My Tombstone and the Love That Survived Loss
A penniless, bereaved Rosamond Etherington finds work as a nurse for Mrs. Hoffman in Europe. She dreams of reunion with Williston Moore, believing him dead, only to meet him at a graveside in Florence. The revelation comes with the return of fortune and a renewed life.
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Sam Rosalind Etherington
Iver
Father
Dhind
Florence
Williston Moore
Ohildréen
Williston
Mather
Green
Rosamond
Hoffman Isaa
Wwe
Hester
Ant
Mss. Hoffman
Alleried
Millord
Tio
Sumer
Lust
Angel
Che
Andrew
Rosamond “Etherington
Rosamay
Rosa
Rosariond
Golden Fleece
Finaderstood
Lome
Europe
Vierma
Hage
Willistow
Sword Dance of the Malays Described in St Nicholas Tale
An excerpt recalls a Java voyage on a Dutch ship to Batavia with repairs and a glimpse of Malay culture. A petty chieftain introduces a youthful warrior group, who perform a vibrant sword dance in colorful attire, using wooden blades as they clash with fierce, spirited displays.
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St. Micholas
Malayan
Batavia
Java
Holland
Amsterdam
Tajahol Djokiskarta
Sélim
Iparty
The Mineral Wealth of Arizona Corroborates Rich Placer Deposits
In a San Francisco Bulletin correspondence the writer argues Arizona yields gold chiefly from surface gravels and river gravels, formed by heavy rains that wash metals down from mountain sides to bedrock. It notes abundant surface silver and galena, with ore carried and sorted by floodwaters.
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Arizona
Mies Raing
Weloudturst
Beatia
Aleaving
Othestroyas
Tilkmit
Galena
Correspondenne San Francisca Bulletin
The Great Industries of Massachusetts
Massachusetts leads in cotton and woollen goods and boots and shoes with many mills busy and fair business. A Lowell firm reports orders of 2500 bales for Africa and rising trade in Japan and Cuba as war effects ease and American brands regain trust globally.
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Massachusetts
Lowell Corporation
Japan
Cuha
Aimeri‘ean
Cotton goods makers optimistic after panic recovery
The purchasers believed they were getting American goods and the scam was exposed. Capitalists in cotton goats manufacturing expect specie resumption to boost business and spur manufacturing, contrasting past panics. Industry judges see a turning tide for cotton and woollen sectors, boot and shoe trade improving, with Massachusetts maintaining leadership. Orders for winter and spring goods rise. a manufacturer foresees a coming revival, though slow. Overall outlook is more promising than since the panic.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Jorsrnut
The Jews in Roumania and Mortgage Schemes Revealed
A 19th century analysis describes Romanian laws denying Jews real estate ownership and the resulting practice where Jewish lenders secure mortgages on estates. It narrates a notorious scam in which nobles use fictitious sums to borrow from Jews, foreclose, and then stage costly auctions with no real bidders, ending in conspicuous public mockery of the lender. It questions whether full citizenship would fix the issue or worsen it by legalizing such fictitious capital.
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Bolly
Nuy
Restorations in Westminster Abbey Cause Damage Claims
The Manchester Guardian reports discouraged views on recent decay prevention in Westminster Abbey. Shellac diluted in spirits of wine used on pillars arches Chapter House surfaces and wall paintings has darkened coatings and erased individuality, risking patchy flaking and hidden decay beneath. Experts fear further irreparable damage despite a temporary delay in decay.
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Manchester Guardian
Westminster Abbey
Gilbert Scott
Varieties Packed with Oddities and Economic Odds
A mix of 1870s notes reports Hampagious boys hoarding telegraph wires cost England $50, California reattempting cotton cultivation, 1877-8 Medical School of Paris enrollment at 5,035, a $500 feather cloak from 8886 feathers, New Zealand sending three palace girls to New York, a pistol misfire killing amateur actor George Coles, and silk exports from Switzerland dipping to one million dollars. Other items note Cranberries on Bouldin Island, a £3,000,000 London public works loan scheme, German ship losses, England by electric light saving coal, Australian telegraph tamper devices, Detroit funeral reform tableaux, and a Jerusalem lecture anecdote ending in a bridged, ambiguous joke.
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Qrail
St. Louis
New Zealand
New York
Varnish Damage Suspected On City Painting
Observers say mischief and constant exposure to crowds and London smoke have marred the varnish of a painting at a city exhibit. The surface shows cracking and corrugation like cracked varnish, though removal of shellac could reveal the underlying painting largely unharmed.
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Arb
London
Pliestiellat
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Ani
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Willisson
Etherington
Lad
Ted
Roumania
England
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Medical School of
Paris
George Coles
Vandalia
Switzerland
Pees Settee
Memphis
Tenn
Bouldin Island
Cat
Plante
New Jersey
Londons Syndicaite
Fife
Mi Society
Col
Gordon Pasha
Australia
Detroit Free Press
Woodmere
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