Grubbs Finds a Family After Meeting ailing Boy
An older man named Grubbs, once grim and feared for his mortgages, grows kindly toward a sick boy living with a weary mother. He visits daily, brings food, and befriends the child, earning the nickname Mr Dog. After a chance encounter at the boy’s home, he proposes to move them to his own house and eventually suggests adopting the boy, revealing the family’s ties to Grubbs and the Philippines.
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Grubbs
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Mar- Tey
Nolon
Dog
Mr. Dog
Philippines
Adam
Io Grubb
Prussian State Railways Earnings Rise Over 25 Years
The Prussian state railway system shows gross earnings climbing from 41 million to 261 million dollars, operating expenses from 24.6 million to 221 million, and net earnings from 14.5 million to 140 million annually. Mileage expands from 3,815 to 21,104 miles while invested capital yields 7 percent versus 4.3 percent a quarter century ago.
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Prussia
Rev Dr James Boyd Braty Seeks Fund Increase
The Rev Dr James Boyd Braty former Grace Methodist Episcopal Worcester Mans pastor and agent of the New England conference seeks permission to raise a fund from 250000 to 4000000 for relief of superannuated preachers and benefits to widows and orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Boyd Braty
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of
Worcester, Mans
New England
History's Narrow Page on Russian ships Petropavlovak and Bezstroshny
The Denver Post notes an exchange claiming the un chartered ships Petropavlovak and Bezstroshny will enter history together yet questions whether fame can welcome them both. The piece suggests they may be driven down an undefined road, side by side.
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Petropavlovak
Bezstroshny
Randem
Denver Post
Naples the City of the Siren and Its Many Charms
The narrative paints Naples as a lively coastal metropolis with Vesuvius in the distance and a vibrant street life. It highlights landmark theaters like San Carlo, palaces, villas, gardens, and scenic vistas from Villa Nazionale and Capo di Monte. It notes the diverse population, bustling commerce and noise, and ties to Gioacchino Murat and Napoleon era royal residences.
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Naples
Constantinople
Europe
Virgil
Posilippo
Paris
Milan
Vea
Ife
Pompeii
Royal Palace
Theater
San Carlo
Lyric Muse
Santa Lucia
Naples Ave
Villa Nazionale
Greece
Rome
Capri
Villa Na
Wonile
Capo di Monte
Charles III
Gioacchino Murat
Napoleon I
Portici
Ing
Napoleon
Slater Caro Une
Anit Fratty Thag
Secret in My Bosom A Dobson Confesses Counterfeit Act
A long suffering restaurant keeper and his wife recount a secret confession. Dobson admits passing a counterfeit 50 cent piece to the restaurant cashier after months of plotting. He insists the act was cold blooded yet oddly comforting to his conscience, amid claims of patronage and suspicious leads.
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Dobson
George
Mary
United States
Clever seat theft on Sixth Avenue car
A cunning woman in New York enters a crowded Sixth Avenue surface car at Seventy second Street. She uses a blushing young man and a white cambric handkerchief to grab his seat while the man’s chivalry keeps him from resisting. She exits with the handkerchief and a smile, the room full of surprised passengers.
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Sixth Avenue
Seventy Second Street
New York Sun
Out of the Darkness Into the Light Poem Fragment
A damaged poetic fragment contrasts darkness with spiritual ascent, mentioning darkness and light, death, faith, and longing. The text drifts through garbled lines about sorrow, hope, and the presence of God, ending with a cryptic phrase about moving from darkness to night.
Missing Mascot Sparks Worry Over Lost Garter
A woman laments losing her yellow garter, a treasured mascot she has worn since Janet wore it at her wedding. She recalls dances, whist clubs, and many suitors, and fears being unable to marry within the year as rumor says the garter foretells matrimony.
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Janet
Congressman recalls disruptive audience member during Missouri speech
A Missouri congressman recounts a fall campaign talk interrupted by a countryman who claimed a braying man could rouse an army. The heated exchange ends with cautions about crowd control and the danger of stampeding the audience.
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Missouri
Rev Stephen J Herben Named Successor to Bishop Berry
The Methodist conference selected Rev Stephen J Herben to succeed Bishop Berry. Herben, editor of the Epworth Herald of Chicago, has been assistant editor of the Christian Advocate of New York since 1896. Born in England in 1861, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1889 and from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1891.
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Stephen J. Herben Choeer
Methodist Conference
Stephen J. Herben
Bishop Berry
Epworth Herald
Chicago
Christian Advocate of
New York
England
Northwestern Vorsity
Evanston
Garrett Biblical Institute
Britain Moves Toward Permanent Mission in Lhassa
Telegraphic dispatches indicate Britain intends to establish a permanent mission in Lhassa after a possible struggle for Tibet. British forces may advance to Lhassa despite Tibetan resistance of around 8,000 to 20,000 troops, with Tibet receiving superior rifles and heavy ordnance from their capital. London papers speculate on enforcing guarantees of British rights and a lasting presence in Tibet.
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Lhassa
England
Tibet
Col
Younghusband
Dalai Lama
Gyangtse
London
New Head of Engineers Chosen by Locomotive Brotherhood
W S Stone named to head the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Former Chicago Rock Island Pacific engineer, born in Iowa forty four years ago, selected last August to fill the vacancy after P M Arthur's death. His election to a four year term occurred on the first ballot at the Los Angeles convention.
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W. 8. Stone
Locomotive Brotherhood
W. S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
W. S.stone
Iowa
P.M. Arthur
Los Angeles
Struggle With English Language Conversation Letter
H Kobayalist of Tokyo wrote to the Village Improvement Society of South Orange New Jersey asking in a halting style how they remove a troublesome mosquito from roads and marshes near homes to prevent punctures, seeking effective control methods.
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H. Kobayalist
Tokio
Japan
Village Improvement Society of
South Orange
N. J
South Oranges
Minta
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