Under the Rose A Mount of Trance Romance Unfolds
The Mount near the northwestern coast of France during Louis XVI era shelters a government stronghold as Comtesse Elise and Desaurac pursue love, danger, and secrets. A peasant boy discovers noble lineage, disguises, rebellions erupt, prison riots, and a daring rescue amid siege, betrayal, and a perilous sea voyage.
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Comtesse Hise
Louis XVI
Seigneur Desaurac
Desaurac
Daugher
Paris
Elias
Arter
Ams
Flaharman
le Beigneur
Notr
Biea
Bia
Elise
Sanches
Ilse
Sanchez
Balesour
Cockles
Nansee
Jacques
Marquis de Benuefiars
Nanette
Pierre Laroche
Fife
Island Intrigue and Arrival Shake the Seigneurs Hall
On Mids Norman Isle near Pietro Laroche’s inn, secrets swirl as the Black Seigneur hosts a gathering. The Marquis de Beauvillers arrives with a past tied to the Mount and Florrea, while Lady Wisiel bears a wary grace. Old Pierre probes loyalties as plans for future lands and forceful defences unfold amid shifting alliances.
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Nanette
Elise
Mount
Pierre
Hirsel
Attina
Marquis An
Admiralty
Marquis de Beauvillers
Huse
Paris
Florrea
Peshape
Humpht
Wiisel
Fierre Laroche
The Home Influence and Public Career Tradeoffs
A fragment from the Waghbington Star discusses Henrietta and Leonidas debating marriage, money, and public life. Leonidas contemplates staying home to economize and free his relative hours to support Henrietta’s rise, while questions arise about openly crediting husbands for success.
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Henrietta
STARTER FOR AN AEROPLANE: Garriée Towers in Landing-Tower
A New York man has designed an apparatus to start airships from a tall steel tower. Aviation progress is evident as inventors seek safe starts and landings. The tower rises high above ground to aid takeoff and arrival in early aviation.
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Garriée
New York
Aeroplane Starter Rings Lift Airships For Takeoff
A described mechanism uses a large steel ring suspended by tables to cushion landings when a catching device on top engages the ring. The air ship is lifted from the ground and swung free until engines start, then released to sail into space. If the first hook misses, a second attempt is safe with no damage.
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Wenette
Nanette
France
Pierre Larocha
Pierre
Abin
Ocean Depth Water Bottle Shows Deep Sea Sampling Method
A brass or metal water bottle for deep sea sampling uses upward opening valves at both ends coupled to a central stem. While lowering, water keeps valves unseated. on hauling, a propeller presses valves shut, bringing a depth sample to the surface. Multiple bottles can sample different depths along a single line.
Softens Tone Of Machine With Wood Clothespin
An effective mute for age on any disk talking machine can be made by clamping a wood clothespin on the head of the setscrew that holds the needle. This simple mod markedly quiets the sound more than a wedding needle and may reproduce stringed instruments more faithfully.
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Halda
C. M
Paris Health Board bans tetrachloride hair tonic sale
The Paris Board of Health has forbidden sales and use of hair lotions containing tetrachloride of carbon described as dangerous to the heart head and stomach.
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Paris Board of Health
Fairships Stay As Zeppelin Threat Persists
French military experts insist Zeppelins remain a deadly factor in future warfare despite disaster. Major Driant and others argue the airships’ capacity for heavy explosives makes them superior engines of destruction, capable of delivering massive damage from above.
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Driant
Nabey
General Boulangér
Gershing
England
Britigh
Dizabath
Germany
Luneville
Tilting base for cameras aids ground level photos
A California photographer built a tilting base from three pieces of inch board for ground level shots. One piece attaches to the tripod, another supports the camera, and the top piece tilts on a hinge set by thumb screws.
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California
Ambitious Global Inventions Highlight Early 20th Century News
A mosaic of curiosities spans nations and fields from Jormalan lamp tests to Russian licensing for photographers. Reports mention a Cleveland motion picture theater testing two films at once, a patent for an ear clip, and claims of everlasting document preservation via vacuum methods. A Russian musician allegedly strengthens violinists hands, a Dead Sea mystery puzzles scientists, and Columbia University trials an adjustable airplane propeller. Also noted are cuff protectors for bookkeepers and a Giessen chemistry lab revival for scientists.
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Farewal
Zoe
Adtiwu
Aml
Almidesir
Alwyn
Sarvante’ Fontatops
Reeves
Los Angeles
Cal
Exzperta
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Furth
Dirigibles
Tilting
Gamera Bage
Jormalan
Russia
Oe 8
Cleveland
Documenta
Rea
Palestine
Columbia University
Giessen University
Lieble
Asntury Hugo
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