Poorhouse Girl Finds Hope In Woods And Friends
Mary Howard, living in a Boston poorhouse, forms fragile bonds with Jenny Lincoln and Billy Bender. She endures teasing about her teeth, supports Alice’s ailing fate, and anticipates Jenny’s return while navigating class tensions and new schooling. Jenny reports on George Moreland in Boston as Mary eyes a brighter future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury
Miss Grundy
Mary
Henry Lincoln
Billy
Rose
Mary Howard
Jenny Lincoln
Jenny
Henry
Billy Bender
George Moreland
England
America
Franky
Boston
George
Ida Seldon
Sally
Toshes
Alice
Little Alice
Ida
Terra Firma
Clodhopper
Bill
Week's Happenings Span Wars, Disasters and Politics
A digest of events includes the America's Cup race set for September 21, treaties with Tunis under dispute, Mrs McKinley’s progress on her return, a suicide near Kalama Washington, jail escapes in Salem Oregon, Leyte frauds, a Russian financier’s death, resignations by Senators Tillman and McLaurin, Filipino leaders Cailles and Malver surrender, Sengheng colliery deaths, Oregon ore collection for a mining congress, McKinley pardoning Alexander McKenzie, booming Sumpter mining, Pekin garrison tensions with Germany, press ban in St Petersburg, a fatal trolley crash near Albany New York, insurgent cases dropped, Kaiser Wilhelm steward arrested, Washington courthouse purchase settles capital question, last American troops exit Pekin, McKinley reviews troops at Presidio, Bresci’s suicide, West Point cadet appeals, unauthorised steamboat on Columbia, Midway robbery, Elizabethtown flood losses, a royal yacht squall wreck with no deaths, Vancouver bank liabilities, a new battleship plan, Mrs McKinley’s slow improvement, Boutelle’s death, machinists scale signings and strikes, English coal tax, German expeditions pleasing Russia, more US volunteers returning from the Philippines, British Columbia floods, 57 gypsies deported, Manila clerk forged MacArthur’s name, Ohio congressmen in Portland, Nome fortune builders to erect hospital in Chicago, Italy literacy progress, Stanford bans ads in Daily Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Tunis
Mckinley
Kalama
Wash
Salem
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Tillman and McLaurin
South Carolina
Cailles
Malver
Sengheng
Oregon
International Mining Congress
Alexander McKenzie
Nome
Albany
N. Y
Carman
Carranza
Kaiser Wilhelm
Washington
Thurston County
Pekin
Presidio
Bresci
King Thumbert
Italy
West Point
Midway
B. C
Robels
Elizabethtown
Tenn
King Edward
Vancouver
Naval Board of Construction
United States
Mra. McKinley
Boutelle
Maine
Shamrock
England
Germany
China
Philippines
British Columbia
Adjutant General's
Manila
MacArthur
Ohio
Portland
Mary Weeps Under Apple Tree in Orchard
An October afternoon finds Mary sobbing under an apple tree in the orchard. Alice tries to comfort her as she remains inconsolable, despite stepping sounds approaching on the grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chayter VII
Mary
Alice
Signs of decline in Alice spotted by Sally
Alice falters as spring progresses while Sally notices clear signs of decay. She hides the worry from Mary though Mary’s life appears bright. Mr. and Mrs. Parker treat her with kindness as Uncle remains nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Sally
Mary
Mrs. Parker
Primitive healing and modern surgery among Kaffirs described
The Leisure Hour recounts how African healing evolved under European doctors as Kaffirs resist change. Old methods used earth to set broken bones, while a lad briefly treated by Europeans required months more to heal. Kaffir doctors are hereditary, and the langl is shifting toward thanks and farewell phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Bride Weeps After Ceremony Forgetting Her Train
The account notes a bride shedding tears after the ceremony, with grief over leaving her home. She forgets herself and raises her long satin train as she proceeds down the aisle, a detail reflecting emotion during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle
McKinley Completes San Francisco Visit and Returns
President McKinley finishes a tour in San Francisco meeting all scheduled groups and Mrs. McKinley’s health improves. They depart at 10 AM with careful security for Mrs. McKinley, traveling by special boat to Oakland and then by train to Washington with two attending nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
McKinley
National Capital
Att
Foreign Consular Corps
Palace Hotel
Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Loyal Legion
Oakland
California Street
M. E
Epworth League
Christian Endeavor Societies
Washington
Stockton
Eclipse Photographs From Sumatra Eclipse Observe
Lick Observatory reports Perrine in charge of the Crocker eclipse expedition sent from Sumatra has secured usable photographs amid cloud drift. The long eclipse may yield results comparable to prior events with coronal streamer hoods first seen in the Indian eclipse of LS08. Further details await Derrine's letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
Lick Observatory
Perrine
Crocker
Sumatra
Boundary survey to define US Canada line from coast to Rockies
