The Door of Bewilderment Ends at Glenarm House
The narrator recounts final scenes at Glenarm where Marian and he resolve their past misunderstandings. Pickering’s pursuit ends, the tunnel is filled, and Glenarm House prospers under family management. Marian and the narrator marry in the chapel, with Olivia Armstrong as a lively city belle.
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Jack
Marian
Pickering
Glenna
St. Agatha’s
Glenarm
Larry
Russia
Tibet
Ireland
Theresa
Glenarm House
Chicago
John Marshall Glenarm
Olivia Gladys Armstrong
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Man recalls Newfoundland dog tale as patient nears recovery
An old patient recovering from surgery overhears a doctor and nurse discussing dosing and jokes about selling a dog for cash. He then shares a humorous story of buying two puppies with the money earned from selling the dog. The doctor notes the humor as a sign of recovery.
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Doc
Judge’s. Library
Towne Rise Highlighted by Family Tables in Town
Discussion notes Towne as an important figure grows with family ties. Browne asserts Towne’s ascent from janitor to notable, mentioning his police officer brother and cook-lady sister.
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Towne
Browne
Janitress Marries Philadelphia Millionaire Builder
John McShain, a 46 year old Philadelphia millionaire builder and widower with four children, marries 21 year old Katherine R. Mooney, a janitress helper. The ceremony was at the cathedral with only relatives, officiated by Rev. J. McShain. The couple honeymoon at Niagara Falls after a breakfast with the bride’s aunts.
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Philadelphia
John McShain
Katherine R. Mooney
McShain
North Seventeenth Street
Miss Mooney
Vine Street
Cathedral
Highteenth
Race Streets
Rev. J. McShain
Niagara Falls
Phonograph Hearse Promises Musical Funeral Innovation
In Berlin a young inventor proposes a phonograph equipped hearse with two gilded megaphones at the front to play chosen music or hymns during funeral processions. The system would be controlled under the driver and tailored to the deceased wishes, priced as a new, impressive option.
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Berlin
Gabriel
Census bulletin on fasteners for clothes and related products
The census bureau reports 275 button establishments in 195 in the United States employing 5 188 men 5 024 women and 305 children under 16. New York leads the industry with Iowa second and 64 9 percent of pearl blanks used for buttons. Needle pin and hook eye firms number 46 employing 1 802 men 1 800 women and 243 children with wages totaling 1 595 928. materials cost 1 583 000 and products worth 4 750 589. Cross needles and pins production totals and garden pins are detailed with large gross figures. Connecticut leads in manufacture.
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Washington
Census Bureau
York
Iowa
Connecticut
Wages suit over church interior paint at Walbert’s
Allentown plaintiffs Joseph Held John Gait and Clarence Hobart sue Garis & Deily for 168 dollars claiming unpaid wages for painting interior of Jordan Reformed church at Walbert’s last summer. Defendants say part withheld for gaudy pew colors and unfinished memorial window due to material issues. Reading firm contracted for stained glass supplied colored glass meant for a barroom window.
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Allentown
Joseph Held
John Gait
Clarence Hobart
Garis & Deily
Jordan Reformed Church
Walbert
Antwerp Moves Entire Railway Station In Groundbreaking Feat
A 3000 ton railway station was underpinned rolled back and raised a meter and a half after five months work. Engineer Weiss lived on site with his family amid local skepticism and is hailed a hero after the successful relocation.
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Antwerp
America
Weiss
Sixth pair of twins born in Coodhue Minnesota
Mrs A Rosner has given birth to her sixth pair of twins in Coodhue Minnesota bringing her total children to 25. The children have arrived since 1898 and she is the mother of 25 children.
On the Trail of the American Missionary
William T. Ellis surveys Chinese religion and missionary work in China noting Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and ancestor worship. He critiques temple life, priestly corruption, and the scattered, small-scale mission effort, calling for broader, united campaigns to reach China.
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Peking
China
Dora
Japan
John
Charles M. Alexander
Alexander
Kaifungfu
Henan
W. A. P. Martin
Ring
Martin
Israel
Abraham
Adam
Shanghai
Joseph B. Bowles
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Kent Foas
Merrill CO
Squire Glenarm
Bates
California
Stoddard
Janitress
Katherine Mooney
William T. Ellis
John Chinaman
Lihagsa
Cbi
Ise
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