Eben Holden Sequel Scene In The Woods At Night
In a rural memory the narrator resumes a night with Uncle Eb and Fred as they gather boughs by the fire. A distant fox cries and a tree crashes, then a fierce scream echoes through the woods before calm returns and Eb reassures the boy that the old man of the woods is harmless.
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Uncle Ed
Old Fred
Aloon
Uncle Eb
Fred
Seandt
Lord Harry
Willie
Jethro
Journey with Uncle Eb to Paradise Road and a New Wagon
Willie and Uncle Eb travel rough forest paths toward a log cabin life on Paradise road. They meet a kind farmhouse family, receive care and a toy wagon, and hear tales of beasts and ghosts while moving toward heaven.
Peabody Succeeds McCurdy In Mutual Life Change
Despatches report two major moves in New York life insurance matters. Charles A. Peabody was elected president of Mutual Life Insurance Co. at a $50,000 annual salary, succeeding Richard A. McCurdy. Emory McClintock and Rufus W. Peckham were nominated as trustees, pending the next board meeting.
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Peabody
McCurdy
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Chas. A. Peabody
Richard A. McCurdy
William Waldorf Astor
Illinois Central Railroad Co
The
Justice Rufus W. Peckham
Emory McClintock
Elihu Root
London Unemployed Demonstrations Dwindle in London
Demonstrations by the unemployed continue in London but with fewer participants and spectators indicating waning interest. paraders walked Belgravia Square to show themselves to Premier Campbell-Bannerman. John Burns was admitted to interview. the premier invited him to be present. The premier expressed sympathy for the unemployed and vowed to give the question full consideration.
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London
Social Democratic League
Belgravia Square
Campbell-Bannerman
John Burns
John
Winnipeg Woman Claims Fortune From Late Frank A Johnson Estate
A Winnipeg woman, awaiting disclosure of her name, claims a stake over $100000 in the will of Frank A Johnson who died at Winona Minnesota. Johnson, a former railroad contractor later involved in mining and real estate, was well known in Winona. The mother of his child remains undisclosed and the claim has caused a sensation across Southern Minnesota.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Frank A. Johnson
Winona
Johnson
Minnesota
Fifteen thousand Jews reported killed in Odessa massacre
Leon Jacob Siorotin of Odessa, now in Boston, claims fifteen thousand Jews were killed in three days with gruesome mutilation. He says mobs were aided by constables and police. victims included men, women, and children. In Warsaw, Odessa leaders vow to swear to General Kaulbars’s mass murder decree. Police strike in Odessa prompts arrests of several leaders.
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Boston
Mass
Leon Jacob Siorotin
Odessa
Kaulbar
Warsaw
Kaulbars
Toronto Socialists Plan Funds for Russia Drive
Toronto radicals arrange a global fund raising meeting on January 22 to ship money to socialists in Russia, led by prominent figure James Simpson who confirms the plan for the comrades abroad.
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Toronto
Russia
James Simpson
Famous Band Resigns in Ottawa Highlanders
The 42rd Highlanders band dissolves as members resign their duties and seek discharge from the regiment after officers demand leader Jamee McGill Enddy resign, citing deterioration of the band as justification.
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Ottawa
42Rd Highlanders
Jamee McGillenddy
Vessel debris washes ashore after North Pacific gales
A Carmansh Point lifeboat keeper reports a five foot hatch with no name and various cabin fittings washed ashore following successive heavy gales off the North Pacific coast.
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North Pacific
Cnme
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Isn
Lothrop Publishing
Loni
Iewan
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Paradise Road
Burnt Bridge
Uncle Bb
Morrocco
Harry Maclean
Winnipeg Lady
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