The Doctor's Pilemma Chapter XXV Escape to a grim school
A woman arranges to send a child to the narrator in France. They travel through Honfleur and Paris to a hostile Parisian school run by Madame Perrier. Minima fears the harsh conditions while the narrator contemplates sacrifice and caring for Richard Posterill as she seeks a safer home.
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Wother
Mary
Minima
London
Epping Forest
Father Dominic
Teaenetiai
Wilke
Job
Theo
Richard Poster
France
Honfleur
Falaise
Noireau
Noireaul
Monsieur Smile Perrier
Madame
Monsieur Perrier
Mees
Almos
Walla
Inna
Week’s wide news summary of war, politics and disasters
A broad digest reports General Botha wounded in action, counterfeit money flooding Whatcom Washington, Marconi’s wireless from St. John’s, insurgent major captured in the Philippines, and Mac Arthur to command the Colorado department. It notes a Sweetwater Texas fire loss, Illinois anniversary, and various political maneuvers and disasters across the era.
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Botha
Whatcom
William
Philippines
Bell
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Dalles
East
Middle West
Dalton
Portland
Manchester
Conn
Shreve
Felicity
Goldsmith & Co
Milwaukee
MacArthur
Department of the Colorado
Illinois
Springeli
Servant Girls in Germany Demand for Factory Work
The growing call for women to work in German factories raises the servant-girl problem as a social issue. The piece notes that prudent enemies are preferable to friends lacking discretion amid wartime labor needs.
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Germany
Wreck on Great Northern Near Essex Kills One
A Great Northern train wreck near Essex in the Rocky Mountains at 2 am killed one man who was likely smothered. Rail spread caused the crash. debris caught fire but was extinguished by uninjured passengers. Several cars derailed, most injured slept in the day coach as the train ran 25 mph. Looting reported amid the chaos.
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Helena
Mont
Independent
Kalispell
Great Northern Railroad
Essex
Rocky Mountains
Collision on Illinois Central Kills and Traps Several
In Rockford Illinois on December 17 a head end crash between an east bound passenger train and a westbound freight near Irene and Perryville left eight dead or missing and one injured. Survivors describe cars piled in the wreck with flames trapping occupants in the smoker while survivors pushed a way car clear. The temperature stood at 20 degrees below zero and a biting wind hampered rescue efforts.
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Rockford
Ill
Illnois Central
Irene
Perryville
Chicago
Freight train wreck over Lycoming creek bridge in Williamsport
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on December 17 a fast freight train on the Philadelphia and Erie division plunged through an ice flooded Lycoming creek bridge between Williamsport and Newberry. Three lives were lost as the two span iron bridge collapsed and the engine with nine cars disappeared beneath the floodwaters. The wreck followed storm related schedule disarray and flooding hindered body recoveries.
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Williamsport
Philadelphia & Erie Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lycoming Creek
Newberry
A Prosperous Little City Cody Wyoming Sees Rapid Growth
Cody Wyoming December 16 1900 Cody has about 500 residents and is growing fast as the terminus of the Burlington Railroad. The town aims to be the Big Horn Basin’s leading hub for cattle and sheep with fertile nearby land and abundant water. Mineral riches include coal gypsum oil and salt. A 50 room stone hotel contract is let and foundation completed. A new road and grading to Yellowstone National Park near completion.
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Cody
Wyo
Burlington Railroad
Big Horn Basin
Hades
Yellowstone National Ark
Southern Pacific orders 60 new freight and 15 other engines
Vice President Kruttschnitt announces orders for 60 freight engines 5 passenger and 10 switch engines in addition to 108 already ordered. He estimates a daily car shortage of about 1000 on the South Atlantic division and plans to move hundreds of cars from Houston to Galveston for shipment to New York by steamer.
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Houston
Tex
Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Senate resolution on duplicate medals for recipient loss
Senator Mitchell introduces a senate joint resolution authorizing duplicate medals for individuals who received them from the president or congress but later lost them. The measure is designed to restore to General H. B. Compson of Portland the medal issued to him years ago.
