The Opal Serpent chapter scene of hospital visit
Sylvia tends to Paul Beecot after his accident at Charing Cross hospital while Deborah and Aaron clash over the missing opal serpent brooch. Bart reports the shop’s collapse as Aaron contemplates selling stock and warns Deborah to back off. Paul asks for Sylvia’s address and promises honesty as Beecot’s fate and the brooch’s mystery unfold.
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Art
Sylvia
Deborah
Bart
Paul
Charing Gross Hospital
Mr. Beecot
Aaron
Sylviand
Tyro
Ltt Cortalgi
de Horak
Angel
Debby
Delby
Danby
Ny Mather
Wall Sealing Drills Highlight Soldier Peking Assault
An American from Iowa led the ascent over the walls during an allied assault on Peking, using a human ladder where one soldier climbs on the shoulders of another. The passage notes such drills as essential for efficiency in storming fortified positions.
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Baccle
Peking
Iowa
Debora and Sylvia Face Marriage Dilemma Over Beecot Plan
In a tense scene at home Sylvia pleads with her father Aaron to accept her choice of Paul as a husband while Deborah presses for Beecot, and Aaron hints at a sale of assets to fund the match. He later proposes a bargain to grant Sylvia to Beecot if he can receive a precious opal serpent. The family tensions build as Sylvia seeks permission to marry Paul despite Aaron’s looming trip to America.
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Deborah
Sylvia
Aaron
Amsterdam
Beecot
Syvicit
Norris
America
Mr. Beccot
Crocodile Tears Myth Traced From Travel Lore
The St Louis Republic notes the origin of crocodile tears as a fable from old travelers. It cites Sir John Mandeville in Travels describing serpents and crocodiles with fanciful traits, including tears and mythical behaviors, reflecting medieval imagination.
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John Mandeville
Silla
Talowe
Cleo
Talouns
St Louis Republic
Me and My Father in an Age of Young Men
A commercial traveler visits a village emporium and mistakes a fourteen year old youth at the counter for Mr. Brown the grocer. The boy replies that he is Mr. Brown while the traveler seeks the owner, realizing the era favors youthful appearances and rapid aging. The scene captures a moment from London Answers.
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Mr. Brown
Addre
Myron
London
Eight Thousand Sing for Deep Waterway in St Louis
Eight thousand voices will sing Dig Wer Deer Through Dixie as President Roosevelt passes through St Louis en route to the deep waterway convention in Memphis Town. Three thousand trained voices lead the singing with the tune Dixie after the president arrives.
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Deep Waterway
St. Louis
Dixie
Roosevelt
Memphis
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedies
An ad claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and promotes Hall's family pills for constipation.
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Charels
Hall
J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugelats
Standard Oil profits and asset growth reveal vast gains
New York report details eight year period 1899 to 1906 showing Standard Oil of New Jersey earned about 490 million dollars in profits while assets rose from 200.8 million to 271.7 million. The holding company controlled over 70 subsidiaries in refining and pipelines. Kellogg sought fuller records from the trust during a federal dissolution suit.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Frank B. Kelloggs
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Belloge
Standard Ol
Kellers
Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard Oi Company
Smby
Inital Canital
Indsna
Director General of Fair Resigns in Norfolk
Norfolk Va Sept 18 James M Barr resigns as director general in a letter to the Jamestown Exposition committee. He cites ongoing conflicts with President Farry St George Tucker over the exposition social features and says he cannot continue without losing self respect.
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Norfolk
Committee of Directors
Farry St. George Tucker
James M. Barr
Tucker
Barr
Thirty Japanese Drowned at Kosakabi Mine Fire
Tokyo report says thirty people drowned and 100 houses burned at the Kosakabi mine near Kataro. A mine fire triggered efforts to rescue, but the water reservoir broke flooding part of the village. Many women and children among the victims.
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Tokyo
Kosakabi
Kataro
New Border Gambling Trend Draws Rio Grande Attention
A Baltimore reporter describes a new El Paso gambling pastime on the Rio Grande where two men place sugar cubes before judges of fate. The winner pays the other a sum plus drinks, while local officials reportedly join in. The simple game becomes a regional craze, drawing sheriffs and district attorneys into the wager.
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Rio Grande
R. W. Dowe
Eagle Pass
Fex
Texas
el Paso
Pommern Wins Long-Distance Balloon Race at 621 Miles
The balloon Pommern piloted by Herr Erbslob won the Brussels to Bayonne long distance race covering 621 miles. The Swiss balloon Coonac and English Zephyr likely tie for second. Also reported, Theodore Hess sentenced to fourteen years and five months for abducting 11-year-old Hhaadeth Grady in Baltimore after arrest there.
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Brussels
Herr Erbsiob
Bayonne
France
Herr Erbslob
St. Louis
Coonac
Zéphyr
New York
Theodore HE. Hess
Foster
Hhaadeth Grady
Hess
Baltimore
Suffocated By Slag In Mill Accident At Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on September 18 a mill accident left one man dead and two severely injured after molten steel splashed a horse hitched to a slack cart. The horse bolted, overturning the cart and suffocating Elmer Sarr while the two others suffered fatal injuries. In Steubenville on the same date a horse race accident left driver G. A. Sundertin fatally hurt when his horse toppled and fell on him.
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Pittsburg
Elmer Sarr
Steubenville
G. A. Sundertin
Sunderlin
Sovereign Grand Lodge to Meet Next Year at St Paul Mine
Augustin Th. Smith named United States shipping commissioner in Philadelphia. General Luke D. B. Wright, retiring ambassador to Japan, was Roosevelt’s guest at Oyster Bay New York. Arbor Day in Pennsylvania noted with fall observance. Friday October 18 date cited as fixed.
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Pennsylvania
Sovereign Grand Lodge
St. Paul, Mine
Augustin Th. Smith
United States
Fiiladelphia
Luke DB. Wright
Japan
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N.Y
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Meg
Norman
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Agron
Ile
Mr. Norshid
Tomnorrow
Usain
Tustove
Amine
Devorah
Wargrove
Essex
Pants
Wargrave
Deboral
Debora
Lavely
Amer
RAGE
Trust
Masonic
Ohio
Seaion
Choise
Re‘en
Here
Central America
Washington
Sept
State Department
Central American
Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Haskell
Altoona
Yard
William J. Kinch
C. E. Bingman
Davie
The
C. & P. Telephone Co
A. G. Quynn & CO
Frederick, Md
Lewis
Evuve
Vise Bros. Co
Plitutelobla Pa
B. O. Dawiitt & OG
Clinton B. Main
Panrre
Modern Pharmacy
SIE
Alvant & Knott
City Hotel
Just Inn
Winchesters
Central Howe, CO
South Market
Watchea
James E. Doll
Finbe Nat. Bane
Frederick
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IOL Printing
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