Calhoun Seeks Secretary of State Amid Oregon Texas Split
54 40 Senator John Calhoun is tapped to be secretary of state under Tyler. He demands Texas and Oregon be added to the Union. Nicholas Trist travels to baroness von Ritz to learn Britain’s Oregon plans while intrigue and a missing slipper weave through Montreal. The plot thickens as maps of the western country are made and Baroness vanishes with a British warship.
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John Calhoun
Tyler
Texas
Oregon
Union
Nicholas Trist
Baroness von Ritz
Pakenham
Baronesa
Nicholas
Calhoun
England
Mexico
Elizabeth Churchill
Montrena
Fellzabeth
Montreal
United States
von Rittenhofen
Cahlhoun
von Ritten- Hote
Senora
Turtle
Bold plans for Oregon Texas and baroness intrigue
An excerpt shows Calhoun pushing Nicholas toward leading settlers to Oregon, pressing a Texas treaty draft with Van Zandt’s signature. Political maneuvering centers on imperial rivalries with England and Mexico, using a mysterious baroness and a planned Washington visit to secure leverage. The dialogue hints at future moves, including strategic courtesy with Senora Yturio and the need to replace a lost ally.
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Nicholas
Missouri
Oregon
Texas
van Zandt
Nicholas Trist
Nicholas Trist, With Word of A Certain Woman To the Effect That Mr. van Zandt
England
Calhoun
Pakenham
Mr. Calhoun
Reiter
Politics Under Cover in a Washington Interlude
In a tense Washington scene, Calhoun pressures Senora Yturrio over a Texas annexation plot. He reveals a secret treaty memorandum signed by Van Zandt and hints at war with Mexico, offering her salvation if she persuades Polk to align with the plan. The dialogue blends intrigue, flirtation, and peril in a diplomatic drama.
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Senora Yturrio
Mme. Calhoun
Washington
Miss Calhoun
Mexico
Mr. Calhoun
Lucrezia Yturrio
Calhoun
Senor Yturrio
Southwest
Texas
Ida
Legation
England
Republic of Texas
Senora
Senor Calhoun
Senor Secretary
Yturrio
Senate
Mr Tyler
Senor
Senor van Zandt
United States
Senoran
Mr. Polk
Mr. Jackson
van Zandt
America
Mr Polk
Infant Baptized in Crypt Chapel at Westminster Palace
A two year old article notes a crypt christening in the parliamentary palace crypt with Archdeacon Wilberforce officiating. The infant, child of Mr. Bradshaw, born within Westminster, qualified under a papal privilege dating to Edward III for baptism in the St. Stephen’s chapel font. Only three such cases in a century have occurred previously.
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Great Britain
Parliamentary Palace
Archdeacon Wilberforce
House of Commons
Edward IIi
Parliamentary Crypt
Bradshaw
Royal Palace
Westminster
St. Stephen's
Westminster Palace
Strand
Viscount Selby
Johnny on the Spot Peddier Makes Escape After Grease Spot Gag
In a Tit-Bita style sketch, a servant reports a house explosion leaving the gentleman blown to atoms, while a peddler pushes his stain remover as the cure claiming the grease spot can be erased in two minutes.
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Peddier
Carnegie Dinner Sparks Coinage Debate
At a Carnegie dinner an eminent lawyer near the host became engrossed in talk as Andrew Carnegie launched a critique of Britain's currency. He mocked the pounds shillings and pence system and the farthing, noting its role in benevolence for the Scotch, while the lawyer glanced about impatiently.
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Andrew Carnegie
England
Carnegie
Woman Cashier Leads Bayside Bank in State
Miss Ethel Boynton serves as cashier of the National Bank of Bayside L J the only woman in the state in such a post. She says trust hinges on kindness and a steady heart preventing betrayal of confidence placed in the holder.
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Ethel Boynton
The
National Bank of Bayside
L. J
Grape-Nuts Restored Health in Gastritis Case
A New Jersey woman with gastritis credits Grape-Nuts for a full recovery. After months of illness and weight loss, a stomach specialist prescribed the cereal, which improved digestion, mental clarity, and energy. She returned to clerical work, regained lost weight, and remains well, praising Grape-Nuts as the key to her renewed health.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Mississippi
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Ated
Hudson Day Company
McLaughlin
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Saskatchewan
Indy
Columbia
Rio Grande
Theophile Gautier
Johnny
Munyon
Jefferron
Southern
Fee
George 1. Strange
Mobile
Alabama
Kenan
New York City
Hudson River
Ims Bangs
Whitom
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