The Man of Norton and Co. Gains a Partner
Eugene Elliston becomes a quarter owner in Norton & Co after his uncle funds the buyout. Cora Elliston schemes and flirts amid a stormy afternoon in the garden as their party life and business tie together and threaten Eugene’s calm.
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Eugene
Mr. Norton
Pri
Rugena
Tain
Mr. Novolving
Eugenese
Panisc
Eerios
MiHsros
Ensrat
Eugene Magignat
Andrenacsipt
Tam
E Iiston
Walt
Mr. Elliston
Farmer's Lawyer
John Norton & Co
Partuer
House of Norton & Co
Hs Uncle
State Central Committee
Cora Elliston
Ani
Groyr
Baleen
Yisif
Coches Alis
The Marseilles Clocks and the Ghostly Warning
In Marseilles the tale has it that M Valette ignores a ghostly warning from the murdered Le Brun about his death. He travels to Marseilles to settle affairs, and the clocks strike twelve as predicted, while robbers ambush him in a wine-cellar, sealing his fate.
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Marseilles
M. Valette
Marie Danville
Paris
Mme. Valette
M. le Brun
le Brun
Valette
le Bran
le Brin
Peru
Ing
M. Danville
LeBron
M Danville
Marie
le Bron
Argonaut
Executions in Canton China Reach Grim Figures
The Chicago Herald notes Canton averages about 300 executions yearly. In 1885 fifty thousand rebels were beheaded. Women are sometimes strangled and the worst criminals exiled upon a crow. Some sentences cut the living into pieces up to thirty six parts. The headsman wages have fallen from $1 per head to fifty cents. Most executed are water pirates or land bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Core
Cora
Eugene
Adieux
Scott
Canton
China
Chicago Herald
Mrs Peary at the Pole Life Among Eskimos and a Walrus Tale
Mrs Josephine Peary wife of the Arctic explorer writes of twelve months at Redcliffe McCormick Bay Greenland describing Eskimo life clothing and customs. A comic walrus encounter and daily routines amid a small isolated Inuit community are recounted with detail and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Peary
McCormick Bay
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Lieutenant Peary
Whale Sound
Redcliffe
Trina
Ikiwa
Walrus
Matt
Mane
Rise and Fall of the Clippers in American Maritime History
A historical overview traces the rise of clipper ships starting in 1840 amid steamship competition, noting the California trade spurred iconic fast vessels like the Challenge and Invincible. It covers their profitability issues, navigation feats at Port of New York, and the lasting impact on freight rates and national pride, with later notes on wheat exports to 1880.
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America
de Vilmorin
California
New York Tribune
Black Ball Line
Uncle Sam
New York
China
Liverpool
América
New York Times
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Jae
Tihat
Sly—Slyme
Siyue
Stronk
Ceres
Greenwood
Oxford Democrat
Blank
Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Lanardelli
Crispi
Marquis di Rudini
Admiral Brin
Cara
Clarence Henry Pearson
Mrs. Peary
M'gipsa
Annowkah
Tookymingwah
Mra Peary
Himalayas
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