Escape by Fire Rope: Courage Beneath Inferno
In a hotel fire tale Charlie and Arline descend perilously using a makeshift rope of torn sheets. Arline shields under beauty and grit as flames surge through corridors. They reach a window ledge, and a rescue by allies offers a slim chance to reach safety before the fire seals their fate.
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Arline
Heaven
Paradise
Moses
Promised Land
Charlie
Stuart
Arnie
Charle
Genra
Rubicon
Eho
Jooka
Windsor Hotel
New York
Charile
Chariie
Aleck
Brand
St. Patrick's
Chirlly
Arlina
England
Gay Dancer Of Vienna Mistress Of The Czar
The World reports on Mathilda Kechesinska, a Polish ballerina famed as Czarist favorite. After long relations with the Czar, she negotiates a future role in Vienna and a life of luxury, with immense diamonds, a palace-like hotel suite, and state theater status.
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Vienna
Impérial Opera
Mathilda Kechesingka
Messrs. Obnchow
Legat
Bekesy
Imperial Hessian Marie Theater
St. Petersburg
Mieg Kschesinska
Hersn
Publc
Alix of
Hesay
Crear
Mathilda Kechesinska
Cunr
Crarine
Crarina
Polleh
Mathilda
St Petersburg
Vienna Opera
Ascolata
Mre Sironi
Vienna Ballet
Imperial Hotel
Kachesinalon
Concordia
The Blessed Letter in Garden Writing
A London Chronicle note muses on how many good and evil words start with the letter w and contrasts with the harsh terms tied to the letter c. The piece playfully lists foods and items under b and boko imagery, illustrating letter associations in everyday speech.
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London Chronicle
Portugal King joins bull fighting in bold arena act
A historic note recalls Portugal’s king and court indulging in bull fighting with unguarded horns. As duke of Braganza, he faced a bull in the Spanish style incognito, slipped but sprang up to leap the barricade, narrowly avoiding the enraged bull as splintered wood flew.
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Portugal
Bragansa
Banderillo
Animel
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New Yea
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Imperial
Bors
New York World
Bonn University
Germany
Pitty
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