The Man From Home and the Guardian's Dilemma
Daniel Voorhees Pike of Kokomo guards two orphaned kids and faces a dilemma when a Kokomo girl plans to wed into European aristocracy. He writes Jim Cooley in London to investigate Hawcastle lineage while it becomes clear the guardian role may end as the girl seeks a foreign settlement.
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Indiana
Daniel Voorhees Pike
Kokomo
Daniel
Dan
Matin
Center Etrore
Ethel
Horace
John Simpson
Jenkins
K. and
Pike al
Pike
Tom
Tom Perkins
Europe
Jim Cooley
Jim
London
Hawcastie
Perkins
Almerte St Aubyn
Congress
Archie Toombs
Sor Trento
Mr. Pike
Almeric
New York
Havre
Sorrento
la Provence
Lacrosse Reminiscence From North Sherbourne Field
Barney Ryan son of Peter once played lacrosse and chased a distant ball under Toronto skies. Peter A all another son of Peter watched the sprint as Barney surged down the old grounds near North Sherbourne street. Peter Small teased him to pick it up saying he had a long way to go before it lights.
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Barney Ryan
Peter
Peter A. All
Barney
Toronto
Sherbourne Street
Peter Small
No Compromise On Budget Bill In Commons Clash
London reports the House of Commons nears the end of committee stage on the budget as the king and unofficial advisers press to avert a crisis. Leaders remain silent while rank and file demand no surrender. A cabinet member says no compromise and that the Lords will pass the bill as it leaves the Commons. The debate resumes November 19 for report.
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London
House of Commons
Lords
Commons
House
Barrie Sues for Divorce in London
Playwright novelist J M Barrie petitions for divorce from wife Mary Ansell, formerly an actress. She served him in 1894 and has been linked with aiding his stagecraft across his successful plays.
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J. M. Barrie
London
Jas, M. Barrie
America
Finish anticipated on Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. plans to complete the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway to connect Nanaimo on the eastern shore with Alberni on the western shore. About 30 miles remain with work expected to start early this month and continue through winter. Vancouver contractor James Macdonell predicts operation within a year as the line traverses timbered island country likely boosting lumber traffic and encouraging settlement once land is cleared.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Esquimault and
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Alberni
James Macdonell
Montreal
Macdonell
Vancouver Island
Deafness Cure Claim by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement argues deafness cannot be cured by local applications, only constitutional remedies. It attributes deafness to inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and warns repeated catarrh as the cause. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers circulars and product sales by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugsista
Suitor Pledges Low Costs to Win Daughter's Hand
A young suitor argues to an elderly father that his own modest and economical lifestyle makes him a cheaper son-in-law than any other option. The exchange centers on whether the match is suitable and affordable.
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London
Not Bad for a Little Place Like Boggabri
An English traveler admires a sunset over the Black Soil plains from a verandah in a small New South Wales town. A bushman on a post calls the view “not bad for a little place like Boggabri.”
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New South Wales
Boggabri
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Mr. Simpson
Hawcastle
England
Hawccastle Hall
Genevieve
John
Italy
Almeric St. Aubyn
Kokomo Orphan
Ansered Pike
B.C
Dodd
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