A Troubled Love Declares in Canon Ward Tale
Mr Mavors confesses deep affection to Sophy Gilbert at a private hour, offering a sincere, humble plea beyond his past pursuits. Sophy reveals she is engaged to Mr Adair, regretting the added distress but affirming their friendship and her commitment. He leaves in quiet sadness as Trinity students notice him.
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Sophy
Mr. Mavors
Miss Sophy
Trinity
Trumpington Street
Adair
the Laurels
Mr. Maryers
Chree
Minerva
Herbert Perry
Adair seeks Sophy as canon approves ward marriage
Adair confesses love to Sophy’s guardian the canon and proposes a short engagement if her ward approves. The canon weighs wealth and power, but supports the match, while Sophy shows quiet gratitude. Mavers and Miss Aldred react with measured reserve as news spreads.
Feminine News Notes Highlight Women Across World
Mrs. Margaret Carpenter celebrates her 101st birthday in Brooklyn. Mrs. Paton Fleming, Dundee native, elected to the British Royal Astronomical Society. Mrs. Lucinda M. Morton dies in Indianapolis at 82, widow of Indiana’s war governor. In France farms run by women prove successful. dairymaids common in Britain. Mrs. Susan Bullitt Dixon dies at 78 in New York, known in the South as a writer. Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce restaurant run by three Scotch women nets $15,000 yearly profit. Nelson County women fund a Theodore Estes monument over his grave after alleged mistreatment by ex-Judge Loving. Providence children gain access to summer fresh air and sunshine. Mrs. Anne Crawford Allen Brown donates Quidnesset country home to Rhode Island Hospital. Mrs. Powell-Cotton returns from Africa with ethnographical interests. Princess Fedora of Schleswig-Holstein, empress’s sister, authors a German novel.
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Margaret Carpenter
Brooklyn
Paton Fleming
Dundee
British
Royal Astronomical Society
Lucinda M. Morton
Oliver J’. Morton
Indiana
Indianapolis
France
Great Britain
Susan Bullitt Dixon
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Nelson County
Theodore Estes
Loving
Providence
R. I
Anne Crawford Allen Brown
John Carter Brown
Rhode Island Hospital
Quidnesset
Powell-Cotton
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
Lions in East Africa at the sportsman’s peak
The report notes 3130 game head killed by sportsmen worldwide in East Africa last season. It highlights lion hunting on horseback as a feared sport President Roosevelt anticipates after his term ends. Frederick Shaw Kennedy reportedly killed seven lions, including one at close range, while Frank Baden-Powell killed a rare straight-horned rhinoceros twenty seven and a half inches long.
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Roosevelt
Frederick Shaw Kennedy
Frank Baden-Powell
New York Press
Real Estate in Korea Requires Governor Permission
A Korea News note reports a strict new rule: no transfer of real estate in Korea may occur without express permission from the Governor. It is seen as a Japanese move to direct land sales only to approved buyers, with advisers guiding governors. Foreigner rights to buy land are noted as identical, and the issue may be tested in court before the Powers concede limits on their citizens.
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Korea
Korea News
The Motor Cough Dust Claim From Motor Cars
The Daily Mail reports that the motor cough is caused by minute dust particles from motor cars lodging in the laryngeal passage. If people use their gullets as garages, what can they expect.
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The
Daily Mail
Liquor Licenses In Force in New York City
Between 12000 and 13000 liquor licenses are currently active in New York City, reflecting the scale of alcohol sales regulation in the metropolis.
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New York City
Father and baby mornings in a Houston Post poem
A tender scene unfolds as a father lifts his baby from sleep. The child’s hair, cheeks, and fingers are described in affectionate detail, ending with the family starting their day together as the mother is surprised and the child enjoys breakfast.
Quotable quips and wits from a humor column
A collage of jokes and cartoons from Life Philadelphia Chicago and other papers. Snappy one liners about manners marriages travel and public figures punctuate the page with quick jests and social spoofs. Local wit and syndicated gags reflect turn of the century humor sensibilities.
Considerate Robbers in Korea Warn Roadside Notices
A South letter reports robber bands posting notices along roads claiming the public debt should be paid and vowing to stop further robberies, a pledge presented as considerate.
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South
Korea Daily News
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James Payn
Miss. Gilbert
Mr. Mavers
Real Estate
Houston Post
Fonny Bellel
CLOKN
Barker
Chicago Daily News
Atlanta Constitution
Philadelphia Record
Baltimore American
Tommy Dumley
Light Brigade
Old Dumley
Philadelphia Press
Miss Bright
Puck
Parson
Park Gate Keeper
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