Nicholas Trist and the midnight errand in Washington
In this chapter Nicholas Trist recounts Calhoun offering the secretary of state post in Tyler's cabinet and a covert mission to win the trust of a mysterious baroness. Trist meets the Baroness von Ritz, a striking woman whose identity he deduces in a tense midnight carriage rendezvous as he accepts a perilous assignment that may shape the Texas and Oregon issue.
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Nicholas Trist
Bn Calhoun
Tyler
Ward
Calhoun
Texas
Oregon
England
Mexico
Baroness von Ritz
Anl
Pakenham
Nicholas
Washington
Dr. Ward
Elizabeth Churchill
Elmhurst Farm
Elizabeth
Helen
Messenger of Calhoun Tales From the Capital City
A narrator recalls leaving the Trist homestead in Maryland to seek fortune in the capital. He trained in law and served as Calhoun’s assistant and messenger, gathering information on various quests. The piece hints at the duties and loyalties of a master and his agent in early political life.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Calhoun
M Street
Elizabeth
Trist
South Mountain
Maryland
Begging for Toothpicks in City Streets
C H Peckham recounts an odd encounter after leaving a theater when a stranger asked for wooden toothpicks. Peckham said he fetched a handful from a shop, and the man thanked him profusely. The tale ends with a quip about rising hotel costs and scarce small favors.
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C. H. Peckham
Light College Backfield Faces New Rules and Fast Runners
The piece notes a shift to lighter backs 150 to 180 pounds across top college teams due to rules ending mass plays and aerial emphasis. Harvard and Princeton lead moves placing players like Minot, Hart, Howe, and Pendleton in line or backfield roles to exploit speed and the forward pass while Yale shows strong kickers and Princeton—despite mixed results—boasts a fast backfield.
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Harvard
Minot
Crimson
Princeton
Eddie Hart
Lafayette
Carlisle Hart
Ted Coy
Yale
Howe
Sparks
Pendleton
Ballou
Houser
Carlisle
Tigers
Nassau
Syracuse
Army
Vanderbilt
Stevens
New York University
Villa Nova
Orange
Black
Indians
Autopsy Clears Football Not Cause of Duluth Student’s Death
Lauren B. Paine of Duluth, a Cornell freshman, died not from football injuries. Buffalo pathologist Dr. Charles A. Bentz found death due to unavoidable acute dilatation of the heart with arterial disease and gastroenterocolitis, with no football injury evidence. The report was conveyed by President J. G. Schurman to Franklin Paine.
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Lauren B. Paine
Duluth
Cornell
Charles A. Bentz
Buffalo
J. G. Schurman
Franklin Paine
Bentz
Department of Pathology
University of Buffalo
Snail Concludes Quick Christmas Town Trip
In a brisk exchange a character protests delaying its plans after declaring an urgency to shop in town. The speaker notes it is November and insists on heading out despite the hesitation of Mrs. Snail.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
William Ahren
21St St
Chicago
Ham
Irself
Names Preserved In Playful Tale Of Newark Visit
A little colored girl on a city playground explained her two cousins visiting from Newark. The cousins were named Aida Overture Johnson and Lucila Sextette Johnson, which she said reflected their father’s past work for an opera man.
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Newark
Aida Overture Johnson
Lucila
Johnson
Newark News
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Penius
Emerson Hough
Oy Magnu Ie
G. Ketzner
Sy Bobbs-Merrill Company
Mississippi
Natchitoches
Rock Bridge
Helena
Baroness Helena
Wern
Sehiem Meriful
Barnard Bulwer Lytton
Ambassadors
Ili
Min. de Stael
America
Joseph Ullmann
West 20Th Street
New York
Leipzig
London
Paris
Germany
France
Wisconsin
Pia
Thompson
Argury
Post
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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