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Washington
Dee
Mitchell
Senate
Congress
H. B. Compson
Portland
Growth and Improvements Across Oregon Industries
A review of economic developments in Salem Albany Pendleton and across the state notes new Y M C A building opening in Salem rising Willamette levels at Albany a Pendleton wheat sale 75000 bushels at 50 cents and a 100000 bushel sale earlier. Addresses bond and railroad schemes grants grants pass new bank plans Lone Fir monument costs and subscriptions oil drilling near Yale Listen Lake mining Sumpter coal Nehalem coal astoria Lowell copper sale to San Francisco capitalists with plans to large scale development.
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Salem
Willamette
Albany
Pendleton
Lowell
Waldo
Waldo, Strong and Cass
Oregon
San Franccisco
Market prices and commodities from Wheat to Wool
A long list of hard to read market figures updates prices for wheat flour barley hay butter cheese poultry and livestock. It also notes London clearing house gains silver and coin value claims astronomical findings Sweden's wireless coastal system new gold extraction method Colorado mine tests Judge Fli P Evans long service and discovery of vast nickel deposits in Southern Oregon.
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London
Ritchey
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Sweden
Colorado
Fli P. Evans
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Filipino M urderers Leader Hanged by Philippines Commission
A military commission in the Philippines led by Major Henry H. Turrill sentenced Juan Olivar to be hanged for leading a band of ladrones that killed Theodore Labrador and several relatives during a raid on Minea, Panay. The case noted included robbery of 78 carts and 800 pesos. General Chaffee criticized the charges as incomplete.
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Washington
Dee
Philippines
Henry
Turrill
Juan Olivar
Olivar
Theodore Labrador
Minea
Panay
Labrador
General Chaffee
Bchevarra
Naro
Masbate
Chaffee
Yenacio Siaching
United States
Not the End Says Raynor Admonition in Line with Dewey
Isador Raynor expressed strong disappointment after the court of inquiry findings. He plans to travel to Washington to consult Admiral Schley and pursue every legal appeal to continue the fight, arguing the country supports Dewey’s judgment and that the other two judges erred.
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Baltimore
Isador Raynor
Court of Inquiry
Washington
Admiral Schley
Sehley
Tam
Blizzard Rages Across Southern Wyoming Delays and Losses
The Cheyenne report describes a fierce blizzard sweeping Southern Wyoming with three to five hour delays and an imminent blockade. Sheepmen fear large losses in Red Desert and Uintah county as herds are scattered. one herder is reported dead and a Mexican worker frozen in the storm.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Dee
Wyoming
Red Desert
Uintah County
A Woman Swindler in Paterson Targeting Miss Stone Fund
Police in Paterson, New Jersey seek a well dressed refined woman posing as an agent authorized to collect funds for Miss Stone’s liberation. She carries a paper claiming affiliation with the American Tract Society and lists Bishop Potter Archbishop Corrigan J P Morgan and Mrs Gardella Hobart as authorities.
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New York
Paterson
N. J
Miss Stone
American Tract Society
Bishop Potter
Archbishop Corrigan
J. P. Morgan
Mra. Gardella Hobart
Russia Warns Turkey Over War Damages and Mining Rules
From New York Dec 16 the Times correspondent reports Russia warns Turkey that reparations must be paid promptly. Embassies prepare a similar note on mining regulations imposed last year retroactively harming older mining enterprises.
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New York
Constantinople
London Times
New York Times
Treaty Aims Free Entry for Venezuelan Goods in Central America
Nicaraguan foreign minister Senor Sanchez and U S minister William L Merry signed a protocol for a treaty that provides for the admission of certain goods from Venezuela to enter free of duty through Nicaragua.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Senor Sanchez
William L. Merry
United States
Salvador
Costa Rica
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