Hollow Ash Hall ends in peaceful marriage at sea coast
Stanley Vernon reveals he is the condemned Vere heir and plans to marry Rose Cowley after uncovering a haunted house mystery. The couple settle in a seaside villa while Hollow Ash Hall is abandoned and decay edges toward a possible exorcism by gas.
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Vere
Italy
Mr. Cowley
Heta
Dow
Vernon
Anian
Punt
Ted
Hettle Dow
Pon
Earth
Hollow ‘Ash Hall
Mrs. Cowley
Medklenburgh Square
Susie and the Washoe Influx at the Mine Camp
An immigrant Washoe man arrives near a mining camp and asks for his “Injun girl” Susie. In a Sun-warmed, austere setting, the teacher and villagers react with fear and curiosity as Susie, the mother Wanda, and the father navigate schooling, labor, and survival amid crowded, tense camp life.
The Weekly Panorama on Busy Modern Life and Coeducation
A Harper’s Bazaar style note condemns the busy modern world for eroding neighborliness and character. A second Panorama brief examines Northwestern University coeducation, noting a shift toward female enrollment and dormitory capacity constraints as women rise in graduation rates.
Eros Asteroid Passes Far Distance From Earth
In late December the asteroid Eros passed about 30 million miles from Earth, the closest approach since its discovery. Astronomers used many photographs of Eros and nearby stars to refine the Sun Earth distance, a process that will take months to finalize.
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Enos
The Railroad Kings and a Government Ownership Talk
An exchange between a railroad president and a United States senator debates government ownership of railroads. The president suggests the government could buy and operate the system if funds allowed two hundred thousand miles of track. The senator asks who controls the industry, and the president cites Wall Street names such as Morgan Harriman Rockefeller Hill Vanderbilt Gould and others as the key players.
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United States
New York City
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harriman
Willian Rockefeller
James J. Hill
William XK
Vanderbilt
George J. Gould
Jacob Hy
Beblit
A. J. Canmat
Annalee'y Magashne
Dickens Love Letters and a London Banter Note
A London weekly notes Charles Dickens letters to Mrs Dickens, recounting a mutual friend's suggestion that her family husband’s love letters could form a popular volume. The remark is kept discreet while hinting at public curiosity.
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Charles Dickens
Intrepid Lord Dunmore Eyes Boston Conclave Journey
Lord Dunmore, famed British peer and Atlantic traveler, sails to Boston for the grand convoyation of the Christian Selience Mother Church. He is described as stern and resolute, embodying the era's travel daring and aristocratic gravity.
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Lord Dunmore
Boston
Christian Selience
Mother Church
Rugged Adventurer Described in Tarnished Biography
A rugged tan man of about 68 with a bushy beard and fierce mouth recalls his life. He lost an eye in a shooting accident at Lord Loval's estate, adding to his imposing look. His famed trek reached the Pamirs where he filmed the Ovispots. He narrated these exploits in a book. Lord Dunmore has a son, Lord Fineastls, who bears the V U for heroism in the last Indian frontier war.
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Lov- al
Pamirs
Lord Dunmore
Lord Fineastls
Duchess of Sutherland Hosts Mourning Relief Fete at Stafford House
The Duchess of Sutherland plans a June 26 fete at Stafford House to raise funds for the Life boast Saturday charity, benefiting from Boer War hardships. Tickets cost $15 each for about 1200 guests, featuring performances of The Comedy of Errors and a concert with prominent stars.
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Duchess of Sutherland
London
Stafford House
Tmeketa
Stara
Language in the Philippines and the courts
The article notes a shift from a planned five year use of Spanish in Philippine courts to a mixed system allowing both Spanish and English in court proceedings with records kept in both. It argues English alone would fail as the people's language and cites centuries of Spanish rule with many dialects and limited Spanish fluency among natives.
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Philippines
Taft
Ideco
Remarkable McKendree graduate and valedictorian story
W Dut Piercey tops the McKendree College class of 1901 Lebanon as valedictorian. He plans to finish five years in the combined department while funding both his and his wife’s expenses. Piercey has earned money as a newspaper correspondent and schoolteacher and won several prizes during his studies.
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W. Dut Piercey
McKendree College
Lebanon
Piercey
Plercey
Hia
Hebie
En Waa
China Trade Power and the Value of Its Industry
The article argues that China is not a raw material wilderness but a vast industrial population with rich resources. It contrasts China UK trade, noting UK imports of 640.7 million and exports of 120 million to China’s 15.8 million in exports and 7.42 million in imports, and predicts rising but not unlimited access as China transitions.
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China
Jean de Bloch
United Kingdom
Chitta
Virgil Markham Plans Farm Purchase to Nurture Nature
Infant son of the poet Virgil Markham shows his father's love of nature and the author of The Man With the Hoe intends to buy a farm at Westerly to foster his young son's fondness for the outdoors.
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Virgil Markham
Westerly
Business education critics urge practical skills for youths
Forgan of First National Bank of Chicago testifies on public school failures to teach basic business literacy. He urges simple, essential abilities: legible handwriting, correct figures, fast arithmetic, clear brief spelling and grammar. He notes few youths possess all, despite high school diplomas. Also noted, Philippine Supreme Court appoints Gen. James F. Smith, 58, West Point graduate, veteran of civil and Spanish American wars.
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Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Judgh Smith
Philippines
Molinley
West Point
The Practice of Lying in The Spectator
London Spectator studies lying, finds no decay in the habit and argues lying is necessary for civilized happiness. It claims a tacit agreement to deceive under certain circumstances to defend authority and truth, noting moderation in falsehood is inherently vague and self defined.
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The
London Spectator
New Blood Dinonae Aermology Promises Early Disease Warning
The St Louis Medical and Surgical Journal notes a new blood science named Aermology, a term for knowledge of blood and disease. It claims advances from counting leucocytes and erythrocytes to analyzing other blood elements, offering early disease detection and tracking abnormal conditions.
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St. Louis
Whist Origins and Sunken News Snippets
The clippings discuss the game whist tracing to England from triumph with mentions of 1350 sermons. Included are assorted notes on public fountains in Boston, Dodd’s Kidney Pills, Allen’s Foot-Kase, Soudan telegraph progress, Yellowstone tours, and railway stats, plus a health tip on sleep to beat heat prostration.
Allen's Poot Kase and egg freshness tips
An advertising snippet touts Allen's Poot Kase powder to ease tight shoes and treat foot ailments. It also includes an egg freshness test by water immersion and notes France's revenue idea to lease matchbox backs to advertisers.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
Leltoy
N. Y
Alien 4
Olmated
LeRoy
France
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Nevada
Mahalas
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Philippine’'s Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
Ike
Wetmore
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco CO
ST. Louis, Mo
Largeal Independent Fastory
America
England
Street of Undertakers
Netherlands
San Francisco Examiner
Netter Thay
Chrinuat Selenen
Dodd
Freeman
Kliney
Tim Desmand
Pawnea
Hoigeman
Mra. Freeman
Soudan
Khartoum
Uganda
Rhodes
Tanganyika
Yellowstone Park
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West India Islands
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Lotr
British Depot
Newhery & Sons
Charter
Portes David
Coma
U. S
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Londo
Igard
Princesa Carlotta Tturbide
Prince Tturbide of
Mexico
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Sozodont
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Jesse French
Olive Shy
Louiy TY Te
Weatornada
Ce Geligalon
Department of Interior
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