Yates and Renmark Reach Bartlett House on Ridge Road
A New York traveler Yates and Professor Renmark encounter farmer Bartlett and his refined daughter Miss Bartlett on the Ridge Road. After a tense road incident over rights of passage, they accept Bartlett’s hospitality at his home where Mrs. Bartlett governs a civil but watchful dinner, while 1812 echoes loom in the banter.
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Yates
Bartlett
Continent
States
New York
America
Margaret
Mello
Henry
1812
Queenston Heights
Renmark
Chuckle-Head
Bartlet
Genuy
United States
England
Napoleon
Svisor
Stilly
Heavens
Toronto University
Canada
Jove
Sully
Hiram
Mrs. Bartlett
Bart
Old 1812
Toronto
Fair City
Fort Erie
Hiram Bartlett
Miss Bartlett
Silence and questionive talk on the Revolution memory
Bartlett remains quiet then questions the Revolution. He recalls a professor’s remark about the 1776 war of independence and asks if the Yanks fought against them and if Thelonies fought with Ragland. The dialogue hints at unfamiliar history and regional memory.
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Bartlett
Paris Tragic Love Triangle Ends in Stabbing
In a Paris quarter a young man killed his father's mistress and wounded the father during a morning assault. The son, angered by a long affair, planned entry with a friend, stabbing the sleeping woman as neighbors arrived. The father suffered minor injuries, the mistress is gravely injured with little hope of recovery.
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Paris
The Fuzzie Wuzzies and the Congo Campaigns
An English newspaper recounts Belgian Congo Company actions against Arab slavers in the Upper Congo. The letter from Nyangue describes sieges and battles near Lualaba, with 400 Europeans resisting thousands of Arabs, the capture of Nyangue, and a brutal frontline firefight including a duel with a twelve bore and a hand severing. Officers reflect on courage, timing, and warnings about firing at enemies.
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Belgian Congo Company
Upper Congo
Manyuema
Lualaba
Congo
Lake Tanganyika
Nyangue
Emin Pasha
Kassongo
Lusambo
Man with six dynamite cartridges enters Paris hospital
Prosper Millet, a 54 year old quarryman, caused a scare at Pitie Hospital by entering with six dynamite cartridges and ten detonators. The gate porter detained him, a police inquiry followed, and the dynamite was deposited in a municipal laboratory. Millet claimed he planned to use it to blast rocks for his employer.
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Prosper Millet
Pitie Hospital
Paris
Republican Guard
Prosper
Miller
Regiment Adjutant Faces Drama Before Dawn
A tense army scene unfolds as officers confront a failing mission. A major’s disgrace and the colonel’s ire push the regiment toward drastic measures. Ramard drafts a public rebuke, then risks dismissal by exposing his own cowardice in a tense night council.
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Blaze
Col Ci
Tien
Eugene
Ramard
I. E. Ramard
Evcexe Ramsay
France
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Ragland
Emin
de Woturs
Puck
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