Corsica Rescue Leads to Hidden Vendetta Threat
Burton H Barnes, wealthy American, rescues Edward Anstruther and his Corsican bride Marina from a vendetta. They flee to Marseilles, Nice, and St Tropez while pursued. A mysterious note, forged danger, and a detective plan complicate safety for Enid Anstruther and companions as Count Corregio shadows Lady Chartris at Nice.
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Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Panolls
Enid Anstruther
Ajaccio
Marseilles
Constantine
London
Marvin
Barnes
Lady Chartris
Nice
Corregio Danella
Corregio
St. Tropez
Enid
Maud
Count Corregio
Chartris’ Villa
3Zarnes
Cipriano Danella
Kingdom Come
Count Danella
Edwin
Burton
Mr. Barnes
Graham
Maud and Marina Face Corsican Threat at Riviera Villa
Barnes, Emory, and the Chartris household plan a Riviera wedding while a scar faced rogue, Cipriano Danella, arrives in Nice. Marina fears for Edwin and Enid while Maud flirts with danger in a tense yacht party and villa dinner as the pursuit tightens. The trio plots to learn the letter's contents and safeguard the wedding party before nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Miss Chartris
Barnes
Corregio
Emory
Cip
Parnes
Prunella
Adelaide Carrington
de la Mediterranee
Milly Portman
de Rome
Lilly Vivian
Hotel Des Anglais
Enid
Edwin
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Nice
Burton
Lady Chartris
Corregioriano Danela
Sicar
la Belle
Chartris
Blackwood
Marseilles
Tao Nice
Danella
Moose Rescues Horse After Forest Duel in Milltown
Three Milltown men, near Calais, witnessed a bull moose confront their tied horse in pine shade. The horse struck first, rearing and swatting the moose on the nose, provoking a stunned retreat as the young men, yelling, intervened to spare the exhausted animal.
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Milltown
Calais
Kennebec
Tariff Debate Claims Prosperity Was for the Few
The piece attacks tariff protection as a sham that enriched few trusts while the many suffer. It contrasts Republican boasts with Democratic calls for real prosperity through broad distribution of goods, higher wages, and shorter hours, urging tariff reform to curb trusts. It questions Roosevelt Taft and the GOP platform and notes a looming revenue deficit.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Republican Party
Republican National
Tsll
Protective Tariff League
Joy
la Follette
Cummins
Iowa
Hamiltonian Republicans and the Constitution Focus
The Republican convention speeches by Senator Lodge and Mr. Burton omit the word constitution, reflecting a view that the document counts less today. The platform includes a single reference to the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments in a resolution on their enforcement.
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Senator Lodge
Burton
Era of Extravagance Deficits Mark Roosevelt Admin
The Roosevelt administration records a third deficit in seven years with deficits of 12.06 million in 1991, 25 million in 1904, and 60 million in 1908, noting nine months in and marking a shockingly bad showing amid flash times.
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Roosevelt
Missour i News Drinks Acid Before Brother
Herbert D. Cutler of Cutler Glass and Paint Co drank carbolic acid in his private office at Union avenue and died within an hour with his brother Frank present. Despondency from ill health and business reverses since 1908 flood is blamed for the act.
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Kansas City
Herbert D. Cutler
Cutler Glass and Paint Co
Union Avenue
Frank Cutler
School of Mines to test drill steel from global makers
Rolla project will run next school year with tests on drill steel samples secured from major manufacturers in America, England, France, Germany, and Sweden. Research will explore concrete in mines to replace timbering and support rock drilling value.
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Rolla
School of Mines
Mannufacturers
America
England
France
Germany
Sweden
Dr Hemphill Sentenced to Three Years in Penitentiary
Dr Hemphill was convicted by a circuit court jury of second degree manslaughter for causing Elizabeth Gleason’s death at Elshberry on February 24. He received a three year penitentiary term and his attorneys announced plans to seek a new trial.
