Mary the Maid of the Inn Chapter It–Continued
Dick Parker and his fellow travelers stop at Morley’s Yorkshire inn. They flatter Mary Lockwood as the Squire Bellingham arrives nearby. Morley sketches Squire Bellingham as a wealthy, restless, brave man who rides armed with dangerous rivals on the road.
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England
Morley
Gaive
Mary
Yorkshire
Parker
Mary Lockwood
Kirkstall
Foster
York
Harrogate
Squire Bellingham
Derby
Harry Dunstan
Bellingham
London
Leeds
Heaven
Hell
Dining Car Passengers Recount Mediterranean Escape
In a candlelit room, two travelers share a supper of stuffed chine and partridges with savory bread sauce as a gentleman at another table nibbles a hot stew. Dick and Foster discuss their escape from French cruisers in the Mediterranean while a starry decanter of sherry glows nearby.
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Bellingham
Foster
Tom
Dick Parker
House of Lords
High Seas
Bristol
Blackheath
St. James’ Street
York
Andy
Epicure
Birra
Mediterranean
Foster and Parker Amid London Taverns Dynamics
In a London tavern circle Morley chats with Foster while Dick Parker quietly engages Mary. Foster, seen as untrustworthy yet strong, masks his darker freebooter air, while Parker displays redeeming traits and influence, highlighting contrasting personalities and social maneuvering within the group.
Cash for Their Lives by a Denver Banker
David H Moffatt president of the First National Bank of Denver recounts a dramatic bank robbery incident. A desperate man demanded $22 000 by threatening nitro glycerin in a bottle. Moffatt chose to hand over the funds to save his life, reasoning the risk of death outweighed the money. The robber vanished and was never seen again. The piece closes with two short witticisms about compliments and laziness.
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David H. Moffatt
First National Bank of Denver
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First National Bank
Mr. Moffatt
First Minneapolis man convicted under wife desertion law
The Minneapolis Tribune notes George A. Kenney as the first man convicted under Minnesota's new law treating abandonment or failure to support a wife as a felony. He received ninety days in the workhouse, a lenient sentence compared to the maximum. The piece argues the law shifts punishment to hard labor and strengthens wives' rights by allowing them to compel full support.
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Minnesota
George A. Kenney
Minneapolis
Kenney
Minneapolis Tribune
Length of Life Shows Health Gains In Census Trends
Leslie's Weekly notes the 1900 census bulletin on mortality in the United States. Death rates in large cities fell from 21 to 18.6 per 1000 amid improved sanitation and medical advances. Tuberculosis deaths dropped from 245.9 to 190.5 per 100000, reflecting better knowledge and prevention.
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United States
Leslie’s Weekly
A Man Catalogs Adjectives For The Kiss In English Fiction
A reader catalogs adjectives used to describe a kiss across classic English novels, listing many qualities from cold and burning to tender and paradisiacal. The project proves endless, leading the author to abandon the task after compiling a long, varied set.
Man with the Stewpas Found Near Pompeii
Skeleton of a man believed to be a fugitive from the 79 A D eruption was found in the Barbatelli estate north of Pompeii. He carried a bundle of valuables including a silver stewpan with a shell ornament, a broken spoon, a hot drink spoon, a silver Domitian penny, two keys, and 187 copper coins ranging from Agrippa to Titus.
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Barbatelli
Pompeii
The
Athenaeum
Domitian
Agrippa
Titus
Detroit Free Press
Germany Adopts American Postage Stamp Method
Germany will adopt the American style of a large stamp for cancelling letters and postal cards. The new stamp places the place, time, and date of delivery on the margins, solving the problem of overlapping impressions when multiple stamps are used. The Chicago Daily News reports the change addresses clarity in mailing dates.
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Germany
Chicago Daily News
New York Chamber Deliberately Cautious on Reciprocity Debate
The New York Chamber of Commerce declined to back a committee resolution opposing the National Reciprocity Convention's actions. Attendees included delegates Charles A. Schlieren and James Talcott who urged restraint, while Cornelius Bliss warned the chamber was not fully informed. The piece contrasts free trade fears with Teddy Roosevelt era rhetoric on employment and industrial activity.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Gustav H. Schwab
Washington
Charles A. Schlieren
James Talcott
Cornelius N. Bliss
United States
New England Free Trade League
Let It Alone on Tariff and Prosperity
From the Red Wing Minnesota Republican the writer argues against tariff tinkering, calling the Dingley act and related monetary measures twin pillars of prosperity. He urges loyalty to country and party, warning of harm if the tariff is altered and predicting danger to the Republicans with any assault on tariff policy.
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T ‘ Temple of Prosperity
Republican Party
Red Wing
Why the Workers Don’t Join in It
A discouraging note for anti tariff advocates notes that the laboring class shows little response to cries against trusts. It argues that if trusts raise prices and lower wages, wage earners should recognize and defend their own interests.
Reciprocity clash over free trade and tariffs debated
A Santa Claus of home market reciprocity is critiqued as a threat to manufacturing and farming. The piece argues that a German tariff threat and European retaliation could follow any French treaty, warning that free trade would spark tariff wars. It notes the New York Times criticism and the New York Chamber of Commerce action to refer back Schwab resolutions. It also defends trusts against harsh anti trust rhetoric and questions the scale of worker hardships and punitive measures.
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Bliss
Reichstag
Germany
Great Britain
New York Chamber of Commerce
Free Trade Lagubriety Four Years More of Grover
Four years more of Grover was doleful enough yet the speaker adds three years more in a wry political quip about the era of free trade and tariff policy, reflecting public sentiment and party stance through a concise taunt.
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Grover
Is This Senility Our Times Note on Reciprocity
The New York Evening Post criticizes reciprocity as mere protectionism calling it a handmaiden. It quotes Roosevelt supporters and Lord Rothschild in London, suggesting the paper hides that reciprocity benefits foreigners. The piece questions the Post's editorial stance and aims.
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New York Evening Post
Roosevelt
Congress
Lord Rothschild
London
Associated Press
England
Post
Free Traders Asked for Explanation of Prosperity
The Springfield Republican argues bank clearings and overall prosperity exceed last year’s peak with rail traffic heavy and iron and steel demand outstripping supply. It challenges Will and other free trade papers to reveal the underlying cause for nationwide prosperity rather than attributing it to chance.
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Ifron
Springfield Republican
Will
Republican
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