The Custom of the Family Ends in a Grand Murder
In a narrator recounting a cursed family tradition, the great-great grandson contemplates murder as an inherited duty. He plans to kill his friend Trevalian, a fit victim, but discovers a hidden manuscript proving his father already fulfilled the task. Overwhelmed, he realizes the lineage’ s murderous code outshines his feeble attempt and chooses to abandon the custom in a blaze of legacy.
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Nicholas Brun
Roset Wasa
Elmost
Eustace
BC Jauch
Egain
Qerevalian
Anddea
Trevalian
Nicholas
Trevalin
Rome
France
Trevelian
Building the Turkish Railroad to Mecca
Turkish soldiers are constructing the line under a German civil engineer. The project is funded by voluntary contributions from supporters worldwide and covered the rest by special taxes.
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Mecca
Mostems
The Haunted House and a Ghost of a Boy
A morning walk with Dr Thayer reveals a haunted house as a boy’s memory. The ghost embodies a child’s happiness destroyed by parental self love, leaving the family broken and the home in sorrow. The tale follows the boy’s lost ideal and a narrator’s ache at Spruce Street.
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Mr. Thayer
Spruce Street
Specters
Canada
New York
Sheet
Hhis
Scarce Alligators and Wealthy Youths Fad
The New York Times notes scarce alligators and a fad among wealthy children to carry stuffed alligators as playthings. Pets range from a foot to 18 inches, with mouths open and tails tied by taxidermists. Adults, including nurses, are seen on pleasant days with these toy reptiles.
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New York Times
Mineral Wealth of the South from The World's Work
The South yields about one seventh of U S mineral production with large shares in coal iron ore phosphate rock and pigments The region’s coal resources total nearly 600 million tons about a quarter of the nation’s reserve Iron ore reserves valued at roughly 3 09 billion tons equaling about one third of the national total The South also supplies over two sevenths of oil and over one sixth of gas reflecting a broad mineral wealth profile
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Cmes
South
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Armous
Lake Superior
Post Office At Singapore A Case Of Babel Letters
The Singapore post at St Martin's is a Babel of languages with letters for Europeans Eurasians Malays Tamils Bengalis Parsees Arabs Armenians Sinhalese and others The Malay postman faces Mohammedan rituals dogs and tense streets as he reads addresses aloud at every house and battles delays while prayer times constrain his routes.
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Singapore
St. Martin's-le-grand
Sinsapae
The Japanese Merchant How Contracts Are Evaded
A historical critique describes Japanese merchants as evading contracts when markets move, with nonbinding interpretations of obligations. The piece cites a United States Government official in Japan illustrating how payments and deliveries are renegotiated to shift risk, risking profit if the other party resists.
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United States
Japan
Saving Fertility Claim on Butter and Straw Value
A local feature argues that a man who makes butter at home and feeds his skimmed milk to his family can preserve fertility by selling mined fertility for two dollars worth of straw just as with two dollars worth of butter.
Outing for New York's Poor on the Hudson River piers
A vivid New York Herald essay describes a muggy summer night at a recreation pier along the Hudson North River, where cheering crowds, music, and diverse workers relax amid heat and scarcity. The piece paints a scene of joy, sadness, and resilience among Italian, Hebrew, and other immigrant families, with children and veterans blending into the crowded riverside gathering.
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North River
Great River
New York
Katie
Billy
Jeweled hand ornament stuns Newport dinner crowds
A Newport novelty tale recounts a young woman wearing a diamond studded hand ornament that nearly covers the back of the hand, anchored by fine gold chains to rings on two fingers and a bracelet. Jewel collectors praise the innovation, hoping to display more gems at dinners as orders roll in.
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Newport Astir
Aintine
York
Dialogue Exchange From London Tit-Bits
A fragment from London Tit-Bits presents a brief exchange where two lieutenants discuss a horse bought last week. They reflect hope the animal’s head will lift once payment is settled, implying financial action will resolve the issue.
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London
Doan's Kidney Pills Cited In Medical Endorsement
A reader from Frederick Maryland recounts severe kidney pain and backache relieved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says doctors and other remedies failed but a friend advised the pills, which he took for several days with rapid improvement and full recovery. The ad notes 60 cent price and Foster-Milburn Co as US agents.
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Oliver Overbrook
Frederick
Seye
Dean
Idney
Wresé
Doan
Sidney Pilla
Foater-Mubaro Oo
Euffato
New York
United States
Aks
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Italy
Hiebrow
Hite
der Rosenlebens
der Preozes
Emininiy
Ufar
Priderick Perpe Koow
Avery Kinney
Baltimore & Ohio
Jamestown Exposition
Dalby
Atlantic City
Saratoga Springs
Baltmine & Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
Great Southern Pig
Frederick, MD
Frederick, MB
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