Mystery on the Hill The Darlingtons Stay at the Hill
A housekeeper and nurse discussion over a new boarder J A D unfolds as a newspaper man arrives seeking quiet. Tension rises about the boarders and the family secrets while a stranger offers higher pay for the room and promises credentials from his editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Mary
Jane Mary
Tom
J. A.D
Galtersville
Bill
J.A. D
Star Union
Ynan
William
Hev
Darlingtons
Lony
J.a.—D
the Star Union
Henry Maldard
German Viceroy in Africa Rescues Wife from Giant Panther
Count von Goetzen, governor general of German East Africa, credits his rhinoceros whip for driving off a man-eating panther that attacked the royal carriage near Dar-es-Salam. The countess, praised for steady handling of the white horses and lantern signaling, helped ensure their safe return.
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Berlin
Germany
Africa
Count von Goetzen
William Matthew Lay
Washington
May Lowney
Baltimore
India
Curzon
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg
Saxony
Der-es-Salam
Whip
Tintern
Pugu
Dar-es-Salam
Virgin
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Sys
von Goetzen
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kipling
New York Politicians and Congressional Prospects Feature
The piece surveys New York figures shaping Congress, naming Ketcham Wadeworth Sereno F.E. Sullivan and others. It contrasts young Burton-Harrison with veteran lawmakers, notes critics of Tim Sullivan and Morrissey, and recalls personal histories and wealth-linked backgrounds in the era’s political scene.
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New York
Congress
Empire State
Ketcham
Wade
Worth
Sereno FE
Jim Sullivans
Payne
Sherman
Littauer
Sr Dat
New Yorks City
George, McClellan
Burton—Harrison
Ohne
Big Tom” Sullivan
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Sullivan
Tammany Statesman
Tim
Tere
Dana T’ousan
Daniel Webster
Webster
Monday Bargain Day Sparks Gossip Column Chat
In a witty Town Topics scene Mrs Winks and Mrs Binks joke about Miss Hardcash marrying the count. Mrs Winks confirms Monday as the day, calling it bargain day, while Mrs Gozzer praises her husband’s sportsmanlike ways and Mrs Malaprop notes he hosts Stagg dinners.
Harbor and Post Office Struggles and Goelet Heiress Gossip
New York, chief port and main post office site, faces a crowded building and calls for a new uptown office while harbor plans race to fit 1000 foot ships. Deacon White ends his Wall Street era, and European marrying schemes target Miss May Goelet amid American fortune hunter lore.
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New York
Svork
Tim” Sullivan
Washington
New York Post Office
Post Office Committee
Sandy Hook
Low
Tammany
Lord Fairfax of Greenway Comes to England to Claim Title
The young Fairfax, son of a Virginia doctor and heir to a large American line, has gone to England to represent a New York banking house and to seek naturalization as a British subject so he can claim the historic title Lord Fairfax. His peers weigh whether precedence in the House of Lords is possible given citizenship status.
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Aunt Jane Mary
Lord Fairfax of
Greenway
Fairfax
England
New York
Lord Fairfax
George Washington
Greenway Court
Alexandria
Washington
Lord Fairfex
House of Peers
Owen Langdom
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Zane Mary
Jane- Mary
Giana
Hirad
Panther
the Countess von Goetzen
New
York
Stock Exchange
Henry Ward Beecher
Taxtefer
Wall Street
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Deacon — White
Brayton Ives
Upx and Downe
Deacon White
Deacon
Fays Street
Iin
San. Francisco
Stuttgart
Syndi Scate
Prince Hohenlohe
Kap-Herr
Baron von Munchhausen
Hugo
Hohenlohe
Baron Munchhausen
Miss Goelet
Europe
America
Duke of Marlborough
Deacon’’ White
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