Forsaking All Others in This Sister Story
Fragmentary romance excerpt follows Gladys and Harvey in Rockville. After a hasty departure and social rebound, Gladys marries another, yet Harvey remains tied to her memory. The tale traces poverty, sacrifice, and lingering affection as Helen Asherton seeks happiness while bearing a past love’s weight.
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Routa
Herald
Harvey
Alston
Hess Wealin
Rockville
Jife
Helen
Gladys
Farvey
Phebe
Helen Asherton
White Feather Courage in Boer War Ends in Tragic Honor
In a tale of fear and transformation a timid recruit nicknamed White Feather endures harsh riding drills and ridicule until a Boer War battle reveals his growth. He shields wounded comrades, earns a commander’s praise, and dies moments after hearing of a possible future commission, his bravery unrewarded by time.
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Pipes
White Feather
Muehelpel White Feather
White
South Africa
Royal Artillery
Om Man
The Aspirations of a Cavalry Recruit
A fragment describes a man torn between draper’s shop life and a cavalry regiment’s brutal reputation. He loves a girl, dreams of gentler duties, but the army’s call and a stern command pull him toward enlistment and formal military discipline.
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Nerie
Thrifty Women Make Lifelines From Small Ventures
A reflection on enterprising women who turn thrift into opportunity. A grocer’s loss becomes a service by one woman who plans joint savings with sugar and spices. A butcher’s wife sells soup stock to overworked households. A cookery expert visits sick families daily offering affordable broths, jellies, and remedies. Other women specialize in crafts and services from embroidery to scarf making. A Eastern city girl found work entertaining children for pay, proving practical versatility drives progress. The piece praises women who plan and execute, earning respect through useful labor.
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Mtiea
Sermel
Spectral Vessel Haunts Luzon at Sea Mystery
The clipper Luzon reports a strange airborne-like ship near in calm seas off Hawaii. The phantom vessel appeared dismasted and eerily close, prompting fear until Capt Rak realized it was a reflection from a phonomenon. Weeks later a Russian ship sighting showed the illusion persisted across distance.
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Luzon
Hawaiian Islands
Imate
Wever
Rak
Othenon
Komisafot
Treaty aims to create all American Canal under US control
The United States Senate approved a treaty with Great Britain 35 to 1 to authorize a canal through a central American route. The agreement outlines construction under US auspices, potential funding options, andylegal rights, while echoing provisions from the Clayton-Bulwer framework. It details free transit during war, non-discrimination for all nations, and protections against blockades with defined military exchange rules.
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United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Sahil
Une Camah Tech
Great Britain
PoRtis
Constantin
Iss
Suez Maritime Canal
Skatl
United
London
Central
Salt Canal
Beth Ar
Neris
South America
Untitled fragment hints at duty and grasp of power
A cryptic obsolete verse speaks of duty and the hand that wields a tool or symbol of authority. The text alludes to restraint, control, and the weight of responsibility in shaping action. Unsure exact context due to fragmentary source.
Police bill drafted by state chiefs in Decatur meeting
A committee of the State Association of Police Chiefs met in Decatur Tennessee to draft a bill for the Legislature. The proposal creates a four member police commission with two Republicans and two Democrats elected by direct vote. It would control appointments and discipline, with appeals to the circuit court. officers would be heard as before.
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Ofa
Alpartin
Comsskelosers
State Association of Police Chiefs
St Decatur
H. Castles
Springfield
H.C. Hauss
East St Louis
Thomas Garey
Joliet
A. B. Holliday
Monmouth
Gourrigh
Death by Own Action Suspected in Shelbyville Hotel
Harry F. Rogers was found dead in bed at the Lindell Hotel with a bullet hole in his left temple and the weapon in his right hand. Despondency over business reverses and domestic troubles is given as the cause. Eight months earlier his wife divorced and remarried. Inquest verdict: death by own action.
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B. P. Rogers
Harry F. Rogers
Lindell Hotel
Shelbyville
Rogers
Milnais
Arcola
Ramsey
Charleston
Christian County Farmers Institute Concludes at Taylorville
The fourteenth annual Christian County Farmers Institute in Taylorville closed Saturday with speakers G A Wilmarth T B Newby Dr A Halburt Colonel W T Baker A Hubenstrick and Howard J Gross of the Department of Agriculture. Officers were re elected: President S C Wagener Pana secretary H Minnis Edinburg treasurer EL A Vandeveer Taylorville. The meeting was an unprecedented success.
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Christian County Farmers
Christian County Farmers’ Institute
Taylorville
G. A. Wilmarth
T. B. Newby
Chicago Bond Limits Block City Improvements
A decision by Judge Chicasa Sudse Chedsiu of the Circuit Court in Chicago holds the city exceeded bond limits, likely preventing bridge work and other planned improvements. The case heads to the Supreme Court, after being considered by the Legislature. receivership actions involve Taylor of the New Bank Works Co and the Boston Wellsr and Light Company.
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Chicasa Sudse Chedsiu
Circuit Cour
Chicago
Sus
Supreme Court
Jaid
William Haron
Taylor
New Baan ‘ Works Company
Alcom
Delesoies Gov. Tanner names delegates at large
Apparent political note lists delegates at large for the State City Urb with names including William Thiry Heights George F L Bucher and others. The long paragraph mixes incidents and obituaries with scattered names and places, some indicating a fatal hunting accident and a funeral notice in Charleston.
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Tanner
Urb
William
Thiry Heights
Wis
George
Bueher
Mou Bucher
Kane “ Yarton Stnair
High Altitude Health Claims Challenge Common Beliefs
An old scientific note praises a Mexico sourced book by L Herrara claiming high altitude residence and dry air baths improve health and longevity, especially for tuberculosis. It cites a 7,509 foot elevation and challenges prevailing notions with illustrated valley data from Mexico.
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L. Herrara
Mexico
Setsouian Institution
Ilatara
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