The Little stream Otter Creek Valley Saga
In Allingford the Otter Creek valley faces a new industrial age with the pitchfork factory. Martha, once content with farm life, endures rising costs and looming mortgage as her children Penelope and Henry grow, while she contemplates parts of her baby for fear of losing the homestead.
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Allingford
Otter Creek
Dame
Dame Nature
Will Wallingford
Matthew Emerson
Martha
Henry
Martha Emerson’s Flight and a Longed Mammy Reunited
Martha Emerson flees with her infant Henry after a brutal marriage and a fractured fortune. Years later in California she dreams of escape faded, until a revival of faith and a revived romance, as a singing stranger proclaims Mammy mine.
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California
Martha
Expert accountant warns thefts persist despite auditing
The Philadelphia Record cites an expert noting large thefts by Alvord and Schreiber totaling $815,000 illustrate how honest accounting cannot prevent fraud. He says 90 percent of thieving employees in Philadelphia avoid justice, often repaying through installments as employers stay silent.
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Alvord
Schreiber
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
The Czar’s Illness Deepens in State Dispatch
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas II’s condition deteriorating with fears of a fatal outcome. Sources claim typhoid fever with brain fever and possible trepanning, while Livadia bulletins allegedly downplay severity. Imperial ministers have assumed wider powers as government work slows.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Livadia
Japan
Preliminary treaty terms agreed in Peking talks
Diplomatic corps report final meeting establishing terms of a preliminary treaty with China. Groomed points include punishment for the guilty indemnity and retention of legation guards with occupation of zones between Peking and Taku. London papers note cautious optimism amid broader negotiations with Germany, the United States, Russia and Japan shaping possible concessions.
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Peking
Navy
Taku
London
Germany
United States
Russia
France
Japan
Berlin
Floods Hit Ohio Valley With Widespread Property Damage
Floods along the Ohio valley from persistent rain cause extensive damage. The Licking river in Kentucky floods the Ohio side, sweeping the Cincinnati landing and removing a Covington Newport bridge. Lumber yards mills and shipping suffer heavy losses as Great and Little Miami rivers run high.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Licking River
Kentucky
Ohio Channel
Covington
Newport
Little Miami
Ohio River
Sultan Refuses Exequatur For U S Consulate Plan
United States Charge dAffaires Griscom urged Tewfik Pasha to settle the dispute over granting an exequatur to Dr Thomas H Norton appointed to establish a U S consulate at Harpool The porte remains firm in its refusal to grant the exequatur
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Constantinople
United States
Griscom
Tewfik Pasha
Thomas H. Norton
McKinley
Harpool
Porte
Football Scores from Chicago November Saturday
Scores of the principal football games on Saturday show Yale defeating Harvard 28 to 0, Cornell routing Vermont 42 to 0, Lafayette beating Lehigh 18 to 0, Brown tying Syracuse 6 to 6, while Wisconsin defeated Haineis 27 to 0 and Michigan and Ohio State blanked 0 to 0.
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Chicago
Yale
Harvard
Wisconsin
Haineis
Michigan
Ohio State
Cornell
Vermont
Lafayette
Lehigh
Brown
Syracuse
World fish and industry figures in early data
The excerpt cites global coffee production at 500000 tons and British herring output at 240000 tons with cod at unspecified totals. It notes Germany's Black Forest clockmaking, Norway’s grain imports around 250000 tons and fish exports of 135000 tons, plus English ports landing eight million pounds of fish yearly.
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Black ‘Forest
Germany
Norway
Kruger Arrives in Paris in Grand Welcome
News reports Mr. Kruger arrives in Paris with a grand welcome. Crowds line boulevards as saloon cars travel from Dijon to Paris. He greets the city from the station and hotel, with ceremonies at the Elysee and the Hotel Scribe. He rests on Sunday with private services. Census data notes Kansas population at 1,470,495 and Nevada at 42,335, down from 1890.
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Paris
Kruger
Dijon
Riviera
Mr. Kruger
Washington
State of
Kansas
Nevada
Beloit Store Robbed Again in Same Manner
Beloit Wisconsin November 26 Bart Bailey and Co dry goods store robbed Saturday night of silks and gloves valued at 1.00. This is the second robbery of the same kind in six months, the firm reporting continued losses.
