Ella Joins Dobson Sisters In Caravan Life
Ella Wycherly aids Miss Eliza and Miss Matilda Dobson at Dobson's Waxworks caravan. She discusses a new role as a guide and helper describing wax figures while living in their mobile home. Dr. Dundas reveals support for Lionel Leigh and Ella's union, hinting at future reconciliation.
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Ella
Dobson's Waxworks
Miss Eliza Dobson
Liza
Miss Matilda
Dobson
Tilda
Matilda
Birmingham
Queen Mary of
Scotland
Eliza
Slaugherry
Smork
Misses Dobson
Ela
Miss Dobson
Bristol
Miss Eliza
Bila
Mary
Maria Annette
Marie Antoinette
Mila
Lionel
Dr. Dundas
Lionel Leigh
Scotchman
Ella Wycherly
Fila Vanishes. Lionel Pursues Ella From Wycherly Estate
Mrs Wycherly and Miss Worthington fail to find Ella after a night departure. Telegrams sweep the realm, and Lionel Leigh resolves to seek Ella despite danger, hoping to rescue her from a harsh prison-like residence connected to Mrs Wycherly. Detectives are set, and Marsh reports Ella has run away.
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Fila
Chance
Miss Worthington
Ella
Eversholt
Lionel
Marsh
Limitations of the palate and kitchen appetite
An Irish cook mocks macaroni as a furrin mess and a betrayal to the palate. A mistress advises letting a maid fill gaps with milk and potatoes, noting many don’t-likes outnumber eat-likes. The piece reflects on cosmopolitan tastes shaping culture and the gap between what is cooked and what is eaten.
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Tie
Rejoicing in Hope and the Saintly Courage It Inspires
Reverend Gry A Jamieson extols hope as the chain’s strong link that gives life and courage. Hope fosters patience, endurance, and calm in hardship, aiding ascent toward divine aims. Without hope the soul degenerates into weakness, while hopeful souls endure, fight, and finally reach spiritual heights.
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Gry A. Jamieson
St. Paul
Maiden aunt questions engagement in old Success Magazine quote
The dialogue features Imogene and her maiden aunt Keturah debating marriage to Mr. Newnan. Aunt Keturah warns that deep knowledge of a man’s background is essential, while Imogene cites her aunt’s own rule that a savvy woman avoids marrying without understanding.
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Mr. Newnan
Imogene
Awful Risk Looms as Friend Matchem Marries Again
Gyer teases Myer about Matchem's fifth wife as a wary friend predicts the match may end in widowhood. The exchange notes a recurring pattern and cautions marriage caution.
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Gyer
Matchems
Myer
Fur prices spark market debate in Kansas City Times
The Kansas City Times cites Byers arguing furs are priced excessively high and Shopleigh noting the fur trade is a skin game as a point of discussion in the market.
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Byers
Shopleigh
Kansas City Times
Italian State Lottery Distributes Large Yearly Payouts
The Italian State Lottery has distributed as much as ten million dollars in a single year. The report notes the high total payout and outlines the scale of winnings during that period.
Christian Meekness Lessons from a Bold Life
Rev. John J. Donlan argues meekness is a strength not weakness, citing Jesus Christ as the brave exemplar who laid down his life for friends. The piece contrasts worldly views of meekness with the scriptural portrait of Moses as meek above all others on earth.
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John J. Donlan
Jesus Christ
Christ
Moses
Earth
Hymns You Ought to Know The Ninety and Nine
A poem recounts the parable of the lost sheep with the ninety and nine safe in the fold. The Shepherd seeks the stray, crossing rough deserts and dark nights, to bring it back with heavenly rejoicing and angels praising the Lord.
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Gold
The Meek Man as Moral Force and Example
The passage extols meekness as self control and love of God, contrasting the meek with the weak and linking meekness to Christ. It argues true meekness is interior strength guided by divine grace, not passive resignation or do nothing.
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Christ
Cursive maxims about character and work ethic
The passage offers terse, aphoristic lines on honesty, prudence, and social conduct. It contrasts hotheadedness with caution, warns against self interest, and suggests action and consistency as remedies for confusion and risk. It reads like a collection of moral reflections.
Fragmented moral counsel ends with a cautious note
The text offers admonitions on sincerity and effort toward virtue. It warns that church support alone does not earn heaven and that Christ's support is the true guarantee. Creeds have a place but are not the sole path to righteousness.
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Christ
Census to Be Taken April 15 1910 With New Bureau
The thirteenth United States census will occur on April 15, 1910, moving from June 1 to improve accuracy. A permanent bureau will run the effort, costing about 14 million dollars, employing about 70,000 people including 330 supervisors and 65,000 enumerators. The census will focus on population, agriculture, manufactures, and mines, with a 1915 agriculture census planned and reviews of animal populations and crop acreages for future comparisons. The enumeration is mandated by the constitutional requirement for representation apportionment. The modern census evolved from six questions to a comprehensive national data system.
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United States
North
Congress
Hudson River Tunnel Opens with Fully Equipped Passenger Train
The first train carrying passengers passed under the Hudson from Fourteenth Street, NYC to Hoboken, N J. About fifty people, mostly railroad officials, bankers and newspaper men, rode the five minute trip. McAdoo announced the tunnel would open to general traffic on Feb 25. The cars boast fireproof rolling stock, pneumatic doors, automatic book system, and a ventilation system that creates a constant current.
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Hudson River
Fourteenth Street
New York City
Hoboken
N. J
McAdoo
Certificates in Emergency Currency Lesson from 1907
President Alexander Gilbert of the New York Clearing House Association explains in Appleton's Magazine that certificates issued during late 1907 totaled 97 million dollars, with 74 million in use for exchanges and rapid retirement reducing current outstanding amounts. He argues these certificates prove a secure emergency currency ready for rapid deployment without bank machinery.
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Alexander Gilbert
New York Clearing House Association
Appleton’s Magazine
Gilbert
Thousands Return to Work After Shutdowns Across the Nation
Reports from across the country show factories resuming operations and boosting work forces. Chicago mills of Minors Steel Company reopen. National Tube Company adds 5 000 to 6 000 workers in Lorain Ohio. Goodyear Rubber in Naugatuck adds 900. Pepperell Manufacturing in Biddeford Maine readies full time for about 4 000 operatives.
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Chicago
Minors Steel Company
Lorain
Ohio
National Tube Company
Naugatuck
Conn
Goodyear Rubber Company
Biddeford
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Oklahoma House Passes Hotel Regulation Measure
Oklahoma lawmakers approved a sweeping bill to regulate hotels in the state. The measure requires hotels to provide 9-foot sheets and prohibits use of any cracked dish or vessel for food, aiming to raise standards and safety in lodging facilities.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Harriman Must Answer to ICC Questions
Judge Hough of the United States Circuit Court granted an order on petition by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It requires B H Harriman and Otto H Kahn to answer questions about the Chicago and Alton Illinois Centre and the Union and Southern Pacific Railroad companies put to them in February 1907, which they had refused.
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Harriman
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
BH. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Chicago and Alton
Illinois Centre
Union and
Southern Pacific
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