A joint international survey party of United States and Canadian engineers prepares to redefine the boundary from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains. The team disputes 1859 and 1861 surveys and aims to settle the Mount Baker mining district claim with Lt. Sinclair leading the US group and J H McArthur directing Canadian surveyors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Mount Baker
Sinclair
Coast and Geodetic Survey
J.H. McArthur
Multiplex Telegraphy Enables Eight Messages Over One Wire
The multiplex system of telegraphy by the late Henry A. Rowland, now in Germany, transmits eight messages on a single line at 40 words per minute. A typewriter keyboard operator sends the messages and a small recorder prints or tapes the text at the receiving end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henry A. Rowland
Germany
Landslide at Climax Nine damages and closures in Baker City
The Climax nine landslide near Baker City Oregon caused heavy damage after a water ditch overflow. The main tunnel mouth was blocked by timbers boulders and debris requiring blasting to reopen over ten days. Restoring destroyed buildings and lost property will take several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker City
Buldings
No Smallpox Report Clears Indiana Troops For Boarding
Doctors reviewing the suspected smallpox case on the United States transport Indiana have determined the illness is not smallpox. The troops are cleared to go aboard the Indiana today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
United States
Indiana
Growth and Happenings Across the Oregon Commonwealth
Commercial and financial roundup notes fires in Oregon City prospects for Fourth of July events at Baker City and a Baker City ice plant opening by July 1. Odd Fellows encampment at Baker City and Kaolin development near Huntington are reported along with new Sunday train service efforts for Forest Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Baker City
Huntington
Forest Grove
Incinity
Richmond
Electric car crash kills five in Albany switch collision
In Albany New York on May 27 two electric streetcars racing toward a single track switch at about 40 miles per hour collided head on. Five people died and more than 40 were injured as the cars tore apart at a curve two miles from Greenbush. Surgeons and ambulances rushed wounded to hospitals while a makeshift morgue filled in the post office lobby. The crash likely resulted from one car attempting to take a second switch rather than wait for the northbound car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Greenbusch
Albany & Hudson Railway
East Greenbush
Market Prices and Trade Notes From Diverse Regions
Wheat prices in Walla Walla valley range from 60c to 62e per bushel with various grain and hay values listed. International notes include Tangier rifles sold to Shereetian government and a 12 cent telegram, while New York City improvements loom at 277 800 000 dollars. US fruit output leads globally with strawberries valued at 80 million and grapes at 100 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Wool — Valley
Tangier
New York City
United States
Severe Wind Storm Ravages Utah Nevada Four States
A May 28 wind storm across Nevada Utah Southern Idaho Wyoming and Colorado caused hundreds of thousands in damage and disrupted telegraph and telephone service for about 24 hours. Ogden suffered roof loss and outages while Logan Hooper and Five Points saw extensive crop and property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Ogden
Baptist
Logan
Smithfield
Hooper
Great Salt Lake
New Mexico Mine Accident Fatalities and Injuries Reported
In Santa Rita mine Grant county an explosion mishap during blasting cleanup left one worker dead and several others seriously injured. Authorities say a blast failed to explode and the team attempted to clear the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
Santa Rita
Grant County
Steamers Sail for Nome From San Francisco
Three steamers departed for Nome including the Conemaugh carrying 2600 tons of general freight with no passengers the Portland loaded with 400 tons of mail and a crew half of whom are Northern Commercial Company employees bound for Unalaska Dutch Harbor St Michael and Nome and the Valencia carrying around 200 passengers and all supplies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nome
Conemaugh
Portland
Northern Commercial Company
Unalaska
Datel Harbor
St. Michael
Valencia
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Mary J. Holmes
Ella
Gilbert
Sal
Worcester
Peter
Sumpter, Or
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremyra
Columbia River
Chicago
Stanford University
California
Palo Alto
Eclipse Photographs
Lick
Boudary
United States-Canada Line
News OF the
Oregon City
Thomas Campbell
Monmouth
Baldwin Sheep & Land Comny
Hay Creek
Publc
Columbia River Packers’ Association
Willamette and Clackamas River
Oreon City
State Reform School
la Grande
Albany Council
Willamette
Linn
Benton
Eugene
Postal Deparrtment
River Road
Miller Fruit Dryer
Santa Clara School House
Irving Road
Siuslow Stage Road
Kemp School House
Foot Hilla
Martin Brick Yard
Hawkins Road
New Zealand
New Mexico
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