Joan of the Sword Returns to Courtland Adventure
In a dramatic hall scene Duchess Joan of Hohenstein confronts a Danish prisoner and frees him in a tense duel setup. Werner von Orseln yields after a fierce exchange, joining Joan’s new band while plot lines hint at Courtland diplomacy and future travels with Von Dessauer.
Cozening of the Ambassador in Duchess Joan’s Gala
Duchess Joan of Hohenstein feigns decorum at a castle event while an old ambassador, Dessauer, notices her prowess and speaks of love. She reveals pressure from her father to wed the Prince of Courtland, sparking a hint of resolve as the plot tightens.
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Joan
Forester
Plassenburg
Leopold von Dessauer
Dessauer
Joan of
Courtland
Original Purpose and Individual Work in Life
The piece urges the reader to pursue originality and self-reliance, arguing that each person has a unique talent and should not imitate others or heroes. It warns that imitation leads to failure, citing clergymen who copied Beecher but failed to achieve lasting impact.
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Beecher
Invariable Rules of Growth Described by Physician
A physician explains uniform growth rates of the average man. He lists yearly inches gained from ages eight to eighteen, noting rapid increases in early years and slower rates later. He concludes that at eighteen the average man reaches six feet eight inches and stops growing.
Coon Porter Trapped by Icebox Lock at Marlborough
New York bar porter Alexander Beck at the Marlborough hotel was locked inside the ice cold Marlborough cave like room after a watchman accidentally slammed a heavy door and threw the lock. He survived by recapturing air pumps and was rescued by the manager who opened the valve and brought him out into the open air. He was placed in ice water and slowly thawed with doctors saying he should recover with minor lingering ice traces.
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New York
Alexander Beck
Marlborough Hotel
Beck
Marlborough
Red Jersey Cow Turns Faucet With Mouth for Drink
Portland Ore The county poor farm inmate tale claims the clever old red Jersey cow drains the hydrant daily by nose horns and mouth. After repeated taps the matron installed a constant water supply at the back yard faucet for the cow and others.
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Portland
Ore
Polish community marks typhoid victim with all female pallbearers
Michael Wyler, a Hartford machine builder and social leader among the citys Polish colony, died of typhoid fever. In his will he directed that only women pallbearers—six young Indies in white—carry his casket to the grave, with two more as flower bearers.
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Hartford
Conn
Michael Wyler
Horse a Good Dentist Finds Unlikely Remedy
A Chester man named Henry Wesley tied a thin wire around his tooth and to the rear of a delivery wagon at Birch's restaurant on Edgemont avenue. He yelled to the horse Mike to Gid up and pulled the tooth himself, claiming the method relieved his pain as well as any dentist.
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Chester
Henry Wesley
Birch’s
Edgemont Ave
Hymany
Mike
Final effort made for peace in islands
Havana reports the government is making its final strenuous push to restore peace in Cuba to avoid American intervention. Officials say they hope to show progress before Taft and Bacon arrive, citing Roosevelt's letter urging friendly U.S. help only if needed and aiming to settle the conflict without external action.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
Bacon
Roosevelt
United States
Beacons of Old World Pride Mark Washington Day in Budapest
Budapest on September 16 celebrated George Washington day with a nationwide show of enthusiasm. Flags of the United States and Hungary appeared in public spaces as sermons honored the event and a large parade wove through city streets toward the park. Francis Kossuth and Count Albert Apponyi attended as independence leaders, not government officials.
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Budapest
George Washington
Hungary
United States
Francis Kossuth
Count Albert Apponyi
Independence Party
Had Narrow Escape From Death After Phoath Gash Capsize
Miss Fannie Day, a New York department store employee, survived a fatal launch disaster on the lower Hudson after a mud scow rammed a nine boat craft. Three comrades drowned when engines failed and the scow struck from the rear. Day was found in a water pocket by deck hands as the scow neared its destination, rescued by dumping machinery left open after unloading.
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New York
Fannie Day
Miss Day
Pacific Mail Steamer Manchuria Floated Off Reef
The Pacific Mail steamship Manchuria, aground at Rabbit Island since August 20, was floated on Sunday and towed to Honolulu by the tug Restorer. A large crowd watched as salvage efforts dumped several thousand bags of flour, which washed ashore and were collected by natives.
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Honolulu
Pacific Mail Company
Rabbit Island
Man Shoots Self In Oakland Over Appendicitis Worry
D J Powell a Fruitvale real estate dealer shot himself in the head on Sunday to avoid an operation for appendicitis. Five shots were fired in the open street. neighbors were alerted and Powell’s body lay on the sidewalk with a revolver in his hand.
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Oakland
Cal
D. J. Powell
Fruitvale
Flood Wreaks Havoc in Dakota Dixon Counties
Cloudburst water swept Elk creek valley flooding Jackson Nebraska. Seven foot high wave hit town causing extensive damage with hay losses, drowned hogs, cellar floods, washed railroad tracks, and other harm estimated near 100000 dollars.
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Jackson
Neb
Dakota County
Dixon County
Elk Creek
Count Witte Denies Plot Involving Anarchist Rosenberk
Count Witte, former Russian prime minister, lodging in Homburg, disputes a U S report that an anarchist named Rosenberk attempted to kill him at Soden on Saturday. He is said to be out of public life and taking no special precautions, not fearing any threat.
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Dane
Joan
Kerneberg
Joan of the Sword
Peter Balta
Werner
Maurice von Lynar
Sparhawk
Borla
Jorian
Werner von Orseln
Wilna
Silesia
Kernsberger
Boris
Kernsberg
Lynar la
Denmark
Courtland
Hel
von Dessauer
Dessauer
Joan of Hohenstein
Homburg
Count Witte
Russia
United States
Rosenberk
Soden
Count Witto
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