How Will It End Bhola's Vendetta Shadow Looms
A tale of Bhola the exile pursuing vengeance against Colonel Hilton in Ireland ends with a dramatic confrontation at Barrington Manor. Clare Hilton defends against Bhola, Bhola is captured and later shipped to India for five years penal servitude, leaving Clare haunted by fear and the question of fate.
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Pecomfort
Thesiger
Simpkins
Thompson
Christian
Linig
Subalin
Neered Simpkins
Ellie
Ireland
Alan
Bhola
Barrington Manor
Barrington
Hiltons
Cork
Col. Hilton
India
Queenstown
Burrington
Ark Gates
Nellie
Clare
Inter-Ocean
Massachusetts Board Bans French Colored Canned Peas
The Massachusetts State Board of Health bans sale of French canned vegetables with copper salts after testing shows 27 of 37 samples contain cupric sulfate. Circulars warn dealers that selling foods with copper salts violates statutes and could lead to prosecution. The piece notes similar bans abroad and hints the measure may also protect home industry by favoring American produce.
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State Board of Health
Massachusetts
England
Scotland
Belgium
Germany
France
Europe
A Hardy Old Chap Claims Age Beyond Years
In a Michigan avenue grocery a man recalls 1710 as the oldest spring. He shows an old diary noting April 15 1710 and declares he was 18 then, now 199, and leaves with the air of a major as friends marvel at his tale amid Circus Romer’s vast crowds.
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Michigan Avenue
Michigan
Monte in Mexico gambling tale shows dealer odds and ruin
A Detroit Free Press piece describes Mexico’s monte culture with a national gambling passion. It details the deck, cards, and weapons symbolism, a grand Monte hall, a lucky whitewashed worker turning thousands, and widespread losses among cowboys, soldiers, and frontiersmen despite laws.
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Detroit Ree Press
Trabajador
Monte Bank
Mexicoo
Mexico
Great Monte Bank
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Spiders Exhibit Maternal Devotion to Their Young
The article recounts spider mothers defending eggs and nests. A lycosa spider shares danger with its egg ball, refusing to abandon eggs. In oats, a small spider mother patches breaches in her web to protect developing eggs as observers test the nest.
Whaling Industry Expands from San Francisco Ports
The article notes San Francisco hosts 96 American whaling vessels with 30 based there, led by the Orca at 462 tons. New Bedford remains the major port, and the fleet totals over 8 000 tons with about 1 200 men aboard. Oil and bone values are listed with owners including Josiah N Knowles Wright Brown Co James McKenna and J A Magee Jr.
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San Francisco
New Bedford
Edgertown
Martha’s Vineyard
Province Town
Cape Cod
Boston
New London
Stonington
Burden
McGregor
Josiah N. Knowles
Wright, Brown & Co
James McKenna
J. A. Magee, Jr
San Francisco Chronicle
How Cannibals Cook and Ext
Dr. F. D. Clum describes Australian Aboriginal cannibalism with vivid accounts of roasting and stew methods. He compares Australians to American savages and notes island cannibalism fading while Maori in New Zealand are portrayed as more enlightened.
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Australia
F. D. Clum
Kansas City Times
New Zealand
Mummies and Papyri From Deir el Bahari Reach Cairo Museum
A large cache of mummies and papyri from Deir el Bahari has arrived in Cairo and is housed at the Ghizeh Museum. Most belong to the Twenty first Dynasty and are thought to be generals and officials with ecclesiastical titles. The collection includes 163 mummies and 75 papyri. many sarcophagi show mismatched names or erased outer inscriptions, delaying scholarly assessment.
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Hallow
Nellie
Clare
Little Missouri Horse Farm
Napoleon
Harper's Weekly
Deir el-Bahari
Cairo
Ghizeh Museum
Luxor
Ammon
Grebaut
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Chicago News
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Clonel
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Cheroot
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Fifty-First Regiment
Evi
Romer
Monte
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