The Man in the Moon and the Portland-Rhodes Debt
Mrs. Portland-Rhodes wife of a member for Tattenham Corner hides exorbitant debt behind theater club gossip while engaging with a mysterious Man in the Moon who funds a risky Angelicos share bid. Her husband discovers the ruse pays the bills and grants her a reprieve, but secrecy haunts them as they bluff through their financial crisis.
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Portland
Charles
Portland-Rhodes
Angelicos
Hoag
Anaeiicus
London
Ant
Viola
Gold Bearing Quartz Found Near Davis Strait
Discovery of gold bearing quartz on Davis Strait in 1899 has been expanded by recent exploration. Barclay Walker and crew aboard the Esquiman and later Captain Mackay on the Bequiman found auriferous ore yielding about three ounces per ton. Experts in Britain tested samples and found the ore promising though not rich.
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New York Tribune
Davis Strait
Barclay Walker
Dundes
Esquiman
Mackay
Bequiman
Great Britain
Dundee
Arctic Circle
Calirarala
Colorado
Trunevan
The Chacma Baboon at the Zoo and elses
Two Pretoria officers escaped across a river and waited two hours in water as a troop of chacma baboons drank nearby. A full grown male chacma heads to the Zoo, described as powerful with a length of three feet eight inches and a standing height of four feet four inches. The baboons persist in South Africa despite threats from enemies including man.
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Pretoria
Jertst
South Africa
Bits of wit from many papers flash across society
A collage of jokes and quips from The Indianapolis Journal The Detroit Free Press The Philadelphia Press Yonkers Statesman and others. Characters joke about politics romance crime and daily life with puns and playful exchanges. The snippets spotlight reporters editors and ordinary folk trading light satire and timely humor.
Four Remedies Offer Free Treatments For Weak And Consumptive
A Philadelphia advertisement touts four remedies as a new system of treatment for consumption and other pulmonary ailments. The firm claims free distribution, with a simple treatise explaining efficacy and various combinations tailored to needs. Emphasizing blood purification and strengthening weak systems, the ad targets women and children, promising cures for nasal and throat diseases without requiring payment.
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T. A. Slocum
Fony
Reilirvek
Free trial offers four remedies via Dr Slocum note
A faded ad promises four free preparations from laboratories if readers send full address to Dr. T A Slocum at 93 Pine Street New York. It requests mention of reading the Topeka State Journal and asks for reader feedback written in.
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T. A. Slocum
Pine St
New York
Topeka State Journal
Chiles
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