The Gunmaker Of Moscow A Tale Of Duels And Intrigue
The scene unfolds in Moscow with Ruric Nevel defending a noblewoman’s honor amid palace intrigue. A duel with Count Damonoff is debated as Emperor Peter the Great presides over a sword contest with Greek master Demetrius. Ruric disarms the challenger, earning the emperor’s praise while the duke departs in anger. Rosalind fears a hidden menace as Olga and Zenobie discuss love, virtue, and looming danger from a scheming duke.
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Count Damonoff
Ruric
Zenobie
Rosalind
Ruric Nevel
Mask Falls From Villain in Stormy Awakening
Rosalind Valdai and Zenobie discuss the black monk Vladimir in their church near the stormy afternoon. Zenobie reveals Rosalin d should not reveal her love for Ruric Nevel, and the women weigh secrecy against their feelings as the mystery deepens.
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Rosalind Valdai
Zenobie
Vladimir
Rosalind
St. Stephen
Ruric Nevel
Ruric
Emi
Boers Surrender Rise At War End With France Germany Blamed
Up to June 11, 10 225 Boers had surrendered. Most are under 30 with some septuagenarians. Leaders say Boers grew friendlier while bitterness centers on France and Germany blaming press for prolonging the war. Many surrendered in Orange River Colony claim to have used ammo for hunting after peace pact.
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France
Germany
National Scouts
de Wet
Orange River Colony
Maimed Hero Pensioned After Courage Under Fire
Sergt Major Wilkinson of the 30th Battalion Ontario militia survived Harts River battle after being shot through the body twice and losing an eye. He sent a left handed letter to his sister from hospital where his hand was amputated. Lord Kitchener recommended him for the Distinguished Service Decoration and he now receives a 1.25 dollar daily pension. He will be missed from the Canadian Lisley team and major rifle meets in Canada.
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Wilkinson
30Th Battalion
Ontario
Harts River
Battle Field
Lord Kitchener
Bias
Sergt
Canada
Surrender at Ventersdorp Camp Ends Rifle Threat
A Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria dated June 10 reports Van Tonders and Van Heerden surrendering near Ventersdorp camp in southwest Transvaal with 403 rifles. Burghers sang Auld Lang Syne and God Save the Ming at a concert. Additional surrenders include 619 rifles and 23 000 rounds of ammunition.
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Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
van Tonders
van Heerden
Ventersdorp
Transvaal
Train Collision Near Medicine Hat Wrecks Freight Cars
A westbound freight train struck a work train two miles east of Medicine Hat on a heavy grade, wrecking several freight cars. No deaths occurred. Engineer Morton of Calgary suffered a severe leg fracture. Roadmaster Armstrong and others were slightly injured. A horse car toppled onto two other cars but horses were unharmed.
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Medicine Hat
Morton
Calgary
Armstrong
Largest Parnun Bailey elephant slain after rampage in Tours park
About 3000 spectators watched the death of Parnun and Bailey's biggest elephant in a city park at Tours France. The animal went mad breaking chains and attacked keepers near the railroad station, and had to be killed as two hundred men struggled to restrain it.
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Parnun & Bailey’s
Tours
France
Three ships wrecked in gale near London
The Norwegian bark Atbara from Isamburg sailed to East London and all hands perished except the captain ashore. Swedish Ler Aurora from Gelle bound for Dot London and German Eliza Linck from Bremerhaven to Fast London were saved. Separate note records British births taxed to 1794, with a duke paying £30 for an eldest son. The vine stops at 2,200 ft, oak at 3,350 ft, fir at 7,000 ft.
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Atbara
Isamburg
East London
Aurora
Gelle
Dot
Britain
Eight convicted for wearing chintz gowns in 1768
The Lord Mayor of London convicted eight people in 1768 for wearing chintz gowns and fined each £5. In the china trade the term dozen varied, ranging from 2 to 80.
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London
China
Coronation Week London Programme Outlines Royal Events
The itinerary lists arrival June 23 at Buckingham Palace receptions and suites, June 24 state dinner and envoys reception, June 25 dinner at St James for princes, June 26 coronation, June 27 military procession and Lansdowne House reception, June 28 naval review, June 29 dinners by ambassadors, June 30 opera gala, July 1 Windsor garden party, July 2 departure of foreign princes and dinners, July 3 St Pauls service and Guildhall lunch, July 4 Indian princes reception, July 5 King Edward's dinner to the poor.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
St. James Palace
Lansdowne House
Windsor Castle
Londonderry House
St. Paul's
Guildhall
Edward
Notable 1902 Canadian Affairs and Global Events
A wide blend of items recounts royal coronation travel by Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier. political moves in Manitoba and British Columbia. a fast train accident in Tennessee. Canada’s trade gains and sealer controversy. and a critical pref erence in imperial trade talks led by Toronto and Montreal boards of trade.
