Broken Connection on a Southern Train
A man named Willie Bates hurries to catch a train but misses a final connection and ends up sharing a carriage with a woman from his past. On a long wait for the next northbound train he realizes they must discuss a past promise and money at stake, while a plan to elope with a Richmond-bound ticket emerges. A later domestic scene with Bridget and Pat shows a different frontier tale of luck and money.
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Willie Bates
Columbia
Charlotte
Bates
Raveler
South Carolina
Willis Bates
Alice Durfee
Old Village
Henry Taber
Bob Bates
Bob
Ian
Hackman
SLSS
Aed
Geome 6 Menadione
Richmond
Sorr
Bridget
Pat
Pennsylvania
From Prison to Throne in Turkey's Uncertain Future
A London correspondent profiles Mehmed Reshad Effendi, the newly named sultan, two years younger than Abdul Hamid. The imprisoned heir, educated yet inexperienced, faces Young Turk pressure while heirs and rivals are named in a shifting succession amid memories of the Berlin Treaty and Armenian massacres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehemmed Reschad Difendl
Mehmed
Himesif
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Reshad Pffendi
Yildis
London
Tike
Sultani
Constantinople
Zia- Eddine Effendi
Nadjimh Fiddine Effendi
Kumer- Hilmi Effendi
Princesa Refia
Reschad
Yussef Izzedine Effendi
Abdul Aziz
Yussef
Reshad
Russia
Berlin
Europe
Armenia
Bulgaria
Murad V
Murad
Mohemmed Reshad” Effend
Living carp travel by river craft to Saxon markets
The London Chronicle notes Saxony favors carp and explains long distance delivery by specially built river scows. Each 65 by 16 foot boat holds 30 compartments with open cracks to keep water fresh, enabling live carp to reach Dresden Chemnitz and Hamburg more cheaply. The piece asks when trout and salmon may follow to London.
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Saxony
London Chronicle
Dresden
Chemnitz
Hamburg
London
Knew a Better Way and Steel of Witty Banter
The Houston Post quotes a playful exchange about consent to arbitrate a dispute and a claim that a woman’s treatment of her men folks leaves jam at the season. The dialogue reflects social flippancy and marital friction with dated tone.
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Houston Post
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President Taft
Mr. Taft
The
Washington Post
All Souls
Wickersham
Washington
Pierce
Senator Morrill
Vermont
James 8. Morrill
Miss Swan
Timothy Howe
President Grant
Enoch Totten
Willards
Webbs
Wallaces
Reschad Rifendl
Ruiter
Mold
Young Turks
Hatien
Sultan Q
Eftendi
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