De Vigny Faces Duel and Escape in Cuernavaca
Captain Francois de Vigny, serving Maximilian in Mexico, plans to impersonate his lookalike Madrella to gain Juarez’s trust. He battles Leroux and Besancon, recovers, then is captured with Madrella’s beard removed. They plot to present him to Juarez as Madrella and secure Cuernavaca.
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Francois de Vigny
Maximilian
Mexico
la Anita
Espana Lon
de Vigny
Colonel Lopez
Pablo Madrella
Anita
Madrella
Juarez
Lopez
Neville
Cuernavaca
Pasqual
Montezuma
Manuel
Leroux
Besancon
Rene
Besgncon
France
Senorita Arrellanos
Benito Juarez
Mad
Senor
Louie Besancon
Waltwalty
Amigo Mio
Louie
Lerous
Francois
Rene Leroux
Chance
Pablo
Mim
Hotel Montezuma
Pasquali
Madrellas
Republic
Avenida Flores
Agostino
Lerour
Vumpire
Orie
de’ Vigny
Captain Leroux
Cellency
Captain de Vigny
Mexico City
Excellency
Pablo Madreda Y Gutierrez
Rancois
The
McNaught Syndicate
My Favorite Stories by Irvin S Cobb Part One
A continuation of Irvin S Cobb tales follows Francois de Vigny and Rene Leroux in a perilous ruse involving General Juarez. Espionage schemes, double identities, and a high stakes plan to thwart Maximilian with dangerous allies and a dangerous lie.
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Leroux
Pablo
Juarez
Miguel Lopez
Maximilian
Lopez
Rene
Irvin S. Cobb
Americanists Meetings and 19th Congress Ties
The French Society Americaine de France formed in 1857 by French students intrigued by pre Columbian South American and Mexican civilizations. An international meeting occurred in 1875, and the 19th international congress of Americanists convened in Washington in 1915 16 alongside the anthropology section of the second Pan American scientific congress.
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Societe Americaine de France
South America
Mexico
Washington
Vintage car makes listed with years from 1901 to 1921
The fragment lists numerous early automobile brands with associated years, including Autodynamic 1908, Buckmobile 1908, Ben Bur 1917, Dixie Flyer 1917, Gasmobile 1901, Mercury 1904, Motorette 1911, Mighty Michigan 1918, Vogue 1921, and others. It appears to catalog historic makes and their debut or prominence years.
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SPR
Buckmobile
Brownicker
Ben Bur
Contet
Dixie Flyer
Everybody's
Gasmobile
Great Smith
Georlesa
Mercury
Motorette
Mighty Michigan
Vogue
Memorial to Peace Gateway at Blaine Washington
The Portal of Peace is a massive concrete gateway in Blaine Washington dedicated September 5 1921 to honor more than a century of peaceful U S Canada relations. The memorial cost 40000 dollars and stands 100 yards from the international boundary where the forty ninth parallel meets Boundary Bay.
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Blaine
Wash
United States
Canada
Forty-Ninth Parallel
Boundary Bay
Early English political parties the Whigs and Tories emerge
The first organizations aligned with modern parties, the Whigs and Tories, formed in late seventeenth century England. The term Whig derives from whiggamore, a Scots cattle thief label, while Tory was used as a harsh epithet for an Irish outlaw.
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England
Music Without Notes in Ear Playing Guides by Sound Alone
In playing by ear the musician follows sound rather than written music. The melody is kept in mind while fingers move instinctively along the scale to reach desired tones, without attention to notes or names. Exchange.
Not Suitable Teasing Strategy Noted by Ohio Journal
A fragment notes a casual tease toward a neighbor. it mentions hospital stories and surgical operations being used to cure criminal tendencies. The remark reflects dated, controversial views from the Ohio State Journal.
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Ohio State Journal
In Praise of Work and the 8-Hour Standard
A quotation from American Magazine argues that heavy work regimens shift perceptions of effort. It states that training for 16 hours makes 10 hours seem easy, while training for 7 or 8 hours makes 10 hours feel unbearable. It critiques modern youths for accepting the eight hour norm.
Not All Jokes Reflect Public Opinion on Women
Editorial note argues jokes about women pressing on husbands reveal underlying public bias. E W Howe Monthly critiques humor as gendered commentary, urging awareness of hidden attitudes.
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E. W. Howe
Great Continent Names Traced to Ancient Assyrian Roots
Scholars cite authorities linking Europe to the Assyrian words Irib or Ereb meaning the setting sun or west and Asia to Assa meaning the rising sun or east.
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Europe
Irib
Ereb
West
Asia
Assa
Ambitions Fade in a World-Wary Veteran
A thirty year veteran who once sought world conquest now limits ambition to everyday tasks and keeping life steady. He reflects on changing goals as time moves on and priorities settle into practical concerns.
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Fred M.laughlin
Picardy
Bobbs- Merrill CO
W.nlu? Service
Chapteh
Uve Vigny
Ve Vigny
Aladresia
Don Fells Perez
Guernavaca
Goodby
London Express
Meany
Em Castoria
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