Century Magazine notes on fiction and essays
Scribner's Magazine issue features Mary Johnston's Audrey twelfth chapter ending, Davis's The Derelict, and Quiller-Couch coastal excavations with Maxfield Parrish color plates. Other pieces discuss rural scenes in Greater New York, Isobel Strong Samoan sketch, and practical essays by De Lang Hines on train dispatching and Brander Matthews on English spelling reform.
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Mary Johnston
Audrey
John Fiske
Scribner's Magazine
Richard Harding Davis
Mr. Davis
Consolidated Press
Santiago
Davis
Walter Appleton Clark
Zack
Willis Gibson
Octave Thanet
Fess Happy
Woman's Club
J. Mitchell
Amos Judd
Cornwall
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Maxfield Parrish
Jesse Lynch Williams
New York
Isobel Strong
James B. Connelly
Reykjavik
Gloucester
Deus Pgent Harper
Chicago
Univerity
Sie
Willam R. Brooks
Venus
Lee Bacon
Venice
Cumber
Charles de Lang Hines
Brander Matthews
Jances
Barrett
Magazines and Books Featured in Current Literary List
A literary roundup highlights Noah Brooks and Saxe-Holm short stories, George W. Cable contributions, and Bishop Potter Impressions of India. It notes Gilbert Parker's new novel The ay and Burnsett's Making of a Marchioness, plus Tarkington’s Monsieur Beaucaire selling well.
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Noah Brooks
Thankful
Gilbert Parker
Harper's
Harpers
Mr. Parker
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Century
McClure, Phillips & Co
Booth Tarkington
Monsieur Beaucaire
Macmillan Company
Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
Rand-McNally
Buffalo Exposition
Niagara Falls
Exposition
Falls
Buffalo
Benjamin Franklin Buchanan
Rising Sun
Ind
Charles Major
Bears of
Blue River
Doubleday, Page & Co
Indiana
A. B. Frost
John Kimberly
Faller
Journal
Suspension of the Jewish Encyclopedia by Funk & Wagnalls
The Jewish Encyclopedia project, planned as twelve volumes, has been suspended due to many subscribers failing to meet obligations. The first volume appeared as a rich, illustrated reference to Jewish history and culture, but publisher costs already reached about 130,000, with editors having most manuscript work done.
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Messrs. Funk & Wagne
New York
Europe
Thei
Messrs. McClintock
Strong
Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls
Book review praises Kinross novel Phil as vivid and wholesome
Alice Woods reviews Phil by Albert Kinross, published by Frederick A. Stokes. The piece lauds the tale for vitality, a living cast including Linka Helene Lapraik and Mrs. Snagg, and notes its healthful, industrious spirit. It criticizes occasional misprints and misplaced terms but calls the book modern and engaging.
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Phil
Albert Kinross
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Linka
Helene
Lapraik
Mr. Kinross
George Meredith
Alice Woods
I T U At Birmingham
The forty seventh annual convention of the International Typographical Union opens in Birmingham Alabama with delegates from the United States and Canada arriving. The laws committee has been meeting and will report soon on eight hour work rules district organizer terms and abolishing annual elections. The group plans a ten day session and a tour of the Birmingham district.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union
United States
Canada
Committee On Laws
Glass workers meet in Charleroi with American reps
In Brussels on August 11 another meeting between Heleran glass workers and representatives of American glass men took place in Charleroi. No public results have been released yet.
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Brussels
Heleran
Charleroi
Padilla Flees Tampa Amid Resistencia Strike
Aug 11 Tampa reports Padilla secretary of Resistencia and key strike leader fled the city to avoid deportation. He reportedly sailed to Havana. With his departure the movement flags a possible settlement in days as Resistencia selectors plan a full conference and most closed factories remain shut tomorrow.
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Fila
Padilla
Resistencia
Havana
Resistencia Organization
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Endures as Child Remedy
A historical note touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a fifty year remedy for children. It claims to soothe the chafing gums, ease wind colic, and regulate bowels, marketed as the best cure for diarrhea with a price of a few cents per bottle.
Pernod absinthe factory destroyed by lightning
Paris reports Pernod's Pontarlier absinthe factory, one of France's largest, struck by a storm and set ablaze. Damages estimated at 8,000,000 francs. output averaged 2,000 litres daily. Havre notes Graville spinning mill and De Vaux Freres sawmill burned, losses about 2,000,000 francs. St. Petersburg dispatch cites Vitebsk fire: 1,000 homes destroyed, 100 lives lost, prison burned with many inmates perishing.
