Diana Fair and Claud Fayrer’s Reckoning
Diana and Claud Fayrer confront debt and pride at the Datchett ruins as Diana learns Claud’s plea to abandon the engagement for money. She forgives him though he is gravely ill, and the pair affirm love over wealth, ending with reunion and a hopeful vow as Uncle Nat’s death nears.
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Chauter
Claud
Diana
Nat
McClure
Napoleon
McCluren
Miss Fayrer
Sanderson
Mr.Clare
Nathaniel Crockett
Hyman
Oll
Aunt Jane
Mrs. Crockett
Paradise
Richard
Gyles Langton
Bettiscombe
Jaspar
V. C
Datchett
Diana Fair
Phil Alisander
Maximilian Coins and a Donkey Portrait Rumor Explored
The article reviews Maximilian era coins issued during his brief Mexican throne. It notes multiple denominations including 5, 10, 50 centavos and 1 peso, plus 1 centavo in the first issues. It mentions the donkey illusion, widespread minting, and rumors of premium pricing and a rare 1866 Mexico City 1 peso variety tied to Maximilian's age and death.
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Maximilian of
Mexico
Maximilian
Orient
Mexico City
New York Sun
Scarcity of the English Penny Linked to Gas Meters
The Dundee Advertiser notes a copper penny shortage as the British mint struggles to meet demand. It cites four tons daily production and 400000 pennies daily in London from the Gas Light and Coke Company meters, with quarterly empties aggravating the scarcity.
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British Royal Mint
London
Gas Light and Coke Company
Dundee Advertiser
Return of Ten Cents Pump Yields Four Thousand
John Roberts, a well driller from Watkins in Schuyler county, bought an old pump for ten cents from Angelo Dupree the junk dealer. Hidden coins pour out when he drilled, totaling about $4000 mostly in $20 gold pieces. The date on the latest coin is 1888. Roberts deposited the find at Farmers and Merchants bank and awaits rightful owner claims. The junk dealer will inspect pumps more carefully in future.
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John Roberts
Watkins
Schuyler County
Angelo Dupree
Roberts
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Utica Press
Isle of Wight Dialect and Insular Pride
The London Chronicle notes the Isle of Wight preserves its insularity despite tourist influx. Islanders call the larger land England with distinct pride, and the island identity remains strong among natives traveling by rail and discussing their destination.
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Isle of Wight
England
Ingland
Wight
London Chronicle
Johnny’s belajar? Teacher’s jawline confession joke
The narrator recalls telling Johnny about misbehavior and a heart to heart talk. Johnny sits attentive, then suddenly jokes that the teacher’s lower jaw was moving, breaking the moment and leaving both surprised by the boy’s sly remark.
Grant's White Haven Home and Black Servants in the Past
Emma Dent Casey recalls the Grant log cabin at White Haven Missouri built with family labor and slaves. The house featured a five room plan with a central hall and rear servants quarters, while neighbors helped raise the log structure. Casey notes other Dent lands and a brick house named Wish-ton-wish, and comments on race and naval service history.
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General Grant
White Haven
Frederick Dent
Grant
Julia Dent
Dent
Emma Dent Casey
Dents
Associated Sunday Magazine
Julia
Captain Grant
Missouri
St. Louis
Gravoise
Kitty
Mary
Louis
Negro soldiers on frontier courage and Indian fear
A veteran asserts four regiments of Black soldiers in the U S Army have faced combat in Indian campaigns with no white feathers shown. He notes Indians fear of Black soldiers, claiming even fierce tribes hesitate before a Black man.
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United States
Night Panic in Georgia on the Fourth of July
A company of Twenty-seventh Indiana narrates a July 4 1864 incident near Marietta Georgia where a cavalry drill and cattle panic triggered a false alarm. Soldiers awoke to firing sounds and yelling, only to discover cattle guards driving livestock caused the commotion with minor injuries and no casualties.
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Georgia
Twenty-seventh
Indiana
Marietta
Chattahoochie River
Kenesaw Mountain
Pellmell
Lee Surrender and Old Army in Final Scene
The passage recalls Lee surrendering to Grant with mutual respect, the gray soldiers gaunt and bloodstained, no triumphalism, as the victors salute. Separately a Malay state signs a nearly 1,000,000 dollar electric-plant contract, and Crookes predicts wheat supply will lag population growth by 1931, with a wry note on philosophy.
