From Poorhouse to Palace Chapter XI Mary Howard's school
Mary Howard teaches a district class at Rice Corner in a bustling village. Widow Perkins distrusts the pauper teacher, while Mary earns trust, gains friends, and attracts visitor Mr Stuart who eyes her closely. Mary receives news of George Moreland and awaits next steps toward education at Wilbraham.
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Brown School
Mary Howard
Rice Corner
Perkins
Mr. Knighe
Mary
Sally Ann
Sulley Billy
Uemphe
Ella
Knight
Mrs. Mason
Mee Perkins
Sally Aon
Sally Ace
Liddy Knight
Mrs. Perkins
Sally
Delia Frost
Lydia Knight
Mr. Stuart
Lydia
Sonnybody
Stuart
Perkina
Sid
Uncle Jim
Dolly
Mr. Knight
Iallus
Charlotte
Mr. Night
Mrs
Mra
Mason
Judith
Wilbraham
Mount Holyoke
Rose
Ida Seldena
Martha
Miss Lyon
Ida
Mrs. Campbell
Jenny
Cures for Drug Victims Proclaimed by New York Church Union
A New York church union backs a Dr W N Richie scheme claimed to cure morphine and other drug addicts. The plan includes a mysterious panacea said to be infallible and supported by prominent clergymen and licensed physicians. A donation fund is set up for patients unable to pay, with the origin of the cure traced to a German savant.
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New York
W. N. Richie
Richie
Richle
Weekly Wrap of Happenings Across Continents and States
A digest noting rising Philippine customs revenues but strikes in San Francisco and Minnesota Tornadoes hit South Dakota and Minnesota causing damage. Cailles remains defiant in Santa Cruz and Von Waldersee slated for princely title on return to Germany. Battleships Illinois and Oregon reach their theaters while capital punishment laws see amendments.
Death of Prof Truman H Safford of Williams College
A notice reports the death of Professor Truman Henry Safford mathematician and astronomer aged 65. Born in Royalton Vermont he gained early fame for mental calculation and astronomical work. Burial will be in Williamstown Massachusetts.
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Truman H Safford
Williams College
New York
Truman Henry Safford
College Burying Ground
Williamstown
Mass
Royalton
Harvard College
Oysters and Baptism Water Mentioned With Historic Notes
A fragmented notice cites 14000 oysters per ton and Jordan River water exported for baptism. It notes Georgia graduates about 30000 Black students funded by Northern money, and references Bishop Synesius of Cyrene from ancient Greek Africa 400 years after Christ.
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Jordan
Georgia
Synesius
Cyrene
Africa
Three Men in a Boat Rescue Near Sheet Harbor
After sailing 700 miles in an open boat to aid the Border Knight, Mathie and two crewmen reached Sheet Harbor to learn the ship had been towed 450 miles to Bilboa by the Durance. The Border Knight had endured a broken tail shaft and scarce provisions before rescue signals drew help.
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Halifax
Border Knight
Mathie
Sheet Harbor
Durance
Philadelphia
Bilboa
W. F. Splatt
Bermuda
Africa
Mr. Mathie
Cape Verde Islands
New York
Fire destroys West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana
The West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana burned early today. The fire reportedly destroyed the entire building and belongings of hundreds of guests. Communications with Indianapolis failed during the incident, and nearby fire departments could not reach the scene due to transportation limits. Property value estimated at about 1 million dollars with only 100000 dollars of insurance.
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West Baden Springs
West Baden
Indiana
Indianapolis
Four Die As Czar Shipwrecks Off Cabot Island Coast
The schooner Czar carrying 70 people including fishermen and families was driven ashore in fog and gale on Cabot Island New Foundland. Four men drowned six injured while women and children survived after two days on the island with no food or shelter until a passing vessel rescued them and brought to the mainland. The wreck left belongings lost and the survivors faced a dire night before rescue.
