Germany Hopes 10 Defeat Our John D
Berlin reports reveal John D Rockefeller's near control of German American Petroleum and Germany diversifies oil sources from Romania Austria and Russia. Gold found in Prussia prompts a new mining venture while Russia's internal unrest is analyzed and fears of peasant revolts discussed. A long feature covers Kaiser era critics, court cases, and a British court scene ends with a transition to questions about charges in London.
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W. R. Hearst
Berlin
John D. Rockefeller
Roumania
Germany
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Biles
S Company
Bliesransbach
Rusele
Prince Uchtomski
An Invisible Hand ends in a fatal duel for Edith
Max confronts Geoffrey Bysshe over Edith at Knowlesworth hall after a jealous chase from London. He yields to despair and shoots himself in front of Edith, who faints as the tragedy unfolds, leaving the hall in shock and Edith to face the aftermath.
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Knowlesworth Hall
Max
Monte Carlo
Paris
St. Thomas's Hospital
Edith
Ndith
Geoffrey Bysshe
St. Thomas’s Hospital
London
Lady Bysshe
Westminster Bridge
St. James’s Park
Lord Surreymore
Surreymore
Pater
Balwash
Bysshe
Godffrey Bysshe
British Association
Pacific
Sou
Tragedy Unfolds As Valet Rushes To Aid Scene
Urbano the count's valet discovers Max and a companion shot, kneels beside the apparently lifeless man, and urges swift medical help. Footmen scatter for a doctor as Miss Cowley faints and Lady Bysshe arrives in horror. The hall fills with shock and urgent whispers.
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Urbano
Max
Stan
Urribane
Lady Bysshe
His First Client. A Blue-Blooded but Poor Lawyer
Franz von der Helden, a young attorney, struggles with no clients as court term opens. A wealthy butcher, Ottilie Wermut’s father, hires him for a disputed property case after a night of dissipation and a clash over Ottilie. A dramatic rendezvous ends with rescue during a perilous confinement, prompting the father to humor the lawyer with expected future business.
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August Hasenfusz
W. R. Shearst
Frang von der Helden
Mr. Wermut
Franz von der Helden
Ottilie
Jeunesse Doree
Mr. Wermuth
van der Helden
N-Law
Verma
Ottilie Wermut
Ioriana
Mr. von der Helden
Franz
Frans von der Helden
Byfield Geniuses and a Clever Ladder Trick
A North Parish resident buys a foot of ladder from a peddler after asking the price per foot. He pays twelve cents for a foot, and the seller cuts off a foot from the ladder. He remarks that the length suits him for picking huckleberries. The note also mentions the modern locomotive costing fifteen to eighteen thousand dollars.
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Byfield
Mass
J. L. Ewell
Style trends sweep Tombstone saloon town changers
In Tombstone Arizona fashion notes show locals embracing new flair such as barber pole suspenders and flashy boiled shirts. Men parade subtle style shifts while social scenes include visiting out-of-town patrons. A Pasteur Paris item reports two chimpanzee deaths from appendicitis in a French institute.
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Arizona
Tombstone
Tony
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Camarilla
Ranch House
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James Close
Sibley
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Talbot
City
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Cudahy Packing Company
Earl Jarvis
Czar
Kaiser
Koenigsberg
Nicholas II
Alexander II
Liebknecht
Ballin
Reichstag
Empire
Peschel
Fuchs
Dusty
Willie
Iceman
Pop
Fitzgerald
F. Molloy
Cornell University
Pasteur Institute
Petit Journal
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