Pace Thag Kills and Palace Schemes in a Century Drama
A fragmented 19th century style piece recounts the Pullman family tale of George Pullman Jr and twin Sanger, disinheritance by George M Pullman, elopements and quick marriages in Chicago New York and California, with royal romance and European nobility interwoven in a scabrous social chronicle. The narrative also touches on a Habsburg princess and Alfred, a noble linked to a European empire.
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George Pullman
California
George M. Pullman
Sanger
Pullman, Sr
Amnesed & Colossal
Eny
Mina Lynne Pernald
J. W. Fernald
Chicago
Sanger Pullman
George Pullmin, Jr
Felicite Ogleaby
Illinois
Pullman
George
Miss Fernald
Elburn
M. J
New York
Florence
Harriet
Frank O. Lowden
Jim Sanger
Europe
Haut
Blanche Bowers
Mr. Pullman
Bragelle
Arlington Hotel
Carson City
Nev
Sleep machine claims promise reliable awakening
A touted device known as a sleep producer uses two revolving ebony panels studded with mirrors to trigger sleep by concentrating light reflected into the eyes. The article also notes various other sleep-inducing contrivances, including the vibrating coronet and the broader context of domestic romance and legal woes surrounding the Pullman family.
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Galffe
Paris
Bertillon
Royal Lore Match Ties Otto to Austrian Princess
Prince Otto Windisch Graetz, 15, is reported as the fiancé of Princess Elizabeth of Austria. Gossip from Vienna claims the match is a pure love union with no political motive, a detail stirring interest in royal circles.
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Otto Windisch-Graetz
Elizabeth of
Austria
Vienna
Prin
Alpine Cable Peril Strikes Tourists on Tribulaun Peak
A July 20 incident on the Tribulaun in the Fubaler Alps shows wire cables used for protection can be dangerous. Lightning during a thunderstorm electrocuted and knocked several tourists hundreds of metres down, stunning one climber as sparks flew when a picks touched the cable.
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Alps
Fubaler Alpa
Cnmmitt
Ap Lee Pick
Bear In Kitchen Charm Tortured California Field Tale
A wild bear invades a California homestead as Willan Hamilton’s wife flees for help. Neighbors arrive to find the bear in the house, chase ensues, and the creature escapes via chimney. The Philadelphia Times recounts the dramatic bear episode and a separate valor vignette of a grenadier at Latour d’Auvergne.
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Willan Hamilton
California
Jack
David
Hamilton Farm
Dome
Hamilton
Hamiltona
Thelre
Latour dAuvergne Guards Mill Defenders Against Austrians
French Grenadier Latour d Auvergne, famed for his 1796 stand, defended a guarded mill against an Austrian force of thirty with thirty muskets. He held the post until exhaustion and a truce was offered as a grenadier appeared at the window signaling surrender.
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Priso
Latour d'Auvergne
France
Anetrian
Napolian
Latour
Fred Myron Colby
Philadelphia Times
Latour d
Thompson’s Island toads bring natural pest control to school gardens
George G. Noren reports Thompson’s Island farm school students receive fifty toads from Concord reformatories and later seventy more from Topfield, with toads released into boys’ gardens and flower beds to curb pests. The event aims to foster practical science learning and sustainable insect control.
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Thompsons Island
Bradley
Mr. Hart
Concord Reformatory
Hart
Mr. Bradley
Heatel
Lewn
Fancher
Topafield
Mask
George G. Noren
Thompson
Ieland Beacon
Botton Harbor
Mystery Parrot Triggers Night Search In Madison Square Park
On a summer night in Madison Square Park New York two policemen pursued a mysterious cry of Help Murder until a parrot perched in a maple tree revealed the joke. The bird, escaped from its cage, had mimicked danger to prompt a patrol and panicked the watch.
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Madison Square Park
New York
Adrill Voler
Littl
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