Lightning Kills 10 Year Old Nelson Wood in Canada
Nelson Wood, ten, son of George Wood, a Wal laceburg Ontario blacksmith, died when lightning struck a stop at a workbench where an electric light hung. A nearby boy was also present but uninsured. The article notes related land and horse sales in London for 1901 and a physics detail on falling bodies increasing by 32 feet per second each second.
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Nelson Wood
George Wood
Wallaceburg
Ont
Wood
London
Publishing activity notes in United States last year
The US published 869 novels authored by 467 writers. Fifty writers produced multiple books. Of the authors, 309 were men and 158 were women.
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United States
St Chad’s clock in Shrewsbury sets English church record
The pendulum at St Chad’s clock in Shrewsbury measures 22 feet with a 200 pound ball at its end, claimed as a record for any church clock in England.
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St. Chad's
Shrewsbury
England
Spain holds record for low railway management costs
Spain shows a rare efficiency in railway operation with only 58 percent of gross earnings allocated to management. The figure indicates lean overheads as the system sustains services.
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Spain
Potatoes Make Up Fourteen Percent Of Our Diet
A study notes fourteen pounds from every hundred eaten consists of potatoes highlighting their key share in the average diet and signaling the crop’s prominence in domestic menus.
Imperial Policy Debate Foresees Imperial Federation
A London cable reports Archibald Ro Colquhoun arguing for empire federation at the Colonial Institute. He urged closer commercial union and colonial representation in an imperial council, while warning against one sided free trade and British shipping annexation. Colquhoun and others weighed defence costs and a war tax, with Australians pledging manpower but opposing a Zollverein. The discussion showed a new business and defence coalition shaping English politics.
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London
Archibald Ro Colquhoun
Colonial Institute
Colquhoun
Whitehall
Imperial Council
Ile
Great Britain
Mr. Colquhoun
Germany
Col. Denison
Toronto
James Bryce
John Morley
Horace Tozer
Queensland
Miss Edith Whyte Weds Mr Meek in Winnipeg Ceremony
Miss Edith J Whyte daughter of Mr Win Whyte of the C P R married in Winnipeg on June 11 to Mr M Meek of Toronto The Archbishop of Canterbury is named as first peer of the realm historical note mentions 1739 first permanent barracks and tax history including a horse tax abolished in 1874 raising £480 000 annually
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Edith J. Whyte
Win Whyte
Winnipeg
M. Meek
Toronto
Archbishop of Canterbury
Snails Fetch Big Sums in Paris Market of 1991
A Paris market reported sales of around a hundred tons of snails during 1991. The figure reflects strong demand in the traditional French delicacy trade and highlights market scale for edible mollusks in the capital city.
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Paris
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Beenreey
Urzen
Nevel
Khitagorod
Orsa
Veter
Peter
Russia
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Damonoff
Stephen
Alaric
Rure Nevel
Ckill
Demetrius
Rurie
Duke
Rure
Jess
Ruricus
Raric
Reric
Rube Nevel
Peter Alexiewitz
St. Michael
Conrad Damonoff
Emperor
Olga
Stephen TZ
Rurie Nevel
Ruric Neve
Alea
Amadi
South Africa
Royal Canadian Regiment
1St
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Royal Canadian Artillery
The
Strathcona Horse
South African Constabulary
Halifax
Sth
Canadian Mounted Rifes
Ventersdorp Lang ‘‘Auld Lang Syne
Tunis
Thomas A. Falison
Lake Superior
Lord Strathcona
Presbyterian General Assembly
Wilfrid
Lady Laurier
Ottawa
R. Hill Myers
M.P.P
Minnedosa
Masons of
Manitoba
Northwest
Grand Lodge
Hamilton Methodist Conference
Richard Costigan
Minister of Militia
British Columbia
Dominion
A. McNeill
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Women and Children of
Montreal
Tennessee
Mississippi
Dubuquela
Slock City
Teele
Nelson
Quey
Boards of Trade of
Transford
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Boards of Trade
Wr. A. E Ames
McFee
Wilfrid Laurier
Manufacturers’ Association
Moore
Manufacturers Association
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