The Prodigal Brother Returns to a London House
In a misty night quest, the narrator sneaks into a house seeking a missing hat and a key. He encounters a bedridden former laborer, his sister-in-law, and a tense family history linked to transportation and a past life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Thampeon
Jack
Hirty
Willy
Kitty
Deleep
Drother
Sitry
Old England
Jas
Mrs. Slodden
Raf
Statues of Bismarck Reach Vast Global Count
The piece surveys the large number of statues dedicated to Otto von Bismarck in the nineteenth century. It notes 204 monuments completed with 90 more planned, Saxony leading with 54 statues, and mentions a statue facing Indigenous peoples near the Bismarck Archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Germany
Issa
Kingdom of
Saxony
Ger Taane
Olien
South Seas
Bismarck Archipelago
Maxwell
House of Romanoff and the rise of autocratic power
A historical overview of the Russian imperial dynasty from Rurik to Nicholas II, tracing the shift from Grand Dukes to czars, Mongol domination, reforms under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, and the Nihilist era culminating in Nicholas II’s accession on November 1, 184? The piece emphasizes the autocratic authority and a predestined succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rurie
Russiian Empire
Czar
Hye
Goengis Kahn
Russia
Tyan the Great
Verur the Great
Teter the Great
Peterstry
Catherine
Ada
Dominlo
Europe
Alexander Lo
Great Britain
France
Italy
Turkey
Alexander
Romance of a Coat Inspires a City Letter
A New York dealer finds a coat containing a sealed marriage proposal letter. A woman reading it blushes and pays the messenger. The coat’s owner later reappears to confirm the wedding plan, rewarding the helper with a twenty dollar note and stressing kindness. The tale ends with a moral on goodwill and a poem excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Eclal
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Islington
Dalstan
Iedrn
Sigu
Jace
Bol
Jim
Ife
Hobart
Jac
Sue
Middlesex
Soma
van Dieman’s Land
Crippls
Aways
Bill Hawkins
Mirbank Penitentiary
House OF Romanoff
Hiawatha
Shakespeare
Ted
Lome
Mazwetl
Hontentazer Magazine
Nord
Tiomermaker
Apu
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher
Building
Chicago
Beatty
Ren Hoyn
Elkiah
Glen
True Blue CO
Cept
Boston
Mass
Waterman
Lexineton
N.Y
Star
Kampfe Brothers
Reade Street
Teace
Desire vAnwat
Hewes & Potter
Tod
Stiles
Creventra
Wing & Son
14Th Bt
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