Roxbury Ambition Tests Metcalf Influence Amid Secrets
Warren Leland relocates to his Roxbury farm and plots to win favor with Roxbury power broker Nathan Metcalf, his daughter, and trusted ally Miss Lester. Meanwhile Cora Elliston and Oscar Slyme scheme through letters and a looming confrontation, while a tremulous Senator fears a hidden betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Leland
New York
Emerson Sweetland
M. D
Nathan Metcalf
Roxbury
Leland
Mr. Sweetland
Cora Elliston
Oscar Slyme
Seth Gridley
Seth
Sedley Farm
Metcalfs
Bunt
Strance
Anen
New England
Germany
Gunod
Sven
Sean
Yale
Congress
Metcalf
Turquoise Ring and Lessons on Love in Ladies' Home Journal
A reader describes a turquoise ring symbolizing friendship in romance and offers guidance on maintaining dignity in courting. Advice covers not isolating a partner, balancing time with friends, avoiding possessiveness, and guarding household matters while nurturing respect and hope.
Not a Journalist. Millionaire-You ask for the hand of my daughter
The dialogue portrays a visitor claiming to be a journalist while a newspaper man insists he is merely a businessman, trading humor for a marriage proposal. The excerpt reflects a playful clash over status and livelihood in a social setting after a tone of propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellmont
Con Brese
Warren
Sedley
Roxbury
New York
Bank
Warren Leland
James Hedley
Leland
Sweetland
Emerson Sweetland
Elder Leland
Congress
Connecticut
Hand
Bucy
Mnyself
Nathan Metall
Nathan Metcall
Young On
Nathan Metcalf
Qelfe
Ignal
Mr. Sweetland
Lter
Metalf
J. Sidney Leland
Coassman
City
New York Weekly
Bank of New Hanover probe filed by Dublin depositors
An investigation into the wrecked Bank of New Hanover at Wilmington N C began Tuesday with suits by Dublin county depositors including the sheriff who held 6000 on deposit. Defendants named are President Bates, Cashier Williams and five directors. The suits aim to fix responsibility for alleged mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of New Hanover
Wilmington
N. C
Dublin County
Bates
Williams
Various 1900s Events Reported Across Nations and Crimes
A broad dispatch lists multiple incidents including a U S supreme court decision on foreign ownership of land in New York state affecting 25 million dollars, a Zanesville factory robbery, naval actions near Rio de Janeiro, wage cuts at Berkey and Gay in Grand Rapids, a Dutch steamship loss near Maggie E Well, and the Columbian World’s Fair preparations. It also notes Iowa politics, a YMCA conference call in London, a German diet opening, New Jersey attorney general opinions on legislative organization, violence at Kansas City Turner Hall, and a Jersey Meadows rail accident with casualties.
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Ivy City
United States Supreme Court
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Schultz & Co
Zanesville
Rio de Janeiro
United State
New York
Phillips
Nietheroy
Berkey & Gay
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amsterdam
Stenger
Rotterdam
J. Meyer
Maggie E. Well
Congress
Palmer
Des Moines
United States
John H. Gear
Republican Caucus
Senate
Hermon
Horace Boies
Harper
House
Gear
Iowa
World’s Committee of Young Men’s Christian Association
Geneva
Switzerland
Young Men's Christian Association of All Lands
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Ripon
D. D
Royal Albert Hall
South Kingston
Berlin
William
White
Trenton
N. J
Watts
Stockton
Turner Hall
Kansas City
American Protective Association
J. W. McNamara
McNamara
Business Showing Modest Uptick Amid Weak Manufacturing
R G Dun reports a cautious, uneven improvement in early year trade driven by actual production gains and rising plant activity. Output and prices fall in several metals, with pig iron down 41 43 percent year over year and stocks rising. cotton goods and boots and shoes show mixed movements as optimism grows for a future uptick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Washington
Pittsburg
Lowmoore
Virginia
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Government to issue 50 million five percent bonds
Secretary Carlisle announces a Treasury offer of 50 000 000 dollars in United States bonds payable in coin, redeemable after ten years, with 5 percent interest quarterly. Subscriptions due February 1 1894 with bids stating amount, form, premium, delivery location, and designated treasurer. Allotment to highest bid. minimum price 117 223 per 100 par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Treasury Department
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Washington, D. C
J. G. Cantyane
Debates and votes on tariff and related bills in Congress
A condensed daily record shows the House of Representatives delaying routine business as it schedules tariff bill readings and debates. Wilson’s amendments face rejection. Johnson’s immediate effect schedule passes in part. Senate proceedings cover nominations, Hawaiian correspondence, and discussions on civil service, federal elections, and treasury bond authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Burrows
Wilson
Ways and Means
Mr. Wilson
Johnson
Ohio
Senate
Hill
Hornblower
Pruden
Call
Internal Revenue
Florida
Hoar
Committee On Foreign Relations
Gallinger
Berry
New Hampshire
Cockrell
Chandler
New Hamshire
Congress
Gray
Delaware
Tuurspar
Walthall
Peffer
Secretary of the Treasury
Allen
Youthful death at Cranch School ends panic in D C
A seven year old boy Grover Hummer brought a pistol to Cranch public school in East Washington. While playfully saying he would shoot someone then himself he accidentally fired the weapon blowing out his brains. Panic spread as children screamed and fled the scene during the morning rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Cora
Washington
Eugene Cleveland
New York
Slyme
Eugena
Sherwood
Cranch Public School
D. C
Grover Hummer
Cranberry mine to close as Alabama furnaces prepare
Reports from Johnson City Tennessee say Cranberry magnetic ore mines will cease operations after six to seven years of loss making. Birmingham dispatch notes Shelby Ironaton furnaces to begin by February first after idle periods. Alabama mineral district’s recovery amid improved sentiment is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby
Ironaton
Als
Mineral
Alabama
Democrats of
Montgomery
R. F. Kolb
Queen Seeks Damages Over Provisional Government
In a San Francisco message via the steamer Australia the deposed queen is said to drop contest and sue the United States for damages linked to the provisional government action. Prime Minister Parker denounces the claim and says the queen has submitted the case to U S arbitration and awaits the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Australia
United States
Parker
Gresham
Can Marry at Fourteen in Raleigh Court
In Raleigh N Y Friday Judge Hoke ordered a not guilty verdict for a man indicted for obtaining a marriage license for a girl 15. The court ruled that obtaining a license for a girl over fourteen is not a punishable offense and that consent of parents had not been required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. Y
Hoke
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Alice P. Carriston
Palestrina
Cora Eliston
Mee
Mildred
Chance
Cor
Eugene
Thare
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Jersey Meadows
Sally
Dun & Co
Willissue
Moet
QUR
Chicago Board of Trade
Jefferson County
Salem Female College
Winston
North Carolina
Nashville Dispatch
State Board of Health
Wilson County
Lebanon
Bristol
Glade Springs
Norfolk and Western Railway
Nashville
Nashvile
Caldwell
Lil
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