Fettered by Fate in the Haunted Mill
In a haunted mill Roger Darrel pleads with Carol to join him, yet she refuses while Nora Warner lives. A letter reveals Nora is dead, rekindling hope, while Mrs Randall shares painful memories of Lawrence Richmond and a hidden portrait links Carol to a grim past, as the mystery deepens.
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Roger
Carol
Treasury
Richmond
Lerrave
Darrel Chace
Mrs. Randall
Lawrence Richmond
Flo
Nora Warner
Roger Durrel
Roger Darrel
Timothy Grim
M. D
Elysium House
The
Potomac
Beaven
Love
Lightest wood that grows found in Missouri corkwood tree
A Missouri discovery in Dunklin and Butler counties reveals corkwood or cork tree, Leltneria floridana, as the lightest wood known with a specific gravity of .207 while roots at .15. It grows two to twenty feet high in swampy southeastern Missouri and is used by natives for fishing net floats, yet remains tougher than cork.
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Missouri
Dunklin
Butler
Florida
Appalachicola
Mla
Warner
Ark
Wiliam Trelease
Missouri Botanical Garden
Nipher
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Indian River
Mary Hears Rumor Of John Kiss
In a clipped exchange a young matron claims she was cold to John, while Mary confesses suspicion after dreaming of him kissing another woman. The Philadelphia Press records the fragmentary gossip as a domestic intrigue note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
John
Philadelphia
Presa
Typhoid, Appendicitis, and language notes in 1900s Boston
Brief medical digest covers home remedies for cold feet and hands, typhoid infection sources and prevention, and an appendix explanation. It also reflects on language proficiency among native-born and immigrant youth in Massachusetts, noting a sizable non-English speaking population and census data from 1900.
Census on English inability among U.S. residents in 1900 and 1910
The census reports show 1,471,332 people aged 10 and over in the United States could not speak English in 1900 and a large share were white immigrants and their children. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts held the largest non English speaking white populations, with notable regional concentrations. The text also includes a stray boarding house anecdote about a grayhound observed by Mrs. Irons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texan
Europe
Wilaconsin
Minnesota
Maine
Massachusetts
Fall River
United States
Boston Herald
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinoela
Texas
Rulers and Their Doubles Across Monarchs and Mirth
An old saying suggests rulers have lookalikes on earth. A Whitechapel beggar bears startling resemblance to King Edward, while the Czar and the Prince of Wales resemble each other. Bertolani of Balerno matched late King Humbert, Hirschfeld mirrors Kaiser Wilhelm, and Bernede of Lyons mirrors King Oscar of Sweden.
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Whitechapel Beara
Edward
England
Prince of
M. Bertolani
Balerno
Humbert
Italy
Herr Adolph Hirschfeld
William
Germany
M. Bernede
Lyons
Oscar
Sweden
Almont Resigned and Silver Lining Through Despair
Washington Star notes Almont resigned and quotes a dialogue about financial fortunes and sorrow. Mr Qoumroz remarks on a silver lining while discussing not visiting fashionable resorts with family. The piece includes satire about coping with grief and a jibe at a stenographer’s daily life.
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Jolette
Lettie
Goldmater
Lisbon
Diana Therps
Nora
Roger Darre
Alpes
Seale Harris
Mobile Medical and Surgical Journal
Mra. Irons
Whitechapel
Edward VII
Almont
Topica
Ayer
Emma Jane Entaminger
Langaville. O
Perrin
Oregon
Portland St. Helen’s
Eas Iprent
Phcedamic
Cettope
Te Courege
Uaa
Artle
Apodalleta
Mbaster
Hlhanor Tebbetts
Lopornoia
Teoe Gillanp
Kigin
Candy Cathartic
Mortiog Remedy Company
Hesireal
Dr. C. Gee Wo
Patlenia
C. Gee Wo
Alder St
Portland, Oregon
Menon
Washington
Viethe Port
Wash
Portland
Portland, Or
PISO
Draggiata
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