A Fool and His Foil: A Tale of Imposters and Love
A social intrigue unfolds as Mr. Beach backs a bogus English lord to win his daughter's hand, while Mr. Estey realizes he is the true lord. The ruse collapses when Estey reveals his genuine status and Viola’s feelings. Rivalries and moral reckonings follow amid high society in early America.
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Mr. Beach
Mr. Estey
Harnwich
Estey
Vincent
Estay
Bod- Jeigh
Lemat
Viola
Lord Bodleigh
Mr. Estes
Merry England
Harnwich By-the-Sea
Beseb
Marnwich
Miss Beach
Washington
New York
Jove
A Unique School Aids Crippled East Side Children
The Children's Aid Society runs transport to a school for crippled children from poor East Side homes. The program helps them receive kindergarten and primary instruction, braces, and medical care at dispensaries. A rubber tired vehicle costing about 500 dollars would ease transport and boost their health and dignity.
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Big Bors
Pigeon Roost Proposed Above Chicago Board Trading Hall
A plan from I Paulouse seeks to convert an 80 foot square space above the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade into a pigeon coop. The double glass roof area, once brightened by the ceiling, proved too intense and was covered with sawdust. Officials will consider naming a rental for the space once used as a aviary.
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Chicago Bos of Trade
Board of Trade
Paulouse
Great
Chicago Chronicle
Sporting in Alaska and the land of riches
An Alaska feature notes 25 Laplanders returning with about $700 each from reindeer driving and mail carrying profits. It highlights Alaska's fruit wealth near Big Stone, with a seven by two mile strawberry bed and 14 square miles of strawberries. It extols raspberries, blackberries, and large tomatoes, plus a warm ocean current keeping winters mild. It also warns game is rich but endangered, with moose and sea otter near decline, while trader activity threatens fauna.
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Alaska
Big Stone
Horingsom
C. F. Periolat
London
New York World
Cliff Dwellers of Shansi Province China
Shansi province, key in ancient Chinese history, borders Chi Yu to the west where Pekin is now. The rugged cliffs host ledges once ideal for town building, with quaint villages nestled among them. The piece mentions Chris Sed’s progress and recent turmoil near Pekin.
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Shans
China
Long
Shansi
Chi-U
Pekin
Chris Sed
Contests In London East End Amusements For Winter
East Enders prepare for long winter nights with billiards skittle matches canary singing and organ contests. Fans back champions in games like shove ha’penny mussel opening and bad dock splitting while music draws crowds to hear Bil and Tom perform in a four month organ contest.
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East
London Express
Arry
Donahaml
Bil
Tom
Edwcate the Women in Rome Sermon Emphasizes Education
A sermon in Rome to Bishop Spalding urges primacy of women education as essential for religious and social progress. It argues that souls have no sex, and educating women enables both halves of humanity to seek truth and virtue, noting women as natural educators and the need to empower them. Additionally, a note on potato starch production claims nearly 16,000 tons are produced annually from potatoes, with sixty bushels yielding a barrel of starch.
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Edwcate
Rome
Spalding
Peoria
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Lodge
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Cripple School
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