The Fog and a Leap to Leigh in a London River Chase
A desperate escape unfolds on the Thames as Mistress Bertram and her sister flee Bishop Bonner's inquiry. The narrator, guiding a frail rescue, seizes a boat, fights off pursuers, and battles a dangerous adversary aboard, ending in a flaming strike and his own collapse as the scene closes with a cliffhanger.
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Aarmanship
Leigh
Bertram
Sirrah
Voiece
Usband
Carey
Fascal
Mistress Bertram
Lion Wharf
Mistress Anne
London
Avon
Bedford
Stratford
London Bridge
Bonner
Greenwich Palace
Mie
Clarence
Will
Mardi Gras in New Orleans as ultimate yearly pageant
The article extols New Orleans Mardi Gras as a unique spectacle from Twelfth Night balls to Rex parades. It details royal court rituals, invitation-only balls such as Falstaffians and Comus, lavish costumes, gilt favors, and the wealth required for queens and kings. It also highlights Momus and Proteus parades and the communal, festive spirit among locals despite grandeur.
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Rex
Cresar
New
Orelans
New Orleans
Nereus
Mithras
Oberon
Momus
Proteus
Comus
la Sid
Mardi Gras
Edwin Arnold
Asia
Far East
Canal Street
Anderson
Vanishing Heads to Be Restored
At the White House President Roosevelt met with William Hornaday to discuss saving the American bison. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoo and president of the American Bison Society, seeks federal protection to fence a range on the Flathead Reservation and release a thriving herd to restore numbers.
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Washington
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
William Tr. Hornaday
William T. Hornaday
Bronx Zoological Park
New York City
American Ison Association
Mr. Hornaday
Patvo
Montana
Canada
Pablo
American Bison Society
Flathead Reservation
Congress
Senator Dixon
Flathead
Oklahoma
Wichita Preserve
Saskatchewan
Plains
Mississippi as a Seaboard Artery in a National Waterways Plan
Herbert Quick argues in March Putnam's and The Reader that a single, vast Mississippi-centered waterway could serve as the continent's dominant inland artery. He estimates a 30-foot channel gulf to lakes at 345 million dollars, with half as the price overrun, and envisions the seaboard reaching Chicago, St. Louis or Memphis, transforming freight and regional markets.
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Mississippi
Herbert Quick
Putnam's
Mississippi River
Gulf To the Lakes
Quebec
New Orleans
Gulf
New York
Gals Yeston
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
The Barber Brother Mystery Tales Of The Great Eastern
The fragment hints at a light comic exchange about baldness and secrecy then shifts to a note on the Great Eastern steamship later serving as a cable repair vessel after a rocky maiden voyage. No clear event or date is given.
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Francis Cludde
Queen Mary
Chaptisr VL
Inderella
American Bison Association
Uncle Sam
St. Joseph
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