Storm Wreck Brings Duke to Castle Vision of Courtland
In a storm on the Battle shore Boris and Jorian rescue Conrad of Courtland, a Cardinal designate, found alive on the beach. He awakens in a fortified grange next to Duchess Joan of Hohenstein, who claims to be his brother Louis’s wife and keeps him prisoner as Theresa von Lynar observes. The scene sets a tangled tale of power, lineage, and forbidden reunion with to be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner von Orseln
Bore
Jorian
Boris
Manatarma
Jorlan
Joan Herelf
Conrad
Courtland
Conrad of
Holy Roman Church
Arch
Arras
Joan
Touls
Conrad of Conrland
Borgia
Della Rovere
Rome
Christ
Joan of
Dessauer
Prince of
Plrssenburg
Sixtus
Louis of
Theresa von Lynar
Theresa
Gates Refuses Bet in Wall Street Frick Report Night
In a Waldorf Astoria Oak Room gathering, John W. Gates refused a bet over a Frick committee report on Hyde. A broker teased him with fifty cents, recounting Gates’s notorious betting streak and noting Gates claimed he owed five million in wheat. The moment marked a rare denial of wagering by Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frick
Equitable Directors
Wall Street
Waldorf-Astoria
Equitable
Mr. Frick
Pitteburg
Hyde
John
John W. Gates
Landlady Tells Guest Starboarder Lost Amid Odd Exchange
A landlady notes that Mr Starboarder is no longer a guest at the table. A friend asks why, and the landlady recalls asking him to say a race, to which he replied a prayer about gratitude for what we are about to receive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starboarder
One Kentucky Feud Ends in a Vengeful Exit
Burson, a hillman turned town worker, falls for Widow Griggs but learns her husband Pete Simpson is alive. After Jack Burson’s death, Burson confronts Simpson, but chaos ends when he abandons revenge and heads to the depot, ending the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burson
Griggs
Hurson
Murson
Horton
Bea Brummel
Arizona
Leas
Dad
Tack
Pete Simpson
Jack
Simpson
Mrs. Griggs
Deghet
Tony
Mamma
Pete
Kentucky
Daily Story Pub
Coy
Deadly Stipa Grasses Endanger Livestock Across Americas
A French botanist Blanchard notes Stipa grasses in South America shed barbed seed darts that pierce skin and clothing. Wind spreads the darts across pampas and fences, injuring animals especially sheep by penetrating eyes, mouths, and skin, often causing ulcers and death. Only four European species, driven from gardens, are rarely dangerous there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
Archives de Parastrologie
Paris
Literary Digest
Revue Scientifique
South America
Patagonia
Bahia Blanca
Santa Fe
Uruguay
Pampas
Europe
France
Burial customs among the Karens of Harma linked to weddings
The Burmese report notes that Karens of Harma unite funeral and marriage rites. A body rests on a bamboo platform as youths court, men and women separated by death. After burial, mourners visit the tomb daily for 40 days, a period whose purpose remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harma
Protective Mimicry in Butterflies and Birds Observed
An official of the National Museum notes that in South American forests many butterflies and birds share brilliant colors, yet some butterflies survive by odor or by color mimicry. Other birds imitate egg shapes among stones, and a British "bottle nest" blends with surrounding vegetation to avoid detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum At
Washington
England
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SR. Crockett
Tie Reideriée
KR. Crockett
Gates
Mase
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