Parting Words Keep Lovers Apart In Desert Tale
In a tense confrontation at Greystoke, Paul Cleland demands proof of Margaret Crawford’s continued love. She reveals a sacred barrier between them that cannot be removed, forcing an irreversible separation as Cleland prepares to sail to Egypt. The moment ends with a farewell kiss sealing their doomed future.
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Margaret
Doctor Cleland
Paul
Cleland
Paul Cleland
Margaret Crawford
Greystoke
England
Egypt
Apostle
Work
Cairo Love in the Heat of a European Society
Paul Cleland and the widow of a wealthy official converse in a luxuriously furnished Cairo apartment. The scene shows high society in Cairo, with Beauchamp, a gallant colonel, and Mrs Breyn, a renowned widow, shaping a tense dynamic amid heat and privacy.
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Paul Cleland
Paris
Cairo
Colonel Beauchamp
Adrienne Breynton and Cleland clash over Sudan mission
Dr Paul Cleland outlines a Sudan campaign to aid Atbara while Adrienne Breynton fears the desert’s deadly toll from disease and heat. Cleland vows to go, Adrienne conceals her distress as tea is served and Major Rayburn arrives.
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Paul Cleland
Adrienne Breynton
Cleland
Dector Cleland
Oscar Breynton
Breynton
Atbara
Adrienne
Mrs. Breynton
Paris Cracks Down on Speeding Cars and Cyclists
The police have halted the motor car menace with a strict limit of eight kilometers per hour in Paris. In one day, twenty three summonses were issued in a single arrondissement. The piece notes the era of reckless driving is ending.
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Paris
Legion of Honor awarded to Ferdinand W Peck at Paris Expo
Officials in Washington say Peck cannot keep the Legion of Honor without a special act of Congress. The article notes the award’s French origins in 1802 and its rank structure from legionary to grand cross. Rev W H Murray aided in developing raised dot writing for the blind, enabling reading in three months.
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Ferdinand W. Peck
United States
France
Washington
Peck
Legion of Honor
Napoleon
W. H. Murray
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans Building
Washington, D. C
Letty Clifford scales 126 foot chimney for five dollar glory
Telegraphic dispatches report Letty Clifford of South Brewer Maine climbing a fragile iron ladder to the chimney top for five dollars and public ridicule. Critics say such bravado wastes admiration that could aid widowed mothers and orphans. Also noted is painter Alvasovsky's 82 year funeral in Ferdosia and the notion that Thomas Reed profits from land purchases near Oyster Bay adjacent to Gov Roosevelt.
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Letty Clifford South Brewer
Alvasovsky
Ferdosia
Black Sea
Europe
Pitti Palace
Florence
Leonardo da Vinci
Michael Angelo
Thomas B. Reed
National
House of Representatives
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Gov
Roosevelt
Michelson Wins Grand Prix for Interferometer at Paris
Prof Albert Michelson head of physics at the University of Chicago is awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris exposition for his interferometer. The instrument measures stellar diameters with high accuracy using light wavelength as a standard, capable of resolving distances as small as one five millionth inch, surpassing large telescopes.
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Albert Michelson
University of Chicago
Harper
Michelson
Purse Strings Nominated as Republic Treasurer
The photograph shows Hon. W. W. Gibbs of Philadelphia, nominated by Senator Hanna for treasurer of the republic. Also noted is German biologist Haeckel planning a Java visit to study fossil remains linked to the so-called missing link, a discovery that excites him.
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W. W. Gibbs
Philadelphia
Hanna
The
Republic
Haeckel
Java
Revered Pastor Becomes Model Farmer Near New Castle
Rev Dr J A Thayer once head preacher at the Church of Disciples in New Castle resigns after nineteen years he now runs a truck farm health improves as he plants seeds digs furrows and harvests his own crops His land grows into a model farm earning him a state lectureship for farmers institutes starting December Also Count Von Waldersee travels to China with a portable asbestos house seven rooms and bath for comfort during his campaign
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J. A. Thayer
Pennsylvania
Church of Disciples
New Castle
Thayer
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Institutes
Count von Waldersee
China
Celestial Empire
A Simple Fly Eeterminator and Quoted Land Views
A brief piece notes clover hung to dry repels flies better than flypaper and stronger traps. It recalls Henry George and Boutwell as early advocates of single tax and cites Wendell Phillips 1871 speech urging land ownership limits becoming seen as ridiculous in fifty years.
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Henry George
Boutwell
Wendell Phillips
Labor Party of
Massachusetts
Mr. Boutwell
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Ferd W. Peck
Letty Clifford
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Ton National Committee
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A. J. Thayer
Chicago
Satire News Roaurant
South Clark Street
Bill OF Park
Suburban Water and Light Co
Oak Park
Illinois
Russia
Telephone Main
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin ST
Corner
Austin and Oak Park
Austin
F. A. Hill
Chamber of Commerce
R. N. F. Hiller’s
Jos North Park Avenue
Austin, Ill
Cornelia St
North Park Ave
Frank Bratt
Mr. Merchant
the Anderson
Sirloin Steak Porter House
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