Lady Violante Learns to Stand Her Ground at Florence Ball
Victorian tale in Florence follows Lady Violante Selwyn as she endures barbed social pap with Beatrice Leigh and Countess Sitani. A ball tests her resolve while looming threats of Miss Leigh’s influence and a mother’s struggle to guide her son Rupert toward bravery without losing herself.
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Chavter X
Lord Vivian Selwyn
Beatrice Leigh
Violante
Thorpleigh House
Mrs. Selwyn
Miss Leigh
Vivian
Lord Vivian
Lady Selwrn
Beatrice
Lord Lonsdale
Grace of
Bexminster
Seftone
Lord Byron
Lady Seftone
Arno
Rupert
Selwyn
Lord Violante
Luigi
Manmma
Papa
Sitani
Florence
Helen of Troy
Earth
Heaven
Niobe
Gladiolus
Lady Selwyn
Misa Leigh
Cesare
Lord Selwyn
Lady Selwin
Prince Cesare
Countess Litani
Lady Violante
Countess Sitani
Senate opens after recess with treaty talk and Alaska bill
The first session after recess lasts fourteen minutes with two open sessions and one executive session. Senators greet peace commission members and the message containing the treaty of Paris is presented. The House concentrates on Alaska crime definitions and a territorial procedural code as the Senate codifies Alaska laws.
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Senate
Peace Commission
Frye
Maine
Morrill
Vermont
Major Pruden
House
Alaska
Dingley
Moody
Rep
Mass
United States
District of
Tongue
Ooe
Hoar
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Caffery
Louisiana
Brule
California
Judiciary Committee
Tennessee
Butte
Mont
Cassius v. Foster
Kansas
International Cotton Press Company of
New Orleans
Davis
Foreign Relations Committee
West
Missouri
Civil Service Commission
May Evans
Tup
Kentucky
Dette Oon
Mary Swanson
Dem
Virginia
Did Eve Use a Fan in the Garden of Eden
The piece surveys ancient and historic uses of fans across civilizations. It notes Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and East Asian cultures used fans in religious, state, or daily life and mentions Queen Elizabeth and Mme de Pompadour as notable collectors and patrons of fan art.
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Eve
Nden
Egypt
Eliabeth
Mme. de Pompadour
Grenze
Watteau
Chicago News
Double Crop of Apples On Long Island Farm
A Long Island farmer reports an apple tree bearing two crops in the past year and draws attention to this natural peculiarity. Meanwhile Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters gains interest for curing dyspepsia indigestion constipation and blood problems when other remedies fail.
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Long Island
Hostetter
Silent Majority Urged by New Minister
A humorous exchange between a new minister and Mr. Jones centers on urging Mrs. Jones to practice silence. The pair joke about adopting quiet manners during life, reflecting a light community anecdote.
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Jones
Try Grain O Try Grain O
Advertising copy urges readers to ask grocers for Grain-O a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims children can drink it safely as well as adults and notes a rich mocha like color with no stomach distress. Packages cost 15 or 20 cents.
Childlike Logic From Dot On Rivers And Sponges
A Philadelphia North American remark features Dot asking why rivers do not flood the sea, with Manni answering most rivers empty into the sea and Dot positing that sponges in the sea hold it back.
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Dot
Philadelphia
Lane's Family Medicine Claims Daily Bowels Health
Patent medicine advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as promoting daily bowel movements for health. It claims gentle action on liver and kidneys and that it cures sick headache. Price listed as 23 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Bisbee's rising expert on bone classification teased
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes whispers that Bisbee is becoming known for his skill in classifying bones and notes he is courting a Boston girl.
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Bisbee
Bones
Boston
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Rheumatism Cure
An advertisement urges readers to take Hood's Sarsaparilla for rheumatism, claiming it neutralizes acid in the blood and offers a proven, unequaled record of cures as America’s greatest medicine for rheumatism.
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Hood
America
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Ita
Levghie Monthly
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Great Family Magazine
Robert Bonner
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