Doctor Dobry and Olivia Quest in a Narrow Escape
In a tense sequence doctor and allies push for Olivia’s safety while a web of intrigue gathers around Dr Dobry. A cabby’s warning and a strange note hint at pursuit by a dangerous faction tied to a missing woman.
Though Fate Delays Julia and Captain Carey
A narrator recalls Julia's speedy marriage plans and a forged set of papers. He travels to Guernsey for the wedding and attends the church ceremony with Captain Carey, witnessing Julia's discreet entrance and a personal pang as he signs the register beside the bridegroom.
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Simmons
Olivia
Foster
Mrs. Foster
Guernsey
Carey
Julia
England
Captain Carey
Kate Daltrey
Rogues of Wall Street Exposed as Swindlers in the Market
The piece condemns thieving brokers and promoters of mining schemes as frauds. It cites a broker boasting of lax mail handling while promising 6 percent dividends on fake securities and a stock predictor offering fortune advice for $5 a week. It describes schemes where false par value shares are sold from fancy offices, signaling a broader fraud in the industry.
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Wall Street
Post Office Department
Peter
Ilo
Kan
Neds
New Jersey
West Virginia
Tulkinghoen House to Reappear in Street Widening Plan
The London Globe notes the iconic Tulkinghoen House in Lincoln's Inn Fields near Sardinian Street, designed by Inigo Jones for the Earl of Lindsey. Dickens used the right hand first floor room for Bleak House’s murder scene of Sir Leicester Dedlock's solicitor Tulkinghorn. The painted ceiling, once depicting the dead solicitor, was whitewashed away a few years ago.
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Tulkinghoen
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Sardinian Street
Inigo Jones
Earl of Lindsey
Dickens
Tullinghorn
Leicester Dedlock
Monument to Virgil Honors Mantua Birthplace
Mantua raises funds for a Virgil memorial decades after his birth. About $20,000 has been raised to support a competition inviting artists to submit designs for the monument.
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Virgil
Mantua
Landau Cemeteries in Municipal Ownership Tale
Town records reveal Lenten cemeteries operated by ten municipal facilities owned by private companies, raising questions about management and funding. Local officials say arrangements ensure upkeep while critics seek transparency and accountability.
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Landau
Petvats Companies
Factory Explosion Levels Detroit Plant Killing and Injuring Many
At the Pemberthy Injector Company factory in Detroit the boiler exploded tearing through a three story brick building. About 560 workers were present with 26 believed dead and more than 40 injured, many seriously. Firemen battled the blaze as wreckage burned and the vast property loss was placed at 150000 dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Pemberthy
Jea
Board of Public Works
Brigands threaten to kill captives over ransom demand
Report from New York wires that brigands in Sofia Bulgaria threaten the hostage Misa Enten M Stone and Mrs Taiska if the demand for 25 000 Turkish lira is not met by January 1 The claim links to US Diplomatic Agent Dickinson who reportedly sent an ultimatum though he denies it The Bulgarian frontier town of Dubnitz acts as base for agents handling the case and a separate note says the claim of imminent killings is not believed in Sofia
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Olivia
Quiti Ng
Pera
Isn
Foster
Lissa
Bellringer
Fulhso
Hut
Johanna
Captain Carey
Julia
St. Peterport
New York
Dickinson
Unte
Misa Enten M. Stone
Mrs. Taiska
Sofia
Bulgaria
World
Anys
Dubnitz
Unitedtates
Constantinople
Bofla
True to their threat union miners revive Nortonville camp
Earlington Kentucky reports the miners rebuilt a camp at Nortonville after Judge Hall dispersed it a day earlier. Leaders were not arrested then. They expect Judge elect Givens to allow camps after January 1 despite his promise to enforce the law. Some locals seek foreign charters to secure U.S. court protection.
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Earlington
Nortonville
Judge Hall
Edisonville
Judge Elect Givens
Hopkins County
Judge Givens
Four Die In Knoxville Fire After Kerosene Ignition
A morning blaze in Knoxville, a suburb of Pittsburgh, killed four people and severely injured two others. The fire started when kerosene was poured into a stove to start the fire.
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Pittsburg
Tayo
Knoxville
Thie Oty
Diamond Robbery Atones As New York Farrier Attacked
Gustav Heinrich a wealthy New York City farrier was assaulted and robbed of diamonds valued at $300 early today. He says two highwaymen knocked him unconscious, then took the diamonds before fleeing on a street. He was found by passersby and brought to safety.
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Jack
James Simmerson
Gray's Inn Road
Olivia
Cleveland
Gustav Heinrich
New York City
Heinrich
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