Lafitte’s camp bonds with Rose as secrets deepen
Lafitte and Rose de Cazeneau grow closer under moonlit tension aboard Shell Island. A fan bearing coded messages stirs longing as danger looms, while Madame Riefet and Lazalie clash over loyalties and foresight about English foes.
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Lafitte
Baptistine
Shapira
Barbe
Rose de Cazeneau
Shapiro
Zeney
Madame Riefet
Monsieur Laussat
Rose
Lazalie
Madame Riefer
Shell Island
la Tete de Eaux
Madame
Lazhite
Lazalle
Jean
la Tete Des Eaux
Barra de Hierro
New Orleans
Mademoiselle de Cazeneau
Scipio
Thad
la Roche
Alice Oy
Gen. Jackson
Capt. Lafitte
Odd Newspaper Names Across States
A playful survey lists quirky American newspaper names by state including the Boyz Law and Back Log in Arkansas and the Condor Wasp and Tomahawk in California. It notes varied monikers such as the Rustler in Nevada and the Plain Talker in South Dakota, among others.
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Towa
Kentucky
Salt River
West Virginia
Missouri
Wyoming
Bill Balon
John Henry on the Grip A comic take on illness and doctors
A humorous 1901 column by Hugh McHugh recounts a misanthropic grip attack. The narrator battles germs invading his body with exaggerated symptoms and mock medical questions, ending with absurd home remedies and comic household chaos.
Worst class of burglars says chief constable
The Liverpool chief constable warns education sharpens crime and creates more insidious, well dressed swindlers. A criminologist supports the view noting 60 years ago burglars would be highwaymen, while today promoters and bogus promoters evolve. He urges moral and religious training alongside intellect.
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Liverpool
Bill Sykes
Elrriska
Barbers, Blades and a Local Killin in Kentucky Town
A talkative court stenographer visits a remote Kentucky mountain town full of feuding clans. At Uncle Joe’s cobbler shop he receives a shave from a cautious barber who admits a recent killing. The barber casually claims responsibility for the fatal shooting.
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Kentucky Mountains
Uncle Joe
Not So Darned Funny Colonel Knox Heads Brockton Paper Launch
Col Armory Knox of Texas List ings and border ranger fame became the first manager of a Brockton daily started by ex Gov Douglas. At a banquet he pledged brains for the paper while Douglas supplied the money and shared a humorous Uncle Davis tale about hearing Mark Twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Armory Knox
Texas Listings
Border Ranger Fame
Douglas
Brockton
Col. Knox
Davis
Boston
Mark Twain
Music Hall
Tremont Temple
Joseph Cook
Dave
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Afitte
Louisiana
Mary Devereux
Don C. Wilt
Madame Alofet
Barataria
Alaska
Kodiak
Mr. A. ©. Goss
J. Alden Lorlog
John Henry
Hugh McHugh
Igborgbe V
Hobart
Russia
Kuropatkin
Grip
Interior Department
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Gen. Oyama
Doc
Jack
G. W. Dillingham
Carolina Perfecto
Caild
Peter
Syd Taylor
Bud
Jack Gibson
Czar
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