Aboard the St Lawrence Christmas on Mid Atlantic
On a mid Atlantic voyage the crew and Miss Thorne organize a Christmas Eve aboard the St Lawrence with a doll making project and a tree. Stewart and Captain Kerr observe, while Miss Thorne endures a grim Christmas amidst rumors about her late father and a fiancé. The next morning the group prepares a bright breakfast table as she faces another lonely yet dignified Christmas.
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Montreal
Miss Mhorne
Aris
Stewart
Charlie Hudson
Miss ‘Whorne
Captain Err
Misa Thorne
Shrine of Friendship
Miss Thorne
Captain Kerr
Mother Earth
Hutson
Ludson
Judson
Toya
Milas Thorne
Dolla
Kerr
Miss ‘Thorne
Lima
Axis
Hudson
Minny
Gay
Mr. Stewart
St. Lawrence
Tel
Missy Shorne
Misa Hone
Fire at Crewe Mal mansion prompts stoic lordly humor
As Crewe Mal mansion burned with artworks manuscripts and armor inside, the late Lord Crewe, father of the present earl, kept a humorous equanimity noted by St James’s Herald. Gord Grewe commanded a footman to act during the calamity.
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Crewe
Lord Crewe
St. James’ Huelget
Gord Grewe
Great American Palm Sows Mystery in Horticultural Show
Tommy asks about the great American palm from a show catalogue. His father, a traveling man, replies that the palm belongs to the head water. The exchange hints at a riddle about origin and ownership in a provincial catalog scene.
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Tommy
Labor unions spread across regions with new formations
Reports describe new unions forming in Port land Oregon and Arecibo Puerto Rico, along with federations planned in Ottawa and Texas. Workers from carpentry to engineering seek shorter hours, higher pay, or organizational action as labor activity expands nationwide.
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Portland
Ore
Arecibo
Porto Rico
Dominion
Ottatya
Et. Worth
Texas
Hot Springs
Chicago
Debates Won by Dakota Wesleyan Girls at Mitchell
The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s debate team defeated Huron College at Mitchell for the second time. Meanwhile the Minnesota House passed the Allen bill raising the permanent university tax from 0.28 mill to 0.5 mill. A Dunkirk N Y incident spurred a renewed push against secret societies after accusations of cruelty to three high school boys by peers, with acid injuries. one boy faces lasting disfigurement. Brown University suspended nine students for cribbing as President Faunce cites intellectual sloth and unwillingness to work as core issues behind dishonesty. Andrew Carnegie plans to revive eligibility for the Carnegie Foundation list to include more denominationally mixed colleges. St Paul school board orders principals to verify every request for a pupil to leave. At a Philadelphia conference, Yale’s Director Anderson questioned the reliability of observer bias in athletic testing, noting similar positive results when observers’ focus aligns with subjects.
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Huron College
Mitchell
Minnesota
House of Representatives
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Dunkirk
N. Y
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Brown University
Faunce
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Andrew Carnegie
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American Physical Education Association
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Holland
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Bank of North America
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Washington
Mt. Vernon
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Arkansas
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New Hampshire
Trenty
Japan
China
Shimonoseki
International Copyright Congress
Ita
Paris
Cleveland
South
Bremen
Toronto
San Francisco
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Night Riders Casees Move Through Tennessee Supreme Court
The Night Riders trials move to the enneeasee Supreme Court as six of eight convicted for Captain Quentin Rankin murder await hangings while two face life terms. Attorney General Caldwell opposes new trials. Twenty two more suspects await trial, with evidence likely to be used in their cases. The Rankin and Taylor killings sparked state action, including troops and mass arrests, after the Western Tennessee Land Company provoked fishing-privilege protests around Reelfoot Lake.
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Quentin R. Hankin
Enneasee Supreme Court
Supreme Court
D. J. Caldwall
Snn
Capt. Rankin
Zachary Taylor
Western Tennessee Land Company
Reelfoot Lake
Land Company
Night Rider
Rankin
Judge Taylor
Walnut Lodge
Captain Rankin
Patterson
Lawmakers weigh odd bills across states in early sessions
A collage of 19th century legislative proposals from Wisconsin to Texas and Minnesota highlights quirky aims. Bills would ban drunk driving, restrict Sunday fishing, compel chorus girls to wear national colors, and criminalize certain fortune telling. Reports note Wheat price chatter and indictments of book agents amid a lively policy scramble.
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Texas
Springfield Republican
Minnesota
Augusta Chronicle
Detroit Prep Press
Stocking Tariffs and Tax on Talk: Mixed Political Guffaws
A travel through quotes shows Varitt and Mr. Payne tangled in tariff jokes about stockings and hats. The Washington Post notes hat-pin brigade worries Mr. Payne while the Atlanta Constitution muses a tax on talk could beat salary cuts. Cleveland Ledger adds a frugal grandma knitting amid thin turf.
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Varitt
Miscellaneous Historical Dates From 1600s to 1908
A compact list of historical milestones and incidents ranging from Jacques Cartier’s voyage in 161kt to 1908 naval and political events. It catalogs theater openings, independence acknowledgments, charter grants, statehood acts, fires, massacres, constitutional rulings, and notable speeches and disasters across North America and Europe.
Fourth Jordan Family Drama Stuns Cartersville
James D. Jordan, prominent Cartersville resident, reacted to news his wife bore twin girls and exclaimed that living with illness was too much, packing a valise and fleeing. This marks the fourth act in the Jordan family saga after previous sets.
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Islues
James D. Jordan
Cartersville
Jordan
Bodies Washed From Graven at St John’s Cemetery
Several hundred frantic people gathered at the entrance to St John’s Cemetery near Pittsburg after a water main burst. A flood poured into the grounds overnight, toppling monuments and washing bodies from graves while tombstones were knocked aside. The crowd demanded access to confirm whether loved ones were among the casualties.
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St. John’s Cemetery
Pittsburg
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