Cromwell’s Stand Versus Parliament in Chapter VII
In a continued chapter Cromwell demands Parliament know its mind and dissolve. Vane and others resist while Martha and Cromwell debate tyranny. A council meeting at the Speaker’s house follows Israel Swaffham’s protest as Cromwell delivers a thunderous speech and returns home on horseback.
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Threshold of Love in Matilda and Jane’s England
In spring 1655 Jane Swaffham and Matilda de Wick sustain a shared life of happiness amid duties and visits. Stephen de Wick presses Jane to marry, but she remains pledged to Lord Neville, while Cymlin’s playful mischief and Matilda’s stories set the scene for a coming conflict.
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Uses for the Baby Carriage
An observant man notes diverse uses for baby carriages beyond infants. Children push puppies, laundresses wheel baskets of clothes, and poor girls collect boards and fuel, turning the perambulator into a makeshift trolley and storage unit.
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New York Press
Crowded Out by Women at Berne University
At Berne University exactly half of 1300 students are foreigners, mainly Slavs. In the medical faculty 350 women students from Russia flock to the Swiss capital seeking easier access to degrees and better study conditions. The influx crowds laboratories and Swiss students move abroad to study elsewhere.
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Berne University
Russia
Berne
Classified Civil Service Positions Grow to 134000
The classified civil service now includes 134,017 positions expanding the public sector payroll. The update signals a substantial growth in government staffing across departments and agencies.
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Classified Civil Service
Peace Between the Sections Mooted at Hamilton Club Dinner
Henry Watterson urged healing between the North and South while denouncing negro suffrage as a failure. He warned rising tensions between labor and capital and said true citizenship for blacks must come slowly through evolution, not rapid social change. He cited constitutional provisions that could spur sectional misgivings if secessionary sentiment resurfaced.
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Chicago
Hamilton Club
Auditorium Hotel
Henry Watterson
Mahomet
South
Roosevelt Meets Sioux Chiefs in Dakota Capitol Visit
President Roosevelt, in Bismarck, received assurances of friendship from twenty Sioux leaders including Red Tomahawk and Standing Bear. Mandan chief Water presented a written guarantee. Grass spoke for the tribes and presented a carved peace pipe. The event included a Capitol reception and a balcony address to thousands.
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White
State Capitol
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Red Fish
Black Bull
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Crow Ghost
Cross Bear
Water
San Juan
White House
Capitol
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West
Crisis in China as French enter South China
Severe unrest in South China worsens as French troops pour into Kwangsi from Assam at the request of Governor Wang Chi Hun. Pekin government objects, but French forces advance, raising fears of foreign seizure of the province alongside Russia in the north.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Kwangs
Assam
Kwangsi
Wang Chi Hun
Pekin
Russia
Grain boycott condemned at Illinois rail board
Springfield Ill The State Board of Railroad and Warehouse commissioners orders Illinois Central to equitably distribute grain cars. The case against the railroad suggests an understanding between the Curry company and the Illinois Grain Dealers association to not handle Farmers Elevator grain at Mason City and that Curry agreed to curb Mason City competitors.
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Farmers’ Elevator Company
Mason City
Curry
German prince orders crackdown on army drunkenness
Berlin reports that the hereditary prince of Saxe Meiningen, commander of the Sixth Army Corps, issued a fresh directive condemning drunkenness. He urged regimental doctors to demonstrate to privates the health and usefulness costs of alcohol and to push complaints when soldiers are ill treated.
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Berlin
Saxe-Meiningen
Sixth Army Corps
Mrs Fair Lived The Longer In Estate Case
Lucian Mass testified in Paris that he saw the August automobile crash that killed Mr and Mrs Charles Fair. He said Mr Fair was lifeless at the scene while Mrs Fair breathed and showed facial and hand tension. The suit by Anna Nelson and relatives targets Theresa Oelrichs and Virginia Van derbilt and questions a 250000 settlement plan.
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Paris
Charles Fair
Mrs. Fair
Anna Nelson
Theresa Alice Oelrichs
Virginia Vanderbilt
Lucian Mass
Death of Rear Admiral George M. Belknap
Washington dispatch confirms Rear Admiral George M. Belknap USN retired died of apoplexy in Key West. He was assigned to duties related to naval base plans and will be buried in Brookline Massachusetts.
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Washington
D. C
Navy Department
Key West
George MT. Belknap
Brooklin
Mass
Death of J B Atherton Noted Hawaiian Leader at 66
J B Atherton one of Hawaii’s wealthiest and most influential figures died after an extended illness at age 66. He headed prominent local interests and was a leading figure in the islands' business and social scene for decades.
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Doles Hihonolulu
Associated Press
J B. Atherton
Hawaiian Islands
Springfield House Approves $9000 for Frances Willard Statue
The house on Wednesday passed an appropriation of 9000 dollars to place a Frances E Willard statue in the statuary hall at Washington.
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Frances E Willard Springfield
Frances & Willard
Hall
Washington
Backache and Kidney Trouble Promise from Lydia Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Kate LLEMAN of New York credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with backache relief and improved strength after nervous work and headaches. The ad promises $5000 for proof of genuineness and urges women with kidney or womb troubles to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ond
Mras Kate Lleman
142Nd St
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New York City
Centenarians in Ceylon Reach 145 Older Citizens
A recent census shows 145 Ceylon residents aged 100 or more, including 71 men and 74 women. Forty-three men and fifty-two women are exactly 100, while the oldest person listed is 120.
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Ceylon
Celon
Wages of rulers and their minute by minute pay
The article compares rulers earnings by minute of state work. Nicholas II earns about 80 dollars per minute for six hours daily, Franz Josef about 35 dollars per minute, Wilhelm about 17.5 dollars per minute, and Edward VII roughly 15 dollars per minute.
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Austria
Kaliser Wilhelm
Edward
Stones in the Butter Fraud Shocks Tyrone Court
Rosa Galbraith was fined 40 shillings plus costs at Fintona petty sessions for fraudulently preparing butter by placing large stones in the center of the rolls. The practice has persisted for months and caused an £11 loss to a biscuit manufacturer whose machinery was damaged by the concealed stones.
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Fintona Petty Sessions
County Tyrone
Rosa Galbraith
Quit and Eat Health Advice in an Old Food Drink Ad
A reader reports coffee harms complexion and liver, urging Postum Food Coffee as a solution. Testimonies describe improved skin, reduced pain, and regained health after quitting coffee and switching to Postum. The piece presents several anecdotes of men and women finding relief.
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Philadelphia
Poston
Postum
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