Duel’s doom shadows Norfolk romance in chapters
Bruce Conway lies near death after a private duel over a serenade, as Captain Clendenon watches over him in a Norfolk mansion chamber. Grace Winans and Miss Lavinia Story clash over rumors while a fragile love triangle fractures into scandal and sorrow.
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Chaptor
Winans
Emall
Willard Clendenon
Bruce Conway
Clendenon
Brother Willie
Norfolk
Bruce
Ocean View
Plagues of the Philippines and their toll on agriculture
The article notes rinderpest persistence in carabao herds with five years between restocking, cites successful serum experiments by the board of agriculture, and recounts a mistaken release that proved the treatment effective. It also describes a locust swarm over Palestine style, darkening skies, stripping trees, and the role of a ground fungus in covering and exhausting locust corpses.
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Philippines
Brewster Cameron
Board of Agriculture
Boona
May Explain It Fashion Returns Boosted By Workday Heels
Customer asks why high French heels are back in style. The clerk suggests the trend is spurred by demand from chiropodists’ union, noting the item is being produced again to meet this request.
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Saleaman
Chiropodists’ Union
Announcement of Pearl Tuel engagement hinted
Fragmentary text suggests an engagement announcement involving Pearl Tuel and a person named Ryuby through papers, with the note to announce it. The readable portions imply ceremonial or formal confirmation, but details are incomplete and unclear.
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Pearl Tuel
Pearl
Roosevelt Wide Country Tour Highlights 66 Busy Days
President Roosevelt concluded a cross country tour covering 14,000 miles in 66 days with stops in 22 states. He spoke on the Monroe doctrine in Chicago and urged tariff and trust reforms in Milwaukee. He visited Yellowstone for rest then continued from Chicago to St. Louis and the Pacific coast before returning via Illinois. He attended dedications in Freeport and Pontiac and opened the new state arsenal in Springfield.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Ile
Cchicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
America
Pacific Ocean
United States
Yellowstone Park
Chicago
Great Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Icansna
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Puget Sound
Idaho
Wyoming
Secret Service
Illinois
National Capital
Freeport
Rockford
Rochelle
Aurora
Joliet
Pontiae
Bloomington
Winnebago County
Pontiac
Livingston County
Livingston
New State Arsenal
Springfield
Veterans debate 1004 encampment and general grants leader
The 1004 encampment location is debated as many veterans cannot attend the San Prateta reunion due to travel cost and fatigue. Gen John C Black of Chicago is to be elected commander in chief of the Grand Army, with a noted biographical profile. Figures show Spain War pension applications rising, with 57,040 invalids and 8,890 widows and dependents. 18,865 claims rejected and 84,210 pending May 1. Other items include Venezuela considering Margarita Island before Monroe Doctrine concerns, Turkey ransom claim motions, Postmaster John Allgood resigning after a threat, and Secretary Hitchcock touring Indian Territory and Oklahoma. National bank circulation surpasses 400 million dollars while notes printing runs nightly. Former Senator George G West declines St Louis as home.
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San Pratetaco
Bne
UN Usack
Grand Army
John C. Black
Chicago
John Charles Black
Lexington
Miss
Wabash College
Crawfordshille
Ind
Knox College
United States
Congress
Ilinois
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Illinois
Spain
Ware
State convention hall to stand for ages and serve its purpose
A report notes a planned state convention hall with a restricted armory area and cannon at entrances. Military escorts marked the President's journey but were deemed decorative. The piece also notes the death of Honolulu pioneer 8. O. Allen at 72, a wealthy figure valued at about $5 million in Hawaii.
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United States Infantry
National Guards
Allen
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Literary Notices of Prominent Women Authors and Works
A survey of women writers and publications: Alice Morse Tarle plans Two Comtemes of American Costume in America, Josephine Dodge Daxham contemplates a name change, Ernest Thompson Seton writes a nature tale, Mari Trowallin’s Christian Sciences postponed, Susan B. Anthony gifts papers to Congress, a Western woman’s first novel to be published by Harper, Mary Holland Kinkaid’s Walda a love story, John Quincy Adams diary edited for Life in a New England Town 1787 1788, Edith Wyatt’s Erne Love a romantic comedy, with Layater urging readers to study best books, read with purpose and nourishment of the heart.
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America
Alice Morse Tarle
Josephine Dodge Daxham
Josephine Dasiam
Susan B. Anthony
Congressional Tilbenary
Harper Bros
Mary Holland Kinkaid
Hfe
John Quincy Adame
Theophilus Parsons
Newburyport
Charles Francis Adams
Little Brown & Co
New England
Layater
Fifty Hats At Fifty Dollars Each Drive Paris Milliner Craze
May Goelet, an American in Paris, bought fifty hats at high prices from a Rue de la Vaix milliner, illustrating how American women abroad spark fashion fads with costly purchases. The bags represent current styles, and Miss Goelet reportedly wears five hats in a day.
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May Goelet
Rue de la Vaix
Miss Goelet
A Preposterous Proposition At A Charity Concert
A dialogue features Mr Ape slogh arguing for buying concert tickets while Maud resists. The pair debate charity versus personal expense, with calls to donate the funds to a worthy institution instead of attending the event. The exchange hints at mixed motives and social satire.
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Mr Apeslogh
Prize Offered for Best Essay on Duties of a Wife
An Australian weekly newspaper announces a prize of Limeelf for the best essay by a woman on the duties of a wife. The competition invites female writers to submit thoughtful pieces addressing marital responsibilities.
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Australia
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Evenmore
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Geraldine
Titian
Lillian
Gracie
Mia
Conway
Miss Story
Miss Lavinia
Mr. Conway
Mrs. Winans
Venezuela
Margarita
Germany
Klaiser
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Castro
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Panama
Caribbean
Turkey
Miss Ellen Stone
Department of State
Miss Stone
State Department
Payne Haa
John Allgood
Gallatin
Tenn
Allgood
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Oklahome
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Hun
Rational
George G. West
St. Louia
GAN
New Illinois Arsenal
Miss May Goelet
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