A Soldier of the Rhine on a perilous train ride
Paul Rhinelander endures danger aboard a changing line of travelers near the Rhine border. A suspected Countess Aimee emerges as both captor and catalyst, while a road accident shifts loyalties. Paul befriends Sir Noel and contemplates Berlin as war looms, weighing motives and risks amidst captivity and rescue.
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Rhinelander
Paul
Sir Noel
Paul Rhinelander
Heidelberg
Aimee
Italians Dominate Sacred College in Pope Choice
The sacred college nearing a full 66 members for 1900 begins a new year with Italians in the majority. Of 66 cardinals, 40 are Italian and 26 from other nations, including French and Austro Hungarian. Consensus remains essential to elect a pope.
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Sacred College
Leo XIII
Pall M Gazette
J Sterling Morton Father of Arbor Day Dies at 70
Ex secretary J Sterling Morton editor lawyer and statesman founder of Arbor Day died after a long illness. Born 1832 in Jefferson County New York he moved to Nebraska as a young man and helped launch the Nebraska City News. He served in the Nebraska legislature and was secretary of agriculture in Cleveland's cabinet from 1893 to 1897. Morton famed as Father of Arbor Day saw the holiday adopted in forty two states and credited with planting numerous trees nationwide.
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J. Sterling Morton
Arbor Day
Cleveland
Charles Morton
Mr. Morton
New York State
Jefferson County
Bellevue
Neb
Nebraska City News
The
Nebras
America
Humorous Bits and Vintage Editorial Snippets
A collection of light editorial gibes and jokes from early 20th century newspapers. It references Senator Depew and Mark Twain sharing a quip about frost and hands, a note on England's dog quarantine law, a joke about retirement notices tucked under Public Improvements, Macbeth’s dagger vignette, and tales of rejected manuscripts told with characteristic wit.
Bronson Howard Ill in South of France at Fifty-One
Noted American playwright Bronson Howard, now in his fifty-first year, lies gravely ill in the south of France with small hope for recovery. A Detroit-born newspaper man turned dramatist, he rose to fame with Saratoga in 1870 and later hits include Diamonds Hurricanes The Banker's Daughter Wives and Young Mrs Winthrop. His strength was in his plotting.
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Rhinelander
Aimee
Paul
Durance
Seri
Bronson Howard
France
Detroit
Saratoga
New York
Winthrop
The Prophet's Chamber and Rural Anecdotes
A mixed Four-Track News clipping advertises The Prophet's Chamber a May story for farmers wives in New York and New England with a mail subscription rate. It shares a farmer parlor quip, a rain prayer tale by a Scotch minister, and mentions ROMEO New York farmers plus a Denver address and a cosmetic dye product Putnam Fadeil dyes. a rehearsal line closes the fragment.
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New York
New England
United States
Geo. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Poultry Goods Ad
Catalog style snippets advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with 75 cent price and a misquoted proverb about the gander. An automotive train scene and a brash domestic encounter blur with a Poultry goods promotion from Juvelle Mfg Co Department D Parsons Kansas offering weekly earnings.
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Rig
Juvelle Mfg.Co
Dept
D. Parsons
Kan
Home Women Suffering Find Cure in Vogeler’s Compound
Home women endure daily burdens and pains from spinal weakness dizziness and faintness. Vogeler's Curative Compound claims to cure by acting on the stomach liver kidneys and vital organs removing impurities from the blood and restoring strength. A free sample bottle is offered by St Jacobs Oil Ltd Baltimore.
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Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
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