Masquerade of Love and Fortune Ends in Rich Widow
A scheming trio plots to marry wealth, using a cousin’s widow as a mask. Cleve Sullivan pursues Clementine Marat while John Selden courts the real widow, Fan Clare. Truth surfaces at a Mauve Society dinner, leaving Cleve betrayed and briefly ruinous, as Clementine marries Selden and Cleve learns Clementine is Miss Belmar’s ward, now Mrs Belmar with millions.
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Cleve Sullivan
Europe
John Selden
John
New York
Cleve
St. Maurs
Maryland
Sohn
Clare
Thomas Clare
Clementine
John Sheldon
Mr. Sheldon
Ian
Jace
Ruebank
Ryebank
Fan
Clement
Julia
Mr. Selden
Miss Marat
Ile
Levine
Clere
Clementine Marat
Fanny Clare
Mr. Clere Sullivan
Paris
Young hunter Miss Susan Jones Slays Giant Cat in Modesto
Miss Susan Jones, daughter of Captain nes, a county pioneer, spotted a dog feeding near her home. She pursued with a gun through willows along Toulumne, cornering a colossal cat. She fired as it approached, killed the beast, and carried the trophy home, a remarkable feat for a girl of fourteen or fifteen summers in Modesto.
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Susan Jones
Captain Nes
Ihe
Toulumne
Modesto
Cal
Jan. U
Storm-Struck Train Delayed Fifteen Hours Near Cucamonga
An outbound Yuma train from Los Angeles halted near Cucamonga Station after an extraordinary sandstorm. Rails for miles were buried under sand up to three feet deep, delaying the train about fifteen hours while crews cleared the line. The storm resembled a Cajon Pass sirocco, likened to a twin of a seven years ago wind event.
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Yuma
Los Angeles
Cucamonga Station
Hewitt
Simeon
Sirocco
Cajon Pass
Cucamonga
Old Stage Company
Cal
Murder at Highland sparks local fury and court talk
Ezra Compton, respected Parke County storekeeper, is fatally shot by Florence Watson in Highland after a debt dispute over a twenty cent soap bar. Watson’s assault follows Compton’s rebuke. Sheriff Dallas has him in custody as Judge Lynch’s name is invoked by locals. The report also blends a stream of trivia and humorous notes on language, manners, and oddities from across the nation.
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Vermillion County
Ezra Compton
Parke County
Highland
Florence
Walter Watson
Florence Watson
Compton
Watson
Dallas
Lynch
Thomas Massey
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Bath
Touchmore
Tris
Alfred Bailard
Jackson
Tenn
St. Louis
If greenbacks are money then what are bate Rates
The Terre Haute Express questions the nature of money, bank notes, and government currency power. It argues about whether government creation of money should be shared with people and producers, criticizing private monopolies and calling for equitable controls.
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Terre Haute Express
Woman at crossing tries to pull tooth with gate string
An aged woman at the Grove street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jerry City waited as a train neared. When the gate rose she shrieked and plucked something from the gate, then fled toward Newark avenue. She explained she used a string tied to a tooth to pull it, lacking fifty cents for a dentist.
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Grove Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jerry City
Newark Avenue
Heights
New York Sun
Frightful death after horse chase shocks Norfolk farmer
Norfolk county farmer Robert Hyslop loses wife Mrs Hyslop to fright while driving away a pursuing horse near their home. She dies hours later from the shock in Blairville Iowa a social invitation issue ends in scorn as town leaders debate high toned gatherings.
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Norfolk
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