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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
2
The narrator recounts finding Kinko alive after a fanfare rescue in Pekin. A damaged crate scene, a dramatic street collision, and Kinko’s return spark relief, a court defense plan, and a happy reunion with Zinca Klork. The correspondent concludes with a cast list and travel wrap.
The narrator describes a rapid return to the Hotel of the Ten Thousand Dreams with Mademoiselle Zinca and Major Noltitz. Pan Chao appears unexpectedly without Dr. Tio-King, and the scene shifts toward the winding events at the hotel.
A swindler arrived in a box on a Grand Transasiatic van and faced a court where Kinko was condemned to six months in prison plus damages to the company. Pan Chao argued courage and sacrifice, while Madame Caterna consoles Zinea Klerk as press pleas reach imperial ears.
The Kansas City Star notes a reversal in crime, with bank burglars shifting from aristocratic figures to modern tramp burglars. It comments on yeggmen, the decline of the old partnerships like Scott and Dunlap, and cites Dunlap’s ongoing Joliet penitentiary term amid shifting Western city burglaries.
Ida M Tarbell in McClure's notes the last Rockefeller photograph and George Varlin s life sketch from 1908 reveal concentration craftiness and cruelty. The piece argues wealth exacts a price, leaving lines and a melancholy mouth on the subject.
Three Westchester hamlets Croton Falls Cross River and part of Somers are slated for removal to create two four mile lakes to serve New York City's water needs. Cross River will see an $8 million dam rise displacing about 500 residents plus losses to 700 people across the three towns.
A stork loses a leg and receives a wooden artificial limb from an artificer and learns to walk. A humorous passage follows contrasting imperfect control of artificial members with a comic line about lending an umbrella for a vestry meeting.
Critics note the blending of high society rumor with fiction in The House of Mirth. The piece highlights Mrs Warners who wrote during a rest period a Susan Clegg story and a novelette, and discusses Lady Burton biography praise. It mentions Robert Neilson Stephens new novel and Italian and Spanish women novelists. F Hopkinson Smith’s At Close Range includes the vivid courier Joseph Hornblend based on a living figure. Hornblend is portrayed as cultured multilingual adventurer with imperial recognition.
The article describes a village lottery where young couples guess muffled brides, risking a forfeit if wrong, and notes it can lead to lasting marriages. It also recounts P’ returning from Mar del Plata with sand and seawater to show his Cordovan parents the ocean, who are impressed by the demonstration.
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