Poorhouse 7 Palace by Mary J Holmes Chapter I
A shipboard tale follows Mary Howard a plain sickly girl and her cousin Ella as they travel from England to America. George Moreland grows fond of Ella while neglecting Mary, who nurses a fever patient on deck and wins his thanks. They arrive in Boston as Mary remains loyal to the ill boy.
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Windermere
Old England
Mary Howard
Ella
Mary
Howard
Sarah
Jane
Mrs. Morris
America
Mr. Temple
Aloe
Frank
Liverpool
George Moreland
Boston
Mr. Selden
Mother
Franky
George
Peter
Mrs. Howard
Ida Selden
Ida
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Chicopee
Usebour
Campbell
Mrs. Johnson
Johnson
Ella Campbell
Vast World Happenings Spotlight Week in Review
A sweeping weekly roundup reports famine driving court action in Sinan Fu, bubonic plague in Honolulu, battles between Boers and British, and revolutions in Russia and Colombia. It notes fires in Nashville and Chicago, oil gushers at Beaumont, Peru’s and Spain’s political shifts, and naval moves including the Ohio launching ceremony and trans Atlantic steamship trust talks.
Narrow Mountain Descent Ends With Safe Ferry Crossing
A stage coach descends Suicker's gap along the Blue Ridge toward the Shenandoah River. An accident to the harness forces the driver to steer over banked brakes at high speed. He keeps the horses on their feet, plunges into the river, and the coach is brought to a standstill by the current. Row boats assist as repairs are made and the journey resumes.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Campbell Extracts Noted Phrases About Foretelling
The poet Campbell notes that coming events cast shadows before and distance lends enchantment to the view, illustrating how anticipation and perspective shape perception in verse.
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Campbell
France Poses Indemnity Settlement For China At 1 365 000 Francs
Paris reports Pekin delivered the indemnity report setting China’s payment at 1 365 000 francs. France Germany Russia and Japan favor higher customs duties to raise funds while the United States and Great Britain oppose an increase. Negotiations are expected to be prolonged by divisions among powers and differing approaches.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Pekin
M. Pichon
China
United States
England
South Africa
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Two Robbers Caught in Paris Ex press Heist
Paris authorities report the arrest of the principal suspect in the American Express Co office robbery on April 26. George Miler, using alias James Samuel, lived in Paris as a barber. Detectives traced three English-appearing men. Miler carried stolen checks worth 6000 francs and tools including dynamite, jimmies, a metal saw and drills. Another thief was arrested at Amiena with baggage seized. further arrests expected.
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Paris
American Express Co
George Miler
James Samuel
Miler
Amiena
Snoqualmie Falls Tablet Prepared for President McKinley
Snoqualmie Falls Power Co plans a silver tablet eight by six inches for President McKinley’s Seattle visit. It features Snoqualmie Falls etched in eel gold with rocks and trees, plus an attached leaf bearing an inscription and a rock-cut plan of the work room.
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Seattle
Alaska steamship rate war cuts fares to Lyng canal
Heavy slashing in the Alaska steamship rate war cuts first class to Lyng canal to 10 dollars and second class to 5 dollars, from previous 25 and 16. Freight rates see similar reductions as carriers compete for traffic to Alaska towns.
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Seattle
Lyng Canal
Great Fire Destroys San Juan Pier and Stock
The new 150000 dollar pier in San Juan Porto Rico burned this afternoon and was destroyed in about thirty minutes. A large stock of sugar and rum was lost. The fire still rages and threatens the stores of the customs house.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Custom House
Veto Repeals Insurance Tax Rise in Denver Session
Denver May 3 Governor Orman vetoed the bill raising the insurance tax from two to three percent of gross receipts. He allowed the capital punishment restoration bill to become law without his signature.
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Denver
Orman
Large Grain Crop Prospects Bright in Oregon
Eugene Oregon May 3 farmers report rains improved crops and prospects. Lane county grain crops are more than assured and crop prospects are brighter than ever. A United States department of agriculture report notes that grain can be matured anywhere in Alaska.
