Rule by a Woman in Moonlit Confrontation
Barbara rejects Brice while facing a dangerous intruder under moonlight on the terrace. He presses for his plan to marry or gain control, but she hides fear, reads a fatal letter, and resolves to duty over desire as danger closes in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brice
Barbara
Falls
Yau
Hlot
Devon
Eke
Bengon
Almnch
Ile
Uup
Hhe
Elo
Benson
Pather
Bey
Hig
Jeffer
Ste
Atey
Huy
Rhios
Gercely
Rutherford
Future Housekeepers Learn First Principles Of Food
A new domestic science teacher at a girls school tested her class on food basics. Pupils ranged in age from 12 to 20 with many adults in the course. They misidentified meat sources, kitchen staples, and plant types, revealing widespread gaps in foundational food knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnow
Pew
New York
Teacher Hanged by Mob After Sheriff Refuses Renewal
In Belleville a mob hanged Tyson Wyatt, a Black teacher, after he shot county school superintendent Charles Hertel who had refused to renew his certificate. Wyatt was captured, later hanged at the public square and his body burned. Hertel survived and was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest. state officials vow to pursue responsibility for the lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaville
Tynehea W. T. Wyatt
Bnet St Zenis
Homs
Charles Hertel
Belleville
Hertel
Hielder
Hoe
Wyatt
Vertel
Parner
University of Michigan
Great South Carolina flood wipes out mills and towns
A massive cloudburst devastated Spartanburg Pacolet and Clifton in South Carolina, killing hundreds and washing away Pacolet Mills Nos 1 and 2 and other structures. The flood disabled mills, damaged bridges, and flooded stations, with property losses mounting toward $2,000,000. The disaster also affected rail lines and local infrastructure amid evacuations and rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Spartanburg
8. C
Pacolet
Cutton
Victor N. Montgomery
New Holland
Gainesville
Clifton
Pacolet Mills
Presbyterian Church
Southers
Southern Railway
Cwitchell
J. Pelser
Nfe
Glendale
Converse
Hundred Years Ago Inventions And Wars Mentioned
A fragment notes steel pens by Mr Wise of England and a copper plate engraving machine by Turval of London. It mentions a steam press by Konig and Bauer, Napoleon's Antwerp visit with a plan for $10,000,000 dock construction, and the Brazil Argentina war ending with the Independent State of Bunda Oriental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Great Britain
Guiana
Turval
London
England
Konig
Bauer
Napoleon
Antwerp
Brazil
Argentina
Bunda Oriental
Seventy Five Years Ago News Snippets
A mishmash of late 19th century items notes Treating discrees by water cure from Grafenburg Austria, a fatal collapse at Brunswick Theater in London, Henry Clay raising funds in Philadelphia for a Kentucky election, a flying machine demonstration by Francis Smith in New York, and Illinois Iowa Wisconsin lead mines producing about 12 000 tons yearly.
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Winces Priesseltz
Grafenburg
Austria
Brunswick Theater
London
Henry Clay
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Francis Smith
New York
Illnois
Iown
Wisconsin
Fifty Years Ago on the Island Cubs and War Actions
Fifty years past one nineteenth of the Cubs island was under cultivation. French ships in English ports were seized by England, prompting Napoleon to seize all Englishmen in France as prisoners of war. The second relief expedition sailed from New York to seek Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition.
