King Robert of Sicily and the angel in Rome tale
An epic tale follows King Robert of Sicily, his disguise by an angel in Rome, and a year of trials ending with penance. The narrative weaves court pomp, a jester’s accusation, and a cosmic verdict echoing biblical praise.
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Robert
Sicily
Urbane
Valmond
Allenmaine
Lensej
Hoberta
Ateas
Allemaine
Uriane
Lietler
Rome
Italy
St. Peter's Square
Stobert
Misen
Christ
Vualmond
Danube
Salerno
Palermo
Angelus
Marcel Anthoe
Angel
Ghost of a once famous town in Outing magazine
A December Outing Magazine piece chronicles Virginia City Nevada as a living skeleton of fame and decay. It details population collapse, ruined streets, old prospects and mine dumps, Gold Hill’s desolation, and remnants of era fashion notes and cultural curiosities.
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Nevada
Clifton Johnson
Outing
Virginia City
Comstock
Gold Hill
Walla
Winslow Prine
Samovars Rise in Russian Household Use and Industry
A report to the bureau of manufactures describes samovar production in Russia as a major metalwork industry. It notes daily home use for hot water and tea, capacities from 20 to 50 gallons for private homes and up to five gallons for hotels, and the sector employing thousands. The piece details historic methods of fabrication and a new process using direct sheet-metal forming and a lathe driven by a devilnik instrument, enabling all parts to be mass produced from brass and copper alloys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
James W. Ragndale
Bt. Petersburg
Bureau of Manufactures
Old-Fashioned Nightshirt and Odd Prohibition Tales
A fragmentary miscellany recalls old fashioned nightshirts and their view of equality, a poem about seizing each day by Robert Ilstone, and a bizarre anecdote from Maine about a rat in a bottle. The KeeneBee Journal is cited as the source of the rat tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Maine
Wilbur Meady
Randolph
The
Keonebee Journal
Port-Sporting Editor and Kinilin Agriculturist Alike Mentioned
A fragmented notice notes a porte-sporting editor of a newspaper and an agriculturist from Kinilin, both tied to college events and a wine surplus last fall. The room was sealed with wine and converted into a valet area due to space constraints.
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Hix
Lix
Kinilin
Promoters of Aeronautics Return to New York
Two leading American aeronautics promoters, Cortlandt Kleld Bishop and Frank B Lahn, arrive in New York aboard the Provence after year and a half in France. Bishop, a former Aero Club of America president, is expected to resume the presidency at the club's unanimous request, to boost interest and aid progress in aerial navigation and to stimulate development in the United States.
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New York
Cortlandt Kleld
Bishop
Frank B Lahn
Aimerica
Provence
France
Aero Club of America
The Unremembered Fragment from Florence Wilkinson
Poem fragment recalling vanished tenants and forgotten spaces. The speaker longs for past faces, sounds, and places, asking where the memories have gone and describing lingering scents, colors, and echoes from a bygone inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Spring
Newspapering in the Philippines and Manila affairs
A Kansas City Star analysis of the Renacimiento Manila daily outlines local efforts for electric light reform and petitions to mayor and municipal board. It notes omissions by Grellahammer Bros in a subscriber list and cites stories on romance marriages and municipal election fraud involving Simeon Villa.
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Kansasily Star
Philippines
Renacimiento
Pilipino
Manila
Electric Light Company
Joccidental
Little Brown Brother
Messrs
Grellahammer Bros
Thewell
Macolta Jewelers
Conplain
Wind
Manila Electric Light Company
Krensecimiento
Donk Kong
Heeler
Simeon Villa
Villa
Mendoza
Gentleman's alms move hearts on a Pullman car tale
A Philadelphia Public Ledger account recalls a drummer who gave half a dollar and later coins to aid two starving men aboard a Chicago to St Louis Pullman train. Conductor questioned the donor and revealed the men faced destitution with Trust implications.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ialwaye
Alwaye
Chicago
St. Louis
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Longfellow
Allemaline
St. John's
House of Prayer
Blinaell
Tim Roe
Willy
Ober
Hulton
Feigen
Oll
Hmma
W. Longfellow
New York Tribune
Hoey Lauder
Lauder
Oaeha
Baler
Maother
Messina
San Francisco
Brocen Brotziers
United States
Diirectoire
Mme. Tallien
Directoire
Abe
Mme. Talliet
Napoleon
Robert Istione
Act
Ingalls
Hell
America
Aly
Tft
Shane
Florence Wilkinson
MacClure
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