War-torn days and a knightly visitor alter a household
In a stretch of wartime drama Matilda and Jane face dwindling funds and shifting loyalties. Lord Cluny Neville and Neville the soldier bring tension and promise as Jane contemplates fate while Neville casts a spell with Dunbar’s tale.
So Sweet a Dream Brightens Winter for Matilda at Swaffham
Matilda travels from de Wick through cold clean roads to Swaffham where festive rooms and easy hospitality lift her mood. She notices a rose in bloom and finds Jane and Mrs. Swaffham busy with Lord Cluny Neville in the parlor, mood shifting to envy and hopeful reflection.
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Matilda
Swaffham
Jane
Thomas Fuller
Cluny Neville
Mrs. Swaffham
Night at the Swaffhams with Neville and Matilda
Neville hosts a twilight gathering with Matilda Jane and Mrs Swaffham after a gown removal and playful flirtation. They discuss Cromwell and the Stuarts, sharing stories of Dunbar, Perth, and Covenanters, while a calm, intimate mood lingers as the scene ends with Neville and Jane in a moment of mutual reassurance.
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Jane
Neville
Newcome
Mrs. Swaffham
Dunbar
Dr. Verity
Border-Land
Matilda
de Wick
Charles
Perth
Charles Stuart
Cromwell
Glasgow
Hamilton
Edinburgh
Lord Moray
Canongate
Holyrood Palace
Stuart
Deviled Turkey Sparks Grim Dinner Party Name
A New York Times description follows Prof. Francis H. Tabor of the Boys' Club on Tenth Street Avenue A as a guest at a Cambridge man’s home. The daughter’s menu lists “D-d Turkey” amid deviled dishes, provoking doubt and a grave impression among guests and the earnest English guest.
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Francis H. Tabor
Tenth Street
Avenue A
New York Times
East Side
Tabor
Cambridge
Behavior as a Mirror Reflects Each Person’s Image
The quote by Goethe asserts that conduct mirrors one's inner self, implying that actions reveal character. It frames behavior as an outward reflection of personal disposition.
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Goethe
Special Senate Session Opens Amid Fervent Remarks
Washington enters extraordinary session as Fifty-eighth Congress convenes at noon with an immense crowd. New and returning senators take the oath, Cannon’s speech sparks debate, and Smoot of Utah subscribes to the oath. Names called alphabetically amid applause. three senators absent. Hoar and Cockrell form a committee to report readiness to commence business to the president.
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Washington
Senate
Fifty-eighth Congress
Cannon
House of Representatives
Tillman
Messrs
Hale
Allison
Teller
Bennett
Hoar
Burrows
Committee On
Gorman
Spooner
Smoot
Utah
Ankeney
Foster
Wash
Messrs. Clarke
Ark
Gallinger
N. H
Stone
Messrs. Hoar
Cockrell
Republicans Push Quick Action on Panama Canal Treaty
Republican senators plan a united drive to secure action on the Panama canal treaty and the Cubana reciprocity treaty. A steering committee meeting decided to keep as many senators in Washington as possible to avoid quorum issues and maintain steady Senate proceedings.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Morgan
Newfoundland Legislature Opens Amid Treaty Hopes
The Newfoundland legislature opened with the governor reporting a treasury surplus. He said Bond-Hay treaty talks progress and signaled measures to enlarge the naval reserve, extend telegraph service to Labrador after the Anglo American Telegraph monopoly ends, set up a cold storage plant, and boost local iron smelting. The French shore modus vivendi bill was read for the first time.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Naval Reserve Movement
Labrador
Anglo- American Telegraph Company
Monnopoly
Public Debt Statement Reports February 1903 Totals
The monthly public debt report shows total debt at February 28 1903 minus cash in treasury at 937 972 898 a decrease of 5 969 665 from January. Interest bearing debt 914 541 420 debt no longer bearing interest 1 250 510 and non interest bearing 396 744 438 total 1 312 516 368 plus 884 725 069 in certificates and treasury notes offset by cash on hand for redemption.
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Washington
D. C
Treasury
British Ship Cambrian Prince Sinks in North Sea
Captain Owens of the Cambrian Prince reports the 1252 ton British ship from Coquimbo bound for Middlesborough capsized and sank in the North Sea. The ship’s carpenter was rescued after the disaster.
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Hamburg
Owens
Coquimbo
Middlesborough
North Sea
Emperor William Writes Bible Letter Solely Himself
Berlin reports Emperor William presented naval chaplains with his letter to Admiral Hollmann on Babylonian lore. The announcement confirms the Bible controversy letter was authored entirely by the emperor with no external aid, and the North German Gazette notes the text bears his personal imprint.
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Berlin
William
Admiral Hollman
German Oriental Society
Empror
Complaint Lodges Probe Into Bermuda Consul Greene
A complaint to the state department charges United States Consul W Maxwell Greene at Hamilton Bermuda with indifference during the Madiana shipwreck rescue. Bermuda papers note the claim and state department will investigate. Greene, named from Rhode Island in 1898, faces scrutiny over conduct.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
W. Maxwell Greene
Hamilton
Bermuda
Greene
Rhode Island
Western Retail Lumber Dealers Withdraw From Alliance
The Western Retail Lumber Dealers association severs affiliation with the National Association of Lumber Dealers in Washington. They say relations with wholesalers remain friendly but the 1892 Boston pact violated west court rulings deeming it restraint of trade and unlawful.
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Western Lumbermen
Washington, D. C
Western Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
National Association of Lumber Dealers
Boston
Soldiers Will Return Home from Manila
MANILA The United States transport Thomas will sail for home Thursday taking two batteries and four companies of the artillery, the first long service troops returning. Sixty artillerymen wish to remain on the island. Seven hundred men of five cavalry and infantry regiments ordered home have applied for transfers to remaining commands but General Davis cannot comply since the strength of those regiments already exceeded.
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Manila
United States
Thomas
Island
Davis
President nominates Holt Reese Vivian to federal posts
Washington reports the president sent to the senate nominations including George C. Holt for U S district judge in the Southern District of New York John Reese for receiver of public moneys at Broken Bow Nebraska and John F Vivian as surveyor general of Colorado.
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Washington
Senate
George C. Holt
United States
Southern District
New York
John Reese
Broken Bow
Neb
John F. Vivian
Colorado
Idaho Irrigation Project Dams Snake River Area
Contracts awarded to dam the Snake River twenty five miles above Shoshone Falls at Toocom and build sixty five miles of canal on the south bank and twenty four miles on the north bank reclaiming 340000 acres under new government irrigation law. Dam estimated at 400000 dollars or more and canal at 2500000 dollars.
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Idaho Irrigation Project
Tocoma
Wash
Snake River
Idaho
Shoshone Falls
Illinois Horticultural Society Reports on Scale Insects
S A Forbes notes two common orchard scales the scurfy scale and the oyster shell are hard to kill. They overwinter as eggs under the scale and hatch in May or July. Sprays must be used on very young insects, preferably in early May, with kerosene emulsions or a California wash of lime salt and sulphur as alternatives.
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Illinois Horticultural Society
S. A. Forbes
California
Principles of Tree Growth by Water Transport
Prof E B Goff explains how roots absorb water and move it to the trunk by capillarity. He notes that direct water pathways to terminal buds yield more growth, while branched limbs receive less vigor, leading to an eventual equilibrium and taller trees.
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Goff
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