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Cubs
Napoleon
France
New York
Sir John Franklin
Civil War Era Rumors and Rebellious Sympathy Abroad
Forty years ago a wave of arrests occurred in Deniassville and Williamstown Kentucky for expressing sympathy with rebels. Chicago Times office seized by two infantry companies from Camp Douglas. A Cooper Institute peace convention denounced the Civil War as unconstitutional. London Times warned the war might not end unless men and zeal failed. Hamlin presided a tent meeting for a lakes and Mississippi ship canal plan. The Sincis House condemned Burnside for suppressing Chicago Times. Gen Payne hired ex slaves to ex masters with monthly payments of men and 35 for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deniassville
Williamstown
Camp’ Douglas
Chicago Times
Cooper Institute
New
York
London Times
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Chiago
Hannibal Hamlin
United States
Sincis House of Representatives
Burnside
Chicago’. Times
Payne
Mass liquor reform party appeals to workingmen
Thirty years ago a Massachusetts reform party appealed to workers arguing old parties no longer fit the times and that the other party existed only for spoils. The piece notes reform themes in early party politics. It also recalls Walworth’s son killing him in New York and a Dixon bridge tragedy blamed on Sunday neglect, plus Chief Justice Chase’s death after a long ride.
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Massachusetts
Salmon P. Chase
Twenty Years Ago a Global Tangle and Trumpeted Valor
Twenty years ago Li Hung Chang threatened war with France over Annam while Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A Hendricks were praised by contemporaries. A national free trade convention convened in Detroit with notable delegates Anson Phelps Atokes and J Sterling Morton. The Bechuanas were annexed north of the Orange Free State amid Boers. The Bartholdi statue committee sought 150000 for Liberty pedestal. The Brooklyn Bridge opened with several killed and many injured in its early days.
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Li Hung Chang
China
France
Annam
Samuel J. Tilden
Exioy
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
America
Detroit
Anson
Phelps Atokes
Charles Francis Adane, Jr
J. Sterling Morton
Hagland
Bechuanas
Orange Free State
Bartholdi
New York
Withybiati
Fiwelya
Jea
Panly
Brooklyn Bridge
Ten Years Ago Recall of Trust War and Fair Enjoinment
Ten years ago Egnative Donnelly arrived with plans to reduce suffering from the infamous trust. The Plankinton ban failed at Milwaukee with liabilities near 1.1 million. A large gold export from New York is noted for the prior January. The Chicago World’s Fair faced a temporary Sunday closing injunction by Judge Stein From.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly
Plankinton
Milwau- Kea
New York
Chicago
STOP POSTAL ABUSES
The article outlines complaints that rural carriers used as agents for various firms and dealers, selling goods and soliciting orders along rural routes. It notes plans by Postmaster General Payne to rescind orders allowing such agency work and to curb perceived favoritism toward large concerns over rural industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andeother Ideal Industries
Bing Baet
Payne
Soma
Cavera
Cowa
Faltlons
Avery
Flood Devastation Across Missouri Valley Breaches Levees
In Missouri flood breaks Green Bay bottom levee south of Washington Iowa flooding hundreds of acres. Five people have evacuated. Warsaw railroad service cut off as Hunts levee breaks. Lowland lands submerged along the Mississippi and Missouri fronts. Kansas City traffic crippled. stockyards report heavy losses. City officials estimate costs from five to ten million dollars with extensive reconstruction needed for rails and pumping stations. North Topeka reports seventy one dead with thirty identified as sanitary conditions worsen after sewer breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Kansas City
Garondelet
Wong
North St. Louis
Kansas
Kanaay
Armourdale
Argentina
Ausan City
Kan
Kavadsa
D. HB. Clopper
Armordale
State Bank of Commerce
Kanaactate Bank
Home State Bank
North Topeka
Plumley Appointed Umpire for Great Britain and Netherlands
Frank Plumley of Vermont has been appointed umpire for Great Britain and for The Netherlands in the upcoming arbitration at Caranna replacing Mr Partridge who was unable to serve Plumley formerly served as United States Diatelot Attorney for Varmione
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Frank Plumley
Vermont
Great Britain
Netherlands
Caranna
Partridge
Whoa
Plumley
United States
Varmione
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Hin
Barjand
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Avengers
Kul
Alin
Hawaii
William N. Harrison
Burlington
St. Joseph
Daniel G. Reid
Riswond
Ely
Reid
United Presbyterian
Saonien
Sehoolnaster Nowed Vorghi
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