Orphaned Marjorie Finds Hope With Lang Reporter
After a sorrowful burial, Mr Lorraine adopts the drowned mother’s child, christens her Marjorie Annan, and a new life begins. Marjorie meets Professor Leon Caussidierre, a French teacher in Dumfries, who shows gentle interest as she pursues French lessons and talks of her guardian and home.
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Lorraine
Solomon Mucklebackit
Solomon
Kirk
Mr. Lorraine
Manny
Westaway
Marjorie Annan
Marjorie
Annan
I A Bright Morning By Thumfries Market Town
A spring morning in Thumfries follows Majorie Annian and John Sutherland as they walk the High street. Majorie, a foster daughter beloved by locals, carries schoolbooks and chats with polite passersby. John, pale and thoughtful, returns from London and plans to visit the old folk at the manse.
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Thumfries
Slong
Dumfries
Majorie Annian
Lorraine
John ,Sutherland
Marjorie
the Express
London
Westminster ‘Abbey
Andaid
Great Tabernacle
Spurgeon
Johnnie
Mademoiselle Marjorie and the Paris Offer
Marjorie, living with guardian and two retainers in Annandale, faces attention from Monsieur Leon a determined French teacher. He urges her to see Paris and promises fond affection, while she resists leaving Scotland and repays him with a small coin.
Tricky Game Echoes From Uncle Eben Quote
A Washington Star passage quotes Uncle Eben describing a tricky game where an opponent arrives ready but is said to be playing a deep, hidden game. The remark captures local color and the sportsmanlike humor of the moment.
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New Foundland
S. T. Davie
Newfoundland
Eben
Washington Star
Gum chewing in ancient times and birth rates per thousand
The article notes that gum chewing existed in Vedic times among Hindoo maidens, contrasted with later civility. It also mentions England recording 511 boys and 489 girls per thousand population, describing birth proportions.
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England
Inventions For Sea Life Safety And Plant Transplantation
Scientific pointers describe an automatic whistle for life at sea and a patented plant transplant method using a dry, soil-free plant before replanting. Florists claim drying plants before movement, then watering and shading, yields vigorous growth and reduced root damage. The article notes tested methods and industry experimentation.
German chemist tests water sterilization to kill germs
A German chemist reports experiments using a bromine and bromide solution to treat water then removing bromine with ammonia. The method promises safe, harmless water disinfection though officials must endorse any preparation with top health authority approval and boards of health endorsement.
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Boards of Health
Automatic Bicycle Whistle Promises Safer Streets
A St. Louis inventor Charles O Sobinski unveiled a wind powered bicycle alarm to tighten street safety. The nickel whistle attaches to the front handle and uses two rubber wheels and a piston to drive air into a whistle throat. Activation via thumb button or lever controls sound volume.
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St. Louis
Charles O. Sobinski
An Electric Plant Emerges in Nicaragua
A newly found organism in Nicaragua appears to be an electric plant. Researchers describe its unusual capacity to generate electrical currents, signaling potential advances in bioelectric science in Central America.
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Nicaragua
Phytolaca plant emits electric shocks and magnetic effects
The plant exhibits a naked-hand shock like a battery when a branch is touched. Its magnetic influence reaches about six yards, grows nearer the plant, and causes a stationary circular motion at the center. The effect peaks around two o'clock, vanishes at night, and intensifies in storms. The plant is named phytolaca.
Fight for a Tree Life at Paris Jardin des Plantes
The Jardin des Plantes oldest tree, an acacia planted 230 years ago, endures through aging wrinkles and crutches. Despite wounds plastered and branches stiffened, leaves reappear this season. Garden managers warn another tempest could end the venerable tree’s life.
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Great Botanical Garden
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
la Nature
Door to seal watertight compartments at sea invention
An English inventor has perfected a double sliding door for watertight compartments. The door operates on a circular frame in the partition so that opening one side closes the other, ensuring the door remains shut. It aims to reduce danger from carelessness leaving doors open between compartments.
Alaska Gold Fields Promise Untold Riches Draw Miners West
The piece compares Alaska's Yukon valley to California and Australia, noting extreme cold and hunger faced by prospectors. It claims rivers there may yield gold dust and nuggets with simple methods, predicting a continued rush of gold hunters despite deaths this winter.
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California
Australia
100Th Meridian
Yukon Valley
Alaska
Transvaal
Yukon
Seattle
Lightning Magnetized Rocks Evidence Found Near Rome
Doctor Folgheraiter notes magnetic zones in ancient wall stones on the Roman campagna. He links multiple blocks turning magnetic after building and cracks nearby to lightning. Light visibility tests show candles visible at various distances up to five miles under clear night skies.
Union Pacific Reorganization Plan Sealed by Government
The Union Pacific reorganization committee announces the government will foreclose, sell the road, and reorganize under a $45,054,059 bid led by Louis Fitzgerald and partners. President McKinley backs the plan, with $100,000,000 in new bonds and $136,? million in stock proposed for the new company.
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Sam Willose
Wasuunday
Union Pacific Reorganization Committee
United States
McKinley
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Cleveland
Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railway
Fitzgerald
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific
Louis Fitzgerald
Jacob H. Schiff
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Chauncey M. Depew
Marvin Hughitt
Oliver Ames
Supreme Court may halt all live stock exchanges if Foster ruling stands
Washington reports Judge Foster's Topeka ruling that the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange is a trust may trigger closing of all live stock grain and produce exchanges nationwide. Attorneys doubt scope but agree upheld decision would force reforms or closures across livestock grain cotton farm produce and petroleum trading platforms.
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Washington
Foster
United States District Court
Topeka
Kansas ‘City
Kansas City
Four Large Appointments for Indian Territory Noted
Washington announces four key posts in the Indian Territory. Leo A. Bennett of Muscogee becomes Marshal for the Northern district. John F. Hammer of Ardmore is Marshal for the Southern district. John Wilkins of Atoka is United States Attorney for the Central district, and William Johnson of Ardmore is United States Attorney for the Southern district. Dr Bennett is identified as a national committeeman.
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Washington
Indian Territory
Leo A. Bennett
Muscogee
John F. Hammer
Ardmore
United States
Centrai
John
Wilkins
Atoka
United ‘States
Southern
William Johnson
Bennett
Miss Eva Beem Acquitted in Hutchinson Post Office Case
Miss Eva Beem of Hutchinson was acquitted in Wichita of embezzling 1800 dollars from the Hutchinson post office. She testified she sought a return to her old job and hoped for a promotion in Washington after the trial.
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Wichita
Kan
Eva Been
Hutchinson
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Supreme Court
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