Desert World and a Father’s Worsening Sickness
Margaret Crawford leaves her shabby Glasgow room for a rush to Bol ton after a telegram from her landlady warns that her father James Crawford in a Lancashire town lies gravely ill. In the echoing night she reaches the modest house where Jane Adamson cares for the ailing teller.
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Margaret
Spottiswoode Street
Margaret Crawford
Miss Crawford
Adamson
Miss Tait
Bolton
Lancashire
James Crawford
Minnie Whyte
Jane Adamson
Miss Margaret
Confession Of A Bank Fraud And A Daughter’s Resolve
A dying Glasgow bank manager confesses a ten year old embezzlement rooted in fear of ruin. He admits swapping his friend’s funds through altered checks to save the bank, causing the investor’s son Paul Cleland to die from shock. Margaret, his daughter, vows restitution and asks for the uncle name to pursue justice as the tale continues.
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Margaret
Jane
James Crawford
Meg
Western Bank
Glasgow
Young Cleland
Cleland
John ~ Cleland
John Cleland
Margaret Crawford
Paul Cleland
Crawford
Madman Confined in Scottish Lunatic Asylum Believes It Is Christmas Day
A London Tit-Bits tale recounts a Scottish asylum inmate who, despite imagining daily feasts of turkey roast beef and plum pudding, actually subsisted on plain fare of oats and porridge. He insists every bite tastes of porridge, a curious midwinter fantasy amid confinement.
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London
Uncle Sam Is Third in World Commerce Share
United States Consul Winter of Annaberg reports to the state department that among 18 billion dollars in world trade, England holds 18.3 percent, Germany 10.8 percent, and the United States 9.7 percent.
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Uncle Sam
England
Germany
United States
Winter of
Annaberg
State Department
Chinese Pirates Still Ply Their Trade in Zhiha Seas
Reports recount Chinese pirates in Amey and Macao as thriving threats. Attacks near Hong Kong, Canton, and on the Namca liner illustrate methods: disguised seamen, swift boarding, and looting with heavy European casualties and ransom risks. A notable 1890 Namca capture spurred further fear.
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Zhiha
China
Amey
Macao
Chek-Hueng-Shan
Hong Kong
Straits Settlements
Pinghol
Tually
Canton Harbor
Archin
Sumatra
Municipal Ownership Through the Ages
A historical view asserts public ownership of utilities is ancient, tracing practice back to Rome 2,000 years ago with government run baths aqueducts and other public works. The piece argues municipal ownership was once well developed long before modern America.
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America
Rome
Hound Finds Way Home After 500 Mile Return
A Missouri born hound was bought and shipped to a Kansas ranch in a closed express car. It vanished within days and was later found to have.returned to its Missouri home traveling about 500 miles along an unfamiliar route.
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Missouri
Kansas
Mines Operated by Women in Colorado
Reports from Colorado highlight women taking control of mines and profiting from mining ventures. The article notes female operators managing finances, purchases, and marketing while some enter the demanding work of mining. Two Boston women, Mary and Edith Tracy, invest in Empire near Camp Bird and study the Clear Creek district after a Georgetown loop excursion.
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Colorado
San Juan
Thomas F. Walsh
Empire
Clear Creek County
Boston
Mary
Edith Tracy
Georgetown Loop
Clear Creek
Denver
Chicago Chronicle
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Desert
Erid
Ross
Cragie
Achinese
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