Mystery on Long Island Roads Ends in Midnight Ride
A young woman seeking to reach St Royal asks a gray car driver for directions after a tire change and a tense exchange with her fiancée. A daring, witty chauffeur Rupert helps, while Lestrange convinces the man to join a nocturnal pursuit toward dawn racing and a training camp.
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Long Island
New York
Emily
Anderson
St. Royal
Rupert
George
Lestrange
Ffrench
Dick Ffrench
Darling
Ffrenches
Coney Island
Mechanician
Fairness in Pay Sparks Bold Career Move
A New York financial district worker faced two days of unpaid salary after illness in three years of service. He quit in protest, then secured a $100,000 deal for a rival firm, earning a potential $20,000 profit. He now has a contract paying double his former salary and a full paid month of summer vacation.
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New York Financial District
A Perfect Saw Reflects Archival Wit from Forebears
A compact reflection on the proverb A Perfect Saw from the Atlantic Monthly notes blunt homely wisdom rooted in manual labor. The piece uses a vivid image of a man sawing to illustrate focus and discretion, praising how speech halts while work proceeds.
Spirits Find Mine In Maine Mediator Brown Declares
Trustum H. Brown known as the Mediator visited Bangor after a Boston trip and spoke about a new treatise on religious truths. He claimed spirits guided him to locate a California gold mine and recounted a tale of bargaining with Bodfish over a 500 year bear curse and a cat incident.
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Bangor
Trustum H. Brown
Boston
California
Brown
Maine
Etna Pond
Penobscott County
Nymphas Bodfish
Bodfish
Too Many Laborers There Vancouver Vanc BC
Vancouver reports show fewer unemployed but laborers exceed demand for the year. Immigrants from the United States should be discouraged until the labor situation improves. Many Americans have returned home across the winter with destitution and strict vagrancy laws are enforced in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
David T. Wilber
United States
Canada
Seven Tons of Bibles Shipped to South Africa
New York reports a record shipment by the American Bible Society totaling seven tons of Bibles bound for South Africa. The collection includes titles not printed in English and marks a significant distribution effort by the society.
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New York
South Africa
American Bible Society
London debate urges emigration to curb aging female population
Miss Josephine Knowles urges English parents to train daughters and allow pin money or education. She calls for large scale emigration to the colonies to supply husbands, claiming demand from men abroad and promising a society to arrange marriages between suitable English women and colonial men.
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London
England
Josephine Knowles
Clock Struck Backward Traps Man in Chicago
Patrick Calhoun spent several days in jail after his grandfather clock struck backward waking him at odd hours. He blamed his wife for missing morning mass, prompting a police call. The clock wheel had been placed in reverse during cleaning by Mrs. Calhoun.
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Chicago
Patrick Calhoun
Patrick
Kipling Chooses Burwash As Quiet English Home
The article recalls Rudyard Kipling retreating from Rottingdean to Burwash in Sussex to escape sightseers. It notes Rottingdean’s attraction with tours and Kipling’s garden wall address, and tells of villagers in Burwash keeping to themselves. A George IV anecdote explains local indifference to royalty.
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London
Sussex
Burwash
Rudyard Kipling
Rottingdean
Brighton
Kipling
Ouse
Chinese is Women's Ally in Savannah Street Beautification
Bo Sing Young, the St Joseph opium smuggler now serving a two month sentence in Savannah, assists local women with city beautiful plans. He contributes to the cash fund and helps design a sunken garden on a burned site and arrange Oriental flower displays. He runs a chop suey restaurant in St Joseph.
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Savannah
Bo Sing Young
Joseph
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Roberto Imperiali
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