Virginia Duels and Damory Court Romance Chapter
John Vallant, owning a failing Vallant corporation, travels to Damory court Virginia where he meets Shirley Dandridge. A tense family history includes a fatal duel among his father’s rivals. Vallant wins a joust at Damory court and plans marriage to Shirley while secrets and a dying Major Bristow unfold.
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John Vallant
Vallant Corporation
Damory Court
Virginia
Shirley Dandridge
Shirley
Valiant
Doctor Southall
Major Bristow
Dandridge
Ta Vallant
Valliant
Sua
Katherine Fargo
Damory
Greef King
Major Rristaw
Greer King
Mrs. Dandridge
Renunciation at Damory Court and a Quiet Farewell
Valiant faces a grim farewell as the major lies in state and Shirley mourns beside him. After the service he contemplates leaving Damory court, torn between love and duty, then writes Shirley a final midnight note confessing his enduring love and intent to disappear from her life.
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Valliant
Shirley
Valiant
Judith
Damory Court
St. Andrew's
Jereboam
Miss Mattie Sue
Rickey Snyder
Mattie Sue
Rickey
Greef King
Dome
Hell
Half-Acre
Red Road
Amiet
Sexton
Chisholm Lusk
Lusk
Walnut Grove
Jefferson
Daphne
Sukey
Voice From the Past Chapter Opens a Final Secret
In Rosewood Shirley receives a sealed packet from a doctor who kept the major’s tin box. Mrs Dandridge trembles as she slips the message into her dress and awaits reading a May day letter from thirty years ago amid rose scented memories. TO BE CONTINUED.
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John Valliant
Rosewood
Beauty Valiant
Shirley
Mrs. Dandridge
Major
Value of Talk and Its Hidden Worth
The piece notes talk is cheap due to supply and demand but questions its lasting quality. It cites Edison who, despite deafness, valued silence as protection from others words enabling focused work in his world.
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Tugbe
Edison
Cotton bale map linked to Battle of New Orleans found
A water color map of Andrew Jackson’s battle plan, signed by five veterans, was found in a St Charles hotel trunk. The map shows a line of cotton bales 1000 feet long with a 600 foot extension into the woods and is tied to the battle staging at the Exposition of Big Ideas. Names listed include Jo seph St Cyr Jean Lamothe P M Lapice Charles Raymond and Jean Gervais.
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New Orleans
St. Charles
Andrew Jackson
H. Laclotte
Joseph St. Cyr
Jean Lamothe
P. M. Lapice
Charles Raymond
Jean Gervais
Translator of Arabian Nights and its European reception
The Arabian Nights gained European fame after Galland’s 1704 French translation. Critics doubted authenticity, accusing him of invention, while the public embraced the tales. Galland recalled students waking him for a tale at dawn.
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Galland
Fitz-Gerald
Omar Khayyam
Democrats Split Over Labor exemption in anti trust measure
The House approved the amended labor provision of the anti trust bill by a 207 vote. Leaders say section 7 does not grant immunity to labor from prosecution under the Sherman act, while supporters argue otherwise. Amendments to extend the exemption or cover other groups were defeated. Section 8, banning mergers and holding companies, passed with all amendments rejected.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Frank E. Morrison
Federation of Labor
Representative Thomas
Kentucky
Nelson
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ferris
Oklahoma
Dem
Strike vote on 98 Western railroads set by engineers
Fifty five thousand engineers and firemen on ninety eight western railroads will vote on whether to accept the current wage scale for another year or press for the original wage increase. Negotiations, totaling 140000 miles, have been paused until July 31 to reveal the vote outcome. Employers say the proposed raise would cost twenty seven million dollars and cannot be granted.
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Western Lines
Stand
Chicago
Western
Wilson Rejects Labor Exemption In Clayton Bill Debate
President Wilson states he has not granted labor unions a blanket exemption from the Sherman anti trust law in the Clayton anti trust bill amendments. He clarifies Labor amendments do not provide blanket immunity and the administration maintains scrutiny of labor activities under existing antitrust provisions.
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Washington
Wilson
Salvage Doubts Over Empress of Ireland Wreck
Commander Tweedle of the British cruiser Essex says salvage of the Empress of Ireland, valued at $2,000,000, is impossible. He proposes sending divers, detonating charges, and blowing the hull to recover bodies and salvage $1,000,000 in silver bullion.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Tweedle
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Lauren Stout Squit
Bobbs
Jerry
Mars’ Monty
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Aunt Daphne
Daph
Mars
Neidah
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