Calhoun Seeks Texas and Oregon Annexation in Cabinet Saga
Senator Calhoun is invited to be secretary of state in Tyler's cabinet and says Texas and Oregon must join the Union. Nicholas Trist visits the British baroness to uncover England's plans toward Mexico while intrigue unfolds over a lost slipper and a note about Texas. The tale ends with Oregon race, annexation of Texas, and a betrayed marriage.
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John Calhoun
Tyler
Texas
Oregon
Nicholas Trist
Baroness von Ritz
Pakenham
Nichola
Nicholas
Calhoun
England
Mexico
Elizabeth Churchill
Montreal
Elizabeth
United States
von Rittenhofen
Senora Yturrio
Washington
Polk
The Confessor and the Hungarian Noblewoman
Helena von Ritz recounts her family history and a forbidden science driven marriage. Her Austrian father sought to improve humanity by selecting brides from lower stock, causing ruin for her mother and ruinous lives for many. She reveals a life of ambition, hatred, and tragedy shaped by aristocracy and empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena von Ritz
Hungary
Threlka Mazoff
France
Ferdinand
Generous Deed of Dr Marcus Whitman Recalls Missionary Physician
In a Youths Companion retelling, Rev Myron Eells describes Dr Marcus Whitman aiding a sick immigrant on the Wallawalla river. The patient owed life to the doctor, offering labor and a saddle horse to settle the bill, while Whitman accepted a cayuse pony as part payment.
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Marcus Whitman
Pacific Coast
Myron Eells
Wallawalla
Mother Whitman
Doc
Typhoid Prevalence Tied to File Abundance in India
A study notes that typhoid fever prevalence in India varies regularly with the abundance of files. Researchers observe a link between filing activity and reported cases, suggesting data collection patterns may influence apparent disease frequency.
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India
Central Canada offers settlers chance to feed rising US
The United States Canada trade debate highlights a growing US population needing food. American settlers head to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta via trains from Kansas City Omaha Chicago Detroit St Paul. Land prices rise but remain below earning potential as spring homesteads open. Dominion immigration reports 1911 pamphlet available through Ottawa Interior or Dominion agents.
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United States
Canada
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Detroit
St. Paul
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion Government
Dentists Gas Incident Ends Tragic City Ride
Jonathan Silas died after a dental visit where gas was suggested but not administered by the postmaster. He reportedly used the gas himself at his boarding house, following the dentist’s warning.
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Jonathan
Silas
Blustering man questions opponent about sect
A blustering man asks a religious opponent about his sect. The opponent, sizing him by appearance, quips that he belongs to a class called the in sect.
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By Emerson Hough
Illustrations By
Magnus G. Keitner
Washington Irving
Germany
Arl von Goertz
Albrecht Hardman
Adolph Zu Sternbern
Karl von Starnack
Rudolph von Wardberg
Isix
Heidelberg
Europe
Austria
Bavaria
Saxony
Osadaky
Central
Post
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Battle Crack, Mich
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