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Eugene, Or
Lane County
United States Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Oregon State News: Brief Review of Growth and Happenings
Oregon reports varied activity across industries and communities. Wheat trades at Weston and DeMoss Springs, a soldier memorial work begins in Eugene, and a Bonanza mine boiler arrives from Sumpter. Fire destroys the Seavey farmhouse, Athena buys a street rock crusher, and road and telecommunication projects advance.
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Eugene
Weston
Lost Child in Desert Dies of Hunger and Exposure
A five year old girl, daughter of W B Matthews ex county commissioner, was found dead in a Horse Heaven desert badger hole eighteen miles from home after five days of search. A boy eight and a girl five were sent to find lost cattle. only the boy reached home with a cowboy aiding, the girl vanished and was presumed lost overnight.
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Yakima
Wash
Horse Heaven Country
Badger Hole
W. B. Matthews
Yakima County
Yangtse Uprising Sparks British Dispatches and German Source Claims
London reports confirm secret disaffected groups in Yangtse province planning general risings. The British consul at Nankin asks for troops in readiness to aid Taoti in preserving order as Shanghai and German sources note French involvement.
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London
Yangtse
Shanghai
Morning Post
Nankin
Brennan
Commodity Prices Across Wheat and Livestock Markets
Market list shows prices for wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, hops, wool, mohair, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, mutton, beef, veal, and pork goods. Includes varied grades and unit terms across Oregon and valley regions with 1899 crop notes.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Wool — Valley
Exile and wildlife reports mark distant regions and times
The article notes that about a thousand Turks have been exiled in the past L years while wolves increase across northern Canada's forests. It also cites a German savant claiming rural postmen existed in Egypt 4000 years ago and reports a New Jersey firm capitalized at one million dollars to produce flour from sweet potatoes in Vine land.
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Canada
Egypt
Vineland
N. J
Battle Ship Iowa Launches After Repairs At Bremerton
The battleship Iowa was launched at Bremerton navy yard after a rapid overhaul. Admiral Casey praised the ship’s equipment and facilities as crowds of spectators watched the flooding and launch from the wet dock in Seattle.
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Iowa
Seattle
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy Department
Admiral Casey
Post Offices Established in Oregon and Washington States
Northwest Postal Orders reports Rock Creek Oregon a post office established to be supplied by special service from Haines Edward P Castor named postmaster Riverlight Washington established on Mabton route Elbert L Gravee commissioned postmaster at the office
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Washington
Rock Creek
Baker County
Haines
Edward P. Castor
Yakima County
W.ton
Mabton
Elbert L. Gravee
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Sinan Fu
Honolulu
Tien Tsin
Chicago
McElroy
Southampton
Ohio
Pei Ho
Colombia
Nashville, Tenn
Manchuria
Beaumont, Tex
McKinley
San Francisco
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine Army Barracks
Philippines
el Paso
Tex
Diaz
Mexico
Vanderbilt
Gould
Union Pacific
New Orleans
Alfonso
Spain
American Express
Springfield
Mich
Great Northern
Montana
Carrie Nation
Wichita, Kan
Pacific Coast
Loomis
Venezuela
Buffalo
Palettee, Washington
Tte
Manila
Chaffee's
The
Memphis
Louisville
Oregon State News
Commonwealth
DeMoss Springs
J. H. Eggert
Vient
Bonanza
Sumpter
Thomas Seavey
Athena
Blue River
Calapooia
Baker — Panhandle
Ash
Grant's Pass
Williams
Baker City
John Day
Hood River Fruit Growers’ Union
Fred J. Runmmel
Mammoth Mine
Dalles
W.C. Peterson
Brownsville
Malheur County
Geer
J. G. Suherman
Portland
Champoeg
Willamette River
Hwai Lu
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
Morrison
Times
Northwest Postal Orders
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