The Brumm tale of Stella Boldwood’s flight and Lashmar
Stella leaves Boldwood Castle penniless after learning her father saved her life. She seeks work in Brumm where a kind shop owner helps her and she finds a potential ally in Polly Chapman. Nestorius and Lashmar wrestle with guilt, desire, and the mystery of Stella’s disappearance as police search and rumors swirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumm
Miss Boldwood
Honest Chapman
Jonathan Boldwood
Polly
Nestorius Returns With News At Lashmar’s Castle
Nestorius arrives at half past nine the next morning startling the select group including Lord Lashmar Mrs Mulciber and Captain Vavasour. He is pale and agitated and asks if there is any news of the missing woman or her whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lashmar
Nestorius
Stella
Carminon
Brumm
Clarice
London
Paris
Phaeton
Britam
Lord Lashmar
Mr. Nestorius
Lady Carminow
Mrs. Vavasour
Sophia
Use of the Great Toe in Man and Beast
An Overland Monthly passage describes how West Indian black women used the great toe to grip ladders and carry loads on heads at a Jamaica hotel site. It compares this to Abyssinian cavalry gripping a stirrup and a Santo Domingan one‑armed man guiding a mule with a rein between his toes while cracking a whip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Jamaica
The Best Place
A patient struck by lightning suffers a severe shock and vocal paralysis. The surgeon advises exposure to speech to aid recovery and learns the patient is married. The assistant is instructed to obtain the man's address and send him home.
Most Durable Wood Teak Ranks For Structure And Shipbuilding
A London paper asserts teak is the most durable wood for structural and mechanical use. It is hard and light, easily worked, and its oily nature prevents iron damage. Widely used in Southeast Asia for shipbuilding, teak is often girdled a year before felling to season rapidly in sun and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asia
Plague of Rats Surges in New Orleans Streets
As wet weather brings mosquitoes to northern cities, New Orleans faces a rat infestation that crowds sidewalks and disrupts daily life. Rats reportedly swarm the streets and even run along telegraph wires, alarming residents and prompting warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Death of Henry George Apostle of Single Tax
Henry George, noted advocate of single tax, died of apoplexy at 5 a.m. in his Union Square hotel room New York City after a strenuous four speech day as mayoral candidate for Greater New York. Born 1839 in Philadelphia, he rose to fame with Progress and Poverty and promoted taxing land value. He ran for mayor in 1886, opposed Croker and Platt, and influenced labor and reform movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gorge
Union Square Hotel
New York City
George
Greater New York
Henry George
Silver Democrats
Greater
New York
Richard Croker
Croker
Thomas C. Platt
Philadelphia
Ireland
England
Abram Hewitt
Theosake Roosevelt
Mr. George
Work for the Governor in Washington State Treasurer Row
Col Rogers and a Supreme Court judge plan to audit Treasurer Young by counting the treasury cash. Young has converted all gold and paper currency to silver cartwheel dollars, totaling about 120 tons. They will require bonds to enter the treasury, delaying the Governor and his aide in this task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col. Rogers
Young
Supreme Court
End to Cuban War Hopes Mentioned in Wry Dialog
In sharp, satirical notes, Blanco vows to end the Cuban war in seven months while Weyler claims six. Reports from London toss rumors about Salisbury not resigning. A Maine paper prints The Last Fly of Summer, a striking poem. A Brunswick heiress is noted for a $25,000,000 fortune, with curiosity about her looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco
Weyler
New York
Te Motherhood Company, Limited
London
Salisbury
York
Maine
Nashville Exposition Ends Amid Bells and Booms
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition closed after a final night program marked by chimes whistles cannna and horns. Attendance reached about 1 750 000 since May with peak on J W Thomas day. Officials praised Thomas Lew and Justi for their leadership and noted no casualties during six months.
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Tully Brown
G. T. Baskette
Lewis
Kirkman
Woman's Board
Thomas
Tennessee
Union
J. W. Thomas
Atlanta
Bureau of Promotion and Publicity
Charles W. Dabney
Government Commission
Freident Thomas
Lew
Publicis
Hernan Justi
Yellow fever plague cripples southern states trade
The yellow fever outbreak devastates Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana with strict quarantines and nearly halted rail service. Commerce ties falter as fear spreads from Montgomery to New Orleans and Memphis.
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Alabama
Missi
Louisiana
Bugaboo
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Health
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Lineage of scattered incidents and famed reconcilations
A digest of diverse items including a farmer's arrest in Liberty Missouri over a drowned child, pilgrimage to Eve's supposed grave, the shooting of Miss Orm in London, a Berlin wife eloping with an American, a Cincinnati politician's death, a Kansas institute manager shot, Whitman mausoleum preparations, a mine explosion injuring three in British Columbia, and a rumored reconciliation of the Prince and Princess de Savan aided by a French countess and an English royal.
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William Carr
Liberty
Eve
Mother
Miss Orm
London
Jones
Julius Jagot
Berlin
Germany
Edward James
Jacksonville
Fla
Patrick A. Joy
Cincinnati
Louis Trosky
William N. Allen
Kansas
Neeley Institute
Kansas City
Kan
C. E. Riley
Riley
Allen
Marcus Whitman
Whitman
Walla Walla
Wash
Whitvit Memorial Association
William Sarreault
J. Clark
Dickinson
Golden Eagie
Alberni
B. C
Par
Prince
Princess de Savan
Comyte de Perigord
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Pubbert
Lash
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Jly Gu
March
Sam
Boldwood
Shakspeare
Bold- Wood
Lashmar Castle
Lassie
Ines
NSS Mage
Riaididione
Current Review
Fort Sheridan
Brunswick
Nashville Exposition
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