Young Doctor Returns to Kaowoc as Community Doubts Him
Rob accepts his uncle's offer to practice medicine in Kaowoc after Ethel spurns him, with Bertha distressed by the engagement news. Bertha seeks solitude at a willow-clad spot, torn between love and duty, as Rob contemplates marrying for love and security. A cheerful voice arrives, asking Bertha if she can be happy as a poor man's wife.
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Hob
Ethel
Kaowoc
Rob
Joe
Bertha
Trent
Hillis
Rob Hillis
Wihet
Wilson
Mr. Morton
Trouswena
Ihim
Kaowee
Bertha Trent
What Rob Said
Ethel Trent boasts of a rich fiancé and a life of luxury while dismissing Rob Hillis as poor. Bertha cautions her, and the tale traces Ethel’s social ascent through marriage offers, family ties, and shifting affections in a provincial town.
Chinamen migrate and marry across colonies fueling skilled trades
The Engusaman notes Chinese migrants settling in Calcutta from Canton districts marry among lower caste Hurasian groups. Their children are educated in English, arithmetic, and accounts, then apprenticed to fathers’ trades. This aids rapid Chinese dominance in shoemaking and carpentry, with Burma and Australasia showing similar patterns and colonial taxes curbing immigration.
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Engusaman
Calcutta
Canton
India
Mandalay Herald
Australasia
Lahore Tribune
The Art of Skipping in The Living Age Note
The piece cites The Art of Skipping and notes Mr Anthony Deane's influence on skipping's principles. It quotes London Pilot style passages that begin with explanatory phrases and meta comments about retracing steps or describing rooms, illustrating a writer’s habit of skipping irrelevant content.
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Living Age
Anthony Deane
London Pilot
Shall vs Will in Asking Time for Liberty
The piece contrasts shall and will in questions about timing. It explains that will implies willingness or promise, while shall asks about future state independent of another’s will, illustrating with examples about being at liberty and at what time.
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Uberty
Berty
Elizabeth A. Withey
Ladies’ Home Journal
Could Anybody Agord Hert in a Fragmented Riddle
A fragmented text asks a playful question about marriage bets and tender. a dialogue reveals misheard phrases and incomplete lines, suggesting a humorous or puzzle like clipping from a 19th or early 20th century source. The snippet features altered spellings and stray exchanges.
Queen Draga of Servia Faces False Killing Reports
False reports claim Queen Draga was shot at or attacked by an assassin. Since her 1900 marriage to King Alexander she has stirred public dissatisfaction. Draga, 35, previously served as lady in waiting to Queen Natalie and is said to be at odds with Natalia’s faction.
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Draga of
Servia
Alexander
Natalie
Self-Discipline at Folsom Prison: Three Fare Levels
Detroit Free Press describes Folsom Prison in California as disciplined and modern. New inmates are placed into three food tiers based on conduct and task compliance. High performers enjoy excellent meals with tea and coffee, while lower behavior leads to mush and molasses or limited bread and water.
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Folsom
Cal
Detroit Free Press
Japan In Debt To America
Dr. G Mitsukuri imperial historian of Japan spoke at the Auditorium Annex Chicago praising American aid to Japan and naming Commodore Perry the first father of modern Japan. He will return to Tokyo to write a history crediting the United States for the renaissance and noting a forgotten letter from a Japanese mikado to Pope Paul V seeking missionaries.
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Japan
America
G. Mitsukuri
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Tokyo
Berlin
London
Rome
Washington
Commodore Perry
Mitsukuri
British Museum
Vatican
Paul V
Boer Friend's Election Victory in Galway
The parliamentary contest in Galway Ireland saw Col Arthur Lynch defeat Horace Plunkett unionist drawing alarm in English conservative circles. Lynch a Boer War commander is likely to face arrest when returning to Britain.
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Col
Arthur Lynch
Galway
Ireland
Horace Plunkett
England
Great Britain
iling Amputee at 85 Refuses Anesthetics in Surgery
A Glen Hidge, New Jersey resident aged 85 or 95 undergoing leg amputation after a long foot injury. The patient faced the operation with composure and refused anesthetics, citing danger from prior conditions.
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Tra Campbell
Glen Hidge
N. J
Han
Sinotpolscafag
Familiar nicknames offend Royal and public figures, says letter
A London Graphic letter by J. Ashby Sterry condemns casual slang and shortened names for leaders and soldiers. It laments referring to Earl Roberts as Bubs and Wellington as Arty, arguing such forms are slangy, disrespectful, and undermine respect for distinguished figures.
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Litte Cadsby
Asme
Lord Cobunter
Perapa
Earl Roberts
Lord Nelson
Harry
Duke of Wellington
Joe Chamberlain
Truth
Labby
J. Ashby- Sterry
The
London Graphic
Mayor of Ottawa Ousted for Liquor Law Violation
The Ottawa mayor W D Morris faces a two year disqualification after being convicted of knowingly violating the dead letter liquor law by purchasing a glass of liquor after closing. The case follows feuds with Police Chief Powell and a police commission investigation. Public sympathy grows for a possible pardon. if granted before late November, Morris could be eligible to run again in January.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
W- D. Morris
W. F. Powell
D. Morris
Powell
Ontario
Morris
Laughter a Duty for Young People in Christian Life
A brief exhortation urges laughter as a Christian grace for youth. It notes laughing at table eases solemnity, promotes fellowship, and that humor serves as a form of grace. The piece emphasizes sharing mirth to strengthen bonds among women and friends.
Death of Count von Hatzfeldt Former German Ambassador to Britain
Count von Hatzfeldt longtime German envoy to Great Britain died in London on November 22 at the German embassy after years of heart trouble and complications. He served as ambassador to Turkey and to the court of St James and was recalled from Constantinople to become foreign secretary. Born 1831, he held posts under Bismarck and married and divorced the daughter of Charles Frederick Moviton of New York, later remarrying to Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe.
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von Hatzfeldt
Count von Hatsfelt
Great Britain
London
Paul Hatefeldt-Wildenburg
Tober E
Count von Hatzfeldt
Ted
Terim
Berlin
Bomne
Paris
Bismarck
Spain
Turkey
Constantinople
Count Munster
Court of St. James
Count Lvon Hatefeldt-Wildenburg
Charles Frederick Moviton
New York
Count Hatzfeldt
Prince Maximilian of
Bryan Talks of Brazilians at Armour Institute
Col Charlies Page Bryan diplomat to Brazil spoke on American Diplomacy in South America at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago. He said Brazil favored the United States over other powers as Dr F W Gunsaulus announced later speakers including Presidents Schurman and Eliot and Senators Fairbanks and Spooner.
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Bryan
Charlies Page Bryan
Brazil
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
South America
United States
F. W. Gunsaulus
Institute
Schurman
Cornell
Eliot
Harvard
Draper
University of Illinois
C. W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Spooner
Wisconsin
Horse burrs used to force horses into showy gait
New York carriages in front of Madison Square Garden removed eight bit burrs from horse mouths on Thursday night. The leather devices with bristles were meant to keep horses from pulling and to improve appearance for a horse show. Separate note mentions Servia facing an epidemic of marriages due to marriage bank schemes prompting thrift.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
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