Agatha Redmond Abducted In Yacht Affair In New York
Opera singer Agatha Redmond is abducted after four strangers act as her chauffeurs in New York. James Hambleton witnesses the kidnapping, pursues by tugboat, and dives overboard near a yacht. Aleck Van Camp and Madame Reynier feature in a tangled subplot of romance and intrigue.
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Agatha Redmond
New York
James Hambleton
Lynn
Mass
Hambleton
Agatha
Aleck van Camp
Madame
Melanie Reynier
van Camp
Aleck Proposes as Melanie Weighs Home and Dawn
Aleck Hambleton presses Melanie Reynier to marry him after a tense morning at the Archangel club. Melanie hesitates aware of family demands and a possible return home while Mr. Van Camp arrives to discuss sailing duties and a missing companion aboard Sea Gull.
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Melanie
Mr. van Camp
Mr. Hambleton
Aleck
Jim
Diana
Melania
Madame Reynier
Madame
Count Lorenzo
Jimmy
Winnin
Forbidden Crown and a Proposal of Love
Melanie Reynier reveals a hidden past and a dream of a true home. Aleck Van Camp listens with patient strength as she explains rank, exile, and a longing for equality, companionship, and shared power in a future together. She declines yet hints at deeper longing to be matched in love.
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Mademoiselle
van Camp
Melanie
Jones
Aleck
Auguste Stephanie of
Stephen
Sophie
Madame Reynier
England
America
Lorenzo
Krolvetz
France
Melanie Reynier
Duke Stephen
Aleck van Camp
King James Jesse Strang Crowned Island King of Beaver Island
The Philadelphia Record recounts James Jesse Strang, a Mormon leader, who established a self styled kingdom on Beaver Island in Michigan. Crowned July 8, 1850, he was later captured after a clash with settlers and tried for treason, defending himself eloquently before being acquitted and eventually assassinated in 1850.
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Chestnut Street
Henry Strang
America
Beaver Island
Lake
Michigan
James
Jesse Strang
Strang
Detroit
Fillmore
United States
King Strang
Mistletoe Sparks Domestic Comedy In Full Drawing Room
A couple banters about Christmas hints and desires as mistletoe decor fuels romantic tension. She teases that a new dress wins over a coat if he sacrifices other coats, revealing playful love and holiday mood in their home.
Lodge speaks on statesman versus politician distinction
Senator Lodge at a Boston Back Bay dinner delineates the difference he sees between a statesman and a politician. He states a statesman thinks of the next generation, while a politician thinks of the next election.
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Senator Lodge
Back Bay
Boston
Whipped Child's Protest Echoes in Edge of Family Row
Fragmentary protest dialogue shows a child resisting punishment and rejecting an arranged marriage, with phrases suggesting a tense family confrontation and a claim of autonomy. The garbled text includes lines about whipping, parental authority, and a desire to avoid arranged unions.
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Martha Blellinger
Romeo
Melanio Reynier
The
Archangel
Mr. Lloyd-Jones
Miss Reynier
Auntie
Louis Quinze
Miss
King of American Islands
James Jesse Strang
Chicago
Paris
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