Margaret Crawford and Doctor Cleland in Edinburgh Romance
In a Mayfair style scene at the Medical College for Women in Edinburgh, Margaret Crawford endures gossip about her father’s past while facing a marriage proposal from Dr. Paul Cleland. He reveals his own painful family history and asks for her love while promising independence. Margaret softly says yes.
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Pala Margaret
Medical College For Women
Edinburgh
Tottie
Margaret Crawford
Bertittle Tottie
Cormall
Mary Cunnynghame
Miss Tottie
Misa Crawford
Miss Crawford
Minnie
Minnie Whyte
Pater
Western Bank
Dr. Cleland
Paul Cleland
Margaret
Cleland
Lancashire
Bolton
Bury
St. Giles
Darling
White Elephants in Burmah Crowned in Gold and Legend
The piece recounts Ralph Fitch’s account of Burmah before British rule, where the king alone could own white elephants. It describes four sacred animals housed in gilded palaces, fed from silver vessels, washed under gold canopies, with state ritual and guarded access for merchants paying the king.
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Burmah
Great Britain
Ralph Fitch
Bess
J. Horton Ryley
England
India
Pegu
Fitch
Warnings of Mental Fatigue by Edward Thorndike
Thorndike argues mental work depends on direction not just energy and that mental fatigue requires different treatment. Warnings are uncertain signs of danger, not precise measures of inability. Excessive mental load can trigger rapid decline after a point, unlike physical fatigue. Clara mocks Tom Brown and Maude notes his proposal to her.
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Edward Thorndike
The Savage Peoples Murders of Envoys and Atrocities
Special letter notes that murders of envoys and consular officials have signaled many western versus Oriental conflicts. It cites examples from Britain, China, Afghanistan, and Africa, arguing retaliation and brutality on both sides, and compares actions such as the Pekin seizure and Versailles fire as justifiable or barbaric depending on perspective.
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Asia
Africa
Afghanistan
England
China
Canton
Harry Parkes
Lord Loch
Mr. Bowlby
London Times
Benin
Abyssinia
Palace of
Versailles
Louvre
Lord Kitchener
France
Tonquin
Unregistered Envelopes Highlight Money by Mail Risks
A Bloomington merchant received sixteen hundred dollars in an unregistered envelope from an Illinois banker last week. The note details $1000, $500, and $100 bills and calls the incident the largest risk known to postal officials. The piece notes banks first used registered mail and even formed an insurance company to cover money shipments, with extensive routines in Chicago’s post office to track money found in transit.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Chicago
Railway Mall
United States Treasury
Postal Service
San Francisco
Sub-Treasury
New York
St. Louis Star
Harvard Weighs Ralph Perry for Center Rush on Varsity
Harvard mourns as Ralph D. Perry of Cambridge, a 19 year old weighing about 450 pounds, becomes a notable heavy weight prospect. He runs a cigar stand and stationery shop and is famed for a world class gymnast like build and bicycling speed on a specially made wheel.
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Harvard
Ralph D. Perry
Cambridge
Ralph
R. D
Discoveries of a New Comet and Westminster Abbey Honors
Dr William R Brooks director of Smith Observatory reports discovery of a new comet in the eastern heavens on July 23. The body is in Aries with a bright nucleus and broad tail. it moves northerly with coordinates given. This marks Brooks's twenty second comet discovery. Separately three wives of famous husbands are to be interred in Westminster Abbey: Lady Palmerston Lady Augusta Stanley and Mrs Gladstone.
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William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Aries
Brooks
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Maude
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South Clark Street
Suburban Water and Light Co
Oak Park
Austin
Telephone Main
J.dunfee & CO
Washington
Oak Park Ave
Austin and Oak Park
F. A. Hill
Chamber of Commerce
R. N. F. Hiller’s
Tos
North Park Avenue
Austin, Ill
Col
Cornelia St
North Park Ave
Frank Bratt
Mr. Merchant
Sirloin Stesk
Porter House
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