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Grant
Grand Knights of Old
William Crookes
Labor Unions Grow Across Regions And Sectors
Reports show Teamsters in Emporia Kansas forming a union and Minneapolis dye workers organizing. The Plasterers join the AFL and Albany New York unions erect TB pavilion. Central bodies of Oranze County New York join a county union while Buffalo trades reorganize after years of conflict. Wages for women in Asiatic Turkey range 10 to 15 cents daily for ten hours. Oklahoma law requires union labels on school books. Columbus Ohio labor commissioner is twin brother to UMWA president Tom Lewis. Seamen’s compensation laws active in several nations. Straus extends Government Employes Compensation Act. over 75 000 workers covered. New York appellate division upholds union only hiring contracts.
Cigar Makers Union Defeats Constitutional Amendment for Convention
The Cigarmakers International Union of America will skip a convention this year after a constitutional amendment to enable one was defeated 306 to 0 in the referendum. The Akela mill at Paseoag, Route 1, idled over a year, reopened this week and now employs about 100 workers as a dye house plant construction begins. The Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers adds death benefits of 250 dollars for seven plus years of membership and 300 dollars for ten plus years.
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Cigarmakers
International Union of America
Akela
Paseoag
R. 1
The
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
Magnolia Women's Club Stands Alone in Mass
The Women's club of Magnolia Massachusetts is described as the only one of its kind. It counts a membership of more than 300, all women who work in hotels boarding houses and private homes serving the summer population of the resort.
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The
Women’s Club of
Magnolia
Mass
India May Establish Wood Pulp Mills Prospects Rise
India has eight paper mills employing 4700 workers. The industry is not yet progressive as European wood pulp is mostly imported, but there is a prospect for establishing wood pulp manufacture in India.
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India
Plan to organize U S cities by Bakers and Confectioners union
The Bakers and Confectioners International union adopted a plan to fully organize all the large cities of the United States aiming for a membership of 100000 within a stated time.
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The
Bakers and Confectioners’ International Union
United States
Iver Johnson Works Reopens Full Time Affects 600 Men
The Iver Johnson arms and cycle works in Fitchburg Massachusetts has resumed full time operation across all departments after a period of five-day weeks. The shift affects more than six hundred workers. In related notices, legal prohibitions against boycotting appear in Colorado Illinois Indiana. A broad list also bans blacklisting across multiple states including Colorado Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nevada North Dakota Oklahoma Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin.
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Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works
Fitchburg
Mass
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Connecticut
Fielids
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Miner Union Rivalry Shows at Annual Convention
In several states it is illegal for an employer to compel an agreement to join a labor union. John H. Walker, president of the Isnos Mine Workers' union, is backed by John Mitch’s friends as a candidate to oppose President Lewis for international president at the United Mine Workers convention in January.
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John H. Walker
Inois Mine Workers’ Union
Ben
Friends
John Mitch
Lewis
United Mine Workers For International
Printing workers in Kingston plan strike over wage demands
Fifty percent of Kingston Jamaica printing trades workers have given notice to their employers they will walk out next Monday. They protest the refusal to pay the American union scale of wages as the cost of living in Jamaica is less than half that in America.
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Kingston
Census Finds 40124 Needing Emoluments in Berlin Area
An official census of Berlin and suburbs shows 40124 persons without emolment at present. Of this number only 1716 are women. The figures exclude pensioners but include 1938 others with small incomes. The low number of unemployed women stems from high demand for domestic servants.
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Berlin
Fashionable muff steals the scene in rug style
A new muff appears in fashionable shops with rug fashion and fur skins sewn together. It features tails paws and heads at the ends and a side pocket for hands. The muff drapes over the arm without catching at the sides and varies in wear with a fur outside and satin or shirred lining.
Monogram Stationery Ad from Sullivan Engraving Co
An ad noting monogram stationery offerings from Sullivan Engraving Co in this issue, highlighting custom engraving services and branding.
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Monogram
The
Sullivan Engraving Co
Iss
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