Unseen Bridegroom and a Hidden Family Mystery
Mollie Dane, an actress married in secret to a masked man, confronts Miriam about her parentage and a forged letter while revealing a tangled tale of flight from life on stage and a coerced marriage to a cloaked husband. Suspense deepens as a mysterious observer lurks.
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Miriam
Miss Dane
Mollie
Miriam Dane
Miram
Roger Travis
Sarah
Mary
Sally Trasenna
Raymond Rashleigh
St. Pancras
Finish Your Story Morning Escape Exposed
Miriam urges completion of a tale as morning nears and escape is demanded. The scene hints at danger and pursuit with a cliffhanger to continue.
Cobra torpedo boat destroyed in North Sea disaster
The torpedo boat destroyer Cobra sank after an explosion near a rock in the North Sea while en route from Armaments Works at Manchester to Portsmouth. Only about twelve survivors survived from a crew and contractor workers, with five lifeboats launched but many crews lost in heavy seas.
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London
North Sea
Armes Rengs
Mencastir
Portsmouth
Gily
Yarmouth
Dowsing Seuds
Middleboro
Mysterious gas death of traveler in Winnipeg hotel
A man registered as George Box White Lake stayed at the Manor hotel overnight. He was found dead in room 132 with the gas jet on, no struggle evident. Dispatch from Renfrew Ont says he was son of Alex Box of White Lake who left a year ago to farm at Gladstone.
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Winnipeg
Manor Hotel
George Box
White Lake
Renfrew
Ont
Alex
Box
Gladstone
Judgment Upheld in Rossland Mine Labor Case
Judgment was given yesterday in the election against Albert Getser of Danner City Oregon for infringing the Alien Labor act by bringing several men into Rossland under contract to work in the mines. He was convicted on two charges and fined 500 dollars and 50 dollars. An appeal to the supreme court was taken immediately. The decision does not affect the mining company or hinder men applying for work on company grounds.
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Rossland
Albert Getser
Danner City
Oregon
Supreme Court
Le Romine opens for comarg week staffing workers
Canada and abroad report that Le Romine will open during comarg week advertising 40 men at 2.50 per day, plus 50 laborers to push cars. Pekin notes Chinese troops reentered, Americans and Japanese compare actions, while the city hands the Forbidden City to Chinese authorities. Ottawa covers Carrie Nation’s lecture to 3200, marked by glass-smashing ads prior to the talk. Montreal notes royal visit conferred knights and deaths. Kingston reports a recruit’s disappearance at Royal Military College. Oak Lake reports Edward Cosford found dead in a wheat field with neck broken in a likely farming accident. Cobourg notes James Henderson killed by a train near G T R station.
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Rossland
le Romine
Comarg
Cmpany
Talwers
Sim
Oak Lake
Edward Cosford
Royal review marks Plains of Abraham parade for Quebec
In Quebec on Sept 17 a 4000 strong volunteer force reviewed before Their Royal Highnesses on the Plains of Abraham. The event, despite rain, celebrated transfer of the plains to public use and highlighted French and English troops marching together. Royal party praised harmonious relations as descendants of Wolfe and Montcalm observed the display. His Royal Highness rode in a Fusilier’s uniform. the Duchess rode in a carriage with escort.
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Quebec
Abraham
Quebec City
Wolfe
Montcalm
New France
Royal Party
Theses Plains
President McKinley State Funeral Procession Moves to Capitol
Washington September 18 The funeral procession left the White House at 9 20 for the capitol arriving at 4 35 the casket entering the capitol rotunda at 10 40 The sombre day saw overcast skies rain and a quiet nation as bodybearers carried the bier the Marine Band playing Nearer My God To Thee in mournful ceremony The crowd kept bowed heads and wet eyes through the solemn events.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
McKinley
Marine Band
Frightful Gas Explosion Hits Coal Mine at Spring Gulch
A gas explosion in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co mine at Spring Gulch, Glenwood Springs, allegedly killed about 100 miners at work. The blast wrecked the entry. three men were rescued but severely mangled and unrecognizable.
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Colorado Springs
Col
the Gazette
Glenwood Springs
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Spring Gulch
Strike Aftermath in Montreal as union leaders face libel charge
Wil gson president of the International Trackmen's union Lemon ard Stout two members of the late P. R. trackmen's committee arrested during the strike and charged with libel Montgomery another member of the late committee has filed a plea of justification and will mount a bitter fight. The plea condemns the circular that accused him of treachery for joining the company during the strike.
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Montreal
Winnipeg market prices and ranges for grains livestock and dairy
Grain prices list wheat oats corn barley hay poultry and eggs with per bushel and per ton figures. Livestock values cover cattle sheep hogs and stockers with per head or per pound rates for export markets and local deals. Dairy products show butter and cheese quotes and hides prices appear for merchants in Winnipeg.
