The Widow and the Admiral in a Denver Emancipation tale
Mrs Westmacott confronts the Admiral over pension papers and a theft, restoring property as charity. The widow plans to emigrate to Denver with Professor Westmacott to join Emancipation College while addressing a final confrontation with Ida and Clara about a hidden plot. Charles Westmacottworks in Texas. the Admiral and wife settle into a different home as the story moves toward a dramatic farewell.
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Matam
Sway
Admiral
Denver
America
Charles
Ida
England
Westmacott
Emancipation College
Clara
Charles Westinscott
Texas
Sue
Harold Cathera
Doctor Walker
Dinisel
Indian boy learns to ride during buffalo hunt caravan
A tribal procession heads from its village for a buffalo hunt. Fathers train sons by mounting ponies, with horses rearing and bucking as boys cling on. The spectacle shows initiation, family guidance, and the risks of a first ride amidst tense, bustling camp life.
Descriptive notes on naval monitor armor and Palmerston discourse
Fragmentary 19th century naval specifications discuss armor dimensions and main armament of a monitor type, listing turrets barbettes and deck protection. The text shifts to extended commentary on Lord Palmerston's eloquence and political style, praising public understanding, demagoguery traits, and administrative dedication, with comparisons to Gladstone and Peel.
Palmerston described as a patriotism fetish and tyrant
The piece argues Lord Palmerston built mass appeal on a patriotism fetish and despotic aims. It contrasts Palmerston with Mr. Gladstone, praising Gladstone's moral ideals while accusing Palmerston of pursuing national aggrandizement and self-assertion regardless of justice.
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Lord Palmerston
Palmerston
Voltaire and the Regent in a Stormy Palais Royal Debut
The Regent frees Voltaire from the Bastile sending him to the Palais Royal with Marquis de Noce. A thunderstorm erupts as they await the regent, Voltaire quips that the heavens would be ruled by a regent, and the duke of Orléans is told the tale while the Regent grants a pension.
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Voltaire
Durance
Bastile
Marquis de Noce
Palais Royal
Regents Court
Marquis de Noce Ree
Duc d'Orleans
Tam
Paris Cafe Cubat where money buys dining at will
Thomas M. Hillary, manager for Mr. Boldt, visited Paris's Cafe Cubat on the Champs Elysees and found a restaurant with no prices on the bill of fare. Patrons are said to be rich enough that costs are deemed unnecessary, and a dinner of two soups, fish, an entree, a roast, and a salad left the diner nearly breathless at the bill.
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The
Waldorf
New York
Thomas M. Hilliard
Germany
Math riddle from Democratic Advocate about ages
A preacher asks a youth a complex age riddle involving the father mother and siblings. The youth claims five of the children are seventeen years older than the parents combined, and asks for the ages of John and each child and his parents.
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John
Electric Light on Battlefields
French military authorities explore night rescue on battlefields using small incandescent glow lamps in ambulance corps hats. Each rescuer carries a pocket battery to power the lights, guiding wounded toward aid after a great battle.
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Ambulance Corps
Clever Cloth Purchase in Flintown Shop
A young woman visits a Mifflintown store and asks the price of cloth. The clerk quips that it is “our kisses per yard,” prompting her to buy four yards. The clerk wraps the cloth and the purchaser jokes that her grandmother will settle the bill.
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Mifflintown
Modern Armament Powers Peace, Says Rev. L G Jones
The Rev L G Jones asserts that modern nations' militant armaments surpass all past periods and their power and effectiveness act as a strong factor in guaranteeing peace. He emphasizes the deterrent role of contemporary war machinery in maintaining global stability.
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L. G. Jones
The Sea's Treasures on the Enghind to Tudia Route
An article estimates a vast sunken hoard of gold and jewels worth an enormous sum lies at the bottom of the sea along the Enghind to Tudia route. The figure is given in pounds sterling and is presented as a computed value in the report.
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Enghind
Tudia
Dining costs at the Waldorf and Paris restaurant compared
The excerpt contrasts prices at the Waldorf with Paris eateries. It notes a four person dinner costs and wine priced differently, plus hallboys earning six francs daily and waiters two francs. It mentions high tips from young patrons making these establishments among the world's highest paid.
