A Royal Romance Under Coded Royalwatchers
A former czarowitz seeks to force a duel over a love match with Count Demidorf in St. Petersburg. Princess Margaret, pressed by her father to wed for crown, declares she loves the man who would fight for her and refuses a forced marriage. The czarowitz reveals his plan, but the couple defies tradition and remains together at the palace.
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Czarowitz
Russia
Margaret
St. Petersburg
Empire
Count Demidorf
Neva
Princess Margaret
Bie
Cazarowitz
Duchess of
F. A. Mitchet
Wealthy Miss Harmount and a Love Behind the Mask
The narrator recalls Miss Harmount, a rich, sad heiress with a formidable duenna. At a town reception he admires her, only to learn the duenna may control her wealth. A hospital visit uncovers Miss Harmount’s trusted manager as her false, paid companion, revealing the true barrier to love.
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Miss Harmount
Duenna
Missarmount
Ife
Misa Harmount
Edmond Compton
The Kohinoor Diamond and a Royal Loom of Fate
The Kohinoor passed from Lahore to Punjab rule and finally to Queen Victoria in 1850. A famed anecdote recalls Sir John Lawrence guarding the jewel, accidentally concealing it in his waistcoat only to learn its sudden fate when a trusted bearer revealed a plain box and a fragment of glass.
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Lahore
Punjab
Victoria
India
John Lawrence
Lord Lawrence
Bosworth Smith
John
Sir John
Sahib
Flo
Primitive Dining Tables to Civilization's Primeval Board
The article traces the evolution of dining furniture from primitive stone or log supports to rough hewn boards on stone bases. It notes the fifteenth century trestle table, the phrase seat at the board, and the shift to a joined unit as civilization progressed, imagining early meals with bearskin attire and toasts from a stream.
Foreign loanwords for workspaces enrich English
The text compares studio and study as English terms for a reading and writing room, notes studio's Italian origin and novelty in Johnsons Dictionary, and contrasts with French atelier meaning a carpenter's workshop.
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Italy
Johnson
The Range of English Fiction Focuses on the Middle Class
A London reader argues that modern English novels increasingly center on middle class lives rather than aristocracy. She notes successful works about clerks ministers journalists actresses and writers, suggesting the Disraeli type of fiction is fading.
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Disraeli
London
There's a New Young Man Calling on Miss Maud Tonight
A fox terrier reports a young man visiting Miss Maud this evening and claims he seems real nice. The bulldog on the lawn counters that she said he was nice enough to eat. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Maud
Philadelphia Ledger
What part of speech is woman pa
A playful exchange about language where a mother explains to her son that woman is not a part of speech but the whole speech, highlighting a light linguistic joke.
Solon Maxim: Rich in Desire, Poor in Covetous Heart
A terse Aphorism notes true wealth lies in contentment. It contrasts true richness with the endless craving that marks poverty of spirit.
CATCHING THE TARpon A Battle Royal Between Angler and Monster
A vivid account of tarpon fishing describes the sport and gear. The tarpon, surface-feeding and powerful, tests skill with 600 foot reels and long runs. A 150 pound man versus a 150 pound tarpon becomes a epic struggle, ending with respect for the giant.
The Sin of Vulgarity in Youthful Speech
A bishop chides a group of golf players and an elderly man for vulgar language. A young woman defends herself quoting Lanier on purity. The exchange highlights concerns over modern speech among bachelor girls and youthful decorum.
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Olive
Lanier
Helen
Expulsion Resolution Debate on Reed Smoot Seat
The article recalls Senator Burrows urging the senate to adopt a resolution declaring Reed Smoot unentitled to his Utah seat, charging his association with a crime promoting church. It also recounts a Capitol painting by Emanuel Lentze and recounts Whitman and Webster discussions on Oregon territory, emphasizing federal authority and early expansion.
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Burrows
T Reed Smoot
Senate of the
United States
Utah
Smoothy
Senate
Capitol
Star of Empire
Emanuel Lentze
Rocky Mountains
Fair Country
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Marcus Whitman
Columbia River
Washington
Daniel Webster
Tyler
Whitman
Webster
Continental Divide
Pacific
Dr. Whitman
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Kohimoor
Solon
Ie Patriot
Chicago Daily Tribud
Patriot
Des Moines Daily Capital
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Presiden
Fallo
Columbia’ Valley
Sessio
Nion
Congress
Elijah’ ‘Lew
Chariton Markets
Chariton
McKiveen & Eikenberry
Uows and Helfers
S.i.s
Aren Corpm
Ceesees Tweesens
Gray-Von Behren
Sane Evesace
S.ee Sens
Akge
7Th St
Ea Dad Oe
Peffer
Peffer Medical Association
Chicgaqo
Sat
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