Rupert and Matilda in Paris Intrigue and Duel
In Paris Cromwell's authority looms as Rupert and Matilda plot for position. Rupert confronts Lord Neville over laboring debts and matrimony, sparking a rooftop duel where Neville spares Rupert after a test of honor. Matilda resents Neville's presence as the pair face imminent separation and danger in Mazarin’s Paris.
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Paris
Cromwell
Mazarin
Bastile
Matilda
Hague
Lord Neville
Lady Jevery
Lady Jerery
Prince Rupert
Rupert
Machen Indicted and Bonds Given in Washington Case
Former rural free delivery superintendent Machen is indicted by a grand jury on June 6 in Washington for illegally receiving about 18 337.75. He posted bond with several prominent citizens as sureties. The nine count, 25 page indictment details his role in advising Groff Brothers and soliciting a 140 percent kickback on pouch fasteners used by the Post Office. The document outlines collusive terms and receipts totaling around 29 000 dollars across multiple dates, with improper payments to associates and misdrawn purchases.
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Washington
Mrr
Machen
Air
Mr. Machen
Mrr. Machen
Post Ofice Department
Groff Brothers
Groff
United States
Postofice Department
New Arrests In Rural Delivery Service Probe
Thomas W. McGregor clerk in charge of Rural Free Delivery supplies and C Ellsworth Upton of Baltimore were arrested on conspiracy charges in Baltimore yesterday as part of the ongoing post office department graft inquiry. Charles E. Smith also faces charges in a scheme to obtain leather pouches for rural carriers at ninety cents each, with a stated serial value under fifty cents, the partners to share the difference.
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Washington
Ofice Department
Thomas W. McGregor
C. Ellsworth Upton
Baltimore
McGregor
Chas. E. Smith
Sullivan
Simmon
Upton
Smith
Massacre by Bashi-Bazouks at Smerdash Turkey
Horrific report from Monastir European Turkey dated June 5 details May 21 slaughter at Smerdash south of Lake Presba. Bashi-Bazouks attacked after insurgent Chakalaroft’s band withdrew. About 200 villagers killed including women and children. 300 houses burned. many survivors wounded or missing. Ears and noses cut from some captives. a group of 40 women and children killed in a ravine.
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Smerdash
Turkey
Monastir
Lake Presba
Chakalaroft
Moses
Jews in Odessa Prepare to Defend Against Attacks
A Berlin dispatch dated May 28 reports Odessa Jews arming with revolvers after a massacres. Families near each other will form defenses with every second man joining expeditionary units. A defense committeeAlso coordinates with workers for future riots while a new land law limits Jewish ownership to ten Russian towns. The Modern Telephone Co plans an automatic exchange at Burlington.
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Odessa
Berlin
Hrisheney
Defense Committee
Workingmen’s Association
Tageblatt
St Petersburg
Russia
Modern Telephone Company
Burlington
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Kansas
Farhhands
Grand Jury
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Uptor
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