Jones and Merrick Form a Bold Paris Alliance
In Bois de Boulogne Paris a runaway car nearly collides with a noble rescue. Jones and Merrick, two daring adventurers, seal a pact to steal Darragh’s gambling blueprint and end Monte Carlo’s grip on high rollers, while a haunting memory of a believed-dead woman unsettles Merrick.
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Jones
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Teketty-Split
Warsaw
Irene Olgavitch
Nicholas
Merrick
Buenos Ayres
South America
Plaza
London
South Africa
Monte Carlo
Europe
Bank of
Darragh
Lost system paper drives Monte Carlo intrigue
A conspiratorial exchange reveals a plan to uncover Darragh's lost system and a key document in Paris. The narrator clashes with Count Leon Villeboig and a Russian ally while Merrick commits to the hunt and a dangerous voyage toward a fabled treasure. The tale promises further revelations.
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Miss Million
Monte Carlo
Darragh
Algiers
Leon Villeboig
Seville
Salt River
Jones
Merrick
Mediterranean
Naples
Paris
Joneses
India to Form Scientific Board for Agriculture
The government of India is considering appointing a scientific board to cooperate with the Inspector general. It would likely include an economic botanist an entomologist a geologist and a chemist. Insect pests drought and human ignorance threaten Indian agriculture but western science is hoped to combat them effectively.
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Government of
India
Embroidery Fashion Rises With Crepe House Dress Trends
Embroidery gains popularity with complete sets including vest fronts cuffs pocket flaps and all over crepe house dresses. For those unable to buy full sets a few French dots on stock cuffs or blouse fronts offers a modest alternative.
Population totals by region and empire in late estimates
Engineering estimates put the United States and dependencies above 84 million inhabitants. The Philippines exceed 7 million, Porto Rico 953 thousand, Hawaii 154 thousand, and Alaska 63,592. China leads in population, followed by the British Empire, Russia, and the United States.
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United States
Engineering
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
China
British Empire
Russia
Column Talk Through the Long Quiet Column
A veteran reporter pens a reflective column about a story’s arc as it unfolds in blue pen edits. The piece weighs memory, craft, and the ethics of journalism while tracing how a story grows beyond the initial notes.
Sugar Trust Uses Cuban Relief Ruse for Big Gains
The 1901 American Sugar Refining Co annual report highlights assets of 122.6 million with a large raw sugar stock. Critics say the Havana sympathy campaign inflated sugar imports and would net the trust up to 15.0 million from a 20 percent tariff cut, fueled by Willett & Gray circulars and Havemeyer statements.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
The
New York Journal of Commerce
Congress
Havana
Charles M. Pepper
Literary Bureau
Willett & Gray
Cuba
Sympathy and sugar drive sugar tariff debate
The piece describes a campaign by the sugar trust to reduce Cuban sugar duties, arguing sympathy for Cuba while the real gain is to the trust. It credits Oxnard with exposing the tactic and notes his willingness to favor cuts if Cuban planters benefit, not the trust, with beet sugar interests in the West prominent.
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Sugar Trust
Cuba
Washington
United States
Congress
Oxnard
Sympathy and Dollars Drive the Cuban Planters Trust
A Denver News commentary argues that apparent sympathy and encouragement for Cuban planters are mere pretense, with the real motive a profit motive driven by dollars rather than genuine aid. It criticizes the trust as exploiting charity for gain.
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Hike
Denver News
Beet Sugar Rise Spurs U.S. Industry Growth Message
The Oswego Times argues beet sugar could boost U.S. production. Last year 185000 tons were produced, up 108000 from 1900, with 42 factories active and nine under construction across 19 states. The piece praises beet sugar as a promising industry and links Cuba’s status to national annexation debates.
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United States
Cuba
Iack
Oswego Times
Boston Journal Attacks Thayer On Sugar Trust Link
The Boston Journal condemns Congressm an Thayer for a resolution seeking an inquiry into the sugar trust’s ties to Cuban tariff relief. It calls the move demagogic and urges investigation before legislation, warning of potential scandals connected to sugar interests and tariffs.
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Boston Journal
Thayer
New England
Boston
Sugar Trust
A Question and a Reckoning on Cuba Trade
The piece asks if relief reciprocity will worsen the trade balance with Cuba and whether increased sales will offset domestic losses for sugar tobacco and cigar workers. It questions if the Republican party has a plan and a clear answer to satisfy the looming reckoning.
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Cuba
Republican Party
Republican House Warning on Sugar and Tobacco Interests
A San Francisco Chronicle note warns that a clear Republican majority opposes sacrificing domestic sugar and tobacco for sugar trust or foreign nation gains. It cautions leaders that weak congressmen may yield under pressure, but the masses will not be fooled if betrayed.
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House of Representatives
San Francisco Chronicle
A Curious Distinction in Cuban Sugar Duty
The free trade papers call unconstitutional the plan to repay part of the Cuban sugar duty, yet favor refraining from collecting the duty. They see little difference in effect between repayment and noncollection, according to the Lowell Courier.
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Free Trade
Lowell Courier
Free traders attack 20 percent Cuban import concession
The passage reports free traders denouncing a proposed 20 percent concession on Cuban imports. It notes the Republicans in Tionesta Pennsylvania arguing the only way to satisfy tariff supporters is to remove the remaining 80 percent, aligning with the last Democratic administration.
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Tionesta
Coat Shedding in Work Horses and Health Signals
The spring coat change in horses signals health and readiness for heat. Poor shedding indicates neglect, improper feeding, and dirty stables, while proper exercise, fresh air, soft water, bran mashes, oats, and brushing stimulate skin, circulation, and excretion for ready work.
Practical hog-raising tips from J. W. Boles adapted for spring
J. W. Boles advises limited food for newborn piglets to avoid scours and stresses the value of separate housing for sows. As pigs wean to slop, mix bran and ship stuff with oil meal, feed soft grass rich rations, and provide ashes lime salt and charcoal. Bedding of wheat straw and millet aids dust reduction while bone and muscle development should lead in the first six months. Overfeeding harms health. keep pigs thriving.
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J. W. Boles
Breeding Pens and Fowl Selection for Strong Embryos
Breeding pens should use proven mature birds. Select females and males with known quality to yield eggs with strong embryos. Provide large yards with abundant green grass and oats so birds remain active. Do not confine a breeding pen to a five by five foot space. exercise aids fertility.
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North Carolina Agricultural College
Struck the Right Spot in Public Schools
A city teacher defends spanking a student after exhausting other methods. The principal confronts her, asking where the blow landed. she replies that the strike occurred where God made the boy, ending the dispute. The Milwaukee Sentinel reports the incident as a cautionary tale about corporal punishment.
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Miss C
Milwaukee Sentinel
Well-ordered homes shape boys more than curfew rules
A historical note argues that stable family discipline yields better boys than strict curfew ordinances. It emphasizes home influence, parental guidance, and moral development as the foundation of youth behavior over municipal time restrictions.
Worn-out Pie Tins Reused to Stabilize Crocky Kettles
A compact note directs placing damaged pie tins in the sink cupboard to support crocky kettles. The guidance emphasizes repurposing worn items to prevent wobble or tipping of the kettles during use.
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Dr Jack
Pauline
New York
Miss Caprice
Street and Smith
Nework
Mark
Looy Age Navemoyer
Hia Pinos
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