The Girl at the Halfway House in the Frontier Saga
Franklin surveys a stark frontier town as a long letter from Battersleigh reveals Western cattle, Cowboys, and a land of contrasts. The scene shows Ellisville hinterlands, tented quarters, and a vision of vast lands beyond Missouri with rail, buffalo, Indians, and unsettled towns.
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Franklin
Missouri
Battersleigh
Edw. Franklin
Bloomsbury
Ned
Ellisville
Edward Franklin Leaves for the West to Seek a Law Career
Edward Franklin trains in Judge Bradley’s Bloomsbury office, reading Blackstone and Kent as the town grows. A longtime mentor hints that Franklin should go West for opportunity, while the judge urges caution yet encourages the move, suggesting it may be the better path for a rising lawyer.
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Judge Bradley
Edward Franklin
Blackstone
Chitty
Kent
Franlklin
Franklin
Battersleigh
Diet Fad Sparks Talk Of Long Life And Youthful Minds
The London World notes that current dieting fashions may not meet all promises but could yield future benefits. A continental physician foresees dieting science improving so we extend life and maintain faculties longer. Octogenarians may stay sharp, aging could be softened, and elders help guide younger generations with clearer minds.
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Ned
London
Man Declares Fatalist Defense Before Chicago Justice
A man in Chicago asked Justice Blume for protection against neighbors who threatened to kill him. He stated that when it is a man’s time to die he would die, calling himself a fatalist and citing seven accidents including hold ups, a fire, drownings, many falls, pneumonia, and a brain concussion from civil war battles. The judge replied that if death won’t come, a special Providence watches over him.
Russia Eyes Japan Reply in Time Case Potential War Looms
Reports from London and Tokyo indicate Russia awaits Japan’s reply to its latest note, hinting at a likely delay of a week or ten days before Japan acts as its interests dictate. Britain fears a wider war as Russian and Japanese movements in East Asia provoke alarm, with preparations across naval and land forces and concerns over India and Afghanistan.
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Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Corea
Port Arthur
England
Far East
London
Vladivostock
Asia
China
India
Indian
Afghanistan
Persia
Central Asia
Seoul
London Daily Mail
Royal
London Times
Moscow
Tokio
Reuter
Baron de Rosen
Manchuria
Japa
United States
Japanese War Hopes Rise Amid Russian Tactics
I Carlos Ames, visiting from the Orient, says Japanese disgust with Russia’s obstinate tactics could push toward war. He notes Chinese views split, with some hoping Japan prevails while others expect a Japanese defeat. Americans in China push modernization, rail projects connecting Canton and Haikow and later Peking, reshaping regional ties.
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Russia
I. Carlos Ames
Imperial Chinese Railway Administration
Chicago
Orient
Mr. Ames
United States
Mar Shal John
China
Japan
Canton
Haakow
Hakow
Peking
Kaiser's Favorite Crown Prince Keeps Low Public Profile
An English journalist in Berlin reports that the German crown prince is not his father's favorite. The prince is kept in the background on most occasions, with Eitel to his older brothers, indicating a quiet public role within the imperial family.
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Berlin
Glossary of Native Terms in Manchuria Far East
A glossary lists geographic and topographic terms used in Manchuria and the Far East. It explains prefixes and word roots such as KIANG and YCHU to indicate streams rivers towns and fortified places and gives translations for prefixes denoting size direction and color. The piece outlines how terms combine in place names and notes common prefixes like YA STAO NAN and HEL HUANG used in geographic naming.
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Far East
Manchuria
Chou
Yil
Ychang-Yi
Kiang
Ychuan
Ychu
Hai
Jake
Shan
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De. Asse + & Company
New York
Edward Frankin
Ittle
Earier
Old Vermont
Hollis N. Bradley
Bloombsbury
Fallow
P Vindoi
Blomsbury
Washington State Department
State Department
Congress
Mukden
Antung
R. D. Hvans
Hankow
Yangstedl
Yang-tse
Mutsuhito
Emperor OF
Nicholes II
Ycheng-Chen
Alarge
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