Edged Tools of a late Africa romance
In a sunburnt veranda Jocelyn Gordon contemplates a life ending and a distant past. Maurice Gordon returns with a story of love and fidelity, and Jocelyn reshapes it to suit her heart as Jack Meredith plots a return to England. An unopened submarine telegram lies by Sir John Meredith’s bed as the old man’s final quiet cynicism remains.
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Maurice
Jocelyn
Jocelyn Gordon
Leance
Loango
Jack Meredith
Millicent Chyne
Sir John Meredith
Sir John
London
Jack
Maurice Gordon
England
St. Paul de Loanda
John Meredith
Africa
A Woman of Quick Wit and Susan B Anthony
A Delineator portrait praises Susan B Anthony for intense realism and sharp wit. It cites her ability to distill speeches to a sentence and recalls quips on education, voting, and marriage during a public career marked by controversy and advocacy.
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Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Horace Greeley
Albany
Mr. Greeley
Empire Elevates Russian Legation to Embassy in Tokyo
In a diplomatic move, the St. Petersburg council of empire raised Russia’s Tokyo legation to an embassy. A Chicago child told a police magistrate she had never heard of the Bible, noting they own an almanac. Quebec’s legislature refused Three Rivers land from a cemetery, blocking St Didace bones’ removal under the Episcopal church. A lighthouse at Fastnet Rock cost 402200 dollars, new to mariners sailing east. Vienna’s chief criminal court sat until 4 am to finish a case. a juryman asked for a certificate to prove the hour, else his wife would doubt him.
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Council of Empire
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Chicago
Quebec
Three Rivers
St. Didace
Episcopal Church
America
Europe
Erin
Chief Criminal Court
Vienna
Industrial items and comparisons across trades
The piece notes 300 paint factories in the country producing over 100 million gallons annually with rising demand. It salutes Australian miners for a diamond drill at 49 pounds versus three to four ton drills in use, and mentions English unions limiting workers to fourteen pounds unless assisted. Japan orders machinery from Britain, including a large heating plant for manufactories and a new sugar making facility.
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Japan
Great Britain
Prehistoric Mother Goose Verse Appears In Fragment
A fragment from a Puck verse references a baby bunting and a dinosaurus skin used to wrap its body. The odd piece evokes a playful prehistoric nursery rhyme tone with archaic imagery.
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Puck
Tasty Chickens and Hidden Flavors Colloquy
A quirky quote notes three flavors in one chicken as the bird is fed on duck and pheasant foods. The speaker jokes about a kitchen method or promotional line attributed to Tatier, with maternal dialogue framing the remark.
Point of View Noting Delirious Worries Over Serious Things
A reflective line warns against overreacting to worries that seem pressing. The speaker urges calm and perspective, suggesting that many concerns may be less dire than they feel. The excerpt emphasizes restraint and measured concern.
Samuel and Saul The Lord Chooses a King
A Sunday School commentary on first Samuel chapter eleven focusing on Mizpeh, the Lord guiding through lot casting, Samuel’s leadership, and the anointing of Saul. It stresses God’s plan in daily events and the call to trust Him rather than conform to worldly ways.
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American Press Association
Mizpeb
Lot
Samuel
Egypt
Heaven and
Earth
Sam
David
Israel
Saul
God
Do as occasion serve thee in God’s leading
The passage urges trust in God’s guiding presence through life’s routine trials. It cites scripture from chapter verse and emphasizes that God leads believers toward a kingdom, offering assurance that His anointed care will prompt attentive hearing without harsh knocks.
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John xv
Saskatchewan crops show larger acreage than last year
Saskatchewan department of agriculture reports higher total grain acreage this year with wheat 2,374,058 acres up 16 percent from last year’s estimate, oats 1,170,452 up 46 percent, barley 101,033 up 27 percent, and flax 16,422 up 13 percent. Total of four main grains rises 30 percent to 3,786,994 acres as harvest activity increases.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Larley i
Pedlar's Son Wins Senior Wrangler Title at Cambridge
London reports Selig Brodetsky, son of an East End peddler, has won Cambridge University Senior Wrangler. The Russian Jewish student rose from poverty after attending the Jews' Free School and earning a Trinity College scholarship in October 1906. This marks the second Jew to hold the honor, following Tuma Hartog in 1867.
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London
Cambridge
East End
Selig Brodetsky
Jane
Selig
Jews’ Free School
Lord Rothschild
Trinity
Tuma Hartog
Venezuela in Serious Trouble Reported
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela are interrupted. American legation members have boarded the steamship Marietta for the United States. President Castro has returned to Caracas after a long interior absence, amid rumors and confusion. Unclear ties with the U S France Colombia Britain Holland and Germany.
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Venezuela
Willemstadt
United States
Nerongs
Marietta
Castro
Caracas
Holland
Colombia
France
Great Britain
Germany
Canada Ships Register Shows Growth in 1907
The blue book in Ottawa lists 7,523 vessels totaling 694,688 tons, up 16 ships and 44,509 tons from 1906. Estimated value at 30 dollars per ton equals twenty-one million. New vessels built in 1907 total 392 at 24,410 tons, valued at 1,175,000.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Millions of Cigarettes Ottawa
Inland Revenue returns show cigarette consumption in Canada rising rapidly. For the year ending March 1 1908 consumption reached 334.5 million, up from 355.7 million in 1907 and far above earlier years. The government has introduced a bill to curb tobacco use by minors.
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Ottawa
Inland Revenue Department
Dominion
Canada
Inland Revenue
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Henry Setun Merrivan
Roden
Coren
Gee
Asoter
Harper & Brothers
Gordon
Bhé
Eraene
Victor
Susan
Anthony
D. M. Stearns
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