The Return to England End of a Sedate Loango Night
In a Veranda reverie Jocelyn recalls her past and the man she may never fully trust. Maurice Gordon relays a plain tale of past choices and love, and Jocelyn twists it to fit her hopes. Jack Meredith decides to sail for England with Maurice and Jocelyn, sending a telegram to Sir John Meredith as an old man awaits news in London.
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Jocelyn Gordon
Leance
Loango
Jack Meredith
Millicent Chyne
Sir John
Sir John Meredith
London
Jack
Maurice Gordon
Gordon
England
Africa
St. Paul de Loanda
A Woman of Quick Wit Susan B Anthony Retorts
The Delineator lauds Susan B Anthony for vivid stage presence and sharp, concise replies. It recalls her quips to Horace Greeley about voting and fighting with a goose quill and her retort to A D Mayo on slavery and marriage.
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Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Israel
Sun
Horace Greeley
Albany
Mr. Greeley
Samuel Crowned Saul in Israel by Lot and Prayer
A Sunday School lesson reflects on Mizpeh and the choosing of Saul as king by lot, guided by God. It contrasts human choice with divine selection, urging humility, seeking God's guidance, and trusting Him in daily life as He leads toward a kingdom. The narrative ties Samuel, Saul, and the people's duty to magnify God.
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American Press Association
Mizpeh
Lot
Samuel
Egypt
God
Heaven and
Earth
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David
Israel
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Russian legation raised to embassy in St Petersburg
In a decree the council of empire promotes the Russian legation at Tokyo to embassy status. A Chicago child tells a magistrate she has never heard of the Bible but knows an almanac. Quebec refuses Three Rivers cemetery land transfer, blocking St Didace bones relocation. Fastnet Rock lighthouse at $403200 cost rises. Vienna's chief criminal courtlabors late into the night. a juror requests a certificate to prove the long session.
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St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Chicago
Quebec
Three Rivers
St. Didace
Episcopal Church
America
Europe
Erin
Chief Criminal Court
Vienna
Industrial Growth and New Equipment Noted Worldwide
The article highlights 300 paint factories producing over 100 million gallons yearly with demand outpacing capacity. It notes Australian miners unveiling a 400 pound diamond drill, far lighter than the three to four ton prior model. English unions cap worker loads at fourteen pounds, with helpers needed for heavier tools. Japan buys vast machinery from Britain, including a large heating plant for a factory group and a full setup for a new sugar industry.
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Japan
Great Britain
Prehistoric Mother Goose Tale Echoes Dinosaurs
A playful fragment portrays a hunter father seeking a dinosaurus skin to wrap Baby Bunting as part of a prehistoric Mother Goose scene. The tone blends nursery rhyme imagery with fossil era fantasy.
Tasty Chickens Delight in Mixed Feeds
Tatier narrates a farmer’s cautionary tale about feeding chickens with duck and pheasant foods. He claims the birds gain three favors in a single meal, illustrating the comic superstition around poultry diets.
Point of View Delivers Calm Amid Worries
Short reflection urges readers to avoid delirium over worries as others see clarity in perspective. It contrasts personal anxiety with measured insight and hints at seeking balanced understanding without overreaction.
Saskatchewan crops show larger acreage across grains
Saskatchewan agriculture estimates show wheat acreage at 2,374,058, up 326,324 or 16 percent from last year. Oats rise to 1,170,452, barley to 101,033, flax to 141,451, with the four grains totaling 3,786,994 acres, a 24 percent year on year increase.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Larley
Pedlar's Son Wins Senior Wrangler Honor at Cambridge
London reports Selig Brodetsky, son of an East End Jewish peddler driven to the capital by persecution, has won the Senior Wrangler title at Cambridge. He attended the Jews' free school in London where Lord Rothschild presides, earned a scholarship to Trinity College in 1906, and now holds scholarships totaling £250 yearly. This marks the second Jew to win the honor, the first being Tuma Hartog in 1267.
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Cambridge
Selig Brodetsky
Selig
Jews’ Free School
East End
Lord Rothschild
Trinity College, Cambridge
Tuma Hartog
Venezuela in Serious Trouble Diplomatic Strains Rising
In Willemstadt the US Venezuelan diplomatic ties are severed and the American legation has left on the Marietta. President Castro returns to Caracas from the interior as rumors spread and a broader regional rupture appears possible with Holland and potential upheaval in Colombia. France and Colombia also show strained ties. Germany remains unengaged.
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Colombia
United States
France
Venezuela
Great Britain
Holland
Germany
Canada’s Shipping Shows Growth in Registered Vessels
The blue book in Ottawa reports 7 528 vessels on Dominion records totaling 698 688 tons, up 16 ships and 44 509 tons from 1906. Estimated value at 30 dollars per ton reaches about 21 million dollars. In 1907, 392 new vessels were built totaling 34 410 tons and valued at 1 175 000 dollars.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Millions of Cigarettes in Canada Rise in Consumption
Inland Revenue returns show rapid growth in cigarette use in Canada with 324.5 million consumed in the year ending March 31 1908 and 355.7 million in 1907. Government proposes a bill to curb underage tobacco use as the trend continues.
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Inland Revenue Department
Dominion
Canada
Inland Revenue
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D. M. Stearns
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