The Trial Honeymoon Ends in a Wedding Twist
Gerty and George plan a trial Washington and Old Point honeymoon with Jo as chaperon. The couple clash over control, but the experiment reveals their real bond. They marry the night before, and George vows future obedience, while Gerty steadies him with wit. Jo quietly approves of a union born from a bold, comic bargain.
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Gerty
George
Washington
Old Point
Indy
Capitol
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Death of Ziem Sparks Anecdotes About Funeral March
Paris remembers the French artist Ziem who died in his ninetieth year. At his Montmartre funeral the funeral march by Chopin, composed in Ziem's studio, rang out. A later tale recounts a playful spectre ballet at supper with Red Sheets, where Chopin’s dirge silenced the crowd.
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Ziem
Paris
Chopin
Montmartre
Oldest US man Cherokee Bill retires at 114 in Colorado
The Grand Junction Indian Negro known as Cherokee Bill is reported at 114, oldest in the United States. Born before Washington became Commander in Chief, he recalls events from Adams and Waterloo and plans retirement after a long century of labor. His fortune grew late, with mining gains yielding 80,000 dollars from 300 pounds of gold.
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Grand Junction
Col
Washington
France
John Adams
Waterloo
George III
George IV
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Grand River
Bill
Joseph Hooker
Lord Strathcona
Charles Tupper
Colorado
Competition and Trusts Reshape Production and Wages
A discussion of how competition forms give way to trusts that lower costs and raise profits, creating monopolies like the Beef Trust. It argues centralized power over work and pricing fuels rising living costs and periodic industrial depressions, calling for profit elimination to revive business.
Will making curiosities and economic slowdowns noted
The article surveys historic wills and odd bequests, from James Gregory’s twins trust to Lord Beacon and Cromwell era legacies. It then shifts to a California horse breeding venture in Riverside’s Hemet Valley with Wilbur Lou and Kinney Lou offspring, plus a Phoenix fair record by trainer Doble.
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Paul Revere
Frank
Francis
Boston
Cora Johnson
St. Ives
St. Bartholomew the Great
Smithfield
London
England
James Gregory
Earth
Marblehead
Ito
John Sherman
Lord Beacon
Phillip V
Earl of
Pembroke
Montgomery
Cromwell
He i
Hemet Valley
Riverside County
Los Angeles
California
Wilbur Lou
Kinney Lou
Mr. Doble
Phoenix
Harry R
Armon Lou
Ron
Father Confessor of London
The offices of Sir George Lewis sit in Blig Place, a tranquil London cul de sac beside Holborn Viaduct. The sober mahogany rooms hint at Dickensian intrigue while Sir George, a reserved yet influential figure, enjoys quiet evenings by the Thames in his Portland Place home.
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Sir George Lewis
London
Charles Dickens
Holborn
Cardinal Manning
George Lewin
Aimple
Portland Place
Thames
AN OLD HORSEMAN RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT
Rudd Doble, famed trainer and driver of trotting champions Dexter and Nancy Hanks, sold Kinney Lou at Madison Square Garden and has now gone back to California to oversee an extensive horse operation.
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Rudd Doble
Kinney Lou
Madison Square Garden
Dexter
Goldsmith Maid
Nancy Hanks
California
Omar Khayyam’s Tomb at Nishapur Described
The tomb lies in a mosque wing honoring Imam zadah Muhammed Mahruk with a simple brick case bearing no name. Visitor Professor Jackson notes vandal scribbles and wall markings on surrounding mortar while lamenting absence of a fitting inscription to commemorate Omar Khayyam’s grave.
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Nishapur
Omar Khayyam
Imamzadah Muhammed Mahruk
Omar
Professor Jackson
Occident
How Air Is Made Dangerous
The article explains air composition as 21 percent oxygen and 78 percent nitrogen, with trace gases, and warns that confined air alters proportions. It describes daily skin water loss, carbonic acid buildup indoors, and how condensation fosters microbial growth, creating odor and health risks in crowded spaces.
Curiosity in South American potato cultivation travels east
Interest grows in South American potato culture as farmers along the east coast of South America treat the potato as a European vegetable. They cultivate it mainly by those with experience from the Old World, reflecting a transfer of agrarian knowledge and practice.
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South America
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