The Enchanted Knight and Monte Carlo Gambler
Merrick watches Jones's success at the Monte Carlo table as the bank collapses, while the Italian heiress Oxgravitch uses charm to ensnare players. Constance Dare remains a pivotal figure as Merrick suspects a complex trap involving Count Leon and a Russian ally.
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Paris
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Veigling Constante
Colusin
Italicized Barbed Words Stir Debating Pair
Two students in a New England university debate clash over oratorical style with one accusing the other of using exclamation marks and italics to win. The negative side suggests italics are mere emphasis, while the affirmative retorts that the other uses italics to copy what is not original and inspired, as in the Bible.
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House of Commons
Congress
New England
Togo
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Lightning Storm Boosts Watch Repairs at Downtown Jewelers
A junior partner says electrical storms trigger overworked watch repair departments as mainsprings break. The jeweler adds a joking note that business picks up after storms, with staff urged to pray for renewed activity, a claim tied to recent weather patterns reported by Washington State.
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Washington Stas
Mickey of Osceola Ear ns Governor Nomination in Long Nebraska Convention
Mickey of Osceola, a farmer and banker, was nominated for governor on the thirteenth ballot after a lengthy Republican state convention. Peter Mortensen of Valley County won the treasury nomination while other statewide officers were renominated without opposition.
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Henry Watterson
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Rouse
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Ende
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Valley County
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Meserve
Privileges of Women in New York Hotels
Women and visitors to New York can now dine in hotel restaurants after theater hours without a male escort, a change from the past when first class restaurants barred unmanned women. The anecdote ends with a humorous aside on strained relations between milkmen and hydrants.
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New York
Republican Platform Adopted in Lincolns June Meeting
The Nebraska Republican platform adopted by the resolutions committee lauds prosperity under Republican governance across industry and agriculture. It endorses Roosevelt policies, irrigation, anti monopoly measures, and calls for constitutional revision, stricter revenue laws, tax equalization on corporations, and a pardons board with a state audit authority.
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Committee of Resolutions
Republican Party of
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Philadelphia
William McKinley
Republic
Theodore Roosevelt
Cuba
Congress
Mutual Benefit
Board of Pardons
Biographical Sketches of Iowa Nominees and Officials
John H. Mickey, born near Burlington in 1845, Civil War veteran, banking and farming in Polk County, former county treasurer, legislator, and major benefactor to Nebraska Wesleyan University. Edwin G. McGilton, Wisconsin native, Nebraska lawyer, former railroad employee, Republican lieutenant governor candidate, aged 43. Peter Mortensen, born Denmark 1894, pioneer banker in Ord Nebraska, long-serving county treasurer, bank president, and developer in Valley County.
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Burlington
Eighth
Iowa Cavalry
Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Seoker
Ween
Osceola
Mickey
Polk County
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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Edwin G .McGilton
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Jer
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central Railroad
University
Peter
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Denmark
America
Missouri
Valley County
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German Goods in Chili Market Share Shows Germany’s Strong Ties
Chile has long been Germany's key market on the west coast of South America. In 1900 Germany supplied twenty seven percent of Chile's total imports and took twelve percent of Chile's exports.
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Germany
South America
Berlin's New Railway Opens After Five Years of Labor
After five and a half years of construction, Berlin's elevated and underground electric railway begins traffic, marking a major urban transit milestone for the city. The project connects key districts and expands rapid rail service across Berlin.
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Berlin
College Audiences Defy Sermon Length and Content
A Yale episode shows students rejecting sermons longer than twenty minutes and criticizing clergy who reference sports. The college bell and crowd of 1300 disrupted a New York minister after thirty five minutes, prompting the mass hymn. The piece notes early newspapers and tea advertisements in 17th century England.
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New York Tribune
Church Board Imposes Funeral Bellstandards For Delinquent Dues
In Kutztown Pennsylvania the church board of trustees bars tolling the funeral bell for families that owe dues and have a year’s advance unpaid. The move targets overdue payments and reinforces financial demands within the congregation.
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Kutztown
Board of Trustees
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