Lady Holland Disinherits as a Secret Marriage Shocks Moseley
Anstey Cheshurst elopes with Cissy Blackwood and marries in a private church ceremony. Lady Holland reveals a looming debt crisis as her schemes to marry her daughters falter. Cissy challenges the matriarch, declaring herself the ladyship’s daughter-in-law and leaving the house.
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Cissy Blackwood
Moseley
Cissy
Holland Court
Anstey Cheshurst
Lady Holland
Trousseau
Ingots
Anstey
Miss Blackwood
Cheshurst
Syndicate Ethics and Subscriber Coercion on Wall Street
The piece outlines how syndicate managers control subscribers with absolute authority. It notes that outsiders cannot inquire about operations and insiders pressure participants into deals. It describes discounts for subscriptions and the lack of accounting, fostering a climate where investors feel compelled to take what is offered.
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Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Desperate Man Jumps from Thirteenth Floor
A deranged man leapt from an upper window of a skyscraper and landed on a mattress delivery wagon. He escaped unharmed, remarking that the leap proved his luck. The incident appeared in the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Black Book Deters Thieves in London Drapery Stores
London retail houses employ a black book recording names and addresses of shoplifters. Verified entries deter repeat attempts as offenders, once detected, rarely return to the store.
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London
Substitute Wanted Drives Prize for Cheap Rubber Substitute
Demand for rubber in the automotive industry raises the prize for a cheap substitute. Discoverer faces a tempting reward as attempts to find a natural gum alternative continue.
Water power promise in Italy through river systems
Italy faces water scarcity for fuel and power. The Tiber holds 500000 horsepower, total rivers claim 767000 HP with 592000 idle. Italy’s 24486 waterfalls and streams total 2642000 HP potential unused, with modest government payments delaying development but early projects on Tierra and Adda show future electro technical growth.
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Italy
Tiber
Tierra
Adda
Rich from the War Korea’s economy after naval clashes
The article notes Korea’s wartime gains boosting wealth through Port Arthur and Chemulpo actions. It describes high trade incentives and Cereals markets expanding as Japanese and Russian forces open routes. Native labor flowed into troop and railroad work, spreading millions of yen, raising living costs from 50 to 100 percent for locals and foreigners.
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Korea
Port Arthur
Chemulpo
Tantalum a Hard Ductile Metal by Wer ner von Bolton
New Metal tantalum is a ductile metal that hardens after hammering. A 1 mm sheet drilled at 5000 rpm for 72 hours shows a wear depth of about 0.25 mm with a worn diamond bit. It powers glow lamps more efficiently than carbon and resists most acids except hydrofluoric. Its strength promises tool making uses for engineers.
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Werner von Bolton
Safest Seat on Train Lies in Middle of Last Car
An engineer, after scientific calculation and experience, states the safest seat is in the middle of the last car but one. The question is commonly asked by travelers and the answer is presented as a conclusion from safety analysis.
Seaweed Harvest and Coast Community Life in Massachusetts
The article portrays sea weed harvesters along the Massachusetts coast led by women and children. It details Gloucester and Scituate homes, methods, and seasons, noting Irish moss and carrageen trade, prices up to 75000 dollars, and uses in ale brewing calico printing and food with refined products fetching higher prices.
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Massachusetts
Tom
Rocky
Gloucester
Scituate
Masaachusetts
Boston
New York
World Weight Calculations From Earth Volume To Atmosphere
The article computes earth and atmosphere weights. It states a cubic foot of earth weighs 5.5 times water, a cubic mile of earth weighs 25,649,300,000 tons, earth volume is 259,880,000,000 cubic miles, and the total weight with atmosphere is 6,666,255,819,600,000,000,000 tons.
Ramsgate Week Reports No Deaths Among 60,000
For the week ending Saturday August 5 no deaths were registered in Ramsgate borough. The record is notable given the population then exceeded 60 000 including residents and visitors.
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Ramsgate
How He Won Her Cards Out at Louisville
A playful exchange follows a wedding card scene as a young woman says she follows her mother while a young man notes his failure to erase her tiny footprints. The item ends with a nod to the wedding cards being out.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Heroic Rescue Amid Mikasa Fire Disasters
A London cablegram reports the Japanese battleship Mikasa burning after a series of explosions on a moonlit night near Sasebo. Survivors aided by rescuers, while Kaikoku Maru suffered fire damage. Bar on Yamamoto and Vice Admiral Misu head a commission to determine the cause and plan raising the vessel.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Sasebo
Mamaki
Mikasa
Baron Yamamoto
Misu
Chartist Petition 1848 signatures counted by yard measure
The Chartist petition presented by Feargus O Connor reportedly held at least 5 706 000 signatures. Officials used a clerk to measure the petition with a yard and estimate totals by counting yards to gauge overall names.
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Feargus O’connor
Public Petitions Committee
Phonograph Aids French Teaching In English Schools
Government inspectors approve using a phonograph to teach French in English schools. The machine plays select oratory and songs, and pupils show rapid progress in pronunciation.
Perth bishop returns to England for rest
The bishop of Perth travels back to England for a brief rest from the heavy duties of overseeing Western Australia’s vast diocese. The diocese covers about 1,000,000 square miles.
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Perth
England
Western Australia
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Miss Ingois
Mr. Anstey
Ingotg
Ciss
Germany
Mogador
Morocco
Rance
Syndicate Ethics
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