Glenarm Reaches Glenarm Estate Amid Tense Welcome
The narrator arrives at Glenarm to find wary villagers and a tense mood as he takes stock of his inheritance. He learns Bates runs the household and guards gate access while reflecting on his grandfather John Marshall Glenarm and the mysterious shooting nearby. He files a telegram to Pickering and notices locals keep their distance.
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Glenarm
Bates
John Marshall Glenarm
Pickering
New York
Manu Gruffy
St. Agatha’s
Annandale
A Red Tam o Shanter Opens a Morning at Glenarm
The narrator surveys the October dawn at Glenarm House noting the Tudor architecture, unfinished towers, scaffolding, ravine with a creek, bridges, and distant St. Agatha's buildings. Bates presents a formal, colorless greeting as the morning unfolds over the secluded estate. A Chicago newspaper lies at breakfast signaling the day’s routine.
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Antil
St. Agatha’s
Bates
Chicago
Mrs Peck Plans Phonograph Voice For Posthumous Sound
In a light exchange Mrs. Peck tells Henry she will buy a phonograph to record her voice so he can hear it after her death. Henry responds with hopeful humor that perhaps he will die first. Houston Post quotes the couple.
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Henry
A Slight Difference. Friend Well, did you get your copy right
In a concise quip from the Baltimore American the author laments having secured rights for the last work while the printers failed to do so, highlighting a dispute over publication.
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Baltimore American
Trump Card in a Strained Marriage Dialogue
A tense exchange reveals marital strain as a husband plans separation and a companion to maintain the home. The wife resists, fearing scandal and a rival in Mrs Beardslee, while both weigh staying together versus an abroad departure. They compromise to attend the theater.
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Bluebeard House
Harriet
Revenues Grow as Nickel Hauls Pour Into Rail Coffers
Daily receipts for the New York elevated railways rise with 27,500 nickels dropped into the coffers plus additional coins and bills. This brisk influx underscores strong passenger use and fare collection.
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New Yorke Elevated Railways
Cured of Gravel by Doan’s Kidney Pills
Suffolk Virginia publisher J D Daughtrey credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney trouble and gravel. He claims to have passed 20 pounds of gravel and sandy sediment before using the remedy and notes no stones in three years. He reports relief from agony and other kidney symptoms and endorses the product as a fine kidney tonic. For sale by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. D. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Old Cannon Won’t Break Despite Many Attempts
A San Francisco contractor purchased old smooth bore cannons sold from Mare Island navy yard. Attempts to break them with dynamite blasting and even an electric drill failed. The cannons, part of warships that sailed in 1813, were moved toward Point Richmond as further efforts continued.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Point Richmond
Cure for Severe Eruption Uses Cuticura Remedies
A Bakersfield California family reports a seven year old girl recovered from a painful widespread eruption after two days of Cuticura treatment. They describe measles followed by itching and sores under the arms, and say one complete set over five days cured the child.
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F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Autographs in Demand Among Literary Celebrities
The Circle notes that autographs of English literary figures fetch high prices, with Keats and Shelley selling best abroad. London Berlin and Paris host continual autograph sales during the season as collectors seek prized signatures.
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Keats
Shelley
London
Berlin
Paris
Garfield 3 Plan for Good Health Tea Promoted
An herbal tea described as regulating the liver and nerves, easing constipation, purifying blood, and eradicating disease. Marketed as wholly herbal, the notice frames it as a health remedy amid general self improvement claims.
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Garfield
Pink Pills Helped Mother's Health After Birth and Rheumatic Attack
Mrs J Wight of Auburn Maine describes using Dr Williams Pink Pills after a difficult birth in 1901 with improved strength and a speedy recovery. She later used them again during a rheumatic attack with swift relief and no lingering trouble. The pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Mr. J. Wight
Seventh Street
Auburn
Maine
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
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Wee
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Swift
Williams
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Canada
Entile
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omshi
Nebraska
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
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