Standstill at Richmond as Mrs Varney aids spy capture
In a Virginia mansion Mrs Varney aids Confederate secret service men to seize a suspected courier and recover a crucial paper from Jonas the butler, while Wilfred’s enlistment plan and Edith Varney’s commission fight play out amid danger near Libby Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Mere
Wilfred
Richmond
Edith Varney
Davia
Thorne
Edith
Caroline Mitford
Pra
Jonas
Arrelsford
Lewis
Henry Dumont
West Virginia
Mrs. Varney
Libby
Dumont
Old man Bets All On Desperate Silver King Race
Danbury saves a dying man in a crowd at Kempton Park then bets £400 on Silver King. The horse, once a Derby winner, shows early promise but finishes last as Blackberry wins. the elderly backer vanishes with the bookmaker and Danbury is left with shattered fortune and questions about the old man’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Mrs.Varney
Mrs. Varney
Wilfred
Clifton Halliday
Danbury
Kempton Park
England
Silver King
Essex
Lauderdale
High Hook
Blackberry
W. G. Chapman
Mrs Benham Question on Cook Discharge
The exchange shows Mrs Benham asking if the cook was discharged. Benham replies that he did not discharge her but requested her resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benham
New York City Parks and Property Worth Billions, Says Comptroller
Comptroller William A Prendergast reports to the sinking fund commissioners a schedule listing 5,500 city parcels valued at 1.3 billion dollars. He notes Stuyvesant Park acquired for five dollars in 1636, Tompkins Park now 3 million, Mount Morris Park seven and a half million, and Bowling Green at 1.736 million, suggesting park values may soon offset the city’s funded debt as the population grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A. Prendergast
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
City of
New York
Corporation of
City of New York
Peter Stuyvesant
Stuyvesant Park
Tompkins Park
Mount Morris Park
Bowsling Green
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
St Vitus linked to modern dance mania argues Turkeys Trot
Gerald du Maurier suggests ragtime dances like the one step and turkey trot are variations of the ancient dance named after Saint Vitus. The claim invites future historians to weigh whether contemporary dancing mania mirrors medieval tarantism and dancing fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald du Maurier
Atene fragments yield unclear read of local notice
A damaged OCR fragment records a local item with unreadable details and missing names and places. The readable bits suggest a public notice but provide no concrete actions dates or entities.
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Whitelaw
Reld
Metropolis Loop
Ithiong
Buea
Ithredt
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