The Unwelcome Guests at King's Abbott Dinner
Sir George welcomes the Younge family to King's Abbott for a six week visit. Denzil Younge, a handsome cotton merchant's son, captivates Mildred Trevanion at dinner while Miss Trevanion clashes over class and manners. Mabel teases and hints at potential match amid family tensions and social ambitions.
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King’s Abbott
Sir George
Mton
Oxford
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Miss Trevanton
Miss Trevanion
Mrs. Younge
Christendom
King’s Abybott
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Mabel
Caroline
Old Younge
Eddie
Charles
Sal
Denzil Younge
Eddie Trevanion
Mab
Denzil
Mies Trevanion
Constance Dingwall
Sullivan
Trevunfon
Constance
James
Lord James Dingwall
Trevanton
Lord James
Dingwall
Miss Tre- Vanion
Atara
Parvenus
Miss Trevanlon
Mildred Trevanion
Croesus
Picturesque Fossard Castle Charming Swiss Border Walk
The article describes the Chateau des Terreaux near Fossard as pictured by Victor Cherbuliez in Paule Mere. An electric train from Geneva to Chene leads to a shady lane to the castle on the river border of Switzerland and France. At sunset the hill changes color, leaving visitors with lasting memories of Fossard.
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Paule Mere
Fossard
Geneva
Chene
Chateau Des Terreaux
Switzerland
France
Philip Jamin
Chicago
Easter Dates Across Centuries Highlight Shifts
A century ahead will hold 4217 Sundays and Easter will drift. The earliest Easter in the new era falls on March 23, 1913, while the latest is April 25, 1943. In the coming century Easter will occur in June four times, though last century saw May and June dates.
How Niagara Is Receding
The Niagara Falls erosion encroaches about one foot per year cutting a seven mile channel back toward Queenstown. This relentless rate has formed a deep cleft along the cliffward path, a process estimated to require over 35,000 years to create the current seven mile stretch to the falls.
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Niagara
Queenstown
Current Topics on Women Labor and McClurg Brevity
A column notes Henry T. Finck’s defense of women staying at home and opposing radical independence for most workers, condemning ventures into self-support. It also honors General Alexander C. McClurg, highlighting his Chicago life, military service, and respected publishing business.
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Henry T. Finck
Finck
Dass
McClurg
Alexander C. McClurg
Chicago
Valley of the Cumberland
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Metropolitans of Canada Elect New Montreal Archbishop
The House of Bishops in Canada select Bishop Bond of Montreal to succeed Archbishop Lewis as metropolitan of Canada. Bond, born 1816 in Truro England, has led Montreal since 1878 and helped establish mission stations in Quebec. He now oversees from Ontario’s western border to the Atlantic. Archbishop Lewis, ill in New York, will retain the courtesy title during life.
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Canada
Bishop Bond of
Montreal
House of Bishops
Church of England
Lewis
Ontario
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Truro
England
Newfoundland
Quebec
St. George's
Montreal Theological College
Forty Acres and a Mule Testimony Before the Commission
Major R. B. Wright, president of an industrial college near Savannah, testifies before the Industrial Commission. He argues that forty acres and a mule for each Negro would have helped the race more than suffrage, contending that work, not the ballot, offers the solution to the Negro problem.
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Industrial Commission
R. B. Wright
Savannah
South
Major Wright
Supreme Court Limits Out of State Divorces
The Supreme Court rules that a divorce granted in a state where both spouses reside is valid nationwide, but a divorce granted where there is no residence is invalid. The decision aims to curb divorce tourism, avoids collusion by the rich, and urges longer delays before remarriage to strengthen marital bonds. Chicago Chronicle commentary endorses stricter divorce standards to curb hasty separations.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Chicago Chronicle
French inventor Gaudron tests flying machine at Crystal Palace
August Gaudron, a French aerostatics experimenter, unveils a cigar shaped balloon machine at London’s Crystal Palace. A 17 foot long balloon powers a platformed craft with motor driven fans, aiming for thirty mph and space for five with a 100 by 30 feet balloon planned.
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London
August Gaudron
Gaudron
M. Gaudron
Cecil Barth
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