Ulla the Viking Priest of a Faded Bride
In a dim lampside confession, Ulla Erlingson recalls his youth as a Norse warrior in King Halfdan’s realm. He wooed Ragnhild, daughter of Harold Idbeard, and watched her vow of love stolen by English captors, sending him to sea in search of her across the Baltic and British coasts.
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Ulla
Norway
Ersund
Fareyjar
Ljodhus
Thoralla
Ann
Thyri
Ter
Halfdan
Mely Ragnhild
Return to My Homestead After Bitter Loss
The speaker recounts weariness after a long hardship. He describes abandoning friends and joy, shunning merriment, hating his animals and gear, and brooding over a grievous loss that left him disconsolate.
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Norway
The Sea King's Son Rebuilds His Warship for Foray
Ten years of search for a lost beloved end as the narrator orders Shaun the carpenter Vedrey and villagers to restore a ship. The blue hulled galley gleams with gilded oar holes and a dragon prow. The crew arms her with swords and axes and readies the sixty oars for a bold voyage, singing Odin as they launch into the fjord.
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Odin
Akinfell
Flekkerfjord
Norway
Zgir
Mid Hall
Halfdan
Goldbeard
Ragnhild
Harold
Shaun
Vedrey
Galmon
Viskerdal
Prayer Fulfilled as Three Sisters Bring Hope
The narrator describes loudly praying from a high tiller by the ash Yggdrasil and feeling a granted wish as time brings them to the arms of their love. KO BR CONTINUED.
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Yggdrasil
KO BR
Worms and the Earth's Surface Transformation
Ancient and modern naturalists describe how worms alter sand and soil. C Davison reports on Holy Island finds showing tens of millions of sand castings per square mile and hundreds of tons moved per acre annually. The result is a measurable shaping of landscape through worm activity. German railways expand to 24 600 miles with thousands of cars and nearly 618 thousand staff. 3 088 accidents recorded in 1890.
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Mr. Darwin
Earth
C. Davison
Mr. Davison
Holy Island
Northumberland
Scotland
Lobworths
London Hospital
Florida health chief imposes quarantine over yellow fever areas
Dr. J. Y. Porter, state health officer, orders an effective quarantine on persons and baggage from Mississippi and Louisiana infected points. Rich Widow Founds Hospital. Mrs. Richard Milliken of New Orleans, widow of a sugar planter, donates $75,000 to establish a children's building with a kindergarten and improvements.
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J. Y. Porter
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Founds Hospital
Richard Milliken
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Piano Works Burns in Major McKeesport Fire
A large Mendelssohn park factory complex housing Mendelssohn Piano works Barckoff Organ works and Dickson Wood works burned to the ground near Keesport Pennsylvania early Monday causing about 65000 dollars in losses. The blaze began in the organ factory which had been idle for two weeks amid ongoing litigation.
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Mendelssohn Park
Keesport
Mendelssohn Piano Works
Barckoff Organ Works
Dickson Wood Works
Andrews Stands Firm on Resignation from Brown Presidency
Unofficial reports say Dr. Andrews will insist on resigning as Brown University president after a Monday conference with the advisory and executive committees of the corporation. His ties to Cosmopolitan University are believed to preclude continued dual duties. A faculty letter urged him to stay.
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Dr. Andrews
Brown University
Corporation
Cosmopolitan University
Texans Establish Immediate Quarantine Against Yellow Fever
State Health Officer Swearingen at Austin issued an iron clad quarantine against Ocean Springs Mississippi and all likely affected points. The measure takes immediate effect and lasts indefinitely as Gulf Coast residents fear the yellow fever outbreak.
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Swearingen
Austin
Tex
Ocean Springs
Miss
Gulf Coast
Ireland Faces Agricultural Crisis and Possible Workhouse Use
Advices warn that potato hay and corn crop failures across Ireland create a dark winter outlook. The Michaelstown guardians chair warns a great agricultural crisis threatens ratepayers, potentially forcing many to seek workhouse relief.
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Ireland
The
Michael's Town Board of Guardians
A New Eldorado Emerges as Ontario Rivals Alaska in Gold
Vancouver reports Cape Capitano bringing back a miner from Juneau disgusted by this fall’s prospects. Horses and cattle landed with $30 duty each. Dyes and Skaguay hostilities deter many travelers. Wawa City, Ontario, sees quartz assays over $30 to $50 per ton with free gold in chunks. About 100 prospectors work the hills amid priority disputes and unsettled patents. Indigenous and Hudson Bay traders remain few in the untouched gold country.
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Vancouver
B. C
Capitano
Powers
Juneau
Dyea
Skaguay
Bristol
Eugene
Victoria
Alert Bay
Dyes
Detroit Evening News
Wawa City
Lake Wawa
Pasa
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay
French Cable Controversy Over Landing at Cape Cod
Washington officials and the attorney general discuss the right to land a French cable at Cape Cod. The line, started under 1879 authority and now being replaced by a copper cable, faced opposition and failed in two Senate bills. Progress on mid ocean completion is reported as about ten days away.
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State Department
Washington
Attorney General’s Office
Cape Cod
Evarts
Frye
Congress
Nelson
Ocean
Attorney General
Bryan Addresses Record Labor Day Throng in St. Louis
Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke to an immense labor audience at Concordia Park during Labor Day celebrations in St. Louis. He reviewed a parade of about 15,000 laboring men and delivered a wide ranging address to the enormous crowd.
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St. Louis
W. J. Bryan
Concordia Park
Ane
Ryan
Bud Fuller Indicted for Assault to Murder in Child's Death
Fulton county grand jury in Atlanta indicted Bud Fuller, the farmer accused of leaving his paralyzed child in the woods to die. Witnesses from the Jackson hotel testified Fuller carried the child there and departed a day before its discovery, clarifying the child's found condition and the grand jury's decisive action.
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Bud Fuller
Fulton County Grand Jury
Atlanta
Jackson Hotel
Fuller
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