The Flesh Pots of Egypt on the Western Journey
Elinor Brentwood confronts duty and desire as Ormsby schemes to win her heart during a westward train voyage. David Kent reenters the scene at Gaston, while Penelope toys with possibilities. Ormsby plots a public reunion that forces Elinor to choose between independence and attachment.
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Elinor
Miss Brentwood
Old
Croydon
David Kent
Brookes Ormsby
Elinor Brentwood
Mother
Nell
Penelope
Western Pacific Flyer
Gaston
Grantham
Mr. Kent
Kent
Ellie
Mr. Brookes Ormsby
Mrs. Brentwood
Orms
Senator Clark Fails to Gum a Slot Machine in New York
Montana senator William A Clark, famed copper magnate, attempts to play a nickel into a New York subway chewing gum machine at Fourteenth Street station. After ticket-window antics and delays as trains arrive and depart, a station chopper retrieves the gum and the senator exits chewing. Eyewitnesses estimate Clark’s income at 12 to 13 million dollars a year, equating to about 25 dollars a minute during the episode.
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United States
William A. Clark
Montana
Fourteenth Street
New York
Clark
New York Times
Senator Clark
Hickory Grove A R P Church Centennial History
The Hickory Grove A R P Church formed December 6 1835 in York county after a village grew with the railroad. J C Galloway led the organization from Smyrna with 29 members, a new handsome building followed, and pastored by J H Peoples J B Cochran H R MacAuley. By 1900 J L Oates led a growing Smyrna Hickory Grove congregation.
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Unity
York County
Hickory Grove
J. C. Galloway
J. N. McDill
Smyrna
J. H. Peoples
J. B. Cochran
H. R. McAuley
J. P. Knox
J. L. Oates
Moses White
J. W. Castles
J. C. Wylie
J. N. McGill
J. R. Mitchell
The
Associate Reformed Church
Bravery of Indian Women Across Drifted Frontier Camps
A Los Angeles Times essay highlights Indian squaws as actors of courage and self sacrifice. Notable episodes include a bearers of defiance in the upper Columbia River camp and a rescue of Sitting Bull by a girl named Louie. Ojibway women also risk death to save others during feuds and a Moose Lake incident ends with a mother's fatal shield.
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Los Angeles Times
Columbia River
Mr. Brave
Black Hills
Louie
Sitting Bull
Great Lakes
Wrnter
Bear Lake
Minnesota
St. Paul
Redskins
Moose Lake
St. Paul and
Duluth
Joe Bug
Bug
Red
The Great Money Getter Rockefeller's Vast Interests
Kansas City Journal notes John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil empire dominate wealth. It cites billions in annual dividends and stakes in banks railroads steel and mines, with control over utilities and transport across the United States, portraying a remorseless financier reshaping industries.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Rockfeller
Standard Oil Company
Standard
New York
United States
United States Steel Trust
Dopper
Edds
Gas and Electric Light
Ohio
Mississippi
Great Lakes
John D. Rockefeller
Kansas City- Journal
Smoking in Japan Shapes Daily Life and Habits
The article notes smoking is deeply embedded in Japanese life, with women and men smoking calmly and daintily in public. It describes a train carriage scene in Nagasaki with two smoking women in elegant dress, illustrating cultural normalization of tobacco use. It also includes brief market data on tin production and global consumption.
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Japan
Nagasaki
Moji
Leslie’s Weekly
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