Mrs Mason Offers New Home to Mary in Rice Corner
Mary leaves the poorhouse for a cottage at Mrs Mason’s with care from Judith and Mr Knight. She adapts to a gentle household, reads to Mrs Mason, and finds comfort in a dreams of family and a hoped future as stars and memory of her baby sister comfort her.
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Mason
Howton
Rose
Mrs. Mason
Mia
Boston
England
Moon
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Mr. Knight
Mrs. Parker
Rice Corners
Steve
Judith
Old Charlotte
Sone
Allie
Marty
Heaven
Angela
Language Lesson Turns Farcical as Pupil Mispronounces English
A French student learns English from a teacher and ridicules the language’s ough endings. The overheard dialogue shows mispronunciations and corrections, revealing the comic struggle to master English rules.
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Enon
Enuff
Shefield Weekly News
Child education plan questioned for future college path
A provocative exchange questions if a parent is guiding a child toward higher education. The reply mentions starting next week and an unusual reference to consuming tabasco sauce daily, framed as a harsh metaphor.
Overview of Week's Key Global Events and Figures
Intense Europe heat. birth of a royal princess in Italy. General Chaffee's army arrives at Nagasaki from China. Leidon rumor of a British defeat near Pretoria. Duke of York visits Canada. Philippine commission ends provincial tour. Mrs McKinley ill. Conger may return July 17. Rockefeller donates 200000 for medical research. several political, labor, and crime items across North America and Europe.
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Europe
Italy
Chaffee
Nagasaki
China
Leidon
Pretoria
Duke of York
Canada
Philippine Commission
Mra. McKinley
Conger
Vancouver
Wash
Ohio State Board of Arbitration
Dayton
Seven Drowned After Dam Breaks Rowboat Plunges
A Philadelphia picnic party of eight youths was swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill River. Seven drowned, five girls and two boys, as the boat capsized near the dam. one young man was saved. The group had launched from Rose Glen for a river outing when heavy rains raised the current.
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Philadelphia
Flat Rock Dam
Behuylkill River
Rose Glen
Schuylkill River
Rocka
Honolulu Grand Jury Sensational Bribery Probe Shocks Territory
The special grand jury in Honolulu investigates bribery in the legislature with Gov Dole, Attorney General Dole, and Acting Governor Cooper summoned. Officials refuse to disclose confidential information, citing privilege while Thurston cites attorney client privilege. Helen Gould ordered to rest due to nervous strain. Col Youngblood resigns as treasury auditor and B A Pierson named infant auditor.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Jone
Dole
Territory
Cooper
B. Dole
L. A. Thurston
The
Gazette Publishing Company
Soles Humphreys
Grand Jury
Humphreys
Hom
Thurston
Oregon and Pacific Coast Industrial Roundup Update
Four whales seen in Yaquina bay last week. Durkee to host Fourth of July events amid growing regional activity. O K and N Company expands Pendleton yard with a heavy new engine. Cattle shipments rise from Harney county as summer moves in. Frost near Vale damages Europa crops. Yaquina bay ships two carloads of young steers. Mail service contract for Marshfield to North Bend set for bid July 1. Obituary notes Oliver P. Kaubb aged 78 near Colnig. Nashville bridge collapse causes livestock loss. Badger mine in Susanville district trims workforce for upgrades. Lincoln county to repair Big Elk river bridge at Elk City and Yauina river bridge at Pioneer. Lucky Boy mill adds five stamps. machinery arrives at Springfield for haul to Blue River. Philomath plans Fourth of July celebration. Hillsboro council approves 500 feet of home. Roseburg prepays for July 4 celebration. Blalock wool sale at 60,000 pounds for 10 cents. Bakir City horse shipments to the East. Barn of BL Brooks at Sandridge destroyed by fire. Huntington high school to five nine months term. Washington County Sunday School Association set June 6 at Forest Grove. Inland Telephone crews string extra wires between La Grande and Wallowa county. Deep Gravel Mining Company takes over Wimer Broad & Co. mining holdings at Waldo.
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Europa
Yaquina Bay
Marshfield
North Bend
Oliver P. Kaubb
Jencer
Colnirg
Nashville
Badger
Susanville
Lincoln County Court
Big Elk River
Elk City
Yauina River
Pioneer
Blalock
Bakir City
BL. Brooks
Sandridge
Imber
Huntington High School
First Payment for Cruiser to Turkey Reported
A cable message to William Cramp & Sons states the Ottoman Bank has sent the first payment for the Turkish government cruiser. Doubt over construction ends as payment clears the way for continued work on the vessel.
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Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons
Turkey
Imperial Ottoman Bank
Prices and rates for grains livestock and dairy products listed
A dense list shows Wheatbluestem and other grain prices per bushel per barrel and ton, followed by hay, dairy, poultry and meat rates. Regional figures include Oregon products and Eastern Oregon wool and mohair. Police counts for several cities and Hawley canal protection stance noted.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Oregon
It.c
Oregon Ranch
Young America
Mrs. McKinley Worsens As Health Fails In White House
Washington June 4 Mrs McKinley remains very weak with no clear gain in strength day by day. The illness has reduced her vitality to feebleness and doctors fear the condition may progress without a notable improvement. Officials report she passed a comfortable night but the situation remains grave and unsettled.
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Washington
Unique claim in Congress over burned government bonds
Heirs of Joseph L. Lewis of Trenton plan to seek restoration of burned government bonds. Lewis, a bachelor, left 75 000 to 100 000 to relatives and directed the remainder be invested in bonds to reduce the public debt and burned the bonds. About 996 000 in bonds were burned 25 years ago. Now distant relatives seek restoration via a bill in the next Congress.
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Washington, Jones
Joseph L. Lewis
Trenton
N. J
Lewis
Disappearance of Baldwins Agent L J Gordon in Russia
The Press reports L James Gordon Baldwins sales and contracting agent in Russia vanished in St Petersburg last January. He is said to have been arrested by Russian authorities on unknown charges and confined in the Neva fortress. An American ambassador has been asked to intervene by Gordon's brother and two sisters visiting New York, but no result is yet reported.
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New York
L. James Gordon
Russia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
St. Petersburg
Gordon
St. Pteersburg
the Neva
Great Tehuantepec Fire Destroys Brands and Crops
Details from Oaxaca report a ten day blaze on the Tehuantepec isthmus starting at a coffee plantation. More than 70 people perished as flames overwhelmed dry vegetation. The fire consumed thousands of acres of coffee trees bananas oranges and other crops before a tropical rain finally quenched it.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Customs receipts from Philippine imports rise to $1.7 million
A treasury department statement shows duties on articles imported from the Philippine islands between April 1, 1899, and March 31, 1901 totaling $1,867,017. Sugar accounted for $866,042, cigars for $110,539, and the rest for miscellaneous goods.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Philippine Islands
Argentine Scientist Unveils Advanced Wireless System
From Buenos Ayres comes news that engineer Senor Ricardoni has completed experiments with an improved wireless telegraphy method. The results were very satisfactory and he plans to test a submarine boat of his own design soon, which he believes outperforms existing models.
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New York
the Herald
Buenos
Dominion Revolution Crushed in Santo Domingo
Kingston Jamaica June 4 reports say the Santo Domingo uprising was crushed at its outset with many rebels shot or jailed. Among the detainees is a son of the late president. Colombian ports offer little cargo as export duties rise to cover costs of the conflict.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Santo Domingo
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