Christmas Warnings and Hope Thread a Nighttime Train
A delayed 1:05 local from Barchester snow flurries stalls travelers at Blenheim Junction as a banker Maxwell faces a dangerous cargo from Maxwell Field while a clergyman and a doctor juggle trust and risk. At home a family keeps Christmas Eve with storytelling and prayers as a mysterious man contemplates a perilous journey and a new job in Hong Kong.
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Barchester
Blenheim Junction
Groton
Hong Kong
Sidney
Tomlinson
Barber Aims For Neat Cut But Patient Demands Shave
A weary man in a barber chair insists on a shave, repeatedly rejecting cuts to hair cleansing or massage. He quarrels with the barber who jokes about his own long hair, then laments his own inability to cut hair, reflecting on the odd exchange.
Harte Replies To Carton In A California Tale
The tale recounts Bret Harte's retort to Carton about California stories being toned down. Carton, once a gossiping actor in a seaside town, hosts famous visitors at a house in Ackton. A Western desperado confronts an English tenderfoot in a saloon, asking for a drink before violence erupts.
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Harte
Carton
R. C. Carton
Acton
Bret Harte
California
Tenderfoot
Duel in Williamsbug Yard Ends With Two Injuries
In Williamsburg Massachusetts a dispute between two men over their children escalated into a yard duel with axes. Patrick Romo suffered a skull fracture and is in critical condition while Michael Perrin was badly cut and arrested for felonious assault after a police intervention.
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Williamsburg
Mass
Patrick Romo
Michael Perrin
Perrin
Rome
Singular Coincidence at Dartmouth Presidents
President Eliot notes a singular coincidence in the Dartmouth gathering with James Bryce and his successor President Lowell. Eliot praises Bryce for a premier book on American government and commends Lowell for an acclaimed work on English government.
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Eliot
Dartmouth
James Bryce
Lowell
England
Markets reflect steady money, mixed farm prices across cities
New York money on call steady at 4 1/2 to 5 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 1/2 to 5 3/4. Grain and livestock prices vary: Minnesota spring wheat $5.75 to $5.90, corn 68 cents, oats 43 cents. Cattle and hogs show strong ranges in Cleveland and Chicago, with steers up to $6.25, hogs around $8.40 to $8.45, lambs near $7.60.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchanges
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Ohio
Pittsburg
Chicago
Breaks Cold In A Day Prescription From Science
A noted cold remedy claims to be highly scientific with widely available ingredients. Mix half a pint of whiskey with two ounces glycerine and a half ounce of Concentrated pine compound. Shake bottle before each use and take one teaspoon to one tablespoon every four hours. Concentrated pine comes only in half ounce air tight labeled bottles.
Cheap Coals Joke Sparks Railway Fare Tale
A humorous exchange shows Smythe asking about coal costs and Jones replying that he pays nothing. He lives by the railway line and has his son make grimaces at passing train engineers, a lighthearted domestic vignette.
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Smythe
Jones
Prescriptions Not General Do Not Share Medical Recipes
The article warns against treating a friend's prescription as a general recipe for others. It notes symptoms may stem from different causes and taking medicine prescribed for someone else can be risky and cause harm.
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