The Telegraph Agent and the Missing Heiress Case
A railroad passenger uncovers a kidnap plot as the girl across the aisle telegraphs to him. The pair collaborate to thwart Jeremy Saunders, rescuing Miss Aline Osgood and Saunders's confederates in Rochester. The arrest leads to trials and imprisonment, while the man earns praise from his firm and gains a personal connection with Miss Osgood.
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Drao-Wing
Ekepton
Sie-Waa
Ceek
Jeremy Saunders
Harry
Aline Osgood
Saunders
Rochester
Saunder
Ares
Cas
Rochester Authority
Car Cumberland
Osgood
Bin
Miss Osgood
Siss Asgood
Mr. Osgood
Moss Osaaod
Lins
Father
Cincinnati
Lim
R. Osgood
Nestor
Warfare in the Sky Aerial PowerPredictions From Lovelace
Captain Thomas Lovelace, a gunnery aeronaut, says nations will have war airships and airship destroyers within two to five years. He claims government approval to test explosives from airships and to photograph fortifications at Fort Wadsworth from a German balloon, with plans to target abandoned forts to demonstrate air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Army Balloon Corps
George C. Squires
Department of the Cast
War Department
Congress
United States
France
England
Lovelace
Washington
New York City
Philadelphia
Post Cards For Dogs Spark Continental Trend
The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin reports post cards are sent to pet dogs on the continent. A young woman living in Ostend introduced the fashion at a leading hotel. Each card carries the dog's name and is addressed care of the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Ostend
Firebug Foiled in Attempt on Government Building in Santiago
A man tried to set fire to the civil government palace in Santiago Cuba by hurling a gasoline can and slashing it open with a knife. Firefighters and palace police contained the flames though furniture and draperies burned. the attacker escaped and the motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
Aabo
China to Send Mission to Washington on Indemnity Refund
Shanghai reports the Chinese government will dispatch a special mission to Washington to thank the United States for returning 22 million of the 24 million share of the Boxer indemnity. The plan reflects the view the Chinese were not responsible for the uprising and the funds cover U.S. expenses in suppressing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Washington
Shanghai
United States
America
Woman Drowned After Fall From Steamer Gang Plank
Mrs J N Rhodes wife of a Philadelphia physician fell from the gang plank of the steamer Frederic between Philadelphia and Wilmington in Chester Delaware River and drowned before rescue by the crew at the wharf. The incident occurred November 18.
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J. N. Rhodes
Chester
South Broad Street
Philadelphia
Frederics
Wilmington
Earthquake Strikes Reggio Calabria Brancaleone Ferrazzano Bianco
A severe quake hit the province of Reggio Calabria with damage in Brancaleone Ferrazzano and Bianco. Residents who had begun returning after October 27 fled again to open air camps or grottos. The scene united people in prayers to Madonna and saints amid the distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Reggio di Calabria
Brancaleone
Ferrazzano
Bianco
E G. Zears
Spencer First Congregational Church
Worcester
Mass
New York World
Law Against Killing in Animals Emphasized by Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton argues a deep instinctive unwritten law against killing one's own kind in animals. He cites cases from snakes to dogs and cats, noting cannibalism is rare except under extreme stress or domestication, and that higher animals reject cannibalism and rescue threatened kin.
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Ystelda
Gisara
Bis
Nansen
Crank Hallsm
Wil
Ernest Thompson Seton
National Guard receives new blanket rolls and blouses
Adjutant General Stewart negotiates with the War Department for a full National Guard supply of the new blanket roll to retire the old knapsack, and to outfit Pennsylvanians with regulation dress blouses. Coats are due before spring inspections and the old blue coats recalled.
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National Guard
Harrisburg
Stewart
War Department
Pennsylvania
United States Army
A Doleful Pair in Washington Star Clip
A brief Washington Star exchange notes a woman’s privilege to bear the last word, with Meekton commenting on the futility of hurrying her. The fragment captures a witty back and forth between two speakers.
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Ernic
Meekton
Washington Star
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Captain Lovelace
Aeronaut
Uneeda Biscuit
THE
Cleveland
Mercury
Alaska
Florida
Perfection
Japan
Nickel
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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