Romeo and Juliet visit sparks in UK theater tale
Mrs. Drew and Lilith attend a theater with Willie Macdonald and face a sudden, fragile emotional crisis as Juliet’s performance stirs memories and a kiss from a child complicates hidden loyalties. Colonel Ware arrives, revealing family tensions and plans for Heathside, while Lilith and Willie weigh their future as the estate heir awkwardly asserts himself.
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Mrs. Drew
Lilith
Willie
Etna
Hersclf
Mra. Drew
Masterton
Juliet
Miss Urd
aKe
Tig
Willie Macdonah
Wille
Dred
Drew
Madam Ware
Lillian
Col. Ware
Geoffrey
Col
Geoffrey Ware
Colonel Ware
Min
Qin
Goou
Possibilities in Old World Travel and Global Transport
The piece imagines a 19th century global rail network linking Gibraltar to India, Egypt, Nyassa, and Tonquin with through carriages. It envisions a future of swift cross continental travel ending at St Petersburg and a transcontinental route, noting political obstacles among empires and the need for cooperative rail access.
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M. Berler
Sapuish
Straits of Gibraltar
Cape
Africa
Trilu
Nyassa
India
Rgypt
Cacutta
Burma
Tonquin
Shinghiad
St. Petersburg
St. James
Kipling Among Reporters Stirs Booth Exchange
An anecdote recalls Kipling as a young passenger aboard a ship with General Booth. Reporters pressed for Booth interviews, but Kipling offered to escort them, prompting Booth to remark that the reporters sought Kipling more than Booth.
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General Booth
Southampton
Kipling
Booth
Maxim Gun Fires 000 Shots Per Minute Remark
The Maxim Gun is praised for its single barrel yet claimed to discharge up to 000 rounds per minute, highlighting its famed firepower in a concise, period-tinged note.
Death in the Storm Rips Ontario Towns Merritton and St Catharines
A destructive tornado swept Ontario causing four deaths and multiple injuries in Merritton and St Catharines. Four workers at Lincoln Paper Company were fatally injured, a teacher and child perished, with extensive property damage including the armory, churches, schools, and the paper mill roof. A separate windstorm in Tonawanda caused further injuries and high cost estimates.
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Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Merritton
St. Catherines
Ida Smith
Frank Moffatt
Missy Smith
Tonawanda
Samuel Monnett
Charles Peters
Henry Peters
War Minister Aurlinden Resigns Over Dreyfus Scandal
French cabinet reshuffle follows General Aurlinden stepping down as war minister after Dreyfus affair backlash. The post passes to an Alsatian aged sixty, with Saussier vacating governor and commander roles split between Zurlinden and Jamont.
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Dreyfus
Aurlinden
Ribot
Saussier
Paris
Fanny Davenport Dies of Heart Disease at Duxbury
Fanny Davenport, renowned emotional actress, died at Melbourne Hall in Duxbury Massachusetts from enlargement of the heart. Her illness began in Chicago last spring and nervous prostration worsened her heart condition. Born in London April 14, 183? she rose to fame as a dramatic star on Daly’s Fifth Avenue stage and in Bests.
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Fanny Davenport
Melbourne Hall
Duxbury
Mass
Miss Davenport
Chicago
Edward Loom Ts Davenport
Boston
Prederick Vining
Masiatriet Theater
London
Einhand
America
Bauny Weer
DSI
Chambers Street
New York
Daly
Fifth Avenue Theater
Typhoid Epidemic Reported in Dawson Town
Private advices from Dawson report a filthy Arctic town in the grips of a typhoid fever epidemic. Estimates place 4,000 cases with many daily deaths as authorities barely attempted cleanup and residents waited for winter to rise.
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Dawson
Aloeka
Arctic
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Wy Uies Me
Charlotte
Florrie
Willis Macdonald
Mia
Prince's Square
Jean Upon
Willie Macdonald
Lilian
Lillian Drew
Davie
Milla
Pal- Ne
Zurlinden
Tauris
Jamont
Tie
Marshal Bagaine
Mets
Toade
Spundo
General Zuerlinden
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