Uncertain Boer Courtship Reflects a Young Englishman
John, an Englishman, visits the Van Haaren family in the Free State and courts Minna. The meeting with Minna’s parents leads to a cautious engagement as the girl remains reserved and silent through most of the first evenings.
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John
Juffron van Haaren
Tante
Bether Ant
Peter
Minna van Harnen
Free
Irikander
Ens‘an
van Haaren
Ormet Mynheer van Haaren
Mear
Majesti
Tante van Haaren
Minna
Dirck Maritz
Hausfran
Miss van Haaren
Free State
Stoel
Dirck
Richest Heiress Sparks Marriage Inheritance Saga
Fragmentary from the Free State dispatch describes a wealthy girl sought by suitors prompting a marriage to Tarren. The tale hints at family pressures and tensions over wealth and status amid rumors of diamond and gold fortunes. The Los Angeles Times framing adds a sensational edge to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minna
Tarren
Los Angeles Times
Glaciers Power Mills In Europe Overflow
Swiss and French glaciers feed mills by diverting meltwater through pipes to electric plants. Hydraulic engineers say France’s mountainous districts could yield about ten million horsepower in electricity from this water power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
France
Brown and Bacon in a physics classroom tale
Senator Bacon of Georgia admires the natural sciences and explains heat and cold. He recalls a boys class where the rule heat expands and cold contracts is tested by Brown who jokes that longer summer days come from heat and shorter winter days from cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Senator Bacon
Georgia
On Our Knees An Excerpt From a Prayer Meditation
An hour long reflection on prayer shows how kneeling before God brings relief from burdens and temptations and restores clarity and strength. The verse emphasizes that with prayer, fear yields to courage and weakness to power, urging constant reliance on divine help.
Two Distinct Chinese Languages Spoke and Written
A professor of Oriental languages notes that Chinese splits into two languages: the spoken tongue and the written book-language. The spoken form is said to be easily learned, while the written system, with arbitrary symbols for each word, demands a lifetime of study. Women are highlighted as finding reading especially challenging.
Trust magnates versus government in Washington Star
The Washington Star quotes a Senate exchange about trust magnates feeling superior to the government. Senator Sorghum counters that a magnate is more certain in the job than a government official, highlighting tensions between business power and state authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorghum
Washington Star
Speer Passaic Wines Hailed as Finest in World
The Speer Wine Company of Passaic New Jersey markets Speer Port and Speer Burgundy as the finest in the world. Vines planted over forty years ago yield a medicinal, strengthening wine praised by physicians in the United States and Europe. Sold by druggists and grocers, including WM. F. Dittig Nutley NJ.
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Speer Wine Company
Passaic N. J
Speer
Europe
WM. F. Dittig
Nutley
N. J
General Trucking Moves Plans and Horses in Nutley
General Trucking of Nutley New Jersey offers moving services across the city and country. Planes and furniture transported with prompt horse clipping and pasturing available.
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Jonn
Npg
Haaren
Dirick
Capetown
Direk
Irtune
Star
Washington
California
Frazer River
British Columbia
San Francisco
Bismarck
Diplomatic Corps
Berlin
Andrew D. White
Chenes
Dela 2
Boney
Mutual Literary Music Club of America
Ars Wereerful
Lvery
Enti
Mutual Ptererary Music Club
Nassau St
City
TrRepe
Maria Besiens
MUR & Co
New York
F St
Waabington
U. S
FERRE
Swift & CO
Patent Lawyers
Opp
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Linden, New Jersey
Elizabeth
Newark
Pennsylvania Railroad
Park
Rosedale
Linden Park
Linden Lodge
Linden
Broad Street
New
Prudential Building
Bergen Avenue
Jersey City
West 23d Street
New York City
Crombie
C.W. Barker
General Trucking Nutley, N. J
McCale CO
West Bist St
John G. Keyler & Son
Bloomfield Ave
Gel
Call
Bloomfield
America
H. T. Lefferts
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