Little Miss Millioris The Witch of Monte Carlo Romance
Merrick encounters danger in a Riviera tale as a princess warns of foes headed by Count Leon Villebois and a Don Cossack Stromboloff. Merrick and Jones await a planned encounter while a mysterious observer watches from a parlor window amid traps and hidden motives.
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Miss Millioris
Monte Carlo
The
Riviera
St. George Ratiborne
cmarrEn
Merrick
Olgaviteh
Monsieur
Leon Villebois
Stromboloff
Paris
Paris Hotel Fire Shows Merrick's Heroism
Amid a hospital of smoke and alarm Merrick moves through a burning Paris hotel rescuing a fallen woman. He carries her down stairs, uses a second exit, and shields them with his coat as water douses their bodies. Firefighters and crowds acclaim his actions before the scene ends with a note tying Mark Merrick to a revealing handkerchief in a nearby room.
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Aml
Monsieur
Mark Merrick
Bois de Boulogne
Merrick
Jones
Mark
Anselmo
Reo
South Africa
Paniemonum
Goleen
Incheathie
Aee
Merrick Wax Amon
Marerick
Stalra
Onde
Mimow
Anecdote of Da Johnenn and Boswell in Scotland
In a shop of Thomas Da View the bookkeller, Boswell meets the famous biographer Dr Sarone Johnson. Davies introduces Boswell, who is agitated and asks not to reveal his origin. Boswell claims he comes from Scotland but cannot help it and says many countrymen cannot help it.
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Johnenn
Thomas da
Bookkeller
Boswell
Ward
Sarone Johnson
Davies
Dicker
Davien
Scotland
Juhnean
Bonwell
Phlk
John
Beoland
Unclear dialogue between Mrs Youngwet and Mrs Nayber
Fragmentary exchange shows Mrs Youngwet and Mrs Nayber discussing plans and tasks while a man stayed home. The conversation mentions targets being up and a back sled painted, with Mr nunewed tasked to handle duties.
Mills in Japan Run Day and Night Workers Mostly Children
Report notes long shifts of about eleven hours for mill workers in Japan with low wages. At Osaka one mill employs 2,600 underage workers operating 3,700 spindles. In contrast, about 300 people operate the same number of machines in America.
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Japan
Osaka
America
Clock theft and dog present in tense drawing room tale
Mrs Jones accuses a felon of stealing a clock from the mantle while Mrs Brown notes the dog was in the same room. Mrs Jones insists the dog did not count as a deterrent since Fido is just a watchdog.
Dusty Socialist Encounter Quip Remains Unclear
Fragmentary dialogue notes a neighbor meeting a socialist named Dusty and an ironic remark about happiness after being run over by a train. The text includes a misread pun and ends with a proverb about ink serving enlightenment.
Miss Alice Hay Injured In Carriage Accident In Washington
The daughter of Secretary of State John Hay, Miss Alice Hay, was thrown from her carriage in Washington. She sustained bruises and pain after a spirited moment with an approaching car, her betrothal to James W. Wallsworth Jr. noted. A separate item from the New York Post recounts a hotel cafe scene over a $500 note and gambling among Western magnates.
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Alice Hay
John Hay
Miss Hay
James W. Wailsworth, Jr
New York
New York Post
Ex Queen Isabella of Spain in Paris Circle
Ex Queen Isabella of Spain remains noted for feminine style and fashion sense though her beauty is described as limited. She frequents Parisian society gatherings with a small circle of witty bon vivants who admire her lively hospitality and character.
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Spain
Isabella
Ultima Thole
Paris
Ruth Hanna A Sportswoman and Wildcat Heroine
Senator Hanna's daughter Ruth Hanna emerges as a notable sportswoman famed for a daring wildcat incident. The tale recalls a three years earlier when as a schoolgirl she joined a hunt and reportedly treed a wildcat, though she credits a fellow hunter for the final shot. She is described as an accomplished equestrienne and marksman with a modest claim about her role.
