Troublesome Lady Vanishes Leaving Oliver in Doubt
In a Maine inspired tale Oliver seeks Miss Patten and the Troublesome Lady Minny. A missing woman, a suspicious French servant Louis, and a wary Newcastle aunt drive a tense search as clues fade. No word arrives from Minny. Oliver confronts mounting guilt and fear for her safety. The story ends with a cliffhanger as the tale continues.
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Oliver
Sam
Slam
Mrs. de Restaud
Aunt Hannah
Patten
Colorado Springs
Minny
Chicago
de Restaud
Tam
Miss Patten
Louis
Denver
North Park
Raskill
Perlice
Hannah Patten
Minster
John
Skowhegan
Maine
Colorado
Newcastle
New England
Hannah
Craig
United States to Wake an Ex periment in the Far North
A Madison man William Kjellman is chosen to lead a government venture to Lapland to recruit five or six Laplanders and their dogs and bring them to Port Clarence Alaska to help breed and use reindeer. Dr. Sheldon Jackson and federal efforts have started reindeer domestication with Siberian laborers. The plan aims to leverage Laplander knowledge to boost activity in Port Clarence and the wider Alaska peninsula.
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Madison
Wis
William Kiellman
Kjellman
United States
Lapland
Port Clarence
Bering Strait
Alaska
Sheldon Jackson
Federal Bureau of Education
Strait of
Siberia
Peninsula
Partly True Lovers Clash Over Summer Flirtations
A seaside and country summer ends with a fiancée accusing his partner of flirting with six men. She denies the claim, insisting it was four. The quarrel ends with tears and the couple reconciling as a past rumor fades. Diogenes is humorously referenced as dying unaware of a barbed-wire fence.
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George
France and Russia clash over grain duties
A Berlin special cites the Frankfort Zeitung reporting Russia and France exchanged notes on duties for Russian grain imported into France. Russia warned it would notify the end of the Franco Russian treaty if Russian exports are deranged while France said duties would be kept to tariff minimum. Russia said it would persist with its stance despite France’s reply. Pythagoras admired Euclid but was startled by a sliding hog pen door.
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Berlin
Frankfort Zeitung
Russia
France
Zeitung
Brilliant Canada-born engineer elected president of Society of Engineers
George A. Goodwin, a Montreal born engineer educated in Paris London and Manchester, has been elected president of the Society of Engineers in London. At under 40, he is noted for global projects including Eveleigh works in Australia, cold storage plants, steamship fittings for frozen meat, and a 720 foot suspension bridge. He has served as consulting engineer for multiple governments and industries.
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George A. Goodwin
Camelian
London
Society of Engineers
Goodwin
Victoria Street
Montreal
Canada
Paris
Manchester
Whitworth
John Fowler
Sir John Fowler
Bart
Pet
John
F. Cadogan
Prince de Sagan
G. E
Victoria Docks
England
Eveleigh
New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
Smyrna and
Cassaba
Transvaal
Falkland Islands
Selembria
Falklands
Russia
United States
Liverpool
Chicago Engineering Congress
Crystal Palace School of Engineering
Institution of Civil Engineers
Society of Engieers
Nightingale Florence of nursing fame born in 1823
Florence Nightingale, famed nurse born in Florence Italy in 1823, trained in nursing in 1849, led British wounded care in the Crimean War, later honored by Queen Victoria and public subscriptions, and praised for tireless hospital reform and care. A final odd note claims Cato never sat down on a carpet tack or touched a buzz saw to test tuning.
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Florence Nightingale
Florence
Italy
William Edward Shore
England
Peter Nightingale
Nightingale
Miss Nightingale
Sidney Herbert
Constantinople
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Cato
Municipal Washhouses and Baths Across the City
A fragmented report describes extensive public baths and washhouses funded by the municipality. It details swimming ponds, bath structures, pricing for tickets and club usage, and the shift from private to public facilities. The text notes hours, capacities, and the aim to provide accessible ablution for dense tenement districts.
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Mr. Oliver
New York
Blake
City Hall
Far North
Aitkin
Tottenham
Murray
Brazil
John Murray
America
Cuba
Panama
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Argentine
Rio
Charles H. Aitkin
Bank of Hamilton
Colon
Atlantic
Panama Isthmus
Pacific
Callao
Lima
Valparaiso
Andes
Buenos Ayres
Bank of Flamiston
Toronto
South America
Diogenes
Pythagoras
Euclid
Carur. Goodwin
President of the
Society Engineers
MX Ang
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