Hidden Noble Heir Missed by Time in Arief Tower
Richard Exon, a poor English youth, learns from Matthew Gering on his deathbed that he is Rudolph Elbert Virgil, Count of Brief. Ferdinand usurped the title and wealth after betraying the twin, locking a family secret in the Arief tower. Exon inherits a fortune and vows to right the wrongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Exon
Matthew Gering
Gering
Rudolph Elbert Virgil
Brief
Ferdinand
Exon
Arief
Rudolph
A Night of Flight and Forty Fateful Roads
I travel with Herrick and the exiled Schelling as I seek a new path from Innsbruck toward Brief. Winter vanishes, a Rolls Royce pursues a changing plan, and a chestnut gateway offers a halt at an imposing house as I search for a lodging and clues.
Army reorganizes like open football to save career legend
A sweeping reorganization led by Gen. Malin Craig aims to modernize the army's tactics and equipment, inspired by West Point football ingenuity. The piece follows Craig's rise from a gifted backfield player nearly fired after a 1897 game, to a key architect of agile, open-game warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Eton
Britain
West Point
Malin Craig
Trinity College
Craig
Trinity
Frank Merriwell
Pop Anson
St. Joseph
Philippines
France
Treatment For Anemia And Heart Strain Insights
Dr James W Barton outlines anemia treatments from iron therapy to liver extracts and hog stomach, plus prevention and specific remedies. He also explains how a failing heart handles workload, stressing rest, moderate activity, and avoiding heavy meals and emotional strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Speed Sayre
Oklahoma State Medical Association Journal
Nineteen Generations Endure in Great Oak Story
A 1288 acorn in Mingo West Virginia grew into a vast white oak. Nineteen generations of people lived and died under it as history advanced from medieval times to democracy and industry. The tree is dead now and may be succeeded by a new oak by 2588 if climate allows. The article reflects on human progress and the passage of eras beneath the tree’s shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick
John Herrick
Gering
Percy Virgil
Gog
Magog
Winter
Mingo
W. Va
America
Sierras
Coast Ranges
California
New York Times
Bride United After 50 Years Wait in Chanjiang
Miss Nieh wed Chan Min-pu after a half century separation. Engaged at sixteen and eighteen, a quarrel with Chan’s father sent him away. He returned to his village to find his fiancée now sixty six waiting, and they married soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chan Min-pu
Miss Nieh
Chanjiang
China
Chan
Six Lives Lost Heeding False Distress Signal
A 1880 Great Lakes disaster near Pointe Aux Barques Coast Guard Station claimed six crewmen and Captain Jerome Kiah. A distress signal scow appeared, the boat capsized in heavy surf, and all perished except the captain who was found unconscious on the beach. The incident is blamed on a needless loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Pointe Aux Barques
Kiah
Coast Guard
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Banner Serial Fiction
Dornford Yates
Chapter
Percy
Inskip
London
Virgil
Innsbruck
Basle
Rhine
Babel
Herrick
Schelling
Theg
Nature
Oxford
England
Cambridge
I. Herrick
Lord Naseby
Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Richard Strauss
Stefan Strauss
Zweig
Herr Strauss
Reich Culture Chamber
Federation of German Composers
der Fridenstag
Joseph Gregor
Munich
Salome
New York
Strauss
Berlin
Vienna
Vienna. In Mellow
Bavaria
Chambers of Commerce
James W. Barton
Bell Syndicate
Minot and Murphy
Boston
Dr. Barton
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