Robespierre and the Marchioness Quest for Justice in 1703
The Marchioness de Tremont visits Robespierre at Versailles seeking justice for a threatened suspect, risking life and fortune to save her children. Theresa, a courageous local guide, helps her reach Robespierre, who finally grants mercy after a dramatic exchange about stockings and identity. The tale blends historical fiction with vivid 18th century Parisian setting.
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Citoyenne
Ile
la Cornelie
Spartacus
Durand
Lere
Rue St. Honore
M. de Robespierre
Robespierre
Tam
Theresa
Marchionesss
Theresas
Versailles
Place de la Concorde
France
Rue Des Maymousets
Marchioness
Pherosa
Heaven
Madame de Tremont
Marchioness de Tremont
Giraud
Robspierre
Marchioness of
Tremont
Mme. de Tremont
Mother Giraud
Tere
Rue Des Marmousets
Revolutionary Tribunal
London
Tllustratid Magazine
If France, Spain, Russia, and Fenians Now Take Sides
The Pall Mall Gazette muses on a hypothetical international tangle. It imagines France aiding America to avenge Alabama wrongs, Fenian involvement, a rising Spanish republic seizing Gibraltar, and Russia pushing England in Asia, all creating a perilous global position for Britain.
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Alabama
Spain
Russia
Asia
England
Shovelled to death in New York murder report
A man was killed in New York by a blow from a spade in an incident described in the paper as a fatal shovel strike. Police are investigating suspects and motives as the case unfolds in the city.
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Paris
Ne m Iassacres
Dog Marmousets
la Giraud
New York
Timing a Past Horse and a Patent Stop Watch
A farm near Camp Dennison hosts a private race track where locals test their nags. John, a boastful friend, fake times races with a famed stop watch he holds. He tricks competitors through a corn field shortcut, fooling many into selling prized horses after inflated times.
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Camp Dennison
John
Johin
Mirrors in Antiquity Pliny and Aristotle on Glass Mirrors
The article argues ancient glass mirrors may have used plating or fining, citing Pliny’s remarks on mirror origins and Aristotle’s note that metals or stone could serve as mirrors when backed with metal. It suggests glass mirrors potentially date to an early antiquity beyond modern invention.
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Pliny
Sidon
Arisotle
Newspaper Fragment Highlights Odd Tales From Far Lands
An English laborer uses rough methods to evangelize family while a Ballarat paper notes locals finding a large gold nugget in Rubicon Street. A Michigan murder suspect confesses to smothering Mrs Haggerty and three children before disposal in a river. In Worcester three young women were seen walking main street smoking cigars.
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Australia
Rubicon Street
Winter's Freehold
Andrew Thompson
Worcester
Mass
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