Escape and Flight Through Ash Forks Western Chase
In Chapter XI the narrator dodges capture as Judge Wilson orders a search warrant for stolen letters. He hides the incriminating packet in his saddle and later in freight cars, then evades Baldwin Camp and cowboys along the railroad town. A sheriffs’ search fails to recover the letters, which Fred Cullen and Lord Ralles help shield.
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Baldwin
Camp
Ash Forks
United States
Madge
Fred Cullen
Lord Ralles
Fred
America
U. S. Transport Meade Damaged by Fire at Frisco
The United States transport Meade, once the steamship Berlin, was partly destroyed by fire in San Francisco. The loss included three lives and injuries to several persons. Built in Greenock, Scotland in 1874, the 5641 ton vessel is 488 feet long and 44 feet wide, depth 349 feet, and has carried troops to the Philippines. It was purchased by the government at the outbreak of the Spanish war and served as a transport for several years.
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United States
Meade
San Francisco
Berlin
Greenock
Scotland
Philippines
An Evening in Jail in Chapter XII
The narrator recalls being moved to a station platform with Camp and Lord Ralles. Lord Ralles tears up letters as Camp orders the action. Albert Cullen cheers Ralles while others mock and scatter. Meanwhile the pony may be taken to Baldwin's ranch, with riders lingering among the herd.
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Frederic
Lord Ralles
Camp
Ralles
Albert Cullen
Relles
Baldwin's
Question of Longest Purse and the $10 Fine
A Georgia court anecdote tells how Judge Emory Speer fined a marshal $10 for a late arrival then rescinded the penalty. The marshal had delayed to allow a prisoner a walk during lunch, claiming a 3:30 recess. The judge later noted the marshal was seeking a loan and erased the fine, proceeding with the trial.
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United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
Emory Speer
Judge Speer
Just a Gentle One and a Fortune Teller’s Prediction
A playful exchange between two lovers references a fortune teller’s claims of luck in love. The Maid echoes the prediction as a test of whether they are meant for each other, urging Henry to reflect on their compatibility and fate.
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Henry
Puck
Bishop McCabe Reaches Church Goal With Prison Sermon
Bishop McCabe has delivered his lecture titled the Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison 1,500 times and raised $200,000 for the church treasury.
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McCabe
Libby
Bethnal Green Almshouse Barber Earns More
In a ten hour day the Bethnal Green almshouse barber tended 230 men. Public interest grows over possible wage increase for the London worker.
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Bethnal Green
London
Worse Than Many Bulls Elephant in China Shop
Zenobia the elephant from a traveling show causes havoc at Polis theater in Worcester, ripping planks, wandering into Sid Hopper's china and glassware store, then returning to her train of chaos. Clerks and local workers chase, feed, and guide her back, with Hopper lamenting the unprecedented damage from an elephant in a china shop.
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China
Zenobia
Polis Theater
Worcester
Mass
Sid Hopper
Topsy
Harry Hawkins
William Howard
Bill
Harry
Ree
Howard
Hawkins
Pompadour
Hopper
Colored Tickets at the White House Scheme Adopted
The White House will issue colored tickets for successive performances to curb repeat attendance. Invitations will be white for one function, red for another, yellow for another, forcing guests to attend only when invited. Washington society has relied on extra cards to attend multiple events.
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White House
Washington Society
Motor fishing boat aids coast crews in race to market
East coast crews in England and Scotland trial an eighty ton motor fishing boat designed to speed catches to port. The seventy five by twenty two by unknown dimensions craft uses a twenty four horsepower gasoline engine at low winds, or when needed, to reach about five miles per hour. It replaces ballast and does not hinder sails or fish storage. If successful more boats are planned.
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Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wireless Telegraphy Expands in Mexico With Coast to Ship Links
The Mexican government awards contracts for a wireless plant spanning about 200 miles across the Gulf of California. It will connect distant stations and ships, backed by a trained staff of wireless operators. The measure signals a likely expansion of wireless communication across the country.
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Mexico
Gulf of California
Harper's Weekly
American Wheat for Norway Promising Market for Farmers
Norway imports grains and related products amounting to 13 to 15 million dollars yearly, led by rye and barley with rising maize wheat and oats. U S wheat flour shows potential in satisfying this demand as a large crop outlook could boost cereal trade between Norway and the United States driven by proximity mutual respect and improved transport.
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Norway
Russia
Germany
United States
Uncle Sam
Preacher and Educator Rev. Joseph Glass Monfort Dies
Rev. Joseph Glass Monfort a noted preacher and educator died February 1 at his Walnut Hills Cincinnati home. He edited the Herald and Presbyter and Presbyterian of the West later the Herald and Presbyter. Born in Warren County Ohio he graduated from Miami University in 1834 and served pastorates in Ohio and Indiana before taking editorial roles shaping Presbyterian circles. His son Captain E R Monfort served as Cincinnati postmaster.
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Joseph Glass Monfort
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Herald and Presbyter
Presbyterian Church
Monfort
Warren County
Ohio
Miami University
Indiana
Presbyterian of the West
The
Presbyter
Presbyterian Herald
Workers Sent to Parliament in United Kingdom Elections
The New York Tribune Cable notes a broad sweep of working class candidates winning seats across Manchester Leeds Leicester Norwich Bradford and Wolverhampton. A cotton spinner wins Sir James Fergusson’s seat in Manchester while miners win Morpeth and Glamorganshire. Numerous trades including shipwrights carpenters engineers and sailors join parliament alongside educators and baronets.
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James Fergusson
Manchester
Ernest Flower
Bradford
Norwich
Burnley
Deptford
Winvvy
Manchester Ship Canal
Stoke-on-Trent
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Morley
Lord Goschen
Bolton
Leicester
John Rolleston
Wolverhampton
Alfred Hickman
Morpeth
Glamorganshire
Leeds
New York Tribune
Great World Map Effort Maps Earth at 1 to 1 000 000 Scale
Geographers from major nations work on a world map scaled 1 to 1 000 000. Professor Penck notes 69 of 437 sheets completed by March. A mile equals about one sixteenth inch on the plan. This vast project aims to cover the entire known world.
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Penck
Governor Pennypacker Buys Historic Conestoga Wagon
Governor Pennypacker purchased an old Conestoga wagon from Dr. Rein Keeler of Harleysville. The wagon, once part of a Continental army provision train, carried meat to Washington's forces at Valley Forge and broke an axle after heavy loading at Pennypacker Mills near Schwenksville.
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Gov. Pennypacker
Rein Keeler
Harleyaville
Continental Army
Pennypacker Mills
Schwenksville
Washington
Valley Forge
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Lord Balles
U. S
Frisco
Aptde SO
Parliament
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