Clown Disrupts Ball as Secrets Rise at Fauvel Gathering
A crowded soir ée at M Fauvel’s house features a costumed clown entertaining near Madeleine and Raoul de Lagers. The scene reveals a bank robbery link to M Fauvel and a dramatic clash with M. de Clameron, ending with a bombshell about Gaston’s wishes.
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Lazare Street
Mme. Fauvel
Madeleine
Provence Street
M. Fauvel
Valentine de la Verberie
Marquis de Clameron
Mile
Prosper
M. Verduret
Monsieur
M. de Clameron
Mme. Fauve
Grand Picture Gallery
Cardroom
Raoul de Lagers
Henry III
Raoul
Doge
Lagers
Meade
de Clameron
Mlle
Clameron
M. de Clameran
Gaston
Professional gamblers ban gambling in club house
A Chicago American piece notes professional gamblers in New York City run a club at 22 West Twenty sixth Street where gambling is forbidden. They warn young men that even small stakes lead to big losses and harm social life, urging self restraint in leisure time. They argue liquor does not strengthen the voice.
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New York City
West Twenty-sixth Street
Chicago
Jenkins sword fund consolidates for Major Jenkins tribute
The State reports a consolidated Jenkins sword fund to honor Maj. Micah J. Jenkins with a sword presented by Theodore Roosevelt. Ex-Gov Hugh S Thompson will select the sword from Charleston, with presentation planned during President Roosevelt's Charleston visit, possibly April 9. Subscriptions must be sent to The State by the 27th, with funds then forwarded to Chairman Thomas R. Waring in Charleston.
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Maj
Micah J. Jenkins
Major Jenkins
Theodore Roosevelt
South Carolina
Thomas R. Waring
Charleston
Columbia
President Roosevelt
Gox
Hugh 5
Thompson
New York
Civil Service Commission
Jenkins Sword Fund
Maj. Jenkins
Jenkins Sword
Waring
Columbia State
State Democratic Convention and looming party split
The piece discusses the approaching South Carolina state Democratic convention in Columbia, the shifting power of Tillman and McLaurin factions, Bryan’s stance, and a potential party split. It notes industrial growth, changing views, and demands a united platform free of old national issues to attract both southern and northern Democrats.
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McLaurin Democrats
Greenville
Augusta Chronicle
Tillman
McLaurin
Bryan
Columbia
South Carolina
South
North
Tike
South Carolina Begins Campaign Year With Calls for State Convention
The Columbia State notes the first official political move of 1902 as Chairman Wille Jones issues a call for a meeting on April 3 to draft the state convention call for May 21 and precinct and county meetings. The piece forecasts upcoming candidate announcements and ongoing political chatter across the state.
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South Carolina
United States
Wille Jones
State Democratic Executive Committee
Secretary
Gunter
Columbia State
Pracher Turns Author In Early 20th Century Move
Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr a noted New York pulpit orator turns novelist with The Leopards Spots Born in North Carolina 38 He studied at Johns Hopkins and dramatic art and lectured in New York He later led the People s Church before returning to Cape Charles with his family Also a Treasury report debunks burglar proof vaults noting thermite and magnesium can breach steel and advocates electrical alarm systems
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Thomas Dixon, Jr
New York
Dixon
North Carolina
Johns Hopkins University
Raleigh
N. C
Boston
Twenty-third Street Baptist
Twenty-third Street Church
People’s Church
Academy of Music
Mr. Dixon
Capes Charles, Va
Treasury
Taylor
J. E. Powell
The
John P. Bergin
Chicago
Washington Dispatch
Pathetic letter from Chester convict to dying mother
A prisoner in Columbia State Prison writes from the Chester pen to his dying mother. Charlie Jaggers pledges to quit whisky and gambling, asks for weekly sister letters, and hopes for reunion in heaven while praying for his mother’s comfort and forgiveness.
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Charlie Jaggers
State
Chester
Columbia
8. C
Willie
Mama
Granny
Charlie M. Jaggers
Columbia State Prison
Conquest of Death in Habana Shows Health Gains
A Pennsylvania Times summary notes Cuba’s Habana health gains under U S military control in 1901. Yellow fever purged via infected-mosquito destruction. malaria declines. smallpox ended. deaths drop from 21,252 yearly to 5,720. Also recounts Edwin Forrest’s spring garden street incident with a policeman and a key souvenir.
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Habana
Cuba
Insular
War Department
Washington
United States
Jenner
ToLp
Epwin Forrest
Edwin Forrest
Pension St
Tenth
Thompson Street
Spring Garden Street
Forrest
Broad
Master Streets
Knave
Philadelphia Times
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Sean
Emile Gaboriau Saaasa
Countess de Commarin
Korasoff
Indies
Peking
China
Li Fe
Mme
Li Fo
Confucius
Odeon
Halcyon
Celestial Empire
Tientsi Street
de Clameron and Lagers
the Jenkins Sword Fund
the State Convention
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