Million Pound Note Changes Two Fates in London
Lloyd, a penniless clerk, grows rich by a forgedly famous million pound note. Henry Hastings helps him pose as a millionaire in London while Portia, Hastings's sister, falls for the ruse. The note funds a marital future and resolves debt and status through a final, comic reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
London
Portia
London and County Bank
Hastings
Portland Place
Abel
Tven
Joan
Henry
Papa
English Railway Rates Stir Trade Doubts and Parliament Calling
The piece argues English railway charges exceed foreign rates and resist reductions, squeezing margins for traders. It notes canal threats like the Manchester Ship Canal and urges Parliament to curb railway powers and charges to restore affordable transport and revive distribution gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Ship Canal
Midlands
Lord Beaconsfield
Convict Convoy to Siberia Devastated by Snowstorm
Details from St Petersburg report nearly 300 convicts perished in a Siberian march after a six hour snowstorm near Tomsk. Of 374 started, only 91 survived. 62 were political prisoners. Among the dead were Madame Lazarov, six women, and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Tomsk
Madame Lazarov
Berlin Police Tactics Stop Poisonous Advertisements
The Berlin police use a practical curb to harmful product ads by publishing immediate analysis results and intrinsic value next to the objectionable listing. This method has halted the sale of a widely advertised cosmetic whose main ingredient was corrosive sublimate mercury salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Chamber
Shipwrecked Captain Recalls 28 Days Afloat to Honolulu
Captain Peterson of the bark Lady Lampson, his wife, and five seamen arrived in Honolulu after twenty eight days in an open boat of eighteen feet. They left Sydney bound with coal for Wilder & Co and survived storms near Fiji and Palmyra Island. Their crew endured severe thirst and fatigue with little food while the two boats drifted about 1000 miles before reaching Hawaii.
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Capt
Peterson
Lady Sampson
Talmyra Island
Sydney
Ocean
Lady Lampson
Wilder & Co
Fiji
Palmyra Island
Harry Miller
C. Brown
W. Carlon
W. Hayden
Liverpool
F. Weller
E. Everson
Sny der
Oscar Magnerser
J. Jorgenser
Honolulu
Here
Maui
Diamond Head
Tragic Albia Miner Kills Wife Then Lynched
In Hiteman a drunken miner William Frazier killed his wife at the Smith house and mortally wounded the child before being captured two miles away and lynched by a mob of miners. The despatch notes a brutal intra-household tragedy with swift mob justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
Hiteman
William Frazier
Babe
Carbondale
Frazier
Mrs. Smith
Smith
FragmentedReads From a Turbulent Era Across Canada and Europe
Fragmentary OCR text records events across Kingston Hamilton Toronto Welland and Montreal with references to fires deaths influenza quarantines and political figures. Mentions include Lt. Edwards and Dr Pellets Board of Health and European affairs involving Ottawa London and Belfast with notes on epidemics and public notices.
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Salvati
Montreal
Jamez
Krance
Toronto
Welland
St. Jean
Dr. Pellets
Heal Voria
B.C
Eugene Beau
Ottawa
Mc. van
Hamilton
U Way
Campbellvill Guelph
Herocksville
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Henry Adams
Blake Hopkins
Frisco
Gould
Hal
Jesus
Duke of
Shoreditch
Adam
England
Gould and Curry
Bank of England
Madge
Beatrice
Petrolea
Kingston Cot
H. P. Davi Yonge Street
Tiday Ao and
Redo
Salish
Belfast
Lord Molord
Peel
Thi Association
Canada
Europe
Edwat
Aligat i
Wedal College
Johment
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