Harriett Lennox Pressured by Store Owner to Marry
Harriett Lennox, a clerk at Marstei’s department store, faces stress from critical boss Mr. Marston as she endures low pay and shopper rudeness. He unexpectedly offers marriage to her to become owner of the store, prompting her to leave and promise to think it over after confiding in Nora about possible drastic consequences.
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Harriett Lennox
Marstei's
Nora
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Ston
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Kitchener Statue Plan Approved in Calcutta
The committee approves models for a Lord Kitchener statue in Calcutta. The figure will wear field marshal uniform on his favorite charger, atop a stone pedestal with four bas relief bronze panels depicting battles involving Lord Kitchener.
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Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Calcutta
Illinois News: Salaries Equalization Sought and More
Illinois reports on salary equalization for guards at state penal institutions with state civil service investigating working conditions. Willsville requests aid after cyclone. Central Illinois doctors elect officers in Pana. Southern Illinois Railway license issued for Eldorado to Carrier Mills line. Cold rains threaten apples. professor ejected over fare dispute. a boy injured by a discus. coal rate suspensions. two Quincy deaths. river traffic hearings. child dies from fire. prison inmate killed with a putty knife. a 38-year-old electrician dies from ptomaine poisoning
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State Civil Service Commission
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Boyce Wright
Chester
Joliet
Pontiac
Southern Ilinois Railway and Power Company
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Eldorado
Raleigh
Hartisburg
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Method of Setting Grapes by W F P Massey
Instructions for vineyard spacing and training vines using a Munson trellis variant. Vines set eight feet apart in ten foot rows, two eyes pruned, train single stem to stake first year. Posts five feet high with crossbar and three wires. Arms extend from central wire then shortened and replaced by canes. fruiting branches hang over outer wires for protection.
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W. FP. Massey
Trellis Advice for Vine Growth and Fertilization
The article notes less rot on unsprayed vines on a trellis and warns against manure touching roots at planting while recommending surface manure after setting. It advises a fertilizer rich in phosphoric acid and potash for strong early growth and acknowledges some nitrogen is needed for young vines.
Roadsides to be cleared next year as snow drifts rise
The passage notes that weeds left along roadsides will cause snow to drift and block roads. It predicts travel difficulties and suggests resolutions to clear the roads next year, though it laments that such promises are soon forgotten each year.
Paris Playwright Struggles With Originality Rules
A Paris playwright faces trouble in sourcing original lines as the manager notes his handicap prevents him from adapting all his scenes from French sources, highlighting a struggle with originality in scriptwriting.
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Paris
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