Alice of Vincennes A Tale of Love and War in Fort Vincennes
In Vincennes, Alice Roussillon and Beverley navigate captured fort peril and a fevered pursuit as British forces under Hamilton assault the river stronghold. Amid flames, explosions, and political turmoil, Alice’s daring defies danger while Beverley endures captivity and returns. Romance blossom s between Alice and Beverley as Clark’s army retakes the fort and a future together seems possible despite peril.
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Ho. Nomsis
Alice
Jean
Gaspard Roussillon
Vincennes
Father Beret
Rene de Honville
Dena
France
Rete de Honville
Rausalllon's
Hire
Long Hall
Moussillon
Adrienne Fourcier
Fort Backvile
Roussilon
Rene
Capt
Helm
Lieut 'Nahugn
Beverley
Clark
Bather Beret
Rouston
Hamilton
Tarleton
Virgin
Whidhand Oy
Indiana
Milm
Baverley
Ranssillon
Helin
Aigry Te Tee
Alice Carrie
Father Barot
Heessten
Ene
Eaidler
Rons
Farnsworth
Adrienne Bour
Teret Beverley
Mien
Faineworth
Ongle Jagan
Simon Kemi
Long Hairs
Jazon
Kenton Ecape
Long Wiair
Min
Father Beret Arts Monell
Res
Mamiton
Alce
Nelson
Beverdny
Love Hair
Aller
Cen
Hami
Berat
Fort Hamilton
Explorations of History and a Violent Magazine Explosion
A historical narration discusses blending fact with fiction in a Vincennes tale. It notes a magazine explosion caused by a six pound cartridge, startling the garrison and wounding Captain Led and Worthington, influencing the scene while the heroine departs a danger-filled moment.
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Vincennes
Tha Tert
Ding Sit Wen
Capte Ld
Worthington
Gercus Crush
Fragmented excerpt hints at peril and strange relics
The text shows a dramatic scene where Allen and Alice are consoled after a shooting incident involving Hamilton. A stone disk worn by Alice unexpectedly blocks a bullet, faintly injuring her, while Adrienne comforts her. The manuscript hints at a family document and a thwarted fate, ending with a cliffhanger.
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Allen
Alice
Adrienne
Hamilton
Pather
Beverley
Gen Fred D Grant Leads A Brigade At Fort Riley
Gen Fred D Grant, famed son and Civil War veteran, leads a brigade at Fort Riley. He rose from boyhood battles near Vicksburg to roles including engineer, diplomat, and police commissioner, with service spanning the Spanish American War and beyond.
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Fred D. Grant
Elf
Vicksburg
Fisher
Ile
Te World
Union Duthie
United States
Roinister
Westeranl
New York
Set
Spain
Crmthcus Xine
Countic Lightning Fast Bank Clerk Sets Record
Samuel M. Hahn, a clerk at the Citizens National Bank in Baltimore, counted money in a contest by the American Bank Clerks Association, Baltimore chapter. He handled bills from $1 to $100 denomination and fractional currency in two minutes 63 seconds.
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Baltimore
Sma
Samuel M. Hahn
CH Zens‘ National Bank
Baltiore
Bank Clerk Near Record Speed Fails to Misses Errors
Samuel H Hahn recounts an incident at a big bank where six cash counters each made accuracy mistakes, though Hahn claims the receiving teller averages show minimal daily losses. He notes the holiday backlog doubles work and asserts bank clerks rarely err under normal conditions, yet speed may cause lapses.
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Samuel H. Hahn
Miconte
Mr. Hahn
French Explorer Reports Vast Untouched Country North of Indo China
PARI, Oct. Ma-M. Courtellement, a French explorer, returns with news of a vast, wealthy region north of Indo China. He brings back produce and goods and plans a museum at the colonial office to spur enterprise in the new French influence zone. The Madagascar museum will be moved to house the collection.
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Pari
M. Courtellement
Hibet
Indo-China
Colonial Office
Madagascar
Wine merchant loses faith in anarchists bonds
Phip Geyer of Patterson, a wine merchant, paid 1500 pounds to bail two anarchists who distrust law. Now facing a demand for 90000 pounds for further bonds, he has attached his name. One man fled to Canada and the other to England. he cannot react.
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NFAY
York
Phip Geyer
Patterson
Fex Canada
England
Gold, fame and fear of a wrecked system
The speaker Robert s asserts the U S financial system rests on gold and cannot be wrecked Our wealth in gold keeps national credit above other nations and safeguards prosperity He warns against inflation and speculative stock promotion while praising monetary strength and disciplined policy
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America
Roberts
Bold burglar prowls Tomcat Ch area ends in standoff
A nervy break in near Tomcat Ch was reported by Mrs. Pitnick at police headquarters in Tate last night. Two armed officers stood guard as a burglar fled from a window and slipped from the roof before the Pinnicks returned to bed.