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Pernod
Pontarlier
France
Havre
Graville
Demléoff
de Vaux Freres
London
Daily Mall
St. Petersburg
Vitebsk
Stock markets buoyed by Kitchener pledge and easy money
London stocks rose modestly after Lord Kitchener’s Pretoria proclamation as easy money abroad supported prices. New York exchange stayed high amid autumn gold demand, while British railways face declining receipts and rising costs with retrenchment likely. Berlin markets were quiet though banks’ half yearly results improved, yet Leipziger Bank failure effects lingered in discounts.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Stock Exchange
New York
Bank of England
New York Exchange
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reichsbanks
Vossische Zeitung
Gauss Departs Kiel For Antarctic Expedition
The German steamer Gauss sails from Kiel carrying Prof Ehrich Von Drygalski and a scientific team for an Antarctic expedition. The crew and nation send blessings, but a memorial death alters the farewell banquet. A base will be at Kerguelen with wintering planned if silence continues into mid 1904. Captain Hans Ruser commands the Gauss with Emperor William’s consent. Prince Henry tours Kiel aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
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Ehrich von Drygalski
Berlin
Herr Rothe
William
Professor von Drygalski
Gauss
Frederick
Ernest von Hoeffen
Hans Gazert
Munich
Emilie
Breslau
Friederich Dingmaler
Lauffen
Kerguelen
Drygalski
Pressing workload fuels health rumors about De Witte
St Petersburg reports say Minister of Finance De Witte faces health strain from overwork and defers a Manchuria trip to Wiesbaden for a cure. The persistent rumors claim meningitis threatens him, reflecting his reputation as one who cannot drop duties despite heat and fatigue.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Finance de Witte
Manchuria
Wiesbaden
Mast
M. de Witte
Court Changes and Courtesies Amid Stated Rest Period
The article notes a figure has endured unusual strain over the past year and may require thorough rest. It suggests, if court circles are correct, that next winter the Empress will receive Madame De Witte at court. It mentions Empress interest in Madame Sipos sulve, wife of the interior minister, who has shown considerable interest in Madame De Witte.
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Madame de Witte
Madame Sipossulve
British tariff clash and French reform proposal
News brief from London and Paris reports Britain favoring separate tariff negotiations with each power while France seeks an enlarged conservancy board to include nations with larger tonnage. Other items note British animal purchases, a Troyes church bombing suspect, a rockfall death in Chamounix, and the U S school ship Enterprise docking at Gravesend.
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London
Times
Peking
Great Britain
Conservancy Board
United States
France
Jewel theft pair nabbed after Boston raid with diamonds found
Boston police arrest Nellie Pentony and John Pentony after a search of their rooms yields seven diamond rings a diamond locket and pawn tickets for diamonds from New York Buffalo Chicago and Cleveland. The pair tied to “badger workers” and “diamond snatchers” suspects linked to Chicago also had prior arrests in St Louis and New York.
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Chicago
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Nellie Watson
May Dunn
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John Warner
John Barr
New York City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Deer Island
Watts
Pentony
Oth
St. Louis
Lynn
New York
Nellie Watken
Dimmock to be arraigned on $90,000 embezzlement charge
Walter N. Dimmock, former chief clerk at the United States mint, is under arrest on embezzlement charges totaling $90,000. He will face formal arraignment on Monday with bond set at 337,000.
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San Francisco
Aug
Walter N. Dimmock
United States Mint
Gold brick from Una Alaska missing in transit
A gold brick valued at $20 shipped from Una Alaska aboard the steamer Newport around July 2 has not arrived in San Francisco as expected, with several days overdue.
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Una
Alaska
Newport
Retirement of Massachusetts Bryanites Shapes State Campaign
Portland presses that Massachusetts Bryanites retire as a state campaign looms. The silk stockings, gold Democrats who dominate the party, drive the talk though no clear candidate is chosen. Gamaliel Bradford offers himself, Robert Treat Paine Jr defends his name, W A Gaston seeks nomination but vetoed subway bill history, C S Hamlin earns mention, while George Fred Williams and his circle remain quiet and ominous.
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Gamaliel Bradford
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
W. A. Gaston
Crane
C. 8
Hamlin
George Fred Williams
Lynching in Mississippi Driven by Circumstantial Evidence
The Toledo Times notes that two colored men were lynched in Mississippi after being away from home during a murder. It argues that racial bias makes skin color evidence enough and condemns the practice without due process. An ad promotes Glenn's Sulphur Soap for skin ailments, claiming superiority over other remedies.
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Toledo
Mississippi
Requiem for Dowager Empress Frederick at Cronberg
Crowds gather in Cronberg and Berlin as Emperor William and King Edward lead royal procession to the Dowager Empress Frederick's funeral. British royals, German nobles, and military formations attend a solemn service in the medieval church with music, prayers, and a later commission for a Carrara marble sarcophagus.
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Hamburg
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Frank Lascelles
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King Eaward
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Reuss
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Dr. Drysander
Berlin
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Eoward
Crysander
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Queen Alexandra
Empire
Arrival of King Edward at Homburg in royal procession
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived at Homburg with Emperor William and Empress. public entry was restricted while the royal suite met at Ritter's Hotel and Homburg Castle. The event featured a guard of honor, formal welcomes, and a parade through newly decorated streets.
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