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Melrose Plantation
Georgia
Miss Ruth
Office seeker’s plowman campaign draws farmers’ attention
In Butler County Kansas a candidate for office uses a bugsy ride along with a skilled plowman to take the farmer’s place at the cultivator while the farmer rests in the shade and listens to the candidate’s stories. The plan is said to be gaining traction.
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Butler County
Kansas
Early 19th Century New England Lamp and Ward Devices
A lard oil lamp, iron for pulling up effick, and a combined Under box and candlestick ward illustrate regional tools in use during the early nineteenth century in New England. These items reflect domestic practicality and evolving hardware design of the era.
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New England
Women of Note Miss Sickels Awarded for Courage in Sioux Crisis
Miss Sickels of Chicago earned a medal for exceptional courage after she confronted Sioux hostiles near Pine Ridge during the 1880 90 winter crisis. Absent during the Wounded Knee outbreak, she returned upon urgent request, met two chiefs, explained the mistaken lead up to the fight, and helped secure a peaceful post entry.
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Miss Sickels
Chicago
le Sevateur Dax Sant
Misa Erama Sickels
Chico
Miss Sickela
Pine Ridge
Farmer discards loaded shell near Stevensville Va
A farmer near Stevensville Virginia sought to dispose of an old shell by piling combustibles over it and igniting it. He then drove his mules away to a safe distance as the blast occurred, heard for miles around according to a local newspaper man.
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Stevensville
Miss Ethel Sigs bee Weds In Washington Society Event
Miss Ethel Sigs bee, niece of Capt. Charles Wight Liesber, married Robert Toombs Small at the Church of the New Jerusalem in Washington. The ceremony drew notable social season attention. the bride is granddaughter of Gen. H. Lockwood, a West Point graduate and first superintendent of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Small is the son of a prominent family and the couple had been engaged for a year.
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Washington
Ethel Siganos
Charles Wight Liesber
Robert Toombs Small
Church of the New
Mr. Small
Dr Palmer dies in New Orleans aged Presbyterian leader
Rev Dr Benjamin Morgan Palmer a renowned Presbyterian pastor and one of the nation's oldest ministers died at his New Orleans home last week after his streetcar accident and subsequent paralysis. He was 84 on July 24.
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Palmer
New Orleans
Benjamin Morgan Palmer
New Or
Eighty Years a Fox Hunter Remains Active at 80
The Philadelphia Record profiles Perry Brubaker of Cedar Lane Lancaster county a legendary fox hunter now eighty still active. He plastered a two and a half story home himself with only a teen helper and has chased foxes on foot since snow covered ground. He once tracked Reynard through rocks and later watched from Welsh mountains as the pack moved and Reynard found shelter.
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Lancaster County
Perry Brubaker
Cedar Lane
Ile Maile
Rend
Reynard
Philadelphia
Lieutenant H. Rask Dies of Cholera in Philippines
Navy report confirms Lieut Olaf H. Rask of the Marine Corps died of cholera at Bactor Cavite on the 29th inst and was buried there. A native of Minnesota, he entered the Marine Corps in October 1809 and had served on the Asiatic station since December.
Creeks Include Ex-Slaves in Citizenship Rights
Civilized Creek Nation grants citizenship rights to ex slaves after the war. Among 14 000 enrolled citizens 5 000 are negroes with notable intermarriage leading to many people of mixed Indian and Negro heritage.
Queen Alexandra’s Platinum Opera Glasses Valued At 25000
An expert estimates Queen Alexandra’s special Vienna opera glasses as the world’s costliest. Platinum barrels adorned with diamonds sapphires and cables. Value pegged at twenty five thousand dollars though various estimates exist.
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Queen Alexandra
Vienna
Mysterien of Sleep Hint at Dream Control
A physician notes a case where a man can dream on any subject by whispered prompts during slumber. It is claimed sleepers may answer questions when spoken to gently in sleep, a familiar observation of nocturnal dreaming behavior.
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Iostenfa
Johnny
Mysterien
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Faery
Nehbor
Dusty
Ruth Hanna
Hanna
France
Ethel Sigsbee
Evangelist Small
H. Rask
Marine Corps
Philippines
Moody Han
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