Lif of a peasant and a rose in peril amid a stern count
Rose Lamonte endures gossip and a bold cousin as Gasparde taunts her near the chateau. A timely intervention by Count Louis and the good marquis underscores danger from class tension and a looming romance. Hugh Lamonte vows to curb disturbances as he keeps Rose sheltered from threat and intrigue.
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Artois
Mademoiselle Helen
Rose
Guasom
Sam
Monsieur
Rose Lamonte
Lyons
Marquis
Chateau
Gasparde
Louis
Littl Rose
Rhoxe
Mademoiselle Montauban
Rowe
Hugh Lamonte
Hugh
Jane
Bismarck
Count von Waldersee
China
Ing von Moltke
Long-Distance Sign Talk From Indian Smoke and Fire Arrows
A historical note explains how plains Indians used smoke signals and fire arrows as a long distance telephone. Smoke rings and stacked fires conveyed alerts from attention to imminent attack, while repeated arrows indicated danger or an approaching assault, enabling coordination across miles.
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Stoke
Chicago Tribune
Everyday Matters Reflections on Marriage and Youth
A column of playful social musings notes how marriage changes hair and vanity, compares old and young desires, and lampoons wedding rituals. It jokes about the glare of envy, the fatigue of women, and the groom's neglect in choosing wedding attire and duties. The tone blends humor with social observation.
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Aster
Principles of Horse Breeding and Early Electrical Sleep Study
James Wilson surveys efficient horse breeding focusing on four main market classes heavy draft coach roadster and saddle horses with emphasis on physique weight and feet. The article also reports French research by Stephen Leduc showing electrical current can induce sleep without pain potentially replacing anesthetics in sensitive surgeries.
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James Wilson
America
France
Stephen Leduc
Nantes
French Academy of Science
The Use Of Electricity As A Medicine
Siegmund Saubermann discusses the debated role of electricity in medicine. He notes professional caution but observes French and Italian doctors increasingly use electro-therapeutics, supporting investigation and practical application in their practice.
Don’t Meddle in Lovers Quarrels
Aelen Oldfield argues outsiders should avoid meddling in lovers quarrels. Let couples settle disputes, or agree to disagree, as meddling can deepen hurts. Some tactful bystanders can soothe and turn tensions into laughter, reducing lasting damage and exposing tender points.
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Aelen Oldfield
Brigham Youngs Early Carpenter Life in Port Byron
Brigham Young and family settled at Bucksville Port Byron around 1830. He worked as a carpenter amid sparse work, built a modest house near the Erle canal, and later moved to Utah, becoming a famed Mormon leader. An anecdote recalls paying Squire Pine for a beard bill, showing early frugality.
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Brigham Young
Port Byron
Saga
Rochester
James J. Dixon
Port Bryan
Erle Canal
Young
Newkirk
Brigham, Jr
Salt Lake City
Buckville
Utah
Prigham Young
Squire Pine
A Brilliant American Woman Countess Von Waldersee
Esther Lee later Miss Esther Lee, daughter of New York grocer David B. Lee, married Prince Frederick Von Schleswig-Holstein in 1857. Widowed by apoplexy six months later, she became a power at the German court and later visited her American home, drawing attention in Europe.
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Princess the Noer
Welsbaden
Count Alfred von Waldersee
Bismarck
Stoker
Europe
Countess von Waldersee
Esther Lee
David B. Lee
South Street
New York
Paris
Esther
Prince Frederick von Schieswig-Holstein
Senator Plumb Courage Emalipor Marke in Kansan Face
Dc R Snyder writes a Kansas history chapter on Senator Preston B Plumb quoting Osage prospector Joseph Bratton who recalls a 1800s hotel supper tale of Plumb aiding a dying man and defying cowardice rumors with bold action on a Lawrence to Emporia stage line.
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I. B. Titus
Courageous acts amid smallpox fear in early voyage
Plumb aided a sick man with toast, blankets, and light then guided Abel Polley to admit him to Polley’s cabin for comfort. The two men tended the patient through the illness, and after the death, Plumb contracted smallpox himself, endured isolation, and survived, earning lasting praise as true courage.
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George Bratton
Mr. Bratton
Plumb
Abel Polley
Emporia
Noting Caspian Sea drops lower than Black Sea
Scientists report Caspian Sea surface now eighty five feet below the Black Sea and ocean level, reversing the view that evaporation caused shallow waters. New soundings and historic records suggest the Caspian bottom may be sinking, altering previous geologic assumptions.
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Caspian Sea
Centurion
Black Sea
Caspian
Leprosy Suppression Efforts Across Hawaiian Islands
Government agents scour the Hawaiian Islands for leprosy indications with secrecy surrounding afflicted families. Suspected cases go to Honouliulu for examination by five experts. verdicts to send patients to Molokai. Volcanic events disrupt cables. French Guadeloupe Martinique wireless service extended.
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Honoulu
Molokai
Windward Islands
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Motor cars to run on local Australian railways
Motor cars are to be introduced on some of the local railways in lower Australia. Each will carry forty persons and be divided in two classes. If you propose to do as you please, why ask advice?
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Lower Australia
The Irrepressible Conflict with Red Ants in Phoenix
A Phoenix man battles a red ant colony that moved beneath a cement sidewalk on a busy street. He tests putty, cement, plaster, solder, and flooding, failing to stop the ants as they persistently gnaw through barriers. Ultimately he wires the nest with nails, feeling the insects still resist, like a comic urban siege noted by the Arizona Republican.
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Phoenix
Tonto
Arizona Republican
Modesty and a Scots Audience Hint at Lively Tour
The anecdote about Paul Blower known as Max O Re ld describes his early lecturing nerves over his accent. It recalls a Scots heckler praising his English and a bush town town councillor remarking he has never seen a louse in lectures here, signaling modest crowds.
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Paul Blower
Max O'Reld
London
Scotland
O'Hell
Frontier Dentists and High Prices Narrated in Klondike Tale
A tale from a Klondike returnee contrasts frontier inflation with a comical dental misadventure. In poor light a dentist pulls the wrong tooth for two dollars, then the next day charges ten to correct the mistake, highlighting rough-and-ready frontier pricing and rough justice.
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Klondike
New York Tribune
Herald
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mMeMent
Atchison Globe Lights
Lin
James Wilsom
Siegmund Saubermann
Berlin
Senator Plumb
Emall Motor Care
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