The Witch of the Wandering Troupe
Mary Dane Mollie Dane is a seventeen year old stage star hailed by her patrons in a traveling troupe. Carl Walraven a New York millionaire pursues her after seeing her act in Fanchon the Cricket. Miriam schemes to bring Miss Dane to K- as an adopted daughter in a power play.
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Mr. Walraven
Miriam
Mary Dane
Deuce
Mr Walraven
Carl Walraven
Witch
Mamma
Papa
Son of Satan
Gemi
Carl Walraten
Fanchon Thericket
Fanchen
Mies Mollie Dane
Fanchon
Miss Dane
Moe
Gil the Walravens
Mollie Dane
Landry Barbeaud
Mollie
Mr. Carl Walraven
Despondent Prisoner Gets Overcome by Wages at Gate
A warden recalls a first week inmate who jokes about wages at the gate, while a Scotch boy testifies in court asking about the coal and pump with a playful mispronunciation, highlighting local humor and oddities in testimonies.
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London
Lusitania Wreck Off Cape Ballard With 800 Passengers
The Lusitania, a Orient Steam Navigation Company steamer bound from Liverpool to Montreal under Captain McNay, wrecked off Cape Ballard near St John’s. About 800 aboard including 6 saloon, 14 second class and 344 steerage passengers were rescued or landed safely as officers and crew regained control amid a heavy sea.
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St. John’s
Nic
Lusitania
SOO
Cape Ballard
Balongs
Orient Stem Navigation Company
Liverpool
Montreal
McNay
Cape Race
Seals Cove
Rochester Strikers Clash With Police in City Center
About 1000 marching workers clashed with police at Mill and Commercial streets in Rochester on June 28. Police fired a warning volley as bricks stones shovels and wood were hurled. Eleven officers and twenty strikers were injured as the crowd dispersed.
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Rochester
N.Y
Peru
Ind
Colorado
Moral laxity and education under fire across continents
The dispatch cites Archbishop Ireland decrying social morals and educational seriousness in America. Other items note a Leipzig bank suspension with 6000 to 9000 marks liabilities, the Buffalo religion congress opening, a deadly wreck near Peru Indiana killing sixteen Italians, and a British by election result in Stratford-on-Avon.
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Ireland
St. Paul
St. Joseph's College
Poncijle
America
Berlin
Leipsiger Bank
London
House of Commons
Stratford-on- Avon
Warwickshire
Victor Millward
Foster
Bolton Ming
Manitoba Wheat Rates in Trade Battle With Canadian Pacific
A New York paper notes Manitoba crop prospects but argues farmers will gain little due to high Canadian Pacific rates. The piece compares Manitoba to Minnesota and the Dakotas, examining rail costs to Fort William and Duluth, and discusses Great Northern tariffs and regional wheat belts.
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New York
Canada
Manitoba
Fort William
Minnesota
Dakota
Duluth
Dakotas
Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Portage
Brandon
Deloraine
Fort Wiliam
Great Northern
J. J. Hill
Montana
Canadian Pacific
Meloraine
Port William
Northern Pacific
Vom Miles
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The
Carman
Emerson
Seaee
Gretna
Morden Oof
Brandon Ooo
Killarne Seeeg
Boissevain Bor
Crookston
Seadeny
Grand Forks
Fargo
Grafton
St. Vincent
Neche
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
True Bill Found in Bigamy Case in Old Bailey Court
London reports grand jury returned a true bill against Frars Russell for bigamy. The recorder announced trial would be in the house of Lords. He noted a divorce might be valid in the United States but not here. separate dispatches mention CP R traffic receipts in Montreal and a strange courtship ending without marriage involving relatives of Ulysses S. Grant and Arthur Balfour.
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London
Old Bailey Court
Frars Russell
House of Lords
United States
Vivian Sartoris
Archibald Balfour
Ulysses S. Grant
Alfred Lyttleton
Arthur Balfour
House of Commons
Whist Playing Friends Attend Lord Thanet in Tower
In a Tower of London scene during Lord Thanet's imprisonment for the O'Conhor plot the Duke of Bedford the Duke of Laval and Captain Smith played whist with him until 11. When Captain Smith collapsed with apoplexy one friend urged silence promising the game would end without disturbance.
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Lord Thanet
Tower of London
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Laval
Captain Smith
People's Carnival offers freight relief for exhibits
The association will pay inward freight charges on exhibits from the last shipping point if exhibits are returned to the original shipping point after the fair without changing ownership. This is a one year exception due to crop failure and exhibitor money shortages, not a precedent.
It Takes A Difference A Poem On Woman's Work
A verse contrasts a boy holding a kite and a mother winding skeins with the toil of a man doing hard errands for his wife and a girl tending dolls. The speaker hints at exploring the theme of a woman's burden and gender roles in future lines.
Birds as surgeons craft feather bandages for wounds
A French naturalist reports woodcocks partridges and other birds neatly dressing their own wounds with down and feathers. He observed plaster like coverings and feather nets acting as hemostatic shields, and ligatures forming on broken limbs, showcasing remarkable self treatment in wounded birds.
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M. Dumonteil
Remarkable Rescue Of A Starving Bird
A bird with two wounded legs was neatly seated and bandaged with an exquisite wrap around each leg. Its beak was tangled in long soft feathers as the wound was dressed, and it would have starved if not discovered in time.
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Salem
Allen
George Reuter
Faithfulness from workers and bosses in business ethics
An essay argues employers should recognize faithful work as essential and not place all burden on employees. It questions fairness when only workers are expected to sacrifice for the company while top leaders pursue self interest.
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Leon
Colombia
Court Echoes on a Whip Like a Four-in-Hand
A Philadelphia Press report cites a court scene where a young defendant in a four-in-hand trouble faces a question about his driving skill. The witness answers humorously that the accused is moderately good with one horse if it is a quiet one, a remark deemed more biting than any lash.
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Court of Justice
London Globe
Sunflower crops high value for Russian farmers
The text notes sunflowers are among Russia's best paying crops. In the field a good crop yields about 45 an acre. Seeds sell by farmers for 4s to 6s a pound, then merchants salt and retail at 12s a pound. Street vendors and pedestrians pass by the large sunflowers and biscuits, with sunflowers eaten at roadside stands.
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Russia
Eiths
Celine
Grodut
Anemic Conditions Spread Among School Girls
The article warns pale and anaemic young women show signs such as pale gums tongue and eyelids weakness and short breath. It promotes Dr Chase's Nerve Food with advice on fresh air sunlight exercise and regular use after meals to restore vitality and form new red blood cells.
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Land
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