty years ago. Costs totaled 27 425 pounds with about 5 000 pounds still needed to finish the tower and porch. A bell hung from a walnut tree near the rectory calls parishioners to services while funds for a proper belfry are sought to reunite it with five stored companions in a restored home.
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Therfield
Herts
London
Inquisitorial Inquiries Echo Humorous Answers
A 75 year old sailor, recalled for magisterial inquests, says he helped to crew the ship that carried Sir George Gray and Bishop Selwyn to England. When asked about prison, he jokes he never knew one, and about deserting his wife he retorts he never had occasion, prompting amused remarks from the court.
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George Gray
Bishop Selwyn
England
Gome
Marisizatn la Chronicle
The Women of Manila
The article describes Manila’s shops displaying Filipino textiles and garments in bright fabrics. It notes stylish dresses and lace wares, rapid delivery within 24 hours, and a preference for home sewing. It highlights Philippine matting art, vivid colors, and the role of women in painting and industrial design.
Measuring Machine Mimics Woman Figure For Tailors
A New York inventor showcases a measuring device with many spring points arranged in vertical and horizontal rows. The model captures a woman's contour by pressing points against the body then locking them. Papers with marks are laid across each row to translate the contour into patterns for precise dress models. The device is described as the leading edge of the dressmaker's tape measure evolution.
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New York
Cincinenati Commercial Tribune
Home Remedies for Child Convulsions in Teething Crises
The article advises quick steps when a child convulses. It suggests placing the child in a warm bath immediately, rubbing in a dry mustard mixture, and adding water from the bath. A doctor may order sirup of ipecac to induce vomiting if caused by undigested food, or bromide of soda for nervous irritation from teething.
Unlucky Opal Mix Up at Topeka Jeweler
A Topeka man misplaced a small opal from his ring and asked a jeweler to replace it. He later found the old opal and tried to swap it back by mouth, but after a gulp he conceded the new opal must be used.
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Atlantic Avenue
Tom
San Francisco
Klondike
West End
Tom Scott
Wife’s gold coin quest becomes a comical mortgage tale
A Philadelphia Inquirer item recalls a humorous tale of a wife who saved forty dollars in various bills and sought gold coins. She visits the mint and banks, exchanges notes for double eagles, then deposits the coins in the Savings fund, leaving her husband laughing at the outcome.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Beware of Overfeeding In Infant Milk
Caution advises diluting cow milk when feeding babies with weak digestion and warns overfeeding leads to infantile dyspepsia.
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Dyea
Skaguay
White Pass
Battery Street
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the Women OF
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Japan
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N. Y. Ledger Monthly
Native Women OF
Philadelphia
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