Elk offer prompts stocking in Adirondacks
The secretary of the Navy W. Waltney offers thirty elk from his Lenox preserve to the New York game commission for stocking parpones in the Adirondacks. A wide mix of global notes follow, including population shifts, a nine year old preacher in Coffeyville, cable damage from a Galveston hurricane, and various local and international incidents.
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Secretary of the Navy
W. Waltney
New York Game Commission
Lenox
Adirondacks
The Fowler's Snare Ends in Hypnotic Tragedy
In Temple-Dene a dangerous plot unfolds as Leila Desmond uncovers a hidden spring and a bride collapses from an unseen hypnotic influence. Dr Goring confirms hypnotism, while the missing bride’s death reveals a forged will naming Paul Ansdell. The double tragedy reshapes the estate and hearts of Lady Jane and Gervis Templeton.
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Gervix
Lela
Mr. Austell
Gervis
Ansdell
Amadell
Doctor Goring
Jane
Desmond
Gladdy Fehls
Latha
Att Onve
Siowiuy
Paul Ansdelt
Goring
Indias
Gladys Templeton
Paul Ansdell
Montreal
Temple-Dene
Templetons
Jametins
Francia Templeton
June
Laeila
Arma
Leila
Gladdy
Lelia
Hidden Body in the Gallery Scene
In a hot gallery, Tiwan Gladdy lies dead in aliver brocade with holly berries. Gervia and Lela react in shock as others inspect the small figure, noting marks on the chest. The scene unfolds as they gather around the corpse and discuss the murder.
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Tiwan
Gervia
Lela
Barnes
Gervin
Quiet wedding foretold after sorrowful night
The dying woman whispers a quiet intuition as the couple contemplates marriage. Gervin sees Leila stepping in to care for him, and a wedding bell is promised to ring after the night of sorrow. The scene closes on a note of hopeful dawn.
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Gervin
Leila
Paris Highwaymen Rampage Report Describes Terrifying Era
A London Pall Mall Gazette correspondent notes a surge in Paris highway robbery as revolvers knives and bludgeons dominate ambushes. Pedestrians face deadly assaults on main boulevards amid scarce police and overwhelming danger with detectives easing the danger through arrests.
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Paris
London
Pall MaJl Gazette
Bagshot Heath
Thrifty Females and Cooperative Food Living
A series of sketches shows thrifty women turning surplus produce into pickles preserves and home meals while others specialize in crafts and services for households. A sympathetic eastern city girl turns to child care, and nearby Go coastal socialist collectives cut daily food costs to under 10 cents per person through wholesale buying and community dining for 300, with options to buy prepared foods for home use.
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Waycross
Deed of William Penn Readable in Old Dutch Found
A fret deed to the Pennsylvania proprietor William Penn, written in old Dutch, is preserved in a city vault. The property includes Lamon Hill, the Schuylkill river front, and the site of the Fairmount waterworks where Penn kept a barge and rowboats with an admiral’s pennant. One reader in Philadelphia is said to alone decipher this document.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn
Ile
Lamon Hill
Wanslion
Schuylkill River
Fairmount
Penn
Philadelphia
World diplomat Lamersdorf named Russian foreign minister
Count Lamsdorff wins permanent appointment as minister of foreign affairs with Czarist favor and keeps Obolenski as assistant. He boasts deep ties to the United States and says Russo American friendship remains unbreakable despite intrigue. A Milwaukee case follows of a 10 year old girl burglar, Gertrude Gehritz, jailed at the Industrial school after stealing clothes from Dr. JH Huennekens. The article also notes raincloud heights of 1,680 yards and cirrus at 9,700 yards.
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St Petersburg
Count Lamedort
Rustan
Afaia
St. Petersburg
Count Monravieff
Lamafor
Count Lamsdorpf
Prince Obolenski
Count Lamsdorf
Russia
Milwaukee
Gertrude Gehrits
J. H. Huenneken
Gertrude
Taitton, Boats Blown Inland in Calveston Storm
A strong gale on September 8 forced eight British steamers ashore near Galveston. The Taiton was driven 27 miles inland to Cedar Point, but hulls were sound. Salvage operations used dredging and inlet pumps, taking about thirty days to refloat the Taiton and resume loading for departure.
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Calveston
Cedar Point
Galveston Harbor
Jie
Senators vow to push Nicaragua canal bill amid treaty deadline
Washington dispatches report a U S Senate majority ready to pass the Nicaragua canal bill in Congress. They set a Feb 15 deadline for Britain to ratify the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty or face the bill anyway. The senators believe pressure could force ratification or British withdrawal from Nicaragua.
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Great Britain
Washington
Congress
England
Nicaragua
Engagement of Miss Brown to Greek Baron Confirmed
Miss May Brown daughter of former Governor Frank Brown of Maryland is engaged to Baron Rudolph Lehman a consul general for Greece to the Netherlands. Rumors swirled in Baltimore months ago. Governor Brown initially denied them. The couple met in Washington and renewed acquaintance in Europe early last year.
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Miss Brown
Frank Brown
Maryland
Rudolph Lehman
Conwal
Greece
Netherlands
Baltimore
Brown
Washington
Europe
Tree Dwellers Life: Old Man Hamid Stears in Marquette
An elderly cabinetmaker Hamid Stears spent years living in a hollow tree near Marquette Michigan. He once worked in Detroit earning high artisan wages before relocating to the great hollow trunk about fourteen feet above the base. The tree home features a deer and window carved from the trunk, evidencing his artistic craft.
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Marquette
Mich
Hamid Stears
Stears
Detroit
Hile
Tne
Ateura
West Virginia’s oldest woman lives in Mason City
Mrs Peggy Craw is described as the state’s oldest resident, over 100 years old, yet appearing about 60. She personally manages her household and earns a living by needlework, remaining independent and relying on her own efforts for home and livelihood.
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West
Slaughter of the Innocents at Rochester Orphan Asylum
A Rochester New York fire killed over twenty young orphans many two to three years old. Authorities blame asylum managers for unsafe building design and lax fire prevention measures. The story recalls a December Memphis engineer known for southern rail projects.
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Orphin
Rochester
Ife
Oddities and Notices From The Paper World
A collage of quirky facts and ads. beer lake thought experiments and Egypt puzzles, followed by folk remedies for feet, a free sample offer for Allen’s Foot-Bake, and reports of auroral lights affecting Denmark’s telegraph network and wireless observations of solar influence on earth.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Torvald Kottt
Gdier Observatory
Denmark
Frederla Ring
Kohl
Calvary Epla Copar Church Plans Dry Goods Shop
The church in New York City, already running a woodyard lodging house and restaurant, seeks to open a self supporting dry goods shop for the poor on the installment plan. It will offer goods at reasonable prices far below other installment stores. A Philadelphia church previously found similar shops an effective fundraiser.
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Calvary Epla- Copar
New York City
Audi 4
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