Frontier romance ends in tragedy and memory
Isabel Hampden captivates frontier officers with her charm while a West Point cadet Ardsley wooes her. After a failed engagement and his disappearance in battle, decades later a West Point class ring reappears with Ardsley’s initials, linking memory, loss, and a general’s wife to a buried love.
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Isabel Hampden
Lieut. Loring
Tie
Ardsley
Mearning
Miss Tainyrden
East
Orstof
Loring
Ainsley
West Point
Miss. Klamgalen
Miss Hampden
Ines
Hampden
Ilke
Young Ardsley
Ald
The Sun Its Nucleus Photosphere and Corona
A survey of sun structure explains the sun as three parts the gaseous nucleus the photosphere of incandescent vapors and the corona visible only during total eclipses. Reports also note sharp advances in microscopy and other scientific topics including fire extinguishing hose devices and ship stability tests.
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London
Lievel Morgin
Lake of the Woods
Minnesota
Bouchard
American Dahla Society
Harshberger
America
Mexico
Madrid
England
The Chaplain Fears as Storm Drives Men Toward Heaven
In a sea storm the chaplain asks a crewman about danger. The sailor wryly notes continued danger means they will be in heaven by morning. The chaplain exclaims a prayerful protest.
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Ardsley
Jack
The Fate of Thirteen and a Superstitious World
A discussion of the superstition surrounding the number thirteen across cultures and eras. It cites legends from Norse myth and the Last Supper, notes clubs in New York and London aimed at defeating the omen, and contrasts public bravado with persistent belief across sailors, soldiers, gamblers, and performers.
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East
West
Metropolis
Paris
France
Turkey
Valhalla
Loki
Haldur
Judas
New York
England
London
Thrasher
Lon- Ton Telegraph
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Miss Hagnoden
Helioved
Jane
Alice
Aliice
Cleveland
Sie
Westphalia
Elmer Gates
Washington
Selwyn
Litchthetd
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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