Desire and Gilbert face a perilous wedding plan
Desire and Gilbert plot a secret marriage while facing family opposition and wartime separation. Desire endures a harsh test of duty as Delight plans to elope with Archie McPheadris, and Sylvia alarms over Delight’s disappearance as the family bands together to search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Leland
Desire
Gilbert
Arelie
Salone
Salome
Tvather
Malin
Archie
Trolley for House Painters A Safety Scaffold Revolves
A Boston inventor Julius Stone proposes a trolley system to prevent scaffold shifts causing painter accidents. The plan uses two hooks over a roof overhang to support a movable scaffold with a suspended chair arrangement enabling the worker to reach any section without leaving his seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Stone
Boston
Mass
Cinphiee
Enay Teeh
Tay
Mark Twain and General Sherman in a disputed glossary
A fragmentary item notes a public dispute over language and glory between Mark Twain and General Sherman. It claims an Austro‑German interview involved Emperor Franz Joseph offering translation, while Twain allegedly apologized for his German and a diary entry mentions Joseph’s inability to speak English.
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Daniel
Jeremiah
Nebuchadnezzar
Biishigzar
Mene
Uekel
Aphursin
Dantul
Cyrus
Darius the Median
Babylon
Gobryas
Gobyros
Darius
Babylon Gt
Dariug Hyatipes
Mark Twain
General Sherman
Vernety
Marl Fyann
Wiliam ‘Ty
Sherman
Marie Twain
Eimperor Byaness
Joseph
Twialn Lid
Austela
Franela Joseph
St Helena Resident Miss Bagley Dies at Age 00
Miss Bagley, one of the few surviving inhabitants who recalled Napoleon in exile, has died at St Helena at an old age. The St Helena Guardian notes her sound memory and the many interesting reminiscences she shared of the great Napole on.
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Boston
Erier
Delight
Archie MccPheadris
Archie
Desire
Sylvia
Gilbert
Father
Harvey
Israel
Feng
Jim
Timothy Leland
Napoleon
Mies II
Bagley
St. Helena
Miss Bagley
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Ateler Bell
Johapter
Aga Ritigh-Army
Nebchapter
Iydatithro
Nebuél Indnezzar
Atill-Merduk
Belshazzar
Nabuna'id
Nabonidus
Nabona'id
Rehoboam
Solomon
Nero
Jerusalem
Antiochus Mpiphanes
Helshazzar
Sterling Mlott
Newton
Tilion Tas
Spicery
Sostress Desird
Leland
Homm
Atentang Elgaot
Ron Painters
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