Improbable meeting at Crayborne parlor awakens past ties
Mrs. Anning tends Lily Warren after a fall and reveals village memory of murders and old connections to Roger Clavel. Harry encounters Miss Lilias Morgan posing as a stranger as she recaps a New York encounter while hunger drives breakfast plans at the farmhouse.
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Bloxham
Seacombe
Bere Longford
Crayborne
Soders Abbey
Roger
Roger Clavel
Lyllyngton Court
Vale House
Harry
Don Quixote
Dulcinea
Mrs. Anning
Ivy
Miss Warren
United States
Morgan
Lilias Morgan
Miss Morgan
New York
Miss N
Mr. Clavesworth
Anne
John
Lady Anne
Lilias
Harpy
John Anning
Peruna ad prompts grateful patient’s claimed cure
A Chicago woman recounts long battle with chronic cough and throat trouble. After three bottles of Peruna her appetite returns, chest pains ease, and sleep improves. She praises the remedy as having cured where doctors failed and urges others to try it.
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Peruna
Clay Pipe Remains Common Yet China Cigar Holder Dies Out
A reflections piece recalls the enduring sight of a clay pipe tucked in a dustman’s strap while noting the china cigar holder has vanished. Lady Dorothy Nevill cites Lord Abergavenny’s memory of the Hon. George Nevill born in 1760 smoking through a china holder, described as an awkward but ornate gift idea.
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Dorothy Nevill
Lord Abergxavenny
George Nevill
Cement deposit near Shames boosts Prince Rupert building boom
A large limestone deposit near Shames, British Columbia, on the line of the Transcontinental Railway, offers ideal cement material for local production. This discovery reduces reliance on imports from England, Germany, or Victoria and may spur rapid construction in Prince Rupert, the Pacific terminus of the G T P.
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Prince Rupert
England
Germany
Victoria
Shames
B. C
Boy traps bass with stringed fish baited by warden
A game warden checks a boy’s catch to ensure no bass were taken. Only catfish perch and suckers remain on the line. A large black bass is found wriggling on a string weighted with a stone a boy says he tied up to keep the fish from stealing his bait while he fished all morning.
Coal consumption figures by country highlighted
Last year coal use reached 502 million tons in this country, about 300 million tons in Hugland, and around 250 million tons in Germany, rounded figures. This snapshot compares national energy demand across three nations.
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Hugland
Germany
Leather Road Triumph At Handsworth Birmingham
A road built for over a year in Handsworth Birmingham uses shredded waste leather mixed with bitumen tar. It shows minimal wear and offers low dust, good resilience, and strong grip for motor tires and heavy vehicles. Horses find it comfortable to tread on.
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Handsworth
Birmingham
Margaret Responds In Scots Vernacular Sermon Rebuff
A Scottish-speaking woman named Margaret refuses to answer the minister, and the exchange turns into a pointed rebuke about the fate of sinners. She retorts that judgment belongs to those who know, and vows to keep her own stubborn stance.
Pretty Nurse Faces Peevish Millionaire Request
A witty exchange depicts a nurse describing her current patient as a peevish old millionaire who may propose marriage, with a remark that he has few other requests left to make. The banter hints at social dynamics and humor surrounding an elderly benefactor.
Winter ticks vs summer clock and gas meter claim
A man reading on metal contraction observes a clock ticks faster in winter than in summer, while another notes a gas meter changes pace. The exchange presents a curious claim about temperature effects on timekeeping and gas measurement.
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Gertrude Warden
Lock 4 CO. Limited
London
Melbourne
Toronto
Wm. Hohmann
Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Mrs. Hohmann
National Drug and Chemical CO. OF Canada. Limited
Margaret
Pierce
Evers
Dr. Pierce
Canada Cement Co., Ltd
National Bank
Montreal
P.Q
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