4 RACE FOR A BRIDE CHAPTERS OF A WOBBLY TALE
The steam trawler Weaper drifts north as Bill Brumley guides toward Wick with Skipper Gordon anxious to reach his wife. A plot by Tom Bell to ruin Maggie Barclay unfolds through Jimmy May Kay and the cook, leading to a rescue and a race against the Walrus in a storm. Gordon confronts Bell, Maggie, and past lies, and he and Maggie wed after overcoming the ruse.
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England
Bill
Bill Brumley
Skipper
Gordon
Maggie Barlay
Hill
Maggie
Wael
Tim Sone
Brumley
Fill
Tom Rél
Maggie Barclay
Kiiper
Tom Bell
Hite
Point Lax
Bill Keamley
Bill Bromley
Genlaly
Dipper
Jimmy
Bell
Skipper Bell
Maria
Timmy
Tery
Jimy
Tata
Billy Brumley
Hell
Skipper Gordon
Cook
Barclays
Oirl
Jimmy M'Kay
Chfpper
Weill
Agan
Point Law
Maysie Barclay
Ekipper
Jimmy May
Orman
Brimley
Jhmmy
Wick
Bert
Maggit
Will
Vesper
RM Hrumley
Skipnee
Ril
Gordan
Firth of Forth
Aberdeen
Maggi Barclay
Professor and Wife No Desertion Proved in Court
In the Southern Western Police Court, Professor Matthew Dunn of Clonmore Street, Southfields, Wandsworth, faced a summons alleging desertion of his wife Amelia Dunn, a LCC pianist, from May 1905 after claims of an infatuation with a female pupil. The case cited a shared flat on Oakhill Road and minimal living arrangements.
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Mr de Grey
Jones
Dunn
Bet
Lloyd's ‘Weekly
South-Western Police Court
Matthew Dunn
Clonmore Street
Southfelds
Wandsworth
Amelia Dun
L.C.C
Wing
Gelverston Road
Putney
Oakhill Road
Clonmore Stream
Mange
Ant
Garling
Herophewl
Wife's vow on marriage vows and neglect at court
A Chicago column excerpt lampoons a deserted wife who pledges daily affection and restrains calls as she sues for abandonment. The piece mocks a domestic farce, noting the husband’s Springfield arrest and a detective’s role while contrasting tender phrases with harsh reality.
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Chicago
Wilde
Voeedent
Harrison
Springfield
Chingo
API Starek
Wien
American Heiresses and the Tax on Dowries Debate
From New York correspondent Onath Maren the Tally Mall discusses protecting American heiresses from foreign suitors and the push to tax dowries. The piece cites Senate and political figures debating permanent status for heiress pensions and a national mechanism to shield wealth, outlining fears of wealth flight and calls for reform.
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Onath Maren
Tally Mall
New York
Pelle de Rivera
Estate dispute over vast Middlesex holdings in London High Court
Great page estate case involves claimant motion to restrain defendants from troubling land in Wembley and Sudbury. Mr Ogden King argued the Crown once considered seizing estates. Mr Justice Eve ruled even if claimant were heir at law, no order could disturb those with titles eight decades old and uninterrupted possession.
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Chineers
Vie
London High Clark Wetare
Tie Jive
Jehieh Yvere
Midhdleson
Richart Tiger
Wembley
Ogden Eaweenen
King
Justice Eve
Indian Mura: Five Arrested in Bombay Serial Murders
A gang of five men was arrested in Bombay on February 29 confessing to multiple gruesome killings. They admit to luring youths, chloroforming them, looting jewelry, slitting throats, and burying victims in courtyard graves. Eight youths reported slain in various parts of the city, with more missing. Police heightened security after widespread public fear.
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Bombay
Belie Tynehid
Mulk
A Literary Misstep by Hopkins at Club Meeting
George Hopkins schedules a Balzac lecture for the Literary and Culture Club and drafts his chauffeur Mike to copy the introduction. The evening features social pressure, a wary audience, and Hopkins’s awkward read through Balzac notes, ending with an unintended self embarrassment as the room reacts.
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George Hopkins
Khane Look
Hopkins
Literatire
Tures Club
Ial
George Mupkins
Mill
Dallas
Villahore
Mr Hopkins
Horpldis
Montag
Tle
Balzac
France
Parn
Mike
Arr Hopkins
Halenc
David Copperfield
Hopdna
Mile
Nalzac
New York
Hopkine
Hopking
Mikes
Georen
Getoioe
Winger
George
Mepking
Pillsbury
Haines
Shdejward
Pilsbury
Baines
Baltar
Prom
Raines
Balanc
Pillsbury and
Hines
Piistury
Bulsac
Quebec Fetes Program for Tercentenary Invites World Guests
The Royal National Commission plans a grand tercentenary program in Quebec City with Governor General Ny Weis and Lord Klein among invitees. Representatives from Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, France, and others will attend. A ceremonial parade, naval displays, and a large service on the Plains of Abraham are scheduled, with performances directed by Me fascelles and multiple colonial dignitaries expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal National Commission
Kart Grey
Ny Weis
Maren
Lord Klein
Charente
Champlain
Loyd
Morray
Guy Carleten
Sion Pracor
Te Fraser Midlanders
Elgin
Sauls Frien
New Zealand
Newfoundland
France
Wales
Bern
Abmihane
Therma of Wales
Me Fascelles
Osford
The Lobbyist in Parliament Through History and Gossip
A compact survey traces the term lobbyist from early English journalism to modern use. It notes reporters seeking information, the privacy of Westminster’s Outer Room, and the evolving role of insiders who mingle with members for friends, not public opinion.
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Hal
Hamlet
Ais
Sy Polopious
Ton Huew
Charles TE
Perard
Westminster Hall
Sim Tappertit
Barnaby Rudge
House of Cortmons
Westminster
Economic view of kings and copper kings in world finance
The article notes that nations have stool kings and copper kings, mentions a cod king the Frenchman, and states that out of £720,000 coined worldwide, £40,000 goes to France, as reported by Matin Paris.
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France
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Tale OF the North
Fale
Great Page Estate
Louis Whadcock
Batsie
Quebec
W. E. Pitt
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