War Lord Address to German Troops Aims East Asia Campaign
The emperor spoke to marines and shore detachments at Wilhelmshaven amid mourning for the empress mother, urging mobilization of a brigade for East Asia. He praised German valor, warned of Chinese and allied forces, and promised divine backing, while ordering a naval squadron and expeditionary division to China.
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Bertin
Scaleswig- Holstein
Far East
Prince Ruprecht
Bavaria
Hightess
Whine
Een
Erro
Marine
Germany
Petes
Chinas
China
Fom
Brandenburg
Bendsmann
Mentsin
Wilhelmshaven
East Asia
Wilhelh Aven
Hoffman
Hursfurst
Frederich Wilhelm
Bradenburg
Weissenburg
Werth
Hele
Inside the Chinese Court A Mandarin’s Trial Before the Empress
A foreign visitor’s entry to Peking and a Mandarin’s long wait for imperial audience reveal the rigid etiquette, fees, and power of eunuchs and court figures. The empress’s blunt scrutiny and the queenly figure’s decisive questioning can determine promotion or ruin in minutes.
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Peking
Legatiin
Stone
Board of Punishments
Forbidden City
Heaven
China
Regide
Emsprees
Anajesty
William Tell Drama In Deserted Connecticut Valley
The excerpt portrays a melodramatic tale of a man who uses his child in a perilous confrontation with a tyrant named Gessier, set in a bleak Connecticut valley. The fragment evokes classic vigilante justice and frontier tension in a colonial style narrative.
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William ‘Tell
Connecticut
Gessier
Local Eagle Shot Near Town to End Its Threat
A hunter describes aiming at a large eagle after fearing an attack on a woman. The bird, measuring six feet three inches from wingtip to wingtip, was killed with a neck shot and a second bullet in the wing to ensure its death. The story notes the eagle as the largest seen in years in the area.
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Wiliam Dell
H. Woodworth
Wilson Station
Helen
Mr. Woodworth
Papa
Bo Papa
Ppa
Sand Papa
Ami
William Tell Woodworth
Woodweath
Calamity or Mortgage Bonds Frontier Family Fate
A Westerner recalls hearing a pioneer describe a mortgage as a calamity. A man tells how his wife used $600 to pay the mortgage buy two horses and a plow, then had him cast out of their cabin for refusing to work. The tale contrasts pride and spunk amid hardship on the frontier.
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Dakotahat
Horseshoe Mystery From a Scottish Fishing Village
In a coastal village near Nairn called Mavisoun residents once misnamed a found horseshoe as the new moon. The old ferryman proposed the sky explanation, but he learned the moons fell to earth after becoming horseshoes, solving the riddle.
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Mavisoun
Nairn
Flaherman
Rich fiance question in Philadelphia tale
The piece centers on a woman who, after gaining wealth, dismisses Billy as her steady companion. She declares Billy is no longer her partner and states that Mr. Casey is her financier, asserting a shift in her chosen patronage.
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Philadelphia Record
Billy
Casey
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