The Franco German Frontier Spy System
A detailed portrait of espionage on the Franco German frontier. The piece outlines how young spies like Alfred Pinchon are recruited, trained, and deployed by military authorities, including methods to gather terrain data, avoid detection, and manage forged papers and letters. It notes the harsh realities and risks of peacetime spying and the ambiguity of clemency for captured agents.
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Alfred Pinchon
Pinchon
Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Garletta
France
Second Bureau
Curse and succession mark Skibo estate history to Carnegie
Highland legend speaks of a curse on Skibo Scotland linked to the Grays of Skibo and the Murrays of Pulrossie as lands passed through generations. The line of owners changed from Douls to Mackays to Gordons Dempsters and Sutherlands, ending with the Scottish American Carnegie who now owns the castle.
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Skibo
Scotland
Mr. Carnegie
Grays
Pulrossie
Ony
Douls
Mackays
Gordons
Dempsters
Doffer-Dempsters
Chirnsides
Sutherlands
Carnegie
Highlands
Two's Company in a Reverend's Witty Banter
The Chicago Tribune features a humorous exchange where Dr Fourthly, a forgetful minister, quips about being accompanied when his mind wanders. Mrs Fourthly chides his absentmindedness as they discuss his prudence about going out alone.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Fourthly
Why They Are Nervous at Court Dinners
A correspondent notes that guests with the queen often feel acute nerves during royal dinners. The passage suggests anxiety stems from doubt about propriety and fear of praise toward the monarch.
The Bullfrogs Song About Spring and Suburban Life
A late 19th or early 20th century poem by Arthur E. Locke laments the bullfrog’s mournful song in suburban nights. It contrasts frogs in rural bogs with those near towns, noting eerie sounds that haunt the homesick and the lonely.
Laws Work Both Ways on Ten Hour Law
A New York newspaper argues that if ten hour labor is illegal for bosses it is equally illegal for workers to exceed it. The piece notes the conflict between labor riots and railroad crews and cautions that laws must not backfire, risking harm to workers or unlabeled consequences for unions and corporate trusts.
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New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Association
Kanawha
West Virginia Miners’ Association
McMackin
Compulsory Arbitration in Street Railway Disputes
The Brooklyn street railway strike and similar actions in Cleveland highlight the need for a peaceable method to adjust differences. The piece argues for compulsory arbitration to render industrial battles unnecessary by equitably resolving conflicts.
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
Compulsory arbitration gains traction among New York leaders
A New York driven push for compulsory arbitration in labor disputes gains support from labor leaders, corporate lawyers, economists and editors. Lawmakers plan a bill to apply arbitration to public-franchised corporations, balancing community interests with constitutional principles and aiming to reduce strikes.
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New York
New York State
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Mlle
Lucie Vasseur
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Etat Major
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