Boers threaten Natal and ships sink in new reports
Friday items note Gen. Louis Botha with 1500 troops threatening Natal. The steamer Hudson sinks on Lake Superior with 24 crew lost. The torpedo boat destroyer Cobra sinks in the North Sea with about 65 dead. Also reported are a drowned bank teller in Guelph and a czar witnessing a 140,000 strong French review at Rheims. A Syracuse inquiry into two Methodist ministers urges suspension.
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Louis Botha
Natal
John Naismith
Guelph
Rheims
George Bex
Gladstone
Man
Renfrew
Ont
Scheper
Nek
Hudson
Duluth
Buffalo
Lake Superior
Syracuse
U. M
North Sea
Russians mass 130000 in China as tensions rise
A string of brief items reports a large Russian force in China, a Forest Fire Ranger A G McKenzie of Stonewall Manitoba died, six killed in an express wreck near Brockton Massachusetts, Cosgrove crushed in a wheat field near Melita, Revelstoke agent Fanquir jailed, BC finance minister Brown defeated, four ladies injured in St Catharines carriage collision, and a royal welcome in Montreal.
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A. G. McKenzie
Stonewall
Man
Brockton
Mass
Cosgrove
Melita
Fanquir
Revelstoke
B.C
J. HE. Brown
British Columbia
New Westminster
Bve
St. Catharines
Montreal
Multiple Claims Flood Canadian and U.S. Reports
Judge Gill of Montreal is dead Carrie Nation had a mild saloon smashing in Ottawa. A verdict against faith healers was obtained in Victoria S C The first carload of British Columbia fruit has reached Winnipeg Mr W J Bryan paid tribute to the late president Edward Cosford was found dead near Oak Lake Man Chinese troops have occupied Pekin again foreign forces retreat Roosevelt asks McKinley cabinet to stay in office Fatal train collision on Milwaukee road at Red Wing Minnesota Dominion Trades Congress opens at Brantford.
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Judge Gill
Montreal
Carrie Nation
Ottawa
Victoria
S. C
British Columbia
Winnipeg
W. J. Bryan
Edward Cosford
Oak Lake
Man
Pekin
Roosevelt
McKinley
Races Set For Amerie Cup Dates In September
The Amerie cup races are scheduled for September 26 and 28. A smallpox case was found in Winnipeg. Wheat in Brandon area is expected to yield about 25 bushels per acre. The C P R timetable will mirror last year. A man from Lethbridge named Joseph Rutki died while herding horses. Manitoba elevators hold over a million bushels of wheat at C P R points. An attempted robbery of a C P R safe at Portage la Prairie failed. The royal party arrived in Quebec welcomed by Lord Minto and Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Joseph Rutki
Lethbridge
Manitoba
C. P. R. Pointe
Portage la Prairie
Quebec
Lord Minto
Wilfrid Laurier
Food shortages hit Hawaii as war news trickles in
Brief items report foodstuffs in short supply in Hawaii while other notes mention a Soo train derailment east of Montreal and a coal mine owners’ consolidation. The Ophir with the Duke and Duchess of York aboard reached Quela and English doctors praise American surgeons who treated the late president.
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Soo
Montreal
Ophir
Fragmented Verse Fragment on Human Life and Dawn
A fragmentary poem fragment contemplates life, dreams, and the sea as a metaphor for human limits. It questions hopes, wreckage beneath a calm surface, and strange rocks of crarity as the mind wanders through imagined scenes. The voice pleads for grace to save secret souls from an ebbing fate.
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Martha Cilbert Dickinswa
Dangerous Ground with a Himalayan Fakir
After a year's leave at a military post in Allahabad, a narrator seeks instruction from Rajpoor Gyah a famed occultist living 50 miles away. He assists the fakir by conjuring a cobra and a tiger through hypnotic influence and is led to a dangerous journey into the jungle. He later falls ill on the road and Rajpoor Gyah vanishes leaving witnesses unsure what was real.
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Allahabad
Rajpoor Gyah
Lfe
Rajpoor Gyab
Tenacious of One Point on American vs Shakespeare
A Chicago college professor argues that an American billionaire may not be greater than Shakespeare, but could be more practically beneficial to a college. The exchange is cited by the Washington Star.
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Chicago
Washington Star
The Wrong Horn and Colonel Corktight Duel
In a comic hotel scene Colonel Corktight debates a bellboy who misinterprets a request for a horn. The bellboy instead brings a shoe horn triggering a humorous exchange about the mishap.
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Corktight
Duess
Mejor Nash
Nerve Food Story Targets Overworked Students
An article laments the strain of harsh exams on pubic and high school students, citing pale weak children and exhausted nerves. It promotes Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a cure restoring vigor, color to faces, and buoyancy to bodies, appealing to anxious parents.
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Dane
Devil
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Gova
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Scheeper’s Nek
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Gough
Botha
French
Smuts
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Islands Riverpoort
Pietermaritzburg
Natal Corps
Skty
Canada
Pekin Sept
Oisk
Shaughnessy
Mayor Parent
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Kingston
Royal Military College
Cobourg
James Henderson
GT. RK
Toronto
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Bard
Fort William
Deakins
Russia
China
Milwaukee Road
Red Wing
Mina
Dominion Trades Congress
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Tiger
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