Duel and death in Paris dinner party tale of Count de Vautrin
An 1880s Paris anecdote recounts a thirteen guest dinner that ends in a duel. After chaos from Delavigne and a count, a Major is killed in a fencing duel on a billiard table set in a saloon. The Count excuses himself, aids a quick escape, and the night ends with reflections on fate and memory.
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Dutveity
Paria
Amy Eatecs
Dinpur
Victor
Lemoyne
Victor Lemoyne
Count de Vautrin
Marios Delavigne
Maurice
Efredh
Delavigné
Sherpann ‘Dasn
Walla
Paris
Adolphe
Delavigne
Banleau
Fred
Maurice Dolivigue
Boniface
Colosigno
Eplement
Destiny
Madame Bouleau
Byon
Maanrice
Touce
Toison
Laroque
Such
Saan
Monsieur Delavigne
Manrico
Franch
Sone
Devivigne
Count de Vantrin
Manrice
Monsieur
de Vantrin
Atadgar
Count du Vautrin
Ivi
Couwnt de Vautrin
Esabietment
Messieurs
Jules
Laroqne
Thyeenter
Fales Lareque
Laroqua
Beauty
Count de Vattrin
Hercules
Laraque
DeVintrin
de Vautrin
Mal
The Devil's Fruit Potatoes In Scotland And Raleigh Claim
The piece recounts potatoes being introduced to Moscow by Mr Rowland about eighty to ninety years ago, amid myths of devil’s fruit, and a legend tying the potato to Sir Michael Scott. It credits Sir Walter Raleigh with introducing potatoes to the country, noting initial misuses of the fruit. It also reports the death of Miss Maria Baldwin after hydrophobia from a mad dog bite, detailing the dog’s other aggressive animals and her illness.
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Louisiane
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Maria Baldwin
Went Granville
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Juln Kent
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Maas
Replies to Correspondents and Dense Advice Bits
A collage of quoted questions and quips from the New Times offering blunt counsel and curial humor. Topics include handling smoking opium dens, deacon’s missteps in donations, and a county subscriber seeking guidance on raising his boys with sharp, worldly sarcasm.
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Tryelye
Zreatyast
Evictions and hardship in 19th century Ireland
Eyewitness fragment recalls 1840s to 1850s Cork evictions, a Ballinaholy garrison, and brutal scenes of families torn apart. It notes a swarm of evictions, endurement under frost and sleet, a dying inmate, and the long misery inflicted on thousands, with a later field on water safety and a farmer boasting horsemanship as weather worsens.
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Hansess
Povisa
Journal of Applied Champetrye
Caesar
Borg Tyn
Shire
A dramatic rescue from a city sewer entrance
A crowd helps free a boy trapped in a sewer in a tense city scene. Mayor Bryant and Auditor Maynard join diggers, while Gen. McCumber and Frank Pixley lend aid. The boy, named Johnny, is rescued in twenty two minutes amid cheers as bystanders watch a near disaster unfold.
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Francisco Nova
Pine and Kearmey Atreeta
Gen.McCumb
Maynard
Col Bates
Frank Pixley
Johnny
Stewart
Oe Pala
Jasper McDonald
Burton Hill
Bryant
Sandy Austin
Sambell
Trump
Mr. Scott
Wella Fargo
Kail
Bloodhound in Buckinghamshire Houseyard Scene
An officer of high rank keeps a large bloodhound in his yard. The dog slips into the bedroom where a visitor sits at breakfast, pins him with a fixed, ferocious gaze for over half an hour. The incident, likened to lion tales, illustrates self defense through intense, unblinking observation.
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Blues
Col
Buckinghamshire
Teft
Mitchell romance ends in wedding after crime charge
George Mitchell went on a frolic in Antioch California the evening before his wedding. In the morning his companion was found mauled. Mitchell was charged but acquitted. The bride sat at his side in court and the couple married immediately after.
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George Mitchell
Antioch
Cal
Mitchell
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