The Troublesome Lady and the Hidden Heir Plot
Oliver faces a tangle of marriage, inheritance and a missing child as Miss Patten and Dr. John trace Mrs. Minny’s past. De Restaud’s claim to a fortune and a delicate birth record loom over a Westward pursuit. A year passes, a letter arrives, and Oliver struggles with memory and duty.
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Craiz
John
Craig
Oliver
Miss Patten
Mrs. Minny
Boston
de Restaud
Skye
Aid
Minny
Bosth
Mina
Patten
Sam
Mrs. Blinn
Minny Cal
Larnin
Henri de Restaud
Flying street car novelty at Antwerp exposition
A Belgian inventor unveils a grand ballon dingeable flying street car resembling a cigar shaped float with a propeller front and barn door rudder. The device runs from overhead trolley electricity and uses a windlass anchor to lower for passenger boarding during Antwerp expo trials, costing 5 francs per mile.
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Antwerp Exposition
Antwerp
Exposition Grounds
Invention Notes and Industrial Feats Across Nations
A survey of 19th century progress highlights Colombia’s nitrate prospects rivaling Chile, new tidal power machines in Los Angeles, cane and pea shellers, Bell Telephone earnings, a Texas ice cream freezer, Krupp’s 91 000 cannons and 20 000 workers, artificial cream, and a flat plate anchor designed to stabilize ships without bottom grip.
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Colombia
Chile
Los Angeles
Cal
Bell Telephone Company
Texas
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Seed Potatoes for Second Crops in Kentucky
Farmers near Louisville grow two potato crops on the same land. The early crop matures in July, the second is frost-killed in October but yields seed potatoes superior for next spring. Benefits include dormancy, single sprout growth, and long cutting windows for flexible planting.
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Louisville
Odd facts about 1884 1890 French divorce cases
London Times reports from the French Ministry of Justice on divorce and separation petitions from 1884 to 1890. Of 38 377 petitions, 33 870 succeeded, 2437 were rejected and 2080 compromised, with most cases citing cruelty or desertion.
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Ministry of Justice
London Times
Chinese Punishments in Canton Court of 1891
A reporter recalls a Canton law court where two prisoners, an elderly man and a youth, were tortured after refusing to confess. The old man was flogged while the youth, chained, knelt with limbs and pigtail secured to a post. The crowd remained calm as officials explained China’s rule that execution follows confession, prompting the victims to endure torture rather than confess.
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Canton
China
Slashed by a Negro in Buffalo Ving alley
A Buffalo special reports a violent cutting at No 50 Vine alley between 1 and 2 AM. Thomas White 27 from Owens Sound Canada was slashed in the throat by Edward Taylor a Black man. White, a stonemason, was hospitalized in dying condition. Taylor confessed and was jailed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Vinealley
Thomas White
Edward Taylor
White
Owensound
Canada
Vine Alley
Taylor
Broomhall Reaches New York After 108 Day Atlantic Ordeal
The barque Broomhall, torn and leaky, arrives in New York after 108 days at sea with ninety days of gales and hurricanes. Captain Taylor reports severe damage to sails, rails, and fittings, one crewman lost overboard, and scarce drinking water but no spar lost.
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Broomhall
New York
Hamburg
Taylor
Cuxhaven
Elbe
Broomhal
Charles Marx
Campses
Sandy Hook
Neptune
Rex
Phouphe
Iceland
Salvation Army Colony Reported in Mexico
Report from Mexico indicates a movement to establish a large Salvation Army colony there. A syndicate tied to General Booth has bought about 200000 acres in Chiapas on the Pacific coast with plans to settle 5000 families, mostly English, on land deemed highly suitable for farming.
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Mexico
Salvation Army
Booth
Chiapas
Pacific
Indian hunting methods and the idea of invention
In a discussion on hunting by Native Americans, the author describes how Indians rely on stealth, tracking, and close approach rather than firearms innovations. The piece notes repeated uses of natural tactics learned from infancy, with emphasis on patience, bows, arrows, and a lack of invented traps before contact with steel tools and white trappers.
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Camptus
Turkey
Kootenai Incolumbia
le Clark
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Francois
Doctor John
Maine
Aunt Hannah
Kentucky
France
Owen Sound Man
Condi
Tion
Arctic
Gam
Dyche
Ixny
Nervotien
Jess
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