Burglar's Puzzle and a Half Million in Aureataland
In the Aureataland tale continued, a hidden wall safe labeled Burglar's Puzzle yields $500000 cash. The narrator and allies plot a provisional government under martial law while reconciling loyalties, money, and romantic entanglements with the Signorina as McGregor plots to marry her. The note from Marcus Whittingham offers a dangerous alliance, forcing the narrator to weigh love, duty, and risk as revolutions unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Signorina
Golconda
Carr
Christina Nugent
Martin
Lani Gtad
Jones
Jack
Whittingham
Aurea Toland
McGregor
Why It Is Answer About Duels Between Nations
The Frenchman asks why there are no duels in America and the American replies that Americans are such good shots they would likely hit each other, explaining the absence of duels as a precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Supplanter debate over automobie and horse in era dialogue
A dialogue contrasts an automobile with a mule and horse in terms of reliability. The maid questions if the automobile will supplant the horse, while the man suggests it may replace the mule, noting both are unreliable in the conversation.
Collision Off Cherbourg Kills and Wounds Many Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm
A terrible collision near Cherbourg between the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the Orinoco caused major loss of life and injuries. Five crewmen on the Orinoco are believed drowned. four steerage passengers died on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, with twelve injured. The Kaiser, a 15,000 ton twin-screw vessel built in 1897, carried about 260 first class and 700 steerage passengers. The Orinoco, of 4,581 tons, was bound for Cherbourg.
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Cherbourg
New York
Pante
Panthe
Stettin
Germany
Engelbart
A. C. Farmer
Grennock
Scotland
Seven Causes for Divorce From National Conference
The national divorce congress in Philadelphia began sessions with 120 delegates from nearly every state. It adopted seven grounds for a uniform law: adultery, bigamy, crime conviction with at least two years’ imprisonment, extreme cruelty endangering life or health, habitual drunkenness for two years, and willful desertion for two years. Age debate split delegates, with some favoring 21 and 18 for men and women, while two women urged 18 and 16 as matrimonial consent ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Historic World Milestones Packed Into One List
A dense archival roll of dates and events spans 103 San Diego Day discoveries and notes on Treason trials, Raleigh’s trial, Parr the infant, battles, executions, revolutions, expeditions, and major 19th to early 20th century happenings. It catalogs Suez opening, Sherman’s march, slavery abolition, battles, canal, fires, treaties, and legal milestones.
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San Diego
Cal
Rebasina Viserine
Sir Walter Raleigh
Thomas Parr
Old Tarr
Shrewsbury
Mayland
Sheriffmuir
Jack Sheppard
Hishwayman
Batte of Sarbruck
Covent Garden Theater
Pike's Peak
Colo
Isas
Canada
Tampico
Mexico
Connor
Gen
Worth
Saltillo
San Jacinto
Fortress Monroe
Messrs
Mason and
Slidell
Urape
Sherman
Atlanta
United States
Suez Canal
Chattanooga
Boss" Tweed
New York
Capt
Boycott
Trallinrede
Ireland
London
Catholic University of America
Washington
The
Republic
Meliites
Universal Postal Congress
ISNS
Spain
Cuba
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Castro
Yosemite
Guam
France
Colon
Colombia
Leopold
Belgium
Christopher Columbus
Seville
House of Representatives
Chicago
Germany
United Stated
Edison’s Vision of a City Powered by Electricity
A signed prophecy by Thomas A. Edison foresees a century hence cities free from smoke with electric power generated directly from fuel. Factories would use individual motorized machines and electric heating, while skyscrapers rise thirty stories or more in concrete and steel.
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Homas A. Fdigon
Tle
Fie
Gorky Rails at American Life in New Book
Press dispatches from Milan report Maxim Gorky has published Impressions of the United States. The opening section mocks New York as the City of the Yellow Denton, a jab at wealth and commerce, while the Russian writer extends sharp criticisms of Americans and their ways throughout the volume.
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Gorky
Milan
Italy
Maxim Gorky
United States
New York
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Y Anthony Hope
Francia Bacon
Golden House
Liberty Street
the Gazette
Iinding
Warsaw
Aureata Land
Longstream
Signorina Nugent
Marcus W. Whittingham
Republic of Aureataland
Christina
John
Earth
Pye
Zack
Criticus
DeAuber
Kentucky
Chapleigh
Aw—Nevah
Abs
Caustique
BIG Liners
Crassil
SEA
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Warrior
Broadbent
Huddersfield
England
the Weekly “Historian
Edison
Enture
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