Ten Years (A Soldier's By Charles King)
Ten years after a turbulent reunion in a military world, Colonel Eric Langdon faces a public farewell with the Washoes while court politics and old slanders threaten his future. A dramatic rescue, a firing line of memories, and a patient love story culminate as Ethel Grahame and Langdon inch toward a private confession.
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Tengiow
Langdon
Torrance
Pawnee
Emi
Ethel Grahame
Mra. Jorrance
Manila
Miss Gratame
Sorrance
Tahoe
Perse
Presidio
Frisco
Langdoo
Melville
Miss Grahame
Luckiess
Nathan
Eric Langdon
Martin
Vin
Liz
Lodsey May
Etbel Grahame
Meno
Orster
May
Oldold Ders
Lorne
Strangbush
Nathbao’s
Settine
Darre Fe
Mar
Oanigtes
Mejor Nafeen
Det
Cresswell
Na‘at
Sud
Langdor
Betts
Brentwood
Palace Hotel
The
Seattle
Chicago
Nathans
Creswell
Barclay
Big Horn
Biz Horo
Laig
Lime
Parliament Prorogued After Speech On Colonia Loss and Peace
London report notes the royal prorogation of Parliament after a lengthy king's speech. It mentions Venezuela disputes, the end of the South African war, the Mad Mullah expedition, Italy Britain Japan ties, and a famine-avoiding monsoon in India. Parliament adjourned to February 17.
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Tower House
House of Lords
Venezuela
Transvaal
Orange River
Mullah
Italy
Chili
Argentina
Great Britain
Japan
India
News in Brief from Across the Globe
Secretary of War Wrotd Miss Manlei daughter of Lemise on Monday. John Costigan to introduce Home Rule for Ireland in parliament. Murder trial in Montmagry Quebec for Mrs Ovtave Trihae. Amtojjan earthquake kills nearly a thousand in Russia. Howard Passmore dies at Lemon’s saw mill Ontario. London firm wins electric tramways contract in Portugal. Toxin photography invention promises daylight development. Danube ice blocks crush or sink 300 vessels. 400 more in danger. Colonel Lynch grand jury indictment for treason. trial expected January 20 in Reading. Antonio Taddai acquitted in street shooting. Taff Vale Railway case verdict in favor of plaintiffs. damages to be decided later.
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London
Arthur Lynch
Galway
England
Baron Alverstone
Lynch
Market Notes Sluggish Demand Dominate Winnipeg Oats and Grains
Speculative activity is quiet as buyers hesitate to commit amid unsettled prices. Oats are scarce in Winnipeg due to transport bottlenecks, with No 2 white oats at Fort William around 28 cents per bushel and prices expected to fall when movement resumes. Barley faces railway delays, feed grains hold firm, and dairy products show mixed but steady quotes across butter, cheese, and eggs.
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Fort
Winnipeg
Winnipes
Fort William
Carlots
Ottawa to curb false reports on foot and mouth disease
Ottawa moves to stop false and malicious dispatches about foot and mouth disease and Canada being quarantined. Most originate in Montreal and target Canada cattle trade. Officials will seek action against writers and papers spreading rumors, with possible criminal charges for instigators.
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Ottawa
Canada
Montreal
Minister of Agriculture
Lord Strathcona
State Saloons Closed Urged by St Petersburg Petitioners
Petitioners in St Petersburg urge Finance Minister Witte to close state saloons. They accuse the vodka monopoly of fueling secret sales and rising drunkenness, arguing revenue should not fund schools. They claim abolishing the monopoly would hurt imperial revenues.
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St. Petersburg
M.S J. Witte
Describing the Accident and Social Chaos on a Train
A Western States writer mocks a Milwaukee and St Paul derailment tale by detailing how passengers abandon reserve and mix in a chaotic, humorous mingle. An emaciated traveller sits in a lunch basket, a preacher’s hat is shoved aside, and a widow is teased by custard pie actions as strangers become friends amid disaster.
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Western States
Milwaukee and
St Paul
Manitoba
Chicago
Fromm Law Crosse
Hoscoe Conkling
Pierce
Market notes and war rumour from Aden and Andijan
Cattle prices show Christmas demand in Winnipeg with high quality stock fetching top per pound while stocker cattle move little. Sheep and hog markets steady. milch cows scarce and pricey. Horses in good demand for bush teams and general use. A rumor in Aden claims the Mad Mullah of Somaliland was killed by spear thrust. Askabad reports Andijan in Ferghana destroyed by earthquake with fatalities unknown and famine risk rising. relief efforts underway.
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Winnipeg
Traintes
Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
Garroro
Berbera
Haji Muhammed Abdullah
Protectorate
Askabad
Russian Turkestan
Andijan
Ferghana
New
Narghelan
Andijian
Wit and Warnings on Weight and Worries
A quirky collection of maxims on tone and health. It notes that laughter signals amusement not health, worry tires some but not the obese, shadows cling to a man as friends do in sunshine, and men admire clever women because they are rarer than the handsome.
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Barclay
Cresswell
Betts
Burleigh
The
Big Horn
General Langdon
Nathan
Union
Langdon
Manila
San Francisco
Mellville
Ecc
Langdoe
Oakland Pier
Melville
Ethel Grahame
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Charles King
Wasb
Ethel Grahame Stout
Hurricane
Claos
Lenson
Melville—Amas
Mr. Barclay
Het the Beast
Largdon
Eric
Dampent
Royal Commission
Bers
House of Commons
Black Hod
Colonial Conference
Chamberlain
Strott Dru Reek
Madeline Manlei
Lacy Jeuve
John Costigan
Ireland
Montmagry
Joseph Gosselin
Ovtave Trihae
Tabourer
St. Lazare
St Petersburg
Sys
Amtojan
Russian Central
Eoward Passmore
Lemon
Schomberg
Ont
Hezekiel
Berlin
Lower Danube
Reading
Antonio Taddai
John Trauger
Edward Hartman
Samuel Stivel
Taddal
King’s Bench
High Court of Justice
Taff Vele Railway Company
Atvidgpamated Society of Railway Sereants
Ivoo
Varaet Review
Paris
Germany
France
United Kingdom
United States
J. Pierpont Morgan
Foglish High School
Boston
Ives
Asia
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