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Beloit
Wis
Bart, Bailey & Co
No Negress Killed Noted After Patchogue Express Crash
Nov 26 Augusta Boyd, a colored woman, was hurled from the Patchogue express and struck at the depot. The incident terminology reflects era language and lacks clear details on outcome or authorities. Further readable facts are sparse.
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Baldwin
L.J
Augusta Boyd
Patchogue Express
Comptroller Dawes Reports National Banks Grow in Resources
Washington November 26 The annual report of Charles G Dawes Comptroller of the Currency for the year ended October 31 1900 summarizes responses from 2871 national banks showing total resources over 5.04 billion and loans and discounts at 2.686 billion with deposits at 2.508 billion. It notes 348 banks organized since March 14 1900, highlights a rise in circulation secured by government bonds and warns against director loans proposing tighter restrictions under Brosius law. The report urges harmonizing loan provisions to allow larger banks to match asset proportion limits.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Congress
Comptroller
American Victory Captures Geronimo Fortress at Pinauran
A picked force of the Forty-second and Twenty-seventh infantry with Fourth cavalry under Col. Thompson seized and destroyed Geronimo's fortress at Pinauran thirty five miles north of Manila on Thursday. The insurgents fled. 1,090 uniforms, buildings, supplies and documents were captured or destroyed as engineers and troops fought steep ascents from four approaches.
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Manila
Geronimo
Pinauran
Twenty-seventh
Fourth Cavalry
Thompson
Yieronimio
San Mateo
Montalban
Novaliches
Ife
Luzon
Col
Maj
Carey
Atkinson
Casteel
Twentyseventh
Sloan
McKinley Addresses Union League Banquet On Victory
President McKinley spoke at the Union League Club founders day event in Philadelphia praising silent forces behind the Republican win. He credited labor, business, homes, and allied leaders, and affirmed dedication to gold standard, open markets, and governance by the people.
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Philadelphia
McKinley
Union League Club
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Gov. Roosevelt
Lodge
Wolcott
China
Philippines
Republican Party
Com
Republic
Wreck of St. Olef Drowns Seven Islands Crew and Passengers
A gale off Labrador Bay Seven Islands sinks the iron steamer St. Olef with 26 aboard. Seven passengers and 19 crew are drowned. no survivors. The ship carried mail to Eskimo points and wrecked near Boule Island after Sheldrake. One recovered body is Miss Marie Page.
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Quebec
Can
Labrador
Seven Islands Bay
Eskimo Points
Sheldrake
Gulf
Boule Island
Marie Page
Cement mills near Louisville plan United States combine
The Courier Journal reports that 14 cement mills around Louisville Kentucky and Jeffersonville Indiana, supplying most of the nation, are considering forming a combine.
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Louisville
the Courier- Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
United States
Fatal Explosion Afflicts Lighter Steamer Crew
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan on November 26 a boiler blast on the lighter Stewart during ore lightering from the Ellwood in Mud Lake early Sunday morning killed three men and severely injured seven others. The incident occurred amid rough seas and high winds, with reports of subsequent fire damage to Woolen Mills in Tiffin Ohio.
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Sault. Ste. Marie
Mich
Ellwood
Stewart
Murder Charged After Minneapolis Hotel Stabbing
Frank H. Hamilton a Minneapolis newspaper man is held at Central police station on a murder charge in the stabbing death of Leonard Day a young millionaire socialite killed in the West hotel billiard room during an early Sunday morning quarrel involving Hamilton Day and others. The coroner's jury found him responsible and he was placed in custody after being detained by detectives since the tragedy. The incident followed heavy drinking among several prominent men.
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Paris
Kruger
Leyds
Minneapolis
Minn
Frank H. Hamilton
Joan
Central Police
Leonard Day
West
Hamilton
Young Day
West Hotel
Day
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Aarame
Matthew
Emerson
Squire Hart
Earth
Baby Henry
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Czar
Pekins
Ohio Valley
Sultan
Harpoot
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Transvaal
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Elysee Palace
M. Crozier
President Loubet
Lonbet
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Loubet
M. Loubet
Iniland
Allion Board
Nauber
Perish
Tiffin, C
Daily Express
Dora Roberts
South Africa
Milwaukee
Portage Wis
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