Mount Holyoke students in Chicopee era ties and admissions
In the Mount Holyoke segment Jenny Mary and Rose navigate school life from the Chicopee visit to the South Hadley seminary. Mrs Mason funds Mary's education, Billy Bender plans to join a law office, and Mary contends with affection toward George while Rose schemes around her. Mary grapples with generosity, friendship, and a hidden past as she prepares for exams.
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Jenny
Mary
Chicopee
Sturbridge
Ella Campbell
Henry Lincoln
Henry
Perkins
Harry
Billy
Billy Bender
Ella
Mrs. Mason
Mount Holyoke
Boston
Rose Lincoln
South Hadley
Rose
Martha
Seminary
Miss Lyon
Ida
Hose
Madam Howard
Lacy Downs
Ida Selden
Miss Downs
Idea
Allie
George Moreland
Miss Selden
Chorge
Ida Little
George
Mr. Selden
Mis. Mason
Graduation Struggles at Mount Holyoke School
As the term ends Ida prepares for the annual exam while Rose and Jenny leave Mount Holyoke after clashes with family expectations. Mary, exempt from sisters’ success, laments missing music and plans to visit Boston next winter with Ida and Aunt Martha.
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Mount Holyoke
Ida
Rose
Jenny
Mr. Lincoln
Mary
Henry
Billy Bender
Boston
Martha
Imper'an Happenings of the Day Review
A broad roundup notes three deaths in a Pittsburg storm and various world events. Insurgent prisoners on Luzon to be released. Chaffee named Philippines military governor. Cortes captured suspected. battles and riots across multiple regions reported. Also: McKinley to visit northwest. Hay son dies. floods, fires, and ship losses. new political parties and strikes. and economic/tariff updates.
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Luzon
Arollio
Batangas
McKinley
Columbia
Earl Russell
House of Lords
Indiana
Manila
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Cortez
Chailles
Santa Cruz
Chaffee
Philippines
Taft Named Civil Governor for Philippine Islands
The president plans civil government in the Philippines effective July 4 1901 with William H Taft as civil governor under the Philippine commission. The change shifts executive civil duties from military to civilian authority while preserving ongoing control in insurrectionary areas.
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Washington
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
William H. Taft
Secretary of War
United States
Philipine Commission
The
Elihu Root
Massachusetts Passes Hell Gate Under Sailor Pilotless Test
In a historic maneuver Henry M. Manney piloted the battleship Massachusetts through Hell Gate without a pilot. The feat, witnessed by river crowds, suggests that a similarly drafted battleship could pass fortifications in emergencies. Secretary Long ordered that ships of this size not navigate Hell Gate except in great emergencies.
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New York
Hell Gate
Ee Henry M. Manney
Massachusetts
Willet's Point
Fort Schuyler
Long
Manney
Strikers Fire Upon Nonunion Miners at Matewan
In Matewan West Virginia June 22 striking union miners confronted Maritime mine workers led by Superintendent Lambert. Armed guards opened fire with Winchesters killing two miners and wounding another as sheriff Hatfield arrived with 50 deputies amid rising tensions in Mingo County.
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Matewan
W. Va
Lambert
Mingo
Hatfield
Brotherhood of Railway Employes to Move HQ to Denver
George Estes president announces headquarters of the Brotherhood of Railway Employes will move from San Francisco to Denver soon. The order admits all railway workers regardless of line, is relatively new, and claims large Western membership.
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Denver
George Estes
Broterhood of
Brotherhood
San Francisco
Righting the Ingalls to Float Capsized Army Transport
Divers work to close the Ingalls porte and hatches at Brooklyn as pumps prepare the hull for pumping out and righting. The ship does not appear seriously damaged and floatation efforts are expected to proceed tomorrow.
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New York
Brooklyn
Growth and Happenings Across Oregon Industries
Two Benton county farmers bought a clover huller. Sherman county expects a large wheat yield. Mines in Robisonville district bonded. Four hundred head of cattle sold near Eugene at $17 each. Badger mine ore shipped to San Francisco two carloads every five days. New road Whitney to Alamo under way to shorten distance and expand shipments. A Eugene steam laundry to start. Southern Pacific opens downtown Salem ticket office. Frosts kill fruit in Eagle and Pine valleys and injure grains clover and alfalfa. Quartz gulch near Alamo sold for $25000 with intent to build a mill. Baker county taxes for 1900 total nearly $60000, collected in about 60 days.
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Benton County
Sherman County
Robinsonville
Eugene
Badger
Oregon
San Francisco
Whitney
Alamo
Eagle
Pine
Quartz Gulch
Iowa
Portland Prepares a Spectacular Independence Day Celebration
Portland gears up for July Fourth with large surprise plans and a big welcome. Cheap railroad fares will bring visitors from nearby towns, bands from outside communities will provide music, and all local societies are invited to parade. L D Cole, advertising chair, promotes the event as possibly the city’s largest ever гост
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Portland
L. D. Cole
West Virginia Flood Devastates Keystone and Pocahontas Mines
A devastating rain storm and flood in Keystone and surrounding Pocahontas coal fields cuts rail and telegraph lines from Bluefields to Vivian Yard. Officials estimate up to 200 dead, with property losses near 2 million dollars and widespread wreckage of bridges and coal plants.
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Adelbert
Hay
New Haven
Conn
Oregon
Davis
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Bluefields
W. Va
Johnstown
Norfolk & Western
Elkhorn
Keystone
Vivian
Commodities price list and naval remarks to Japan event
A market rundown lists wheat and flour prices for Valley and Oregon regions with figures for oats barley hay and wool. It notes Admiral Rogers to represent the US at the Perry monument unveiling in Japan and mentions Sampson's medals for the Ratiago Bay battle. Digestive times for various foods are provided.
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Admiral Rogers
United States
Perry
Japan
Sampson
Ratiago Bay
Fighting in the South Forty Insurgents Killed or Wounded
In Albay near Sorsogon, about 40 insurgents were killed or wounded in recent clashes. Witnesses in commissary cases face theft charges. Provost General Davis proposes Manila municipal government plan. The U S Philippine commission copes with changes. Washington seeks 10000 to fund 50 Filipino teachers for a year in U S normal schools. Two hundred soldier prisoners to be sent to the United States aboard the transport Indiana.
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Manila
Sorsogon
Albay
Davis
United States Philippine Commission
Washington
United States
Indiana
Explosion Kills Three On Oregon & Washington Railroad
Kalama Washington June 24 three men were killed and five injured by a premature blast on the Oregon and Washington Railroad scene just south of town in a deep cut about half a mile from Kalama. About twenty five workers were present at a drill site two men loaded a twelve foot hole with No 2 giant powder and had placed about one hundred sticks before the explosion occurred.
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Kalama
Wash
Oregon & Washington
Cnt
Americans Invade the Rand's Mining Scene
London dispatch reports a Johannesburg correspondent alleging American purchase of Rand mines shares and machinery. The letter claims U S buyers are expanding influence with British apathy and notes rumors of efforts to acquire poorer Rand mines.
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London
Johannesburg
Eee Mail
Americas
Rand
Boer invasion of Cape Colony grows with 7000 to 10000 men
London reports no word from Lord Kitchener on the Waterkloof mishap as Cape Colony sees a serious Boer invasion. A letter to the Daily Mail from Cape Town dated June 5 cites 7000 to 10000 invaders moving through eastern and midland districts, recruiting and gathering horses.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Waterkloops
Cape Colony
Ily Mail
Cape Town
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