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Waldorf
Frances
Notes From Abroad and Worldly Tales in One Page
A mixed jumble notes various figures from society and politics. The Floating Debt sails on the Seine while the Marquis of Setland fishes a 55 pound salmon on the Tay. Cohen resigns after his daughter marries a Gentile in London. The empress of Japan appears small beside Western dress at court. Smuggling scandals in Newfoundland grow, with losses to revenue around 160000 dollars and many turning queen's evidence. Ouida’s retirement near Vallenbuia is described as she walks with six dogs. A tale of a chairman at a lecture ends with a quiet vote of thanks. Minister Kurino sends Arbor Day material to Secretary Morton, praised as a careful English language treatment. The page ends with an odd food instruction about eating or not eating as printed.
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Contisven
McAdvin
Matam
Mavan
Han
Wales
Amy
Hood
Charles Yesterdhauy
Abe Adar
Yyadocomne
Ashi
aAliren
Pegistier
Sea
Ermenire
Abel Liberty
Nessus
Daest
Tsha
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Palmerston
King
Palmerston
Canning
Au Peelite
Robert Peel
Peel
Pawic
Uluswate
Giete
Marquis of
Setland
Stanford
Tay
Cohen
Jewish Board of Deputies
London
Japan
Newfoundland
Ouida
Vallenbuia
Italy
Max O'Rell
Kurino
Morton
Rival Shot the Giris: A Strange Trap Story
In a Washington hotel lobby a Kentucky Republican recounts a Southern tale of love and murder. A duel over a wealthy girl ends in a fatal street confrontation and a later, accidental death by glass window. Despite justice, no killer is punished. he later marries. The piece ends with a local ad for Salzer's grass mixes and seeds.
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Washington Star
New York
Washington
Couple Married by Auctioneer Justice in Richmond
A Richmond Kentucky couple seeking a justice of the peace went to his auction rooms and found him auctioning cradles from a bankrupt sale. He halted the auction, performed the marriage on the spot, and the newlyweds bought a cradle as thanks while onlookers cheered.
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Richmond
Bent
Russian locomotive maker to build for Siberian railroad
A Russian engineering and locomotive company, largely financed by French capitalists, is being founded in Wharkey and will begin with a large government order for engines for the Siberian railroad.
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Wharkey
Sb Bering
Jerusalem-Jaffa oranges enter world market with care
Oranges grown near Jerusalem are light colored and oval in shape. The first consignment recently arrived and drew much attention. The fruit is packed with more care than others and sells for four to four fifty dollars per case.
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Jerusalem
California
Mexico
Jaffa
Oklahoma statehood debate notes vast mining and farming wealth
Oklahoma and Indian territory discussions focus on uniting the two territories into one state. If formed, the combined region with rich mining and broad agricultural areas could rank among the nation's wealthiest states.
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Oklahoma
Union
Duke of Marlborough stories tied to Blenheim restoration
Investigations by a chartered public accountant reveal that Mrs Hamersley funded Blenheim restoration with proceeds from selling Sunderland library and Blenheim pictures, plus Iowa farm crop-sale payments of 10 percent cash balanced yearly until paid. J MULHALL Waukegan It Wade-Prof Garner travels Africa with monkeys. Butcher inquiry into pink teas noted in Puck.
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Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim
Iowa
J. Mulhall
Waukegan
Wade
Prof
Garner
Africa
Butcher
Puck
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International Press Association
United States. Navy
Iromn Coast Defense Monitor
Amphitrite
Oto
Ness
Harkin & Hollingsworth
Wilmington
del Neel
Lamehed Dune
Jas
TSA
Lenuethan
Dyeatt
Sir
Pemple
Slenry
John Temple
Gladstone
Edward M. Chapman
Mgr. Gladstone
Voltaire and
the Regent
Paris
Walters
Seine
Giris
Salzer
Salter
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mammoth
Russia
Flood
Fl. Blakrr
Berwick
C.J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Dr. Kilmer & Cow
Jruggists
N. Ve
Rockwell and
Fillmore Streets
Chicara
Florida
Ellsworth Trust CO
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Krausers
E. Krauser & Bro
Mimtun
Parker
Dragaiste
Isos Dagioun
W.monnis
ENSIO
Washington, D.C
Principa Ion Bureaw
Syrsia
de Stephen
Lebanon
Ohios
Louisiana
Bay
Rockport
Thompson
Drogetsts
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