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St. Johns
N. F
Labrador
Cabot Island
New Foundland
Chinese reformer sails to start revolution in China
San Yet Sen leaves the America Mary for China to overthrow the Empress Dowager and mandarins. He aims for a Chinese government modeled after the American system with strong backing from prominent whites and thousands of natives. This marks his third revolution attempt.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
San Yet Sen
America
China
Life of Perpetual Motion Seeker Ends in Suicide
William Herford, an elderly German immigrant from Williamsburg, New York, shot himself in his carpenter shop after 30 years of effort to unlock perpetual motion. He was found with a bullet in his brain, pipe clenched, head on a plank.
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New York
William Herford
Williamsburg
Oregon commercial progress and public works sweep state
News of the state reviews industrial growth and projects across Oregon including new electric light company formation in Salem and street railway systems, Lakeview water tiling, road and street improvements in Athena, and school district bonding plans in Malheur County.
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Salem
Prices of farm products and commodities in 1900s market listing
The survey lists Wheat at 62e to 62c per bushel, flour grades 2.90 to 3.40 per barrel, oats around 1.30 to 1.35 per cental, barley 17 to 17.50 per ton, bran 17, midioe 21.50, shorts 20, timothy hay 12.50, clover 9.50, Oregon wild hay 6 to 7, hops 11 to 14c per lb, wool 11 to 18c, mohair 20 to 21c. Butter around 11 to 17c, eggs 12 to 12.4c, cheese 12.5 to 13.5c, poultry prices varied, potatoes 1 to 1.20 per sack old and 14 to 22c fresh, mutton 4.25 to 7c, veal 6 to 7c, beef 4.25 to 7c, with other regional price notes and rising mining titles post 1892. The United States leads in fruit production with strawberries valued at 80 million and grapes at 100 million.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Wool — Valley
Young America
Surprise Boers defeat reported near Welmansrust
London reports Lord Kitchener cabled from Pretoria that 250 Victoria mounted rifles under General Beaston were surprised at Steenkoolspruit by a superior Boer force on June 12. Two officers and 16 men were killed, 4 officers and 38 men wounded, with two officers and 50 men escaping. Prisoners were captured and released. two pom were taken. The loss is seen as a serious setback for the Australians, though Dewet was defeated elsewhere.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Welmansrust
Middleburg
Victoria Mounted Rifles
Beaston
Steenkoolspruit
Kamp
Dewet
Botha
Kruger
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Bulawayo
Japan's War on Rats in Tokyo Public Health Drive
From Yokohama and Tokyo reports a rat escape prompts medical authorities to intensify a nationwide rat control effort. Tokyo votes 99000 yen for traps and offers 6 sen bounty per rat as part of drastic sanitary measures despite political cabinet turmoil.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Tokio
Imperial University
Strike of trackmen halts work on Canadian Pacific
Vancouver residents report that all Canadian Pacific trackmen will strike at 6 a m tomorrow after eastern division workers failed to gain a 20 cent daily wage increase. Officials warn the wage rise would cost about 400000 dollars annually, with other men securing duties to monitor bridges and tracks while trains are expected to operate as usual tomorrow.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Train wreck near Rincon injures two SP workers
A Southern Pacific narrow gauge passenger train from San Francisco derailed today near Rincon, Santa Cruz. Engineer James Stanley and fireman Henry Coyle were seriously hurt as the locomotive tender and baggage car were smashed. The passenger car with about 40 passengers stayed on the track on the curve.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Rincon
James Stanley
Henry Coyle
Battle on the Tonkin Frontier Report
The steamship Tacoma brings news from Hong Kong that French forces in Tonkin lost four officers and 17 soldiers in a clash with marauding bands of Chinese. Over 500 attackers, including 1,000 regulars, were involved. Chinese women were killed and the raiders were driven into Kwangse province.
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Tacoma
Hong Kong
Tonkin
Kwang Se
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von Waldersee
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Forestry Bureau of the Philippines
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Yangtse
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Minnesota
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Rough Riders’ Association
Ind
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Commonwealth
Eugene
Whitney Council
Columbia River
Rogue River Mining & Milling Company
Foots Creek
Lakeview Water Company
Lakeview
Westfall
Ontario
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Coquille City
Marion County
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Gru
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J. H. Timon
Lampey Creek
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Stage Gulch
Portland Markets
Mexico
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United States
Victoria Mounted
Japan
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Tonkin Frontier
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