Napoleon hides vast jewels for risky mission in New York
Napoleon plans to secretly send a chest of priceless gems to a New York diamond merchant to fund a future war effort. Captain Solange is chosen to transport the box across Europe and the Middle East to the Americas, with spies ordered to shadow him and report any contact.
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New York
Harry Trent
Ward
Raven
Sallie Matcin
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Minnesota
Montana
Manitoba
Dakotas
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White Bear Lake
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
Soldier of Fortune in the Tuileries
In the Tuileries palace Paris a young clerk and Captain Maurice Solange meet the emperor. The ruler, testing Solange, praises his loyalty then asks who among France's thirty million can be trusted most. Solange proclaims himself that trusted man and accepts a forthcoming honor.
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Solange
Napoleon
France
Mon Ami
Betory
Lange
United States of America
America
England
St. Hel
United States
Emperor
Napoleo
Palace of the Tuileries
Paris
Raoul
Maurice Solange
Solferino
Twenty-third
Tontaine
Legion of Honor
Word of God and Light in John’s Prologue
The lesson introduces Jesus as the Word and Light, tracing creation, revelation, and salvation. It contrasts life and darkness, explains John the Baptist’s witness, and emphasizes belief as the path to becoming children of God, with further notes on incarnation and fullness in Christ.
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Hoffman
Philadelphia
God
Christ
John
Jesus
John the Baptist
Malachi
Job
Abraham
Holy of Holies
Tabernacle
Mary
Elizabeth
Moses
Jesus Christ
Philip
He Famedly Controls Liquid Wealth in Panic Times
Gath reports in the Cincinnati Enquirer that Jay Gould is valued by contemporaries at about 150 million dollars. He can withdraw 12 million quickly and keep it loaned, shaping credit conditions and interest rates during panics. His role is that of a gigantic merchant in transportation, not merely a philanthropist.
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Jay Gouldworth
Astors
Gould
Union Pacific
Russell Sage
Gath
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Matterhorn perils told by Alpine conquerors
The excerpt recalls perilous climbs on the Matterhorn with tales of a fat German hoisted up by four guides a count with seven guides a fourteen year old boy and a woman reaching the summit and being carried down by guides as bells greet their return The passage ends noting dangers explorers cannot fully counteract and mentions Talcott Williams Philadelphia Press editor and speaker born in Turkey with a U S missionary father and education at Phillips Andover and Amherst.
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Wall
Club Room
Zermatt
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
Alps
Talcott Williams
Philadelphia Press
Turkey
Phillips (Andover) Academy
Amherst College
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AMES
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Rele
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de Morney
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Gambetta
Rochefort
Prussia
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Mediterranean
Egypt
Red Sea
Australia
Panama
Aspinwall
New Orleans
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Solange Disa
Raul
the Man OF Destiny
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Lesson
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Ws. Ayres & Sons
Adelpiia
John BP
Goodwin
Troy
Merica
Stinson & CO
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NID
Sci AR
Gene
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Broadway
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Organ Company
Ocean
Toledo
Bittner & CO
Byjl
M. Bosworth
U.S
C.a.snow &Co
D. C
Humphreys
Dragrists
Humphreys’ Medicie CO
William and John Sts
Wits
Bulkley & Sweet
Solicitors of American and Foreign
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S. C. Sweet
Fifth Street
Des Moines
Story County
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