The Tribune Sprinting Company and Navy Build Plans
A passage cites money orders payable to the Tribune Sprinting Company Limited. It notes Britain ordering major naval construction and discusses disarmament’s effects, the bicycle’s place in progress, and debates over capital punishment for infanticide. A Lafayette anecdote ends with Lafayette suffering rose cold from a bed of rose leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Sprinting Company, Limited
Perseus
Lafayette
Sarah Hf. Bradford
Admiral Crowinshield
New York
Smailer
Crowninshield
Heon
Cooperative colony thrives in Dickinson County Kansas
A three year old cooperative colony in Dickinson County Kansas thrives with women-led effort. It reports a ruined or general store, a bank, no insurance feature, and expansive holdings including 0 acres near Liverpool and 500 acres of decks.
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Dickinson County
Kan- Rilbe
The Romantic Artist in the Outskirts of London
An aging heiress living alone in a London suburb falls for Algernon Vernon, an artist who rents a back studio room with a forged romance. Vernon is revealed as Jake Brown, a thief planning to steal her valued silver and bonds with two accomplices. The sting ends when a model comes to life and a midnight rescue leads to arrest. Vernon escapes, leaving the narrator with a chrome painting and a single, bittersweet memory.
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Enny
London
Miss Loring
Algernon Vernon
Algernon
Royal Academy
Williamson
Jenny
Sam
Tom
Mr. Algeron Vernon
Jake Brown
Curious Bits Across Lands From Labels To Rivers
A collection of quirky facts mentions labeled children in Japan to prevent loss, a lone anti-law congressman, elongate ear lobes as beauty in Borneo, a New South Wales ram receiving artificial teeth, and Loyal North Lancashire officers mourning Wolfe. It notes Isar river quirks near Munich with swift currents and sewer flushing, then park brook use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Medical Journal
New South Wales
Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Forty-seventh
Loyal
North Lancashire Regiment
Isar
Munich
Bavaria
Hohenlinden
Restoration of the Moose Returns to Adirondack Realm
Thirty years have passed since the kingly moose was driven from his Adirondack home by lack of protection. Now the royal exile nears reinstatement, attracting keen interest from sportsmen and a strong movement to protect the wild game that means much to many.
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Adirondacks
Problems of the Rich and the American Millionaire
A Philadelphia Record summary notes the rise of modern wealth display from medieval castles to lavish American mansions. It argues wealthy Americans face public scrutiny, duties, and a new philanthropic role, while highlighting households costs, societal expectations, and the distinct American model of self shaping wealth. It cites a Humboldt jeweler who built a 149 pound automobile for personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Newport
Hudson
Philadelphia
Humboldt, Neb
Asphalt Lakes and Mining Tales Across Cemined Venezuela
The article surveys asphalt, the solid form of bitumen, with focus on the Bermudez pitch lake in Venezuela. It details extraction from Guanoco and Trinidad, shipping by rail, and native labor under American supervision, plus uses in cement, roofing, and waterproofing and notes other deposits in Mexico France and Switzerland including Paris supply.
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la Felicidad
Venezuela
Bermudez
Ambrose Howard Carner
New York and Bermudez Company
Asphalt Trust
General FP. W. Greene
Maturin
Globe
Caribbean
Trinidad Island
Guanoco
Bermudez Company
Trinidad
Pitch Lake
Yellowstone
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Moloasan
Seyssel
France
Val de Travers
Switzerland
Paris
Stayed Home for Thirty Years Erastus Hall
Erastus Hall aged 65 lives 15 miles west of the city on the Danville and Springfield turnpike in Washington county Kentucky. He has not left his residence for 35 years despite good health. Born to wealthy parents he received a substantial education and taught in local schools. After the Civil War his parents died leaving him the old homestead and other estate. Uncle Henry, the former master’s slave, still lives there with Hall’s secluded son.
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Erastus Hall
Danville
Springfield
Washington County
Henry
Cincinnat! Enquirer
System Lets Conductors Keep Salaries From Daily Receipts
A Washington traction company reports its plan of allowing conductors to retain their daily salaries plus the motormen’s from daily receipts. Each conductor deducts a sum covering both salaries when making up reports, reducing the company’s payroll burden and simplifying payroll administration.
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Washington Traction Company
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Freeland Tribune
Aesick
Tribune
Freeland
Froeland
Great Britain
Hague
England
Home Secretary
Liverpool
Aginia Loring
Japan
Congress
Borneo
India
China
Darwin
Hurden
Yankees
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