Children at Play Beneath War’s Grim Morning Sky
A stark poem contrasts a hopeful dawn with a ruined landscape. It depicts children planning simple games beside a brook as dawn’s beauty yields to war’s devastation, leaving empty fields, blackened ruins, and lines of the dead along the land.
Brave Huguet in Bastile maze seeks Baradas letter
In Richelieu era peril, Huguet endures a six yard deep cell, rages at unseen foes, and clings to a hidden letter to Baradas that could unravel conspirators. Marion overhears a struggle as Huguet bleeds and a plan forms to seize the paper and thwart the plot.
Sage Craze for Gold and a Mysterious Financier
The piece surveys Russell Sage as a discreet financier whose recent deals remain secret. It notes rumors linking him to Rothschilds and gold market influence, but states he denies involvement and keeps all matters undisclosed. It mentions his fondness for gold ornaments and rare privacy about his monetary activities.
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Wall Street
Russell Sage
Sage
Rothschilds
Europe
Bach
Fifth Avenue
Big Money In Ambergris
Two Hobart fishermen known as Portuguese Joe and his mate found 174 pounds of ambergris after towage from a whale blubber. Ambergris valued at about 865 per ounce, with bids of 25 000 to 45 000 dollars floated. Ownership disputes arose and a bank held the lot under an injunction, but the case faded as the material was sold in London.
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Joseph
Louis
du Tremblay
Count Baradas
St. Antoine Church
Huguet
Beringhen
Bastile
Visi Huguet
Richelieu
M.du Tremblay
Cerberus
Satan
Boringhen
Hercules
Beringten
Marion
Baradas
Father Joseph
Eise
Vel
Ambergris
Sydney Bulletin
Macgregor
Tasmania
Hobart
Joe
Omega
London
Fragmentary historical note on ancient metals and deaths
A garbled excerpt mentions a thousand killed in a year across Great Britain and metalliferous persons, with gold silver and copper known to the Greeks in Homeric times. It also references Watoxen as a standard by which other items were measured.
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Great Britain
Homer
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Cardinal Richelieu
Lord Lytton
St. Antoine
Adrien Mauprat
Soissons
Gaston
Abel
Cain
France
Mauprat
Louvre
His Majesty S
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American Railway Union
United States
Canada
Mexico
Debrs
Howard
Kers
Chicago
Eugene V
Eugene V. Debs
George W. Howard
Sylvester Kelcher
W. H. Sebring
Memphis
Tenn
L W. Rogers