Miss Grayling at Little Paddington Faces Rumor Storm
Miss Grayling endures village gossip amid an inspector’s inquiry into needlework and schoolwork while the rector’s wary board weighs her future. Curate Mr. Cope professes love but Miss Grayling recoils, choosing to write later as tensions mount.
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Cope
Miss Grayling
Mr. Cope
Orley Farm
Mr. Dowthwaite
Mr. Dowthwaite's “Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cottains Coeghed
Miss Jordan
Little Paddington
Miss Greyling
Augustine Cope
Miss Cope
Georgiana Cope
Laura
Mr. Wensley
The Welru Inspector Visits Little Pud dington
Government inspection at Little Pud dington marks the yearly August event. Inspector Christopher Wensley, known locally as The Welru, is hosted by rector Mr ensby and discussed by teachers and staff. The exchange touches on needlework and other school matters as the visit unfolds.
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Little Puddington
Christopher Wensley
Welru
Weasley
Misa Jordan
Mr. Ensby
Tisha Sistoee
Mr. Dowth
Wendy
Scandal in Groby Parish Ends with Marital Swap
Miss Jordan resigns after an alleged offence. Miss Jordan later reappears as Mrs Sowerbutts, marrying the schoolmistress’s husband in a public wedding witnessed during the annual inspection. The rector and curate continue services as it unfolds, while Mim Jordan becomes deaf to further gossip.
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Sootts
Jordan
Mr. Sowerbutts
Miss Jordan
Miss Sowerbutts
Groby
Mount Farm
Mr. Wensley
Little Paddington
Theady
Mim Jordan
Affection of the Turtle Reunites with Master in Lake Rescue
In Cour d Alene a man known for his love of dumb animals recalls releasing two pet turtles named Pat and Pete after keeping them in a Spokane Falls room aquarium. While rowing on the lake, one turtle swam to his boat and responded to the call, returning to the owner and his pocket as a citizen of Spokane Falls. He hopes to find Pete next.
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d'Alene City
J. H. Brobaska
Cour d’Alene
Sycum
Pie
Spokane Falls
Pat
Pete
Mr. Brobaska
Brobaska
Ages of Man and Wife Why It Is Better for Husband to Lead
Editorial admonition from Ladies Home Journal arguing it is preferable for a wife to marry an older husband. The piece touts the older spouse as more capable of guiding and supporting the family, with the wife remaining youthful and intellectually aligned as a companion. It closes with an unrelated advertisement for Nervine samples from Jon Fleming & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Home Journal
Auy Senate
Paris
Valley Railroad Fair Rates to Lakes and Canada
Via Allegheny Valley Railway on Tuesday September 2 offers round trips to Lake Chautauqua and back, Niagara Falls and back, Toronto and back, Alexandria Bay and Islands and back. Fares are $7, $7, $8, and $12 respectively. Tickets valid 15 days for return. Train departs Union Station at 8 30 a m.
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Lake Chautauqua
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Alexandria Bay
Isand Islands
Union Station
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Special Excursion to Chicago
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad will run a special excursion train from Pittsburg at 2 P M Central time arriving in Chicago the next morning. Tickets are valid for return passage for ten days. Special prices apply this week for assorted goods.
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Pittsburg
Excursion to Obie Pyle Tomorrow
Plan an excursion to Obie Pyle tomorrow with B and O BR offering a round trip at 150 dollars. Train departs at 8:00 AM.
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Obie Pyle
BR. BR
Paris Workman Correspondence on Labor and Wages Today
Julie Jorrrim argues Parisian workers exhibit noble qualities and endure hardship from rising prices and housing costs. She notes women’s growing role, cooperative stores, and chambers of amalgamation, while detailing wage trends, immigration, and municipal reforms aiding laborers in Paris.
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Paris
Ernl
Chambers Syndicates
Boards of
Econcilination
France
Death and Funeral of Banko Marczi Robber Chief
A Hungarian clipping recounts Banko Marczi rising to notoriety as a robber chief who died at Toked. He claimed to have helped the poor, denounced robbery, and left heirs to the town while receiving honors. A royal funeral followed with four white horses, clergy presence, and a resident poet memorializing him.
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Banko Marczi
Toked
Banko
Bfe
St Louis
Jesse James
Jesse
Ur Ospitel
Island Erosion Threatens Sable Island Off Nova Scotia
Report from the Canadian Government steamer Newfield captain warns that Sable Island is rapidly washing away under the sea. The island once measured about 40 miles long during early exploration by La Roche. In ten years two lighthouses vanished, and the sand erodes as the sea encroaches. A tonic Vermifuge advertisement follows, touting Dr. D. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge as a valued remedy.
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Pall Mall
Wit
Sable Island
Newfield
Thie Liscde
Nova Scotia
Marquis de la Roche
Cartier
Glorious Scottish Moor Shooting and Highland Lore
On Mull August day, a Scotsman reflects on moorland grouse shooting. He notes tourism, crofter life, and deer forests transforming Highlands, with vivid scenes of Ardtornich, Lady's Rock, and a hard day's hunt ending in Glenlivet and Scotch toddy.
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Scotland
Highlands of Scotland
Canada
America
India
Ceylon
Ballie Nicol Jarvie
Ardtornich Castle
Evory
Juno
Enland
Ben More
MacLezop
Smoking Time Wins in New South Wales Dockyards
Sydney dockers win a three quarters of an hour daily smoketime paid by employers after a threatened strike over smoke breaks. The dispute highlights labor condition contrasts between the old and new worlds as workers gain formal time for breaks amidst broader labor tensions.
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Pall Mall
New South Wales
Sydney Dockers
London
Godney
Emigration to Jerusalem and Local Disappearances Reported
The page lists scattered items including Russian Jewish emigration to Jerusalem, a missing President of a bank in Nebraska, Portugal's protest over Congo territory, a Turkish frontier dispute, a bank deposit withdrawal in Hastings Nebraska, a mysterious disappearance of John Davis, widespread turmoil in the Ameer's capital, a rural murder near Grand Ken, a jailbreak in Auburn California, and personnel changes in railroad auditing roles.
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Portugal
Turkey
City National Bank
Hastings
Neb
John Davis
Chicago
William A. le
Grand Ken
C. C. Oriusman
Auburn
Cal
Ene Adams
New York Central
Miller Sues Parker and Lawrence for False Arrest Damages
H. Miller filed a suit against David H. Parker and John Lawrence of Sharpsburg seeking $10,000 each for false arrest. He alleges on August 24 they assaulted him with a mace, beat him over the head and neck, and dragged him to prison without warrant or cause and denied entry to bail.
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H. Miller
David H. Parker
John Lawrence
Sharpsburg
Baal
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Jess
Miss Grarling
Mins Grayling
John
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Miss Graying
Paddington
Church Beautiful
Jon Fleming & Son *S
Allegheny Valley R. E
Hucus & Haoge
Les
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