Home of Love at Christmas in a Postcard Tale
Amos Beecroft reconciles with Mabel after a wreck and lies, a vanished mother, and a daughter Pearl. Mabel proves faithful, caring for Amos’s mother and Pearl, while Pearl’s kindness reveals the truth. They find home and forgiveness, ending with a Christmas eve scene of family unity and a playful Cinderella finale read aloud by Pearl.
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Pearl
Promeo Mia
Amos
Uronghia
Mabel
Volcomie
Mabel Io
Wallor
Aca
Ani
Finah
Island
Ingenious Aunt Tricks Young Debauché with Funeral Ruse
Tale recalls a Louisiana creole heir and his wife as a striking couple seen outside Hotel Savoy. A wily aunt stages a dramatic funeral chest deception to deter the wild youth, whose reformed mood follows the Spanish and French tinted intrigue and long-ago family scandal.
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Prunkenness
Hotel
Savoy
New York Herald
Pontobartrain
Louisiana
Blade
New Orleans
African Lady Heroine of Bulawayo Gains English Notoriety
In South Africa women often face stronger expectations than in New York. Mrs. Johann Colenbrander, celebrated in England as Bulawayo’s heroine, says she recalls a time without a horse and gun. Her life includes travels with her husband and King Lobengula, a Cecil Rhodes visit, and meetings with tribal chieftains. She reportedly speaks the language and understands local customs, blending masculine skills with her appearance.
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South Africa
New York
Johann Colenbrander
England
Bulawayo
Lobengula
Cecil Rhodes’ Place
Matoppos Hills
Stag Hunt in Siberia Ends in Bear Chase and Fall
An English traveler recounts two hunters pursuing a stag through valleys in Siberia. The stag hesitates at a precipice as two bears emerge, and the animal leaps to a rock summit. One boar falls into the abyss while the other retreats, followed by a shot from the Cossacks' rifles.
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Hiberia
Atkingonda
Siberia
Tage
Blue Blood to Climb Mount St Elias With Prince Savoy
The Italian prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy joins an American expedition to Mount St Elias in Alaska led by Henry Bryant. Accompanying him are Dr Paull Vecchi and coast survey team members as they prepare for a high altitude ascent amid glaciers and severe weather. The effort follows prior expeditions and historic attempts dating to 1741 and later times.
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CME
Italy
United States Coast Survey
Compet Tion
Mount Et. Bilas
Alaska
Luigi Amadeo of
Savoy
Abruzal
Hun Pert
St. Elin
Rome
Paull Vecchi
San Francisco
Ory
United States
Ryan
Isy Bay
St. Eiling
America
Sitka
Mount St. Elias
Arctic
Logan's Peak
St. Bilas
St. Lying
I. C. Rusii Ja
Luigi
Prince Luig
Bats Found In Cavern 100 Feet Below Earths Surface
San Francisco Call reports a strange find in Snowshoe Gulch near Cottage Grove where a tunnel drilled by John Dinman and Andrew Wilson exposed a large bat colony 100 feet underground. The bats appeared eye less, poorly winged, and perished when brought to daylight. The incident sparked wide discussion with no clear explanation, suggesting metamorphic rock and dormant life as possible factors.
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San Francisco
Snowshoe Gulch
Cottage Grove
Loas
John Dinman
Andrew Wilson
Cascade Range
Princeton Coeducation? Phew from the Boston Evening Trane
The piece notes that if students are absent from Wellesley without leave or explanation an official inquiry would be made by the dean of Harvard College or by a functionary at Columbia Princeton Cornell or Chicago. It highlights coeducation discussions across these institutions where men and women study on equal terms.
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Princeton
Boston
Wellesley
Harvard College
Columbia
Cornell
Chicago
Methuselah Boy Defies Age With a Curious Peculiarity
A Sunday school tale describes Methuselah as nearly a thousand years old yet lacking the skill to ride a bicycle. The remark frames the boy as an emblem of timeless oddity and stubborn simplicity within a biblical setting.
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Methuselah
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Drixton
Mr. Dence
Cruce
Australia
Guying
Beecroft
Mr. Druwe
Desten
Bob
Dob
Ma‘pel
Mabelle
Carletmias
Marin
Prince Luigi
King Humbert
Blake
Canada
Christoforo Colombo
Americana
Tha
Amadeo
Humbert
Madrid
Atcntion
Cruler
Nome
Princh Luigl
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