Bow of Orange Ribbon Sparks Duel in New York Romance
In this chapter Neil showers rage on his rival Captain Hyde as he weighs revenge and love. After wandering Maiden Lane and Liberty Street, Neil confronts Hyde near Van Heemskirk's house and vows to dye the orange ribbon crimson in his blood while flaunting his own emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil
Hyde
Katherine
Maiden Lane
Liberty Street
Broadway
van Heemsskirk
Capt. Hyde
Mr. Semple
Earle
Beekman
Ben
van Heemskirk
Semple
Tryde
Joris
Chapter VI At the Sword's Point
Neil Semple vows vengeance after a duel with Capt. Hyde over Katherine and a ribbon bow. The quarrel escalates on Kaldhook Hill, both wounded as bystanders intervene. Miriam Cohen arranges a life awaiting verdict as Cohen and Bram plot to avert tragedy.
Duel News Strikes The King's Arms Household
Batavius learns of a duel spreading through town and returns to Van Heemskirk's house in anger and distress. Madam and Joanna wait anxiously on the front stoop as Dinorah announces tea. Batavius rejects an embrace, declaring a great disgrace has befallen the family.
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Batavius
Katherine
van Heemskirk
Madam
Joanna
Dinorah
Bait for wild turkeys in North Carolina and beyond
The American Field notes turkeys remain plentiful in several states including North Carolina Arkansas Texas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Southern Missouri. Gil McDuffie allegedly kills many wild turkeys by baiting corn, shaping feeding sites, hiding in a blind, and then shooting when birds bunch up, a method described as producing tremendous slaughter.
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North Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Missouri
Gil McDuffie
McDuffie
Fence of elk horns built near Livingston Montana
A fence almost 200 feet long at Livingston Montana is constructed entirely from elk horns, or wapiti, shed annually by the deer family. The old horns are common in forests and are used for various commercial purposes after collection.
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Livingston, Mont
On a Blockade Runner Sir William Allen in the Civil War
A London M A P reminiscence recounts Sir William Allen’s role as chief engineer on a blockade runner during the Civil War. After a successful first entry into Savannah, the vessel was attacked in darkness by a Federal cruiser. A tense confrontation followed as an officer threatened the engineer with a pistol, then swapped to a friendly exchange after recognizing Allen’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Allan
London
M.A.P
Sir William
Savannah
Influential Haggard Family At Home in England
The 9-year-old Lilias Haggard, resembling her father Rider Haggard, has written a romance ending grimly, her first effort noted by the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Haggard family gathered at Hall Ditchingham England with Mrs Haggard in gowns, Dol Ye soon to be presented, Lilias, and Rider Haggard guiding guests through orchid-filled hothouses. The novelist, tall and with a swinging gait, favors talk of flowers and farming over literature.
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Rider Haggard
Lilias
Philadelphia Inquirer
Haggard
Ditchingham
England
Colorado Celery Exports Grow Into Major Industry
Colorado celery has transformed from a small venture into a large export business, with shipments to the East increasing yearly. This season nearly twenty-five cars have gone East and an estimated forty cars will be shipped in total, averaging about 24,000 pounds per car for a potential 990,000 pounds exported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
The Fathers Hand Poem by Marianne Faringham
A child fears the dark and storm yet finds courage through the clasp of the father's hand. The speaker speaks of duty, faith, and trust guiding forward despite uncertainty and approaching mystery. The poem expresses solace in divine companionship and readiness to obey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Faringham
Record of Life Saver Walter Turrell Rescues 16 Upping Drowndings
Walter Turrell of Yarmouth England has rescued sixteen children from drowning this season aboard his ferry. He has saved twenty nine lives in total, earning recognition for his courage and quick actions.
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Walter Turrell
Yarmouth
England
Ives
Matters in Iowa and world affairs mix in brief notice
A Iowa parks association forms in Des Moines with officials from several cities, planning annual meetings and expanding park funding. Other items include silk importers indicted in New York, a timber sale bill from interior, Missouri capital stock rise, a Belgian fire in Tennessee, and a warning about railroad switching at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition site.
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London
Abraham I
Rosenthal
Martin Cohn
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Department of the Interior
Cook
Missouri
St. Louis
Miles
Berlin
Siberian
Emperor William
Detroit News
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Lehigh
Great Northern
L. R. Rosebrook
Coalfield
Iowa Central Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
Shafroth
Colo
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Cook County
Illinoig
Adams
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
United States
Seine
Paris
Alme
Auguste Hutt
Goominan
France
Brussels
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Terminal Railroad Association of
National Guard
Missouri Pacific
Frisco
Colorado
Horticultural Society Plans Bulletins and Meetings
The State Horticultural Society at Des Moines ordered bulletins on horticultural topics and may hold an annual summer meeting. An executive committee called the meeting. a legislative committee named Eugene Secor Silas Wilson GC I Watrous Wesley Greene and M J Wragg. A supervising committee was formed with C L Watrous H C Price and C B Patten. The group backed national nursery stock inspection and quarantine bills and asked for a conservatory at the state fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Commissioners and Superintendents of
Des Moines
State Park and Forestry Association
Sidney A. Foster
A. G. Graham
Counsil Bluffs
W. M. Krebs
Cedar Rapids
M. P. Schmidt
Council Buffs
Burlington
Iowa City
Davenport
Sioux City
Dubuque
State Horticultural Society
Eugene Secor
Silas Wilson
GC. I. Watrous
Wesley Greene
M. J. Wragg
C. L. Watrous
H. C. Price
C. 8. Patten
Congress
Omaha man sues over cattle transfer and ranch debt
John R. Webster of Omaha sues George T. Rew for $10,000 in a U S court claiming Rew obtained 192 cattle from W E Colvin of Deliel County Nebraska and moved them into his land, impairing Colvin’s mortgage security on a large Nebraska cattle ranch. Webster also alleges Colvin owes him $73,000 secured by mortgage on ranch and stock.
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Colvin
Webster
Rew
Philippine Veterans Union Plans Disbanding in St Louis Petition
National Commander Albert B. Fout says steps are being taken to dissolve Camp Louis A Wegener No 3 Philippine Island Veterans to unite with the National Society Army of the Philippines. A petition signed by a majority of members must be filed in the circuit court of St Louis.
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Council Bluffs
Camp Louis
A. Wegener
Philippine Island Veterans
Albert B. Fout
St. Louis
National Society
Army of the Philippines
Organization of Philippine Island Veterans
Circuit Court of
Murder Over Insult Ends in Miners’ Tragedy
In Keb near Ottumwa a quarrel between Frank Williams and William Slater over an alleged insult to Williams’s wife ended with Slater stabbed. Slater staggered about thirty feet before collapsing and dying. Mrs Williams led the confrontation and sought a retrace of the remark.
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Ottumwa
Keb
Frank Williams
William Slater
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Amelia E. Barr
Olivie
Dodd, Mead and Company
Capt
Richard Hyde
His Majesty
Kaldhook
Neil Semple
Adrian Beekman
Mr. Beekman
Capt. Earle
Hyden
Cohen
Fraunce’s
Miriam
Holy One
John Cohen
Miriam Cohen
Bram
Kzlchhook
Chapter
Lilias Haggard
Spain
Ren
Iowa
Association
State
Deuchon
Swiss Confederation
Horticultural Bulletins
Sues Cattle Feeder
Philippine Veterans Uniting
Sierking
International Court of Arbitration
Dr. Bingh
Senate
High Court
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