Shelter and peril in a fevered French valley
In Ville-en-bois a frightened narrator hides from an English husband bent on reclaiming her. The Cure Laurentie and teens aid, while Pierre and Tardif plan rescue as a fever grips the presbytery and factory. The narrative cliffhanger awaits continuation.
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Monsieur
Ville-en-bois
Jean
Monsieur le Cure
Madame
Noireau
Granville
Pierre
Pineaux
Mademoiselle Pineau
Monsieur Laurentie
World News in Briefs and Updates
A compiled roundup covers international and domestic events from 1900s era: Cuba’s Tomas Estrada Palma elected president. Germany and Britain actions in Venezuela and Africa. naval and military notes including Admiral Schley, Lipton challenges, and train upgrades. Incidents include fires, floods, and a Mississippi shooting.
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Portland
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Czolgosz Autopsy Reaffirms Sanity Yet Obliquely Haunted
New York experts Dr. Carlos McDonald and Edward Spitzka, in a detailed New York Medical Journal report, conclude Leon Czolgosz was legally and medically sane at McKinley’s assassination. They diagnose no mental disease, but label his history as social disease and anarchist influence, arguing the act was deliberate and not insane.
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Czolgosz
Assalsin
McKinley
New York Medical Journal
Carlos McDonald
Edward A. Spiteka
Czolnosz
Lne
McDonald
Spitzka
Notable Figures Who Married Trade and Thought
The article argues that business and higher pursuits are not exclusive. It cites Solon, Thales, Plato, Spinoza, Linnaeus, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Walter Scott, Grote, Ricardo, Newton, Paul, and others as exemplars who blended commerce or crafts with serious achievement. It notes even lawyers and judges balanced practical work with intellectual life and hobby engagement.
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Thales
Plato
Spinoza
Linnaeus
Shakspeare
Spenser
Milton
Walter Scott
North
Grote
London
Ricardo
Sir Isaac Newton
Paul
St. Louis
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Record price paid for 1450 Psalterium copy sets new era
The highest recorded book sale fetched 44500 dollars for an original Psalterium printed by Faust in 1450. Buyer is Bernard Quariteb.
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Faust
Bernard Quariteb
Tasmania’s Mineral Wealth Shines in Australasia
Tasmania leads colonial mineral wealth in proportion to area, underscoring rich deposits. The article notes strong resources across the island, reflecting its economic prominence among Australasian colonies.
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Tasmania
Australasia
Oil strike tops week in Whatcom Washington
Comprehensive review notes an oil discovery at Whatcom Washington and reports on global and domestic events including military actions in Batangas and Samar, a Carnegie Institution incorporation, Canadian scouts request from Lord Kitchener, and Panama Canal stockholders offering the project to the United States for 40 million dollars.
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General Bell
Batangas
Island
Samar
Carnegie Institution
Washington
Lord Kitchener
Denver Fire and Police Board
Walla Walla
Panama Canal
United States
New England
National leper settlement proposal shocks Hawaii
The Hawaii delegation and local papers react to Delegate Wilcox's bill for a National leper settlement on Molokai. Opposition is strong though some favor the cost-saving aim. Also, Hawaii loosens Manila cigar duties as 40,000 cigars are freed from bond. Heavy rains hit the islands with reports of record rainfall near Papanola and other districts, but no major damage.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Wilcox
Molokai
Hawaii
Kahn
California
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Bond
Papanola
Lyons
Government Observatory
National McKinley Memorial Plan Centralized in Cleveland
The United States now concentrates on one national drive to raise funds for a McKinley memorial to be built over his Canton grave. The McKinley National Memorial Association, based in Cleveland, coordinates subscriptions while the former Washington Arch Association has dissolved, leaving the field to the Cleveland headquarters effort.
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Cleveland O
United States
William Mc Kinley
Canton
McKinley National Memorial Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Washington Arch Association
Potomac River
Arch Association
Admiral Sampson's illness worsens steadily toward end
Washington reports Admiral Sampson's malady progresses slowly yet steadily toward the end. Medical science cannot check it as arterial degeneration symptoms appear. The patient grows less tractable and responsive to treatment, injecting great uncertainty into the case.
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Washington
Jan
Sampson
Chinese deportation orders issued in Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg New York January 4 Commissioner Gray orders the deportation of twenty one Chinese for unlawful entry. Appeals are filed in each case. Forty five Chinese are jailed awaiting action by higher court.
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N. Y
Gray
Navy Captain Richard B. Leary Died Before Promotion
Information from Washington states Captain Richard B. Leary of the United States Navy died at Chelsea, unaware he had been promoted to rear admiral. The promotion occurred the day before his death, revealed only after his brother in law Dr Fairfax Irwin returned from Annapolis and his funeral.
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Olivia
Jean
Pierre
Richard
Monsieur le Cure
Madame
Monsieur
Richard Foster
England
Monsieur le Core
Tartif
Mademoigelle Therese
Sark
Monsieur Laurentie
Boston
Washington
Richard B. Leary
United States Navy
Chelsea
Fairfax Irwin
Annapolis
Growth and turmoil mix in Oregon notes and Chinese affairs
A broad sweep of 1910s Oregon commerce and incidents reports platinum finds near Grants Pass and new libraries in Baker City, wind damage in Astoria, prune shipments, hops prices, and smelter progress. Separate dispatch from Pekin details the dowager empress’s caution, anti foreign policy moves, and looming foreign legation tension before Pekin’s court return.
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Quartsburg
Prairie City
Salem
Astoria
Philomath College
Marshfield
Portland
Pekin
Yang Lu
Ning Sha Foo
Kan Soo
Prince King
Legation
Agricultural Prices and Aether, 1834 Projections Amid Market Notes
Market prices list grains meats dairy and produce with values for wheat barley oats butter eggs cheese and potatoes. The text also notes historical statements on wireless telegraphy by James Brown Fin deau of Dundee and a claim about Egyptian court mourning and a Pittsburgh bidder for St Petersburg street railways.
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Janes Brown Findeau
Dundee
Scotland
Governor Hunt Seeks Law Reforms in Porto Rico
Governor Hunt delivered a message to the Porto Rico legislature noting growth in schools and commerce, railroads, and revenue. He urged revision of municipal laws and modern city charters and called for clearer provisions to address labor organizing and related legal ambiguities.
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Governor Hunt
San Juan
Porto Rico
Hunt
7 Juan
Santiago Inglesings
American Federation of Labor
Rebels Near Manila In Local Skirmish Report
Manila dated dispatch details Lt Charles D Rhodes of the Sixth Cavalry with two orderlies attacking a camp near Manila, routing 20 armed insurgents, seizing two rifles three revolvers and ammunition, then burning the barracks and returning to Manila. General Wheaton notes little progress in Samar while Batangas shows favorable campaign advance.
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Manila
Charles D. Rhodes
Sixth Cavalry
Amertennos
Rhodes
Wheaton
Island
Samar
Httle
Chaffee
Batangas
Freight Engine Explodes in Macon Killing Three
A freight engine freshly fired up at the Central Railroad of Georgia round house exploded today in Macon killing three men and injuring several others. The blast was heard seven miles away and sent debris through a building 200 to 300 yards distant.
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Macon
Central Railroad of Georgia
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