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J. Pitnick
Tate
Rare Antique Furniture Collection Attracts Interest
Richmond Indiana reports on a rare collection of ancient furniture owned by Mr and Mrs Weise. Highlights include a sideboard purportedly very old with carved doors and knobs of bone or ivory, a wall clock with organ pipes, and a long metal-weight chain mechanism. The clock and organ reportedly date back many years, with wooden components well preserved though the mechanism uses weights and a hole in the floor to manage descent.
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Richmond
Und
Weise
Cisy
Fats Nhure
Cincinnati
Rare Turkish Spy Book Found by Giving Sailor a Meal
Milwaukee reader G J Emmett of 42 Clybouen Avenue paid for a meals and gained possession of what he believes is the sole existing copy of The Adventures of a Turkish spy a seventeenth century arabic translation. He bought it for 3 after a sailor who owed him bread dinner and the volume reportedly details Christian courts intrigues in Europe notably France where the spy allegedly lived undiscovered for 45 years.
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Milwaukee
Wis
G. J. Emmett
Clybouen At
Muhammed
Brien Museum
Bramett
Emmett
Sailor Ward
Paria
Europa
France
In Camp Fort Riley an inquiry into assault on privates
Col Hutchins seeks an official inquiry after three colored soldiers attacked Privates Creel and Stevens of his Tezam regiment. Stevens suffered a neck slash from a bayonet, while Creel was mauled with a revolver butt and a club. The report, dated October, outlines the clash and its serious injuries.
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Fort Riley
Kas
Col
Hutchins
Tezam Regiment
Creel
Stevens
Eccentric Jowan Gives Money Away in Waverly
In Waverly, Abraham Glimmer, a wealthy northeastern town bachelor near 70, is famed for philanthropy. He has offered his home to a local charity, while his friend Summer has remodeled a woodshed dwelling for a charity residence and will transfer ownership if accepted.
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Waverly
Abraham
Asters of
Charity
Abraham Glimmer
Alster
Bimmer
Sinough
Marriage Parlor Weddings in Rockford Illinois Report
Wisconsin and Rockford news note numerous weddings at a parlor fitted as a wedding venue by a mercantile house. A Chicago hero girl Mabel Witter saves her brother Henry from an Evonaton electric car, pulling him off tracks with no injuries. Augusta Georgia reports Lexington Virginia military institute closed for typhoid fever outbreak with a days-long closure.
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Rockford
Wisconsin
Chicago
Mabel Witter
Henry
Nim
College
Augusta
Lexington
Saya
Virginia Military Inatitate
Priddy
A Veteran's Story of Recovery with Pink Pills
A Pittburh veteran, James A. Clowes of 44th Street, recounts illness after Civil War service. He describes anemia, breathlessness, and nervous weakness cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, praising the medicine and sharing that relatives also used it. The ad promotes the pills, with pricing and mail order details from Schenectady.
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American Bridge Company
Phtaburg
Pennyyivanta Volunteer Infantry
Connecticut
James A. Clowes
Fourth Street
Pittaburx
Rick
Dr. Willams
German Persecution Reported by Japanese in Toker Hama
Eyewitnesses from Toker Hama state Germans there face persecution by Japanese authorities who suspect them of aiding Russia. Many arrests reported, with mobs threatening lynching. A German named Kunemann, resembling Russian War Minister Kourapatin, was imprisoned at TKiv. The Kaiser demands reparations for the affronts and threatens force if unmet under the Mikado’s rule.
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Berlie
Tokerhama
Russia
Kunemann
Gen
Kourapathin
Tkiv
Kaiser Malata
Murder at a keg house in Middlesboro Ky
A mountain woman Atlee Lamb was killed Friday night at a keg house in Middlesboro Kentucky. Her head was almost severed by a knife. Jo Brim and Tom Neltume were arrested, Sam Parks still in jail. Patrols and local officials report the crime as a violent act in a remote area.
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Middlesboro
Atlee Lamb
Jo Brim
Tom Neltume
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Alice Roussi
Ion
Hamiltus
Fle
Guele Jazon
Ievertey
Gaspard
Allan
Laluset
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Beverkey
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Bourder Cabin
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Altee
Anee
Adriennae
Hampton
Maruelle Saucy
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Burns
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Tere
Fred Dent Asrent
Department of Tezne
U. S. Grant
Gen. Grant
Eie EL Roberta
California
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Mr. Roberts
Thin Atock
Bood's
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Hood
Indianapolle
Indianapolila
Jowan
Or. Willams
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Czar
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Holland
Philippine Bureau of Agricuture
Sam Parks
Jali
Indianapolis
Indianapola
Therafter
Chimpink
PLANO
Iadiat
Masia
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