A Bartered Life: Scandal Splits a Family
Harried by gossip and a secret affair, Edward Withers confronts Mrs. Withers and Constance as a coast of elopement rumors erupts. Harriet’s hints, a late night confession, and a sensational newspaper expose threaten to ruin the family name and reveal hidden disloyalties.
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Angel
Europe
Edward Withers
John
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Nat
Mrs. Withers
Mr Withers
Elmathan
Constance
Carrie
Edward
Connie
Chronicle
Humane Sheet
Mountain lion bonds with Cheyenne Indian then to National Museum
A wild Rocky Mountain catamount in a Cheyenne camp formed a rare bond with its master, following him everywhere and allowing no others to approach. The animal accompanied the buck into the post trader's store, until officers finally persuaded the Indian to part with the pet for payment. The lion was caged and sent as a gift to the National Museum in Washington.
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New York Sun
Rocky Mountain
National Museum
Washington
Wisdom of the Crow Counts to Twenty in Wales
A naturalist reports crows as the wisest birds and claims a sentinel crow can count to twenty six. In Wales he watched crows guarding a sheep corpse and noting when four boys entered a barn. After each group left, the crows returned only when the building was empty, repeating with different numbers of boys.
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Wales
Pumice Stone Quarry on Lipari Island
On Lipari, the main pumice source from Monte Chirica, nearly 2000 feet high, with two craters. About 1000 workers pull pumice from a three square mile district, exporting both blocks and powdered stone for polishing and cleaning.
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Lipari
Monte Chirica
London News
What a Horse Can Draw On Various Pavements
The text explains a horse can draw 1.666 times as much as on the best asphalt, 3.333 times on good wood paving, 5 times on bad wood, 7 on good cobblestone, 13 on bad cobblestone, 20 on earth road, and 40 on sand, relative to each surface.
Blue Glass Cure Promises Novel Light Therapy in Gotham
News notes a blue glass light treatment claimed to relieve nervous disorders and illnesses from headache to typhoid. Doctors in New York plan a hospital using alternating blue and white light to destroy germs, with early success in nervous diseases and infectious cases.
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Associated Rays
Washington Star
New York
Roentgen
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
J Mount Bleyer
Bleser
Bleyer
Anecdote of Baron Pollock on Retirement
A Westminster Gazette anecdote recalls Baron Pollock as Chief Baron. When a visitor hinted at retirement to prolong the baron’s life he replied with a joke. He invited a dance then boxed the man to teach a lesson, ending retirement talk in the room.
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Baron Pollock
Westminster Gazette
Gold Watches Now in a Local Swindle
A cheap watch, a strong imitation of a gold one, is being pawned for various sums in certain localities. The fraud claims watches can be bought in Chicago for $1.50 each, with genuine value limited to the swindle. Pawning above $150 yields clear profit to the scammer.
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Chicago
Child Charged with Murder in Columbia Case
Annie Isaac, age 13, is jailed in Columbia South Carolina charged with murdering her 12 year old cousin Rosa Joseph with an axe. The report notes street figures for London Paris and New York.
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Annie Isaac
Columbia
S.C
Rosa Joseph
Earl of Orkney drives off assailants in Bucks dispute
report from Bucks describes Earl of Orkney defending his countess’s dog against roughs who refused to stop their bull terrier attack. a ring formed and the earl won a bareknuckle fight, returning to a hounds meet amid cheers. a warning about prudence follows.
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London
Bucks
Orkney
Connie Guilchrist
Pst Dor
Merchants Hotel Corner Districts and City Center Trade Hub
Omaha streetcars pass the door to depots in the business center. Merchants Hotel, operated by Panton & Davenwort, serves as a trade headquarters with rates of two and five dollars per day. An eclectic column mixes ads, quotes, and anecdotes from various sources.
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Panton & Davenwort
Prop‘s
Ghost color halos reveal hidden petals in a spectacle
A reader recounts a simple optical trick to see ghostly color halos around flower clusters. By alternating gaze between halves of a cluster, a faint complementary circle appears, with the scarlet poppy showing greenish white, the primrose purple, and the blue fringed gentian pale gold, revealing petal stems within the colored rings.
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Tie
Toledo firm owner swears oath in patent case
Frank J Cunenezy of Cheney & Co asserts he is senior partner and that Mall’s Catarrh Cure will pay one dollar for each uncured case. Notary A W Gleason witnesses on December 5. The mixed medical ad and unrelated society notes follow, including charity deeds and literary notices.
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Toledo
Lecal County
Frank
Cheney
Cheney & Co
Frank J
A.W Gleason
Cueney & CO
Ae Hilts
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