Grandet Faces Crisis as Charles Learns of Father’s Death
In a Saumur household a sharp clash follows the news of Grandet’s brother's death and Charles's father's suicide. Grandet grapples with debt plans and a plan to fund Charles's future, while Eugenie counsels charity and restraint amid family sorrow.
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Lonis
Saumur
Grandet
Eugenie
Mademoiselle Grandet
Charles
Belshazzar
Nanon
Noyers
Paris
Flinger
Gramlet
Leisure in the Past and the Modern Historical Spirit
The New York Globe notes Mrs. Frederic Harrison defends leisure and simple living against nostalgia for earlier centuries. It argues that each era laments loss of diary and letter writing while the historical mood asserts today is an age of leisure, supported by data collectors.
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Frederic Harrison
Cornhill
Campbell
Shakspeare
Elizabeth
New York Globe
Campaign chiefs map billion dollar bid in 1904 race
Washington dispatch outlines a fierce presidential contest set to center on New York Indiana and Illinois with millions spent to coordinate campaigns. It names key managers for both parties including Corteliou McKee Taggart Coolidge and Murphy and previews plans for literary bureaus and speaking tours amid a nation hungry for decisive results.
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Washington
Tiunna
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Parker
Taggart
New York
Norman
Mack
Cord Meyer
State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Odell
William L. Ward
Wiliam Barnes, Jr
Charles H. Murray
New England
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pacific Slope
Indiana
Wiliam J. Brian
Judge Parker
Chewing Gum Etiquette Sparks Workplace Jokes
A column jokes that women must act ladylike and suppress humor around chewing gum while men laugh at jokes aimed at them, highlighting gender expectations and etiquette in social settings.
Indiana Democrats Nominate Kern For Governor In Convention
At the second session of the Democratic State convention in Indianapolis the ticket headed by Kern for governor and Stevens for lieutenant governor was nominated. The platform backed national Democrats, urged repeal of the metropolitan police law, and pledged pro labor legislation. National Chairman Taggart was endorsed.
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Shaw
College Point
N. Y
Democratic Party
Frank W. Higgins
New York
Jihn Root
Taggart
Marcus Ca. Lnoua
Republican National Committee
Hanna
Ohio Republican State Committee
Cleveland
Parker
Albert B. Boardsman
Frank H. Platt
Platt
Judge Parker
William H. Reynolds
New York State
New Democratic Executive Committee
Wiliam F. Sheehan
August Belmont
James M. Guffey
James Smith, Jr
John R. McLean
Oklahoma City
Hamilton
Guthrie
A. T. Straughen
Lincoln County
Roosevelt
W. Kern
W. W. Stevens
Boward J. Fogarty
FL Allen
Biggs
Joseph H. Shea
Supreme Court
Chambers State Statistician
Jesse D. Lisith
Indianapolis
Alonzo Greene Smith
Resolutions Committee
St. Louis
Alton B. Parker
Henry G. Davis
Indiana
Ferris Chosen in Michigan State Democratic Ticket
Woodbridge N. Ferris of Big Rapids heads the Democratic state ticket chosen at a stormy Michigan convention. The platform backs direct popular elections for many offices, constitutional amendments on rail and tax commissioners, and limits on public utilities.
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Grand Rapids
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Big Rapids
Michigan
Justus 8
Stearns
Ludington
anti-Stearns
National
DL. J. Campau
Wayne
Ixent
Campau
Wayne County
St. Louis
United States
Mourning in Near Earnest
A stranger and a man at a grave discuss death and sorrow. The mourner reveals he regrets the burial of a man he never met, who was his wife's first husband. The exchange underscores the social bonds formed through loss.
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Hamlet
Eugenie
Ars Hale
Pape
M. Crachet
Loidfond
Momma
Metairs
Mme. Grandet
Sutdima
Charles
Mmendet
Wei
Tie
Aoman
Cincinnati Enquirer
Potter and Clay Discussing Hard Luck and a Proposal
In a brief exchange Potter questions Clay about his serious look and troubles. Clay reveals a stroke of hard luck after being refused by a good woman before proposing. The transcript fragment mentions Miss Da saying to marry the best man in the world in Boston.
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Potter
Clay
Boston
Transcript
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Bev
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Svorse
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Wil
Illinois
George B. Corteliou
National Committee
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New
Chicago
Cortet
L. A. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Thomas Taggart
Senator Fairbanks
Senator Lodge
Elihu Reot
Frank S. Black
Beveridge
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P. C. Smex
Mr. Bryan
Grover Cleveland
W. Bourke Cochran
Clic A. Towne
Representative Williams
Mississippi
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
George B. Cohtelyou
Kern
Judges Supreme Court
Frank E. Gavin
George E. Downey
Ferris
Hiram B. Hudson
James T. Balch
Edwin R. Smith Amgelop
George A. Curry
James E. Mealley
Kenry McCarty
Kirk White
Eeeeeeek
Gaffney Supreme Court
Allen C. Adsit
Chutor Roberts
Thomas A. Boyle
Electors Alt Large
T. PF. Carroll
Tilbert M. Stark
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