Romance of New York Chapter VII Duel and Darings
Katherine watches the aftermath of a duel between Neili Semple and Capt. Hyde. Neil survives but is gravely wounded, while Katherine faces social ostracism. Bram, Miriam Cohen, and Dick Gordon intersect within a web of love, guilt, and reconciliation as public opinion swings with politics and a looming New York convention.
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Batavius
Neili Semple
Capt. Hyde
Neil
Joanna
Katherine
Madam
Lysbet
Joris
Bram
Jesson
Lysbet van Heemskirk
Kirk
Miriam Cohen
Miriam
Pele
Bran
Cohen
Paraver
King’s Arms
Katherine van Heemskirk
Neil Semple
Hyde
Cohen’s
Bram van Heemskirk
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Kip
Pearl Street
Mrs. Gordon
Richard
Ife
The Effects of Lightning On a Struck English Tree
A tree near Wal ingford England was struck by lightning during a storm and destroyed. Percy B. Spielmann examined the wreckage hours later and noted bark stripped away and a torn branch, with longitudinal thin wavy markings on the inner bark. He photographed the ruined tree to illustrate the rending effect of lightning on fibrous tissue.
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Walingford
England
Percy Bi. Spielmann
Sword of Famous Leader Stolen in Upper Austria Heist
The sword of Stephen Fadinger, noted peasant leader who led a 1626 uprising, was stolen from the Historical Art Court Museum in Viense. Authorities suspect a bold thief carried the cumbersome relic under a great coat. The blade holds historic associations rather than intrinsic value.
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Stephen Fadinger
Upper Austria
Viense
Disposal of the Dead a Problem in Cities
A historical critique argues urban cemeteries overflow in London Paris and American cities like New York and Boston. It cites overfilled graveyards, duress on paupers, and proposals to relocate remains to distant burial or convert sites into parks with commemorative markers. The author cites Havana and Constantinople as models for relocating or transforming burial grounds.
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London
Paris
New York
Boston
Colon
Havana
Gen. Wood
Calvary Cemetery
Newtown
Calvary
Corona
Timhurst
Eighty Sixth Street
Mussulman
Constantinople
Louis Windmuller
Scientific Men Are Rebuffed by Sultan
News from Constantinople reports the Sultan of Turkey refused a permit to American archaeologist Banks to dig at Tel Ibrahim near Babylon seeking the tomb of Abraham. Rockefeller funded the effort. Banks, backed by Harvard and other universities, faced religious and political objections that may prevent further Ottoman excavations. A German scientific party works nearby and six Europeans are in the Buddhist priesthood in Burma.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Firmin
Banks
Tel Ibrahim
Babylon
Abraham
Tower of Babel
Machpelah
Hebron
Palestine
Sarah
Mr. Banks
Harvard
Chaldees
Mesopotamia
John D. Rockefeller
Porte
Cathal
Bagdad
Ottoman Empire
America
Rapid Progress of the South in 1880 to 1900 Era
The south shows dramatic growth from 16.37 million to 23.55 million people and a 157 percent rise in agricultural, manufactured, and mineral output. Cotton value climbs to 50 million, and factory spindles surge to 400 thousand as railways and ports expand, boosting exports by nearly 100 percent.
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South
United States
Iea
Southern Railway
Ingalls Grave to Bear Native Boulder Writ in Senate Letter
Friends seek a Kansas foil boulder for John J. Ingalls grave at Mt. Vernon cemetery to match a senatorial letter from December 10 1890 urging a simple natural rock monument with bronze letters reading Ingalls. The stone is to come from glacial era north porphyry and be placed without obelisks or urns.
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John J. Ingalls
Mt. Vernon
Kansas
Atchison, Kan
St. Louis Grove
Senate
Washington
Ingalls
The Melted Coin Trick Step by Step
A passage describes placing a coin in a walnut shell and filling it with a dry powder mix of water flour of sulphur and sawdust. The mixture is lit and melts, supposedly melting the coin while the shell remains intact. The text also hints at a theme of skeptical thought and mentions action.
Fat Man Was Slick Sleeping-Car Comedy Repleta
A heavyset passenger unsettles a sleeping car as a porter assigns berths in a confidence game. The fat man pretends calm while the porter and a frail man debate upper versus lower berths. The fat man ends up in lower 13 asleep, and the porter may wink at the sly ruse.
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Mamor
Porter
Canacienesiese
Deve
Lawdy
Dame Dora Burmeister and the Thorough Bred Cur
Mme Dora Burmeister returned from Europe and gave piano recitals at the Peabody Conservatory. A shabby old dog, tied with rope, sparked curiosity among admirers. When asked why she befriended the dog, she learned it was called a cur. She replied that even a cur can be a thoroughbred if it is a cur.
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Mme
Dora Petersen Burmeister
Europe
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
Mrs. Burmeister
No GOOD FOR DRINKS Charity Tale From Philadelphia
A Philadelphia man recalls helping a tramp on Fortieth and Market who asked for change to Germantown. He offered two exchange books, but the man returned them saying they would only “go good fer drinks.”
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Fortieth
Market Streets
Germantown
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Sultan
Burma
Mark Ingalls
Mme. Burmeister
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