Princess Thurnelda and the Uninvited Guest at Falcon Rock
In a dawn study Father Charlovitz ponders a summons as poverty drives a penniless farmer to seek aid. Amid a palace intrigue Princess Thurnelda and Albrecht von Bremen plot a fragile alliance while the Shahovska confronts betrayal and a dangerous kiss. A priestly warning and a secret eavesdropper glimpse a perilous web in Falcon Rock.
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Father Chartovitz
Title Church
Vilage
Heinrich Charlovitz
Carreé
Paiconburg
Charlovuz
White Castle
Jerusalem
Holy Sepulchre
Father Charlovity
Falcon Rock
Albrecht von Bremen
Sue
Dane
Kramareff
Shahovska
Monsieur von Bremen
Victor Shabovska
Falcon Rock Royal Ball Tangle Ends in Farewell
General Wolzonn remains fixed on a final glimpse of the princess and Frau Von Ockel at Falcon Rock after a royal palace gathering. He recounts a lifetime of concealed sorrows and a failed romance with Thurvelda, whose memory haunts his exile as he prepares to depart.
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Frau von Ockel
Neper
General Wolzonn
Russia
Siberia
Untiou
White Castle
Falcon Rock
Victor
Ussia
Constantine Wolzonn
Constantine
Knavel
Wolzonn
Kfme
Count von Kramareff
M. von Bremen
Monsieur
St. Jere
Castle Gate
Glenfor
Palace
Dany
Frau Von = Ockel
Germany
Frau
Bran von Ockel
Tzar
von Ockel
Lyan
Dt Falcon Rock
The Silver Cord Loosed In Morning Darkness
A Dane confronts the sleeping Count in his library as dawn breaks. The lamp dies, the room fills with smoke, and the visitor laments the count’s sleep and contemplates marriage, while failing to wake him before daylight.
The Prince and Princess at Falcon Rock Estate
In the prince’s library the Prince Shahovska endures torment as the princess confronts his secret life. She pleads divided loyalties between loyalty to him and the welfare of Arantha’s peasant and child. The exchange reveals a crumbling royal riddle and a vow that “this thing must end.”
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Shahareka
Camly
Leo
Peiisse
Charlovitz
Falcon Rock
Shahowska
Linden Grove
Heaven
Father Charlovitz
Dirk
Shahovska
St. Petersburg
Helureh Charlovitz
Heinrich Charlovitz
Falconburg
Ong
Walt
Victor
Dana
Vishnu
Hin
Arantha
Hayward
Bremen
Denmark
Kramareff
Thorvelda of
Poland
Prince Shahovska
A Dissolute Robin and the Jackdaw at Kunkel’s Hotel
In Waterbury Connecticut a tame robin kept in a cage with a jackdaw at Kunkel’s Hotel grows fat while the jackdaw drinks the bar’s whiskey and tussles with the robin. The robin rebels, later attacks the jackdaw, leading to a brawl that ends with the jackdaw on the floor and rescue by the host. The tale is offered as a curiosity for science.
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Waterbury, Conn
Kunkel
John J. Kunkel
Mr. Kunkel
Moustaches ban at Morton firm recalled in tale
A New York Tribune item recalls Levi P Morton enforcing a moustache ban at Morton Grinnell & Co. staff, with all but one complying. The piece links the rule to customer preferences and cites Delmonico as another example where waiters faced moustache restrictions to create a distinctive appearance. The anecdote frames Morton as a kindly figure, modernizing staff image during his French mission.
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New York Tribune
Levi P. Morton
France
Morton, Grinnell & Co
Lower Broadway
Mr. Morton
Morton
Delmonteos
Delmonico
The Plate and Its Patrons Confront Sunday Collections
A New York Sun anecdote features a sexton’s view of church offerings, detailing how collectors and congregants shape the plate’s size and rhythm. It compares frugal nickel givers, bold big donors, and varied ministerial prompts across congregations, noting a $2600 regular take at Dr. Half’s Fifth Avenue church and smaller cases elsewhere.
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New York
Althou
St. John's Protestant
Assie
Hs Alter
Half
Fifth Avenue
Novel aid to hearing via hollow canes replaces old trumpets
A Philadelphia Times report describes a deaf man using a nickel headed cane placed at the ear to hear spoken words. A Ninth Street dealer notes canes costing 25 to 100 dollars may supplant ear trumpets and demiphones, as the hollow head concentrates sound for clearer hearing.
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Philadelphia Times
Lafayette Hotel
Chestnut Street
Ninth Street
Tame crow that talked shocks plantation crowd
Washington letter reports General Hampton recalling a Mississippi plantation tame crow that could say Hello How are you and other phrases. A pow-wow of crows frightened by the talking bird caused alarm among the flock. Hampton suspects a black passerby shot the crow by mistake after its disappearance while plans had included sending it to the New Orleans exposition.
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Washington
Hampton
A Queer California Railroad Bridge Detail
A Philadelphia Record item describes a Sonoma County railroad bridge where a forest is carved, with trees leveled and huge redwoods used as supports. The system carries heavily loaded cars securely, using tree tips fastened to two redwoods reaching seventy five feet high.
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California
Philadelphia
Sonoma County
Cal
The Polite French Hostess and a Dumas Pair
A Paris ball hosted by a Spanish noblewoman of questionable reputation featured Alexander Dumas and his unmarried daughter. The hostess humorously inquired about the daughter, noting she could not attend for two reasons a bad cold and another unspecified one. Advertisements for cures and remedies accompany the text.
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Buffalo Express
Paris
Wonatin
Alexander Dumas
Dau
M. Dumas
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Harry W. French
Ken
Salcon Rock
Polana
Leah
Ylomorrow
von Bremen
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Avantha
Petersburg
Woizonn
Olendorff
Count Olendorf
Albrecht von Bmen
Count Olendorff
Theorner
Count Olendard
Albrecht Vouremen
Fhumeida
Arautha
St Petersburg
Knayve
Count Olendorfff
Lan
Qulemly
Dave
Kaleenburg
Hingsecret
Wolzonu
Olendorth
Ano
Anyithing
Thurvelda
Chaplee Xxl
Chapper XXII
Sexton
Nho
Harlem
Wade Hampton
Story
Hale
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Dean
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