Love and Duel on the Devon Estate
In a tale spanning romance and risk, Lady Arabella Stormont spurns a jilted admirer while dueling stakes rise. A seaside realm, an Ajax battle, and a tense meeting unfold as Giles Vernon, Overton, and Hawkshaw's nephew confront honor, gambling, and a dramatic family web. Lady Hawkshaw interrupts, demanding her husband’s presence as the scene ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hawkshaw
Glyn
Arabella Stormont
Ajax
Giles Vernon
Thomas Vernon
Hawkshaw
Andy Arabella
Vernon
Philip, Overton
Overton
Arabella
Mediterranean
Richard Gion
Efe
Daphne
Arabella Hsin
Mivart
Paphiie
James
Peter Hawk Shaw
Peter
Pate
World Cities Hard to Kill Across History
In a Stray. Stories passage a global view notes Rome Paris Constantinople and London enduring repeated calamities such as plagues sieges famines fires and other disasters yet each city endures and persists amid chronic destruction emphasizing enduring vitality of urban centers worldwide.
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Rome
Paris
Constantinople
London
What He Wanted Patent Alarm Fails to Plead Sleep
A visiting agent pitches a burglar alarm to a wary man who wants a device to put burglars to sleep rather than alarm them. The man dismisses the idea with a blunt reply, signaling disinterest in the salesman’s pitch.
Sweet Day of Heroes and Hidden Hearts
Fragmentary tale describes a soldier's funeral scene and a romance. Neighbors speak of the hero Harold Gray as Mollie and Dean mourn his loss. A young man finds and keeps Mollie’s gold locket, while love and memory weave through the graveyard scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarichiy Lacien
Jay
Mays
Jaiden
Earl Sicloses
Mollie
Dean
Harold Gray
Proper Salute to the Greatest of All the Flags
A personal memoir praising flag salutes and patriotism recalls a child’s early reverence for the Star-Spangled Banner. The author recounts a Civil War era upbringing, a grandmotherly French salute, and a father’s act of saving the flag at Shiloh, underscoring how saluting the flag became a lasting, sacred gesture.
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Cumberland
John Cleves Symmes
Arctic Fame
Symmes
Pelchy
Lockwood
Union
Newport
Cincinnati
Grandma
Third Street
Shiloh
Child
Marion E Hay Governor of Washington Born on a Farm
Marion E Hay successor to Samuel G Cosgrove became governor of Washington on March 29 after Cosgrove died in California. A Spokane merchant who faced 1894 wheat price collapse and 1901 hardship, he weathered debts, extended credit to farmers, and later aided railroad regulation advocacy while building a family of five children through a life spanning Iowa Wisconsin and eastern Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion E. Hay
Samuel G. Cosgrove
Spokane
Wash
Hay
Banton
Win
Iowa
Jackson
Minn
Lizzie Muir
Davenport
F. T. Hay
Washington
Big Bend Land Company
Hay & Hay
Frm
Lincoln County
Railroad Commission
State Senate
Youthful Jockeys Show Early Racing Prowess
The note highlights young riders like Frank Wootton at 16 peaking in Lincoln events and places him among precocious predecessors such as Fred Archer Segan who won twice in a day at 12, George Fordham at 13, Harry Cuatance at 15, and Tom Cannon at 14, reflecting a tradition of prodigy in flat racing history.
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Frank Wootton
Lincoln
Fred Archer Segan
George Fordham
Brighton
Harry Cuatance
Ada
Tom Cannon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lady Arabella
Molly
Elliot Seawell
Alway
Giles
England
Mr. Buxton
Jupiter
Mr. Winxton
Over Iton
Buxton
Elzer
Harold
Marion &. Hay
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