Cross-Purposes ends in sudden wedding twist and tragedy
In a Kentucky parlor tale, Vance Douglas convinces Marcia to wed, while Myra forgives Louis Le Dru but ends in tragedy as Myra drowns herself after a fateful note. Louis dies crossing the river in despair, Myra’s fate echoes in a quiet, sorrowful epilogue at River View.
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Mr. Watters
Florence
Matly
Marcia
Vance Douglas
Mr. Manning
Squire Douglas
Louis le Dru
Vance
Louis
Kentucky
Sam
Lina
Myra
Vanice
Waerewell
Joi
Marewell
Vance Taste
Marea
Moreneo
Nettle
River View
Nelesa
Ita Gala
Louis Tua Dru
Frankfort
Nettie
Squira Douging
Nettie Terri
Myra Missing After Evening Visit At Douglas Farm
Dick returns pale and disordered to Florence and Squire Douglas, reporting Myra has vanished after declining to come over. Vance and others piece together possible clues while urging calm as suspicions rise and an anxious search begins.
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Nettle
Lauira
Myra
Dr. Burnett
Misa Myra
Florence
Plorry
Nettia
Willie
Tanic
Vance
Squire Douglas
Squire
Sai Dick
Ticks
Vanes
Sam Dal Ling
Dean Ny
Vince
Curiosities of Sound and Nature Attuned to One Keynote
A discussion on how every object and phenomenon has a natural musical keynote. High mountains dull sound, mines and diving bells amplify whispers, and uniform rapid air vibrations could turn engine puffs into music. Voices near piano strings reveal resonant notes, while locusts’ whirrs register more clearly than wind.
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Tydill
Jowerk
Dts
Merger Defeat and Congress Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce
U S Supreme Court dissolves the Northern Securities Company in a ruling upholding the Sherman antitrust act against railroad combinations. Chief Justice Fuller declares Congress has full power to regulate interstate commerce, with Justices Harlan and Brewer concurring on differing grounds. The decision signals a strong federal stance against consolidation designed to suppress competition.
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Northern Securities Company
Losen Ita
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Tames J. Milt
Haxlaw
Federal Circuit Court of Minnesota
Justice Brewer
Harlan
Securities
Justice Harlan
Harlan Anid
Government seeks dissolution of Northern Securities merger
The United States sues Northern Securities Company and three railroads the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington plus leading stockholders to break up a holding company merger alleged to violate the Sherman act. The government argues the consolidation is a pool harming the public while the railroads defend the transfer of stock as legitimate.
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United States
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Securities Company
Glass houses plan offers tuberculosis cure in Philadelphia
Philadelphia physicians propose living in glass houses as a TB treatment. The Philadelphia hospital will include six pavilions for 18 patients each, with six foot glass porches, auto opening doors, and clear yet opaque inner glass. Heating via basement blower. cement floors. brick annexes house kitchens and baths. Total cost listed at 114,900 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
Glues
Samuel Gompers Travels to Porto Rico for Labor Study
Samuel Gompers has gone to Porto Rico to study labor conditions there. Also notes a St. Louis jockey Charles Fuchs died by his own hand in a Buffalo hotel room. Bowen & Server Oil Refining Plant in Elizabethport New Jersey was destroyed by fire causing about 50,000 in damage. Willam Fairfax, a wrecker, killed by a falling wall in Baltimore during demolition in the burned district.
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Newa Itema
Samuel Gompers
Porto Rive
Charles Fuchs
St. Touts
New Groever
Buffalo
N.Y
Bowen &. Server Oil Refining Company
Elizabethport
XN. A
Gre.gors
Willan Mairfax
Baltimore
Beant to Prison in a Hurry in St Louis Court
A jury case set a new speed record in Judge Taylors Criminal Court division as Oty Perceley, charged with stealing $12 from Hutus Ppa, was tried in 21 minutes and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after a 20 minute jury deliberation. Phil Ups testified in four minutes with four minutes for cross examination. Perceley testified in six minutes and faced four minutes of cross questioning. Neither attorney argued the case and the judge spent one minute charging the jury.
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Taylor
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsement For Growing Girls
Mrs A Tu Stith from West Pembroke Maine cites strong results for growing girls using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Her daughter aged thirteen suffered spells and poor appetite with yellow eyes. after about a dozen boxes the spells ceased and health improved, prompting ongoing use and a strong maternal recommendation.
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West Pembroke
A. Tu Stith
Dodd
Salzer Seed Co Offers Vast Seed Catalogue
An OCR fragment touts Moravian barley and Spoltz cereal seeds, fodder crops like Teosinte yielding 800 tons per acre, and many other farm seeds offered by John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. It invites readers to mail 10 cents for their catalogue and samples.
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Spoltz
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Salzer
Teosinte
Balzer
Juse
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
C. N
White Buffalo Tales From the Plains Myth Or Mistake
The Kans City Journal recounts stories of white buffalo in western Kansas and explains that many sightings were warped by natural effects. It cites Ben Canfield’s 1878 chase and a whitewashed hide from lime as an example, suggesting time holes rarely explain genuine white buffalo sightings.
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Kansas Prairies
Animal Kingdom
Kansans City Journal
Ben Canfield
Plains
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Canield
Doctor’s Health Boost with Grape-Nuts Diet Claim
A physician credits Grape-Nuts with a dramatic health turnaround from 119 to 155 pounds after three daily servings, saying the food sustains strength and aids patients. He notes colleagues and clients who benefited, endorsing the product as a health aid and citing its digestibility and “Road to Wellville” booklet as proof.
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Ohio Valley
Postumo
Battle Crock
Mich
Wellville
Opinion of the Editor on Canadian Immigration
The Nebraska Farmer editor extols Western Canada as the last open, productive agricultural land in America. He cites climate, long daylight, and rainfall advantages, notes thriving cattle and dairy potential, and describes government settlement efforts aiding buyers to visit and acquire land in Alberta and Manitoba.
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Canalla
Distriet
Pogalle
Canada
United States
Teuth
Nebraska Farmer
America
Heath
Alberta
Pacific Ocean
Colorado
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain Range
States
Canadian
Prairies
Territories
Manitoba
Nebraska
Western
Atsiniboia
Dominion of Canada
Four kinds of witnesses cited by Bramwell brothers
The late Sir Frederick Bramwell, famed as witness and arbitrator, is recalled with his brother Lord Justice Bramwell. He advised a young barrister to beware four kinds of witnesses: the liar, the liar definitively described by a strong adjective, the expert witness, and his brother Fred.
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Sir Frederick Bramwell
England
Justice Bramwell
Fred
10000 Plant Offer from Salzer Seed Co Catalogue
An advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Co of Sauk or Sua Crosse Wisconsin promises a big plant and seed catalogue plus seed to grow 1005 cabbages 1000 onions 2000 chicory 2000 lettuce and 1000 radishes and other items. The offer includes free postage if the reader reviews the notice and orders, with a note about a Berliner Cauliflower gift.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
Sua Crosse
Wis
Mokea
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