RITA Chapter VI A Summer of Loss and Quiet Grief
In a sultry summer a year later three boys share a feast beside a wood as illness and death strike their family. Ivor Grant endures sorrow after his children die while Beryl Marsden returns to England to face loss and a fragile reunion with old friends at the Abbey.
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Bos
Hoye
Cyril
Jacek
Little Jack
Jack
Wiley
Currie
Tack
Grant
Ivor Grant
Sa Qing
Beryl Marsden
England
Ivor
Darling
Bery Marsden
India
Madge
Beryl
Madge Dunbar
Abbey
Burt Madge
Niy
London
Madie
Gran
Christmas at Vaux Abbey in North Devon
Mrs. Dunbar Vaux hosts a large party at the noble Vaux Abbey in North Devon. The chapter notes the historic estate’s beauty and the owner’s pride in the new arrangement despite legal annoyances and memorability challenges with the Dunbar Vaux name.
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Vaux Abbey
North
Devon
Dunbar- Vaux
Fare on the street car turns comic moral tale
A woman cannot pay her fare after swallowing the ten cent piece she held between her teeth during the ride. The conductor, a gentleman, covers the fare itself, sparing her a walk home, while onlookers laugh as the scene unfolds. A St. Paul Globe item ends with a quip about examples and seats.
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St. Paul Globe
Nature's Devastations Mark Five Months With Vast Death Toll
The article catalogs massive losses from natural disasters in five months, counting volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, storms and cyclones that killed about 48 450 people and caused further deaths from fires and accidents, totaling near 100 000 lives. It notes enduring public concern and laments the fleeting memory of such disasters.
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West Indian Islands
Othe
Goliad
Texas
Coal Creek
Tenn
Sinope
Scinde
India
Brown County Whitecaps raids prompt state inquiry
The Brown County Whitecaps outrages trigger a statewide probe led by an Attorney General agent. Fear and jury evasion hinder indictments as Gov. Durbin vows to extend state authority across five to six cases amid reports of families fleeing after notices and threats.
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Brown County
Ind
Durbin
Twenty-five Story Sky-Scraper Sold in New York
The Boree building on lower Broadway between Cedar and Thomas streets near Wall Street sold for 3000 dollars. A 2 story scraper will rise on the site at a cost of 3,000,000 dollars. The seven story current building opened in 1878 was once New York’s finest. The land was bought for 121,000 dollars in 1828 by John Jacob Astor.
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New York
Broadway
Cedar
Thomas Streets
Wall Street
John Jacob Astor
Maoris Use Volcano Heat for Cooking Potatoes
The Maoris of New Zealand cook their potatoes and vegetables in volcanic heat. They live near several volcanoes and use the volcanic activity in daily life including cooking, showcasing unique practices amid native mountain settlements. Julius Salomon, a Chicago politician, committed suicide in a private hospital where he was treated for chronic gastritis.
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New Zealand
Julius Salomon
Chicago
Indiana Neighbors News and Notable Events
A roundup of local items across Indiana includes deaths of Phineas Tuthill near Muncie and Robert H. Patterson of Alexandria, a fatal fall at New Albany, a fire loss at Flash Brothers store in Wakarusa, and plans for an Alexandria Greenhouse Company. Also noted are a canker worm threat to orchards, fruit crop prospects by region, and a gas well near MG with uncertain yield.
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Marvin Hart
Warrick
Gorings
Cook Day
New Albany
Flash Brothers
Wakarusa
Alexandria Greenhouse Company
E. M. Morland
Henry C. Schlegel
Daleville
Henry Gaumer
Monroe Township
Carroll County
Eva Woodyard
Joh Woodyard
Cenferton
Miss Woodyard
Plainfield
Roger Davis
John Baldwin
D. E. Long
Elkhart
J. S. Long
Lima
Sherman
Bentonville
N.C
Howard Collister
Butler’s Mill
Clinton
George Butler
Adam Shaffer
Melville
Stout
Newcastle
Alba Ghere
Frankfort
W. B. Flick
Indiana Horticultural Society
Indiana
Bulletin of State Statistician
Johnson
Fisher Blinn
Flint Glass Works
Trentor
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Charles Morgan
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
Matanzas
Morgan
Sampson
Navy
M. Sipialguine
Tistes G. Rathbone
Ofice
Washington
Ohio
Neely
Foell
Slenryk Stenkiewisz
Posen
Jese Tajeste
Okrega
Podlunisia
Poland
Ife
California
En- H. Sienkiewi
St. Petersburg
Russia
Kharkov
Kurland
Moscow
M. Siptalguine
Hiram 8. Cable
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Lines
Missouri Riv
Pike's Peak Dog Railway
Rock Island and
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