The Child of the Cave Continues in Bowport
Bernard Thorne returns to Bowport with Psyche and reunites with Mrs Benham while awaiting dawn. He contemplates telling Sir Henry Duncan about his fortune and his plan to marry Ethel Duncan, but first must confront his guardian grandfather at the Halfway House to secure Psyche’s future and uncover the truth behind a mysterious crime.
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Psyche
Deadman’s Point
Mooon
Leadman’s Point
London
Souhampton
Bowport
Tam
Vurio
Miveyelf
Chase Park
Fig House
Sir Henry Duncar
Golconda
Sir Henry
Ethel Duncan
Sir Tenry
Bernard Thorne
America
Miss Duncan
Sir Henry Duncan
Rascal
Return to the Halfway House and confront the conniving grandfather
I slip from the cliffside, plan to escape, and surprise my grandfather at the wash house. He eyes the well cord with fear as I stand ready, haunted by thoughts of vengeance and the murder of Sukey’s boy. He pleads, fearing I am his victim’s ghost, as the scene closes with tension and unnamed doom.
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Psyche
Deadman’s Point
Teaven
Gallus
Sukey
London Fog Myth Debunked By Weather Office
American visitors overestimate fog in London, as government data show last year had 1460 hours of sunshine out of 5470 daylight hours. Fogs stem from westerly winds, salt marshes, and widespread soft coal use, yet London had more sunny days than in the previous two decades.
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London
Salome Night Sparks Witty Audience Quip
The New York Sun reports Salome’s first night where Herod’s pressure prompts a sharp audience comment: “Try her on a cigarette.” The moment draws sustained laughter as the play probes desire and propriety, while a closing satire hints at duty and fate, remarking a man may dodge a wedding but cannot dodge his own funeral role.
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New York Sun
Herod
Salome
Vojca
Abram and Lot choose land amid family strife
The lesson notes Abram's exile to Egypt due to famine, his wealth built by energy and divine care, and Lot's ill fated choice of the fertile valley. It covers the Israelite view of riches, Bethel worship, and warns that Lot's preference for wealth leads to divine punishment. Also mentions ongoing Cathedral of St John the Divine funding, Mrs Sage's donations stance, a Black Baptist university effort, Willis translations, and Japan's Christian growth.
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Lot
Abram
Canaan
Egypt
Beth-el
Abrams
Luz
Jacob
Bethel
House of
God
Jesus
West
Tot
Peter
St. John the Divine
New York City
Russell Sage
Fler
Newell Dwight Willis
Famine in China described with mass hunger and flight
Report cites 15,000,000 affected and seven million helpless. Refugees, orphanages overrun, cities blockaded, households sold, children sold for 2 to 3 dollars, floods and starvation drive desperate acts as millions face ongoing deprivation and no relief in sight.
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Tsing Kiangau
Shanghai
Northwest Snowbound Trap Severs Rail Traffic
Blizzard drifts bury roads and rail lines across Minnesota and North Dakota. Farmers retreat to upper floors, rope lines used to reach barns as trains stalled for days. Westward movement halted. railroads unable to handle large harvest flow.
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Northwest
Our
Great Republic
Grand Yorks
N. C
Minnesota
North Dakota
Civic Federation Hosts Mixed Dinner in Chicago
The National Civic Federation staged an intimate event at Mrs. Potter Palmer's Chicago home drawing 550 guests including 200 labor union officials and many manufacturers and financiers. The aim was personal acquaintance across camps to ease dispute resolution without arbitration or strikes, with speeches by ex Mayor Low August Belmont Grandmaster Stone Mahon and others.
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National Civic Federation
Chicago
Mayor Low
New York
August Belmont
Grandmaster Stone
Engineers’ Brotherhood
President Mahon
Street Railroad
Possibilities of Salton Sea Section Debate in Popular Science
Charles A. Byers argues in Popular Science Monthly that failed controls on diverting the Colorado River toward the Salton Sea could create a vast inland lake spanning from Volcano Lake in Mexico to Indio California. The 17 000 square mile basin would reach 280 feet deep, be fed by irrigation canA ls near Yuma, and overflow to the Gulf of California. If built, ships could reach Indio from the gulf, but filling the lake would take years. engineers might lower the river bed to allow Gulf water inflow.
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Colorado River
Salton Sea
California
Charles A. Byers
Los Angeles
Popular Science Monthly
Volcano Lake
Mexico
Indio
Cal
Yuma
Ariz
Sierra Madre Mountains
Colorado
Alexieff Returns as Power Shifts in Russia
The resignation of reform admiral Birileff ran parallel with Admiral Alexieff resurfacing as a favored czarist ally. Official Russia statistics claim 1,252 executions, 2,029 sent to penal mines, 186 exiled for life, 5,045 in prison, 562 newspapers suspended, and 732 editors prosecuted.
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Russia
Birileff
Alexieff
Far East
Japan
Siberia
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's ailments
The advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, non alcoholic remedy to strengthen invigorate and regulate the female system especially pelvic organs. It claims to prevent surgeries by curing long standing diseases and invites letters to Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY with confidential correspondence and offers a medical adviser book.
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Pierce
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Anatomy of the Mass blunders attributed to devil and printers
A scarce book for collectors titled The Anatomy of the Mass. 172 pages plus a 15 page errata list. The author explains errors arose when the manuscript fell into a ditch and the printers were befuddled by the devil, creating countless blunders unseen in works of similar size.
Remedy for Rheumatism Promised in Simple Home Mix
A home mixture using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla is claimed to relieve rheumatism by boosting kidney filtration of uric acid. Take a teaspoon after meals and at night. promoters say it is harmless and effective, with druggists able to supply ingredients. Also a feature notes decreased gallantry toward women in dense cities, citing Eleanor Gates on Western scarcity changing attitudes and New York as least gallant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gates
United States
West
New York
Dean's Kidney Pills credited for relief in Seneca Falls man
An 87 year old resident of 55 Garden Street Seneca Falls N Y credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing kidney trouble and lumbago after his daughter Mrs Goethious reports a severe attack. The ad notes the product sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and mentions his son in law cured by a partial box.
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Robert Scollan
Garden Street
Seneca Falls
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Finnecky
Church and Clergy
China
Civic Federation
Hurdland
GHO
EL Porter
Korea
B. W.grove
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