May Ghosts of Spring and a Hospital Romance
A spring scene opens with nature awakening as Miss Harwood's former lover Lawrence O Neil plans marriage to Miss Estelle Manwaring, daughter of a wealthy hospital chief. She recalls him and the old feud over money, then writes a note ordering a nighttime ride to a ranch, planning another walk with Larry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Manwaring
Virginia Harwood
Miss Harwood
Larry O’neil
John
Malchero Rancho
Larry
Pine Needles and a Hidden Love in the Evergreen State
Miss Virginia Harwood and Larry O'Neil share a ramble through pine woods in Washington state as affection grows. He, a hardworking Irish ranch hand, betrays his devotion with quiet care and a sudden, impulsive kiss beneath the swaying trees, while she accepts his tenderness though unsure of the future.
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Fannie Burling Crawford
Daily Story Pub. Co
Chicago
Pacific
Larry O'Neil
Washington
Miss Harwood
Mr. O'Neil
Evergreen State
Hiawatha
Virginia Harwood
O'Neil
Miss Harwood Sald
Valuable Grosbeak Eggs
In Dexter Maine, 15 year old Hector Sanborn set horsehair snares during a zero temperature week and collected over two dozen pine grosbeaks. He kept them in a lit room behind a barn, fed them seeds, and by April 1 had 34 eggs. After many died in spring, he released the survivors and shipped 30 eggs to a Boston naturalist earning $120. He awaits a repeat cold season hoping for a fortune.
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Hector Sanborn
Dexter
New York Sun
Sanborn
Boston
Maine
Mildred and Denzil in peril at Hart's Chase ride
In a January wood Mildred Trevanion injures her foot while fleeing a troublesome drive. Denzil Younge carries her to safety after a tense rescue. later they join a hunting party where a dangerous jump ends with a rider and horse thrown.
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Denzil
Miss Trevanion
Mildred
Eddie
Miss Lisle
Denzil Younge
Frances Sylverton
Sir George
Lyndon
The Sultan as a Sportsman
The Sultan of Turkey shares interests with English speaking people in outdoor sports and horsemanship. He is said to be a good shot and owns dogs and horses like his sons. An English coachman taught princes to drive tandem and four in hand before being dismissed over salary issues. The sultan collects old and curious weapons as a hobby.
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Turkey
England
British Army Employs Schoolmaster for Private Education
The private schoolmaster in the smart regiments like the Tenth Hussars coaches ambitious privates for their first and second class certificates. Many soldiers have good birth but neglected schooling, and this role helps them gain qualifications and future promotion prospects.
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Tenth
Hussars
Comson’s Weekly
Pierpont Morgans Train Bespeaks Private Rail Opulence
John Pierpont Morgan travels with a special five-coach train. The entire set is under his exclusive control rather than a single private car.
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Pierpont Morgen
John Pierpont Morgan
Papyrus Finds and Tax Records in Early Egypt Study
The Egypt Exploration Fund notes a cache of forty three papyri for distribution, including a Columbia tax collector’s return from A D 196 and poll taxes in A D 122. Johns Hopkins receives a papyrus on unwatered land tilled by Ptollarous from A D 163. A field at Euhemeria reportedly did not receive water, yielding the plea no crops no taxes.
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William C. Winslow
The
Egypt Exploration Fund
Columbia University
A. D
Johns Hopkins
Ptollarous
Euhemeria
How London Could Be Defended
London faces renewed defense planning as archives reveal old schemes and new proposals. About 60 artillery batteries with heavy calibers 4.7 and 6 inches will guard commanding positions across a wide arc. A mobile force includes nearly 100 15 pounder field guns and an army corps of three divisions of regular infantry plus 100 volunteers.
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London
Thames
Pall Mall
Metropolis
War Department
London Express
Beating Gladstone in Argument Ends Painter Eden Eddis
English portrait painter Eden Eddis has died days before his 89th birthday. He was famed for near election to the Royal Academy and once debated with Gladstone on a question about brightness.
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Gladstone
Eden Eddis
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Darlin
Agaid
Lad
Grevanion
Silvia Lisle
Younge
Summerton
Caroline
Mabel
King’s Abbott
Lord Lyndon
Miss Deverill
Charlie
Lydon
Miass Trevanion
Miss Sylverton
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