Paul Venarez's Brave Ride at Crawford's Trail
In a frontier tale Eben Rexford recalls Paul Venarez racing to warn Crawford's settlement of Red Plume's warriors after three men fall at Rocky Run. Wounded, Venarez pens his last letter to Bessie with his own blood, dying after delivering the warning that keeps the townsfolk safe at night.
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Venarez
Red Plume
Rocky Run
Crawford's
Bess
Faust
Nell
Rontier
Koecky Run
Nellie
Sam
Love
Little Dees
Crawford’s
Bessie
Vermurez
Eben
Rexford
A Little Dinner With Jones
A man travels from the provinces to London seeking a medical opening and an influential contact, Miss Ap-Rees introduces Mr Pwilhyll Jones of Kensington and promises access to wealth and a daughter. A mistaken letter and missing address lead him to consult a policeman then a cad stand and cabmen who identify Jones as a pawnbroker and then Mr Jones of Redclyffe Square.
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London
Miss Ap-Rees
Rees Castle
Pwilhyll Jones
Kensington
John Rees
M.R.C.S
Biggwsberis
Jone
Jones
Yerina
Campden Hill
Miss Jones
Chez Jones
Dinner at Jones House Ends With Surprise Reunion
A narrator visits a gate marked Mr P Jones and finds a dentist host who misreads him as a patient. After a wild escape from a delirious patient, a police confinement, and a later revelation, he meets Miss Jones and Mr Jones proves a kind ally, shaping his future practice in Biggleswade.
France’s Crown Jewels To Rest In Louvre Apollo Gallery
The collection includes foreign orders on French sovereigns valued at 40000 dollars a Louis XIV watch from the Dey of Algiers 600 dollars a diamond brooch 15000 and a diamond hilted sword with other fine French pieces valued at 50000 dollars. The Regent diamond once valued at 400000 to 500000 pounds may now fetch 25000 to 30000 pounds. Most diamonds and stones worth about 2150000 dollars have no historic value and will be sold. Many jewels were reset for Empress Eugenie including a belt of diamonds worth about 35000 pounds worn only once after a theater imitate inspired by a seen piece.
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France
Louis XIV
Dey
Algiers
Apollo Gallery
Louvre
Eugenie
Convict Labor Shift Aims to Compete with Free White Labor
California penitentiaries will employ convicts to manufacture jute bagging and bags, replacing Chinese workers in producing a staple textile for export to the Pacific Coast. This marks a policy change intended to supply a market previously served by Chinese labor.
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California
Pacific Coast
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Crawford
Little Beas
Bessie Lee
Eputen
Mr. Jones
Shad
Penrhys Jones
Queen's Gate
Kensington High Street
Pwlilhyl
P. Jones
Holland Road
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