Mohican Intrigue at Fort Edward in Montcalm Siege
Excerpt recounts during the French and Indian War the Montcalm siege at Fort Edward, the escape of Cora and Alice with Hawkeye and Munro, Magua’s pursuit, a cave escape, tribal clashes with Uncas, and Magua’s final assault as he seeks to flee toward the mountains with Cora, amid brutal acts against women. The narrative blends frontier captivity, betrayal, and pursuit across a haunted forest landscape.
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France
England
North America
Fort Edward
Webb
Montcalm
le Renard
Magun
Id Gamat
Edward
Hawkeye
Chingrchgook
Fort Edwards
Heyward
Magna
Acout
Teland
Mogua
Indiana
Wanilin Gare
Wiltteo Henry
Alice
Magia
Thotr
Mina
Munra
Montenim
Magus
Cora
Munro
bMoeoy Plain
Allen
Bear
Magan
Uncas
Ralelang
le Bubtilt
Magua
Hihwaek
Armenian Youth Escapes Slavery and Reunites in Chicago
Seventeen year old Armenian Bedrus Sistian details a brutal arc from Adana to Mesopotamia where his family was exiled and starved. He recounts being sold to traders, rescued by the British in Mosul, and eventually reaching Constantinople before reuniting with his brother Edward aboard a U S destroyer and seeking asylum in Chicago through Near East Relief.
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Ochicago
Bedrus Sistian
Arabia
Chicago
Mesopotamia
Constantinople
Bedrus
Edward
United ‘Tates
Sirs
Ardushes Sisilan
Wella Street
Bisan
Adana
Tarsus
Cilleta
Sard
Mosul
Nineveh
Christan Talib
Haman
Chris Than
Rither
Port Said
Beirut
Hawk Attacks Car Full of Schoolchildren Near Saranac Lake
A giant hawk swept down on a motorcar carrying several children near Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks. The driver, acting on a tip from local farmers, killed the bird after the attack alarmed residents.
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Big Hawk
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Edward in Constantinople and the Near East Relief aid
A report indicates Edward in Constantinople and his brother Ardashes coordinated through Chicago Near East Relief HQ. The brother and his wife sent funds to transport an ex slave to the land of the free. The youth aims to work and raise money to bring his fourteen year old sister from an orphanage in Cyprus to the United States.
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Edward
Constantinople
Ardashes
Chicago
Free
Cyprus
Denver News Vendor Survives Creek Plunge Near Walnut Street
In Denver Colorado Q H Browning a 55 year old newspaper seller plunged from the Walnut Street bridge into Cherry Creek. Patrolman OConnor saw the fall and three City Hall firemen from Truck Company No 1 pulled him from the water. He returned to selling papers within an hour wearing dry clothes despite abrasions.
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Denver
Colo
Q. H. Browning
Walnut Street
O'Connor
Browning
City Hall
Will Press Claim Against Peru for Nitrates and Guano
The will of John Celestine Landreau directs nearly 100 million dollars in nitrate and guano discovery claims against the Peruvian government be pressed. Landreau's heirs, led by his granddaughter and attorney, act as trustees and executors to pursue decades unpaid rewards first granted in 1865 for mineral discoveries enriching Peru. The case notes recognition by various administrations but continual postponement of payment.
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Washington
John Celestine Landreau
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Landréau
Jean Theophile Landreau
New York
South America
Normans
Jean Landreau
Fels
Exelorer
Pres Dent Hayes
Tte
Great Britain
State Department
Marie Dycer
John Deleating Landrean
Vegetarian Dishes and Simple Cabbage Centerpieces
A kitchen guide outlines vegetarian dishes including spinach with butter malt and temon sauce, hard garnish, and a beet centerpiece. Also includes Smothered Cabbage with butter flour, cabbage, salt pepper, and 40 minute cook, plus Rice Croquettes with cream peppers and cheese sauce. Creamed Young Onions are served on toast with sauce, and asparagus on toast is noted.
Fragmented quote on activity and culture by Brooks
A fragmented quotation attributes to Brooks an unending drive for activity and a warning against neglecting deeper power and culture, noting there is no rest and no help for surface lives without engagement with deeper values.
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Brooks
Aromatic Soup Recipes From A Historic Kitchen
A collage of soup instructions highlights Florentine Spinach Soup Burmah Chicken Mulligatawny Sauted Tripe and Japanese Fish Soup with vintage steps. The write up details spinach lettuce butter stock herbs curry coconut meat tripe and assorted vegetables in a homey, instructional tone.
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Mohicans
Fenimore Cooper
Thomas
Connolly
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Jaters
Feetmere Fm
Beast
James Penlmere Cooper
Allied Lands
State Institute of Applied Agriculture
Farmingdale
S. 1
American Forestry Association
Italy
Belgium
Desert
Tlon
Hell Near East
Rollet
Peru
Napoouch
Yared, Mag Weit
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