Wheat scheme ends in dread for old Hillyer
In a cotton district mill yard, brokered wheat deals unravel under pressure from Jacobs & Co. as Hillyer contemplates ruin. George, cool and cautious, weighs outcomes while the old man confronts fear and guilt amid mounting telegrams and volatile market chatter. The tension rises as a looming debt threatens the business and family trust.
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Enner
New England
Hillyer
Kenner
Jake
Per
Old Hawke
Enaried
Hanks
Jim
Solomon
George
George An
America
Telegraph
Bob
Merchant
Jacobs & Co
Buckley
New Orleans
Mr. Hillyer
Lib
Flants
Colt
Cheerful Advice on Railway Accidents
A Scottish railway discussion recalls a habit of buying accident insurance before travel. Dr Norman Macleod prepared for a journey when his servant asked to imprint his name on the policy ticket, joking about coffins being loaded on the line.
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Scotland
Norman Macleod
Rejected Queen Victoria of Spain Bust Sparks Royal Row
The bust by Conrad Dressler of Queen Victoria of Spain was rejected by the Royal Academy hangings committee though urged by King Edward to be shown this year. It was a wedding present from the women of England and critics hail it as a fine work set to join Madrid’s royal collection.
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Victoria
Spain
England
Edward
London
Royal Academy
Conrad Dressler
Pture
Dressler
Marchioness of
Granby
Duchess of Norfolk
Beaufort
Duchess of Sutherland
Duchess of Marlborough
Academy
Camena
Madrid
The Jew in Canada Opinion Piece
The Montreal Standard argues that Jewish Canadians will grow in number and influence across cities, diversifying social political and industrial life. It highlights education citizenship farming in Quebec and the Northwest, and notes notable Jewish professionals and performers in Montreal while stressing integration and national development.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Canada
Montreal
Israel
Russia
Ina
United States
Maxwell Goldstein
K.C
S. W. Jacobs
Peter Bercovitch
Henry Weinfield
A. B. Vineberg
Miss Lichternstein
Royal Victoria College
Messrs. Lyon
Cohen
Mark Workman
D. Friedman
H. Vineberg
M. Vineberg
M. Davis
H. Keller
Dominion
Small Stepping Stones Toward Family Happiness
A family guidance piece urges cheerful silent bearing of poverty or ill temper and to ignore woes in the home. It advocates optimistic daily living, inviting sun and air, and work with a hopeful view that sunshine can be found.
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Grandpa
Squeezing the Grapes in Wine Making
A wine expert explains that grapes are squeezed from one to six times in wine making, with each squeeze producing a different grade of wine. Many varieties from one district or firm come from different squeezes of the same grape, with the first squeeze yielding the premier cru wine labeled as the best and most expensive.
Typo Tale in a Publishing House
A humorously incorrect line in a manuscript altered a poet’s reputation when printed as See the pale martyr with his shirt on fire. A political party paper countered with The vast concourse rent the air with their snouts, provoking laughter and disbelief.
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Pale Martyr
More Exciting. Tout Has Jones quits race track reform
Tout asserts Jones left the track not due to reform but for a riskier bet. The jockey counters that reform is irrelevant and points to betting on whether the day's weather forecast will be correct.
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Jones
Curious African tribe drinks and fights amid revelry
Explorers report a tribe that breaches etiquette by drinking millet beer and sparking a rough “shindy” as Lieut George and his escort visit. The chief seeks combat, but the officers decline, yet a clash erupts with many natives joining the affray.
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Africa
America
Lieut
George
Land Settlement Over Salmon Barricades Reached
Indian Agent Loring and British Columbia Works Green reached a final settlement after a long conference. Loring acted for the Dominion Government and asked for a large land block from the province as partial compensation to the Babine Indians for giving up the use of river barricades that hinder salmon.
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Loring
Hazelton
Dl and Works Green
British Columbia
Babine
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