House of the Wolfssssss: Night in Paris Intrigue
In a perilous escape from Caylus, the trio hides in a Paris residence as Mirepoix, the coadjutor, and Bezers clash over a rescue plot. Pavannes’ wife Diane is aided by the abbess and a priest while Bezers exposes hidden plots and danger lingers in the shadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirepoix
Paris
M. le
Mme. de Pavannes
Pavannes
Parte
Croisette
Bezers
Duke of Anjou
M. de Guise
Admiral
Bazers
Steinly
Vidame
Madame
Beters
Caylus
Diane
Mme
Mme. de Paryannes
Mme, D’o
The
Ursulines
le Vidame
Little One
Bevers
Loss on New York streetcars estimated at eight million
A New York Sun report cites a Metropolitan street railway conductor who says coins dropped on streetcars amount to about 15,000 to 20,000 dollars annually, with conductors often finding loose change from winter gloves and floors. He recalls a year with 6.07 dollars saved and notes numerous small finds across thousands of conductors citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Sun
Metropolitan Street Railway
Adah Menken remembered with Robert Newell death
The obituary recalls Adah Isaacs Menken and her meteoric career from stage to salons, noting her marriages including to Robert Henry Newell, her Paris triumphs, world-spanning fame, and artful verse. It highlights her moods, wealth, London and Paris stardom, and enduring public fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah Isaac Menken
Orpheus C. Kerr
Chicago ‘Tribune
Adah Isaacs Menken
Robert Henry Newell
Numorist
Newell
Boon
Menken
London
Luris
America
Paris
Alexander Isaacs Menken
Texas
Fazio
Varieties Theater
New Orleans
Wodwin Booth
James Murdoch
James Hackett
John C. Heenan
Old Bowery
New York
Heenan
Tom Sayers
Mr. Newell
California
Mazeppa
England
James Barclay
Romance of Pekin siege leads to engagement for Conger kin
Miss Laura Conger, long muse to relief officer Lieutenant Fred E. Buchan, announces engagement after the Pekin siege. Buchan, a Kansas man from Troop K, Third Cavalry, earned hero status during the relief effort and now prepares for marriage. Laura Conger, 29, once endured famine and danger in China, later divorced from George Landrum, a Spanish-American War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatelet Theater
Paris
Peking
United States
Conger
