Eleanor chooses love over presidency in wedding news
Emma and Harold travel as Eleanor Bald win accepts Prof Struthers offer. Eleanor will wed at the college, decline the presidency, and asks Harold and Emma to approve a simple ceremony. The couple discuss a wedding gift and Emma muses on past choices as the narrative ends.
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Harold
Eleanor
Goose
Emma
William Struthers
Cherub
William
New York
Wiliam
An Odd Fellow Swindle Told by a German Saloon Keeper
An Odd Fellow recalls a Texas swindle where a slick stranger offered to reveal lodge secrets for five dollars. The German saloon keeper was duped into accepting a mock grip and secret motions, later kicked down stairs at the next meeting. The tale contrasts with a lighthearted exchange about hanging and circulation between H. H. Vreeland and a New York conductor.
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Texas
John Doe
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Traction Company
London
York
New York
Mr. Vreeland
Has No Use for Misers
A leading shipping trust head Clement A Griscom is portrayed as generous and contemptuous of misers. A rich youthful friend building a suburban mansion faced a buried cellar after a heavy snowstorm and grumbled, but Griscom said the snow was free. In another tale a miserly millionaire on his deathbed is mocked as useless to him.
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Clement A. Griscom
Shipping Trust
Misers
Mr. Griscom
Atlantic coast set to sink under rising waters claim
A New England study asserts the Atlantic shoreline from Nova Scotia to the Alleghenies is subsiding at about one foot per century, with certain marshy sections reporting three feet per century. Experts warn major eastern cities could become submerged unless subsidence slows.
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Nova Scotia
Georgia
Alleghanies
Atlantic
New York
Boston
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Geological Survey
Atlantic Coast Line
New Jersey
New Iengland
Alleghany Mountains
J. R. Freeman
New York Board On
Metropolitan
Chesapeake and
Delaware
Delaware, Hudson, Potomac and
Susquehanna
Snobs Among the Newly Rich and Footman Frocks
London customs clash with new wealth as bewigged footmen appear in side parks and on carriages sparking outraged chatter. Reports cite Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt delaying such display while South African fortunes push fashion and “lese majeste” fears. Also notes rise of men to wealth like William Ellis Corey and Schwab, Train's wry verse, and the microscope's reach down to atomic scales.
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London
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William Ellis Corey
Schwab
Steel
Mr. Corey
Corey
Cliff Dwellers of France Habitations in Rocky Hillsides
In France whole communities live in caves carved into cliff sides with business conducted within the rocky homes. While touring near Rocchecorbon on the road to Vouvray, a cliff town appears with a tower perched above, its foundations hanging over the rock and a picturesque jumble of doors stairways and belvederes showing scattered dwellings.
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France
Vouvray
Rocchecorbon
Scribener
Chamberlain in Fight to Stay in for Big Fight
In a letter to a friend Chamberlain says the empire and domestic commerce depend on waking up to conditions created by capital in protected countries. Women in billiards rise in popularity with New York society leaders among the players, including Mrs. George Gould and Mrs. Edwin Gould, plus Mrs. Almeric Paget and Mrs. Burke Roche.
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Ford
East
New York
George Gould
Edwin Gould
Almeric Paget
Burke Roche
Male Bird Courtship Sings in Bold Display
A question of natural behavior notes that during courtship the male bird often wears bright plumage and does most singing. The reflection playfully asks whether a moral lesson should follow, then dismisses the idea.
Langley Airship Prep On Narrow Widewater Flight Track
At Widewater Virginia on July 18 Professor S P Langley and Smithsonian scientists prepared the Burga rd houseboat for testing a $70 000 airship. A track and catapults were installed atop the boat to launch the machine during daylight.
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Widewater
S. P. Langley
Smithsonian
Chappawamsie Island
Virginia
C. M. Manley
Langley
Burgard
Tornado Rips Streator Illinois Killing Five
A violent tornado swept through Streator Illinois last evening killing five people and injuring nineteen. The Western Va ulean works was destroyed, the driving park and baseball park lost grandstands and buildings, and the Indiana Illinois and Iowa bridge suffered major damage. Numerous homes and businesses were wrecked throughout the area with extensive crop losses and a major rainstorm washing out bridges and tracks.
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A. J. Doughlerty
Indiana, Ilinois
Iowa
Spring Hill Shaft
Kangkley
Streator
Emington
Campus
President of Colombia backs canal treaty
Col ombia July 18 The text of President Maroquin s message to Congress outlines two paths on the Panama canal curtail sovereignty for money or insist on indemnity and sovereignty He favors opening an inter ocean canal through Colombian territory even at cost and sacrifice arguing it would boost Atlantic trade and deepen ties with North America Congress must approve or reject the treaty proposed by the United States government.
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Colon
Colombia
Maroquin
Panama Canal
Department of
Panama
North America
Congress
United States
Grants Open Door Into Manchuria
Washington reports that the Manchurian question is settled to the government’s satisfaction. China will soon open treaty ports, with Moukden and Ta Tung Kao speculated as likely sites. Russia pledges no opposition, aiding global trade prospects and American commerce.
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Washington
Moukden
Manchuria
Ta Tung Kao
Important Army Promotions
Washington July 18 The President directs commissions for promotions in the army Major General S M B Young to lieutenant general vice Miles who retires August 9 Brigadier General S S Sumner to major general vice Davis retired July 26 Brigadier General Leonard S Wood to major general vice Young promoted Sumner well known in the West where he fought Indians with marked success Ratifies Treaties Havana July 18 The Senate ratified all treaties with the United States except the Platt amendment treaty The ratified agreements include sites at Guantanamo and Bahia Honda for naval and coal stations leased areas and the Isle of Pines sovereignty to Cuba The only unratified treaty is the permanent treaty covering Platt amendment provisions
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Washington
S. M. B. Young
Miles
S. S. Sumner
Davis
Leonard S. Wood
Young
Sumner
West
Suba
Havana
Senate
United States
Guantanamo
Bahia Honda
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Rural delivery policy clarifies route selection
Washington July 18 the Postoffice Department released guidance on rural free delivery. It rejects discontinuing routes with under 3 000 mail per month and 100 families served when more routes meet the greater good. Preference goes to routes serving more families given funds.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Tornado hits Mendota Illinois. four dead and ten injured
A tornado struck Mendota on the night of July 18 killing four people and seriously injuring ten. The storm tore an eight mile path through the northern part of the city, leveling everything in its track.
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Mendota
Illinois
Ill
Pontiff Still Lingers In Grave Illness
Rome reports the pope remains grave after two weeks of illness. Dr Lapponi, speaking for the Associated Press, said the pontiff may linger for some time as the official bulletin notes a small improvement in spirit, though conditions are still precarious.
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Rome
Lapponi
Associated Press
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Chicago
Prof. Struthers
Struthers
Clavering
Eleanor Baldwin
Tam
America
Europe
Snetch
Holland
N. H. Darton
New England
Carolinas
Maine
South Carolina
New York Herald
Train
George Francis Train
Mr. Manley
Pontiff
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