Love and farewell in an English manor tale
Gladie pleads for Sir Cyril as he prepares to leave Eastwold with a sorrowful foreboding. He admits his love is lost to another, urges her forgetfulness, and warns of his solitary future as she vows revenge. Two years later Sir Cyril remains away, managing estates without hope or news of return.
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Gladie
Cyril
Sir Cyril
Ime
Eastwold
Lenore
Cyril Leslie Vernon
Eaven
Barton Leonard Manor
Peachs
Tongland
Austin
Lenore Chandos
Miss Grey Stirs Quiet Harmony At Moylesmere
In a serene July at Moylesmere, Lenore and Austin enjoy a happy home while Elsa Grey schemes to unsettle them. Miss Grey tests his fidelity and MadMme St Jour watchful, as Gladie and Lenore sense trouble brewing and Cyril remains missing.
Noted Disagreement Between Elsa and Madame
Elsa presses for advice while Madame, aware of her own falsehoods, foresees Chandos repenting his mistake and Mrs Chandos caring little for her husband. Elsa young poet wife sparks mixed emotions as she secretly hopes ill for them.
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Miss Grey
Elsa
Madame
Chandos
Bet Turns into Streetcar Standoff on an Umbrella and Carpet Bag
A Detroit Free Press humorous item describes a streetcar delay caused by a country man and his companion arguing over a bet about where the car stopped. The motorman and conductor exchange lines as the car resumes, leaving their dialogue as private history.
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Detroit Free Press
Friend of the Boer and Goat Farming Notes
Dr W J Leyds is described as a persuasive Transvaal Secretary with strong anti English sentiment and ties to Germany. The text notes Boer and German interests aligning and details the governor Kruger’s negotiations. It also extols goats as adaptable livestock and vectors for land improvement, urging goat herding to reclaim unimproved farmland and boost soil fertility.
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W. J. Leyds
Transvaal
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Dr. Leyds
Iman
Leyda
Germany
William
Kruger
Treyds
Money in Keeping Goats Profit in American Agriculture
Uncle Samuel’s Department of Agriculture promotes goat farming as a low cost, high return enterprise for skins milk cheese and by products. It notes the US has about 500 000 goats with half in Texas and other western states, and argues goats require low upkeep feeding on coarse plants and can thrive in mountainous regions where sheep struggle.
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United States
Samuel
Department of Agriculture
New York
Texas
Oregon
New Mexico
California
Colorado
Nevada
Manila cigars rise in Dresden and Milwaukee tastes
Milwaukee Sentinel reports returning soldiers bring Manila made cigars to the United States. Gen Charles King recalls Manila prices while Dresden imports price Manila cigars at 6 pfennig, about 1 1 4 cents each. He notes harm in cheap imports but praises honest quality and warns on tariffs.
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Havana
Charles King
Manila
Gen. King
Dresden
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
West
Milwaukee Sentinel
Arctic Bill of Fate and Walrus Meat Diary
An Arctic diary recounts long winter feasts as explorers in Franz Loset Land under F. G. Jackson describe walrus meat as tough dark and iodine flavored. Daily slaughtered blood is frozen and chipped into soup while the fat pleases or displeases taste testers.
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Arctic
Epicures
Franz Loset Land
F. G. Jackson
Whistle on Eye Cooker Invention for Boiling Eggs
An English device boils six eggs at a time in a pan using a small canister with a basket. It whistles loudly when the eggs are cooked and keeps whistling until removed from the pan.
Vast Rock Salt Mass Reported in Galicia Hungary
A colossal rock salt deposit in Galicia Hungary stretches about 550 miles in length, 20 miles wide, and 250 feet thick, described as the largest mass of pure rock salt in the world.
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Galicia
Hungary
Hoosier Happenings: Local Marriages and Notices Begin
Indiana community notes highlight marriages and deaths, accidents and crimes, and personal pointers. This column reports on neighborly life with brief items about residents and local events across the state.
Oil Field Boom Near Geneva Links Ohio and Indiana
West of Geneva the oil territory gains attention as prices rise with drilling, and operators debate a Toledo report claiming a combined halt by Ohio and Indiana firms to push crude to two dollars per barrel. Some doubt the plan and expect continued drilling.
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Geneva
Ohio
Indiana
Toledo
Minors and Developments Color Indiana News Roundup
A bustling Indiana patchwork shows Goshen firms forming with growth hopes while Eaton lamp black expands near Muncie to become the nation’s largest plant. The item notes thefts, accidents, arrests, court actions, marriages, mine blasts, and patent grants across communities from Windfall to Evansville.
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MR. Braeme
Peter Grey
Moulesmere
Hisa
Mme. la Countess St. Jour
Elsa Grey
Mme. St. Jour
Mr. Chandos
Mrs. Chandos
Moylesmere
Mrs. Audley
Mamma
San Giacomo
Mauritius
Gladie Beaton
Jane Thompson
The
Philippines
Hoosier
Goshen
Eaton Lamp Black
Muncie
Nehemiah Ellis
Alonzo Wilson
Kokomo
Charles Knauss
Tipton
J. M. Wood
Indianapolis
Marion
Will Harris
Union City
W. L. Mishan
Terre Haute
Elizabeth Ludovici
Pat Lindsay
Howell
Schickie
St. Louis
Evansville
Seymour
W. R. Smith
Jonesville
Sarah Harper
Tach
Herman Minnis
George Thomas
Erlich
Seeleyville
Realius Mollisett
Brazil
Vandalia
Young Modisett
Logansport
Wabash Valley
Peru
Jacob Foxel
Jie
East End
Charles Milligan
Elwood
Stantington
Charlies Berst
New Albany
William Butler
Redkey
John R. Duncan
William F. Fribley
Granville H. Gray
Alfred R. Heath
Covington
Andrew L.henry
Ladoga
John W. Lambert
Anderson
James G. Waggoner
Marion H. Winslow
John
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