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Hemphill
Trow
Wloa
Hemphills
Elizabeth Gleason
Elshberry
Assailant Gallagher Fined in Kansas City Police Court
Kansas City saloon keeper and politician Jack Gallagher was fined 1000 dollars for disturbing the peace and held without bond. He had earlier assaulted Albert Kink a reporter for the Kansas City Journal, causing probable permanent injuries and was indicted by the grand jury. He later gained admission to Kink's room, where he lay ill, and threatened him.
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Kansas City
Jack Gallacher
Gallagher
Albert Kink
The
Kansas City Journal
King
Hemphill Murder Case Heads to Troy For Trial
Judge J D Barnett of this city will hear the case of Rev Clyde Gow and Dr W H Hemphill in Troy over the death of Elizabeth Glesson, a young schoolteacher. If Hemphill is acquitted the minister’s case may be dismissed as evidence in both cases is thought similar.
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Hemphill
Montgomery
J. D. Barnett
Troy
Clyde Gow
W. H. Hemphill
Elizabeth Glesson
Ir Hemphill
Towels Aid Her Escape From State Hospital
Mrs. Minor Morris of St. Louis, who gained attention for accusing secret service men of ejecting her from the White House, escaped from a second floor room at the state hospital for the insane via towels knotted together. Mrs. Mae Dickerson, wife of a wealthy broker, asked friends to withhold judgment on her husband’s suit for support until the case can be heard in court.
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Farmington
Minor Morris
St. Louis
Secret Service
Washington
White House
State Hospital For
Mae Dickerson
Heat Unbalances Negro in Cape Girardeau District
Cape Girardeau faces a heat induced disturbance as a Black man, unfamiliar with the city, caused a scene in the business district. He claimed to have been struck on the head while sleeping in the courthouse square and sought a doctor. Two boys escorted him toward Dr. W. C. Patton's residence as he ran from place to place.
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Cape Girardeau
W. C. Patton
Double Tragedy Near Harrison Ark Claims Two Lives
Springfield-News reports a Bear Creek duel ten miles north of Harrison Arkansas left Thomas Cox a wealthy farmer and Thomas Crawford a trapper dead. Cox was a leading figure in Leone County and the town mourns the loss of two well known residents.
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Springfield
Bear Creek
Harrison, Ark
Thomas Cox
Thomas Crawford
Cox
Leone County
China seeks Missouri teachers for mining jobs
The Imperial Chinese legation in Washington has applied to Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Director L. H. Young for two graduates to teach mining in China. The request specifies that married men who are friendly toward China are preferred.
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China
Missouri
Rolla
Imperial Chinese Legation
Washington
L. EK. Young
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
White man critically wounded in Negro picnic incident
Rolla Frank Sanderson, a white man, is in critical condition at his home after a knife wound. He and several companions became involved in an altercation at a Negro picnic.
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Rolla
Frank Sanderson
Sanderson
Unknown Man Drowns Self Near Glasgow
An unknown man committed death by his own action by drowning in the railroad pond at Steinmer five miles east of Glasgow. He was seen by several persons to wade into the pond and disappear.
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Glasgow
Steinmer
Jie
Blurred third chapter clues London atmosphere feeg
The fragment hints at the manuscript’s third chapter being unreadable yet mentions a London atmosphere and a feeg term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A Difficult Lesson From a Whimsical Musicians Tale
A musician known for sharp wit explains why teaching a pretty girl to whistle is nearly impossible. He jokes that if she is not a wife or sister, her lips are so temptingly puckered that any attempt to whistle leads to a kiss, ending the lesson before a note is blown.
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Archibald Clavering Gunter
New York
Dead Mead & Co
Ldarnes
Mrs. Anstruther
von Bulow
Von
Tars
Anstruther
Cipriano
Moose
Maine Woods
Missouri News
Ewe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lillian Ross
Faust
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Ellen M. Olson
East St
Kewane
Ill
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Iter
Food
Libby
Vienna
Parker
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