Grandet counsels poplar plan amid a fatal Paris crisis
Grandet exposes the folly of planting poplars as he scans finances and backstory. Crochet the notary and Cruchot debate wealth and risk while a market crisis closes in. Paris banker changes, and a respected judge commits suicide after ruined stocks.
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Crochot
Grandet
Mendows
Loire
Crnehor
Nantes
Meridaw
Jean
Grande
Cooper Frontenlrugen
Janseang
Paris
Milner
Eves
Shy
Gisboste
Coromeree
Wes Yvoryr
Grandet Returns to a Waking Family Storm
In a tense breakfast scene Eugenie and Mme Grandet shelter a troubling rumor as Grandet departs to inspect a ditch. Charles visits, charming and naive, while the threatened reckoning with the convenant of money and duty looms after a grim confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisson
Grandet
M. Grandet
Crache
de Bonfons
Mme. Grande
Eusenie
Wanon
Britain demands indemnity for Knight Commander sinking
Britain asserts Russia must apologize and pay indemnity for the sinking of the Knight Commander and seizure of British ships in the Red Sea. Sir Charles Hardinge is instructed to demand satisfaction, including a salute to the British flag, protection of neutral shipping, and a formal apology.
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Russia
Red Sea
Charles Hardinge
Claude MacDonald
Tokio
Claude
Iwnight
Tapan
Assurcey
Assassination of Russian Minister von Plehve Shakes Empire
Ef. von Plehve the Russian Minister of the Interior was killed by a bomb while en route to Warsaw to visit the Emperor at Peterhof. The carriage was destroyed and the coachman killed. the assassin was arrested and the Emperor notified. The crime sparked confusion as crowds gathered, and authorities debated the motive with reports naming Finns or Zemstvo partisans.
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Ef. von Piehye
Warsaw
Peterhof
M. von Plehve
Empire
Pierves Magnificent
Ministry of the Interior
Alexandria
Assassim Adad
Thibetian Oddities and the Lassa Expedition Challenges
An 1840s style dispatch describes Thibetan customs and hazards near Lassa. It notes jewel love among locals, ritual practices, and accounts of human offerings, cremation, and smallpox ravaging the population. European travelers faced expulsion and food poisoning while approaching the sacred city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lassa
Thibet
Las- Sa
Hue and
Gabet
Woman Survives Far Fall After Stepping Back from Street End
A woman narrowly escapes with her life after stepping backward from a street end. The incident leaves her uninjured though the moment is described as miraculous and troubling.
Sinking of Knight Commander strains international law claims
In House of Commons Premier Balfour confirms Britain views the Knight Commander sinking as a breach of international law and expects to address the Malacca seizure soon. Russian ambassador Benckendogs offers reparations if Russia erred, while Lansdowne to wait for Vladivostok report before action. British stance limits belligerent action in the Red Sea and Black Sea incidents.
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Balfour
House of Commons
Malacca
Vladivostok
Lord Lansdowne
Red Sea
Black Sea
Maybrick’s freedom and global intrigue color a news week
The piece notes Mrs Maybrick’s release, contrasts real freedom with appearance of liberty, and mocks press handling. It covers foreign tension with Russia and China as Shanghai correspondent satire, plus a misfired New York police shooting and stockyard outlook easing beef prices for moderate readers.
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Port Arthur
Shanghai
Red Sea
Black Sea
Russia
New York
Striking Stock Handlers Return to Work at Chicago Packers
Eight hundred live stock handlers abandoned allied trades and returned to work at the Chicago packers as plant operations continued. Packers announced a delivery plan eliminating drivers, while unions warned of possible rioting as picketing waned and morale sagged. Large receipts of cattle hogs and sheep strained the yards amid ongoing walkout tensions.
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Chicago Packers
Combine
Nominion
Union Lesiegers
Fiiphatie de Minis
Donnelly
Poison as a weapon ties up East St. Louis plant strike
At the Armour plant in East St Louis one hundred nonunion workers fell violently ill after supper when soup was allegedly poisoned. Dr J L Wiggins examined the plant and confirmed illness. Packets claim many strikers returned to work, while others deny hiring back union men. Kansas City rehires many unskilled strikers at Swift Armour and Fowler Packing. Local leaders say the packing firms see improved receipts despite lingering tensions.
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Charles
Nanon
Eugenie
Paris
Ile
Neally
Beng
Ane
Askime
Amrother
East St. Louis
Armour Plant
J. L. Wiggins
Mer
Thas
Kansas City
Swift & Co
Ariour & Co
Fowler Packing Company
Deaths in Omaha and Kansas tragedies spark investigations
William Zeler killed his father in law with a crowbar and stabbed his wife to death amid a quarrel. Roscoe Corrie, 23, drowned after cramps while crossing Cow Creek near Hutchinson Kansas. Deputy sheriffs shot during a Memphis raid. two killed or wounded. An investigation into Colorado labor turmoil is proposed by the Methodist Ministers' Association of Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Mme. Gran
William Zeler
William Surkamp
Omaha
Neb
Zeler
Methodist Ministers’ Association of
Denver
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Roscoe Corrie
Cow Creek
Hutchinson
Kan
Memphis
Venn
Houston Mitchell
Thomas J. McDermott
Sylvester R. Burch
Olathe
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Louisiana Purchase
J. H. Bingham
Chicago
Charles F. Fleet
Jersey
City
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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Saumur
Mme. Grandet
Cooper
Weadows
Mademe
Theopindar
Ther
Saminna
Mme
Mme. Grundet
Indies
Bey
Iseenta
Mammati
Nason
Farense
Mma Grandet
Encenie
Nanion
Noyers
Nanen
Copver
Papa
Britain
Edward
England
Czar
Interior
M. Bogolepotf
M. Sipiaguine
Prince Obolenski
Kharkoff
General Bobrikoff
Finland
Viatsheshaff Constantinovitch von Plehve
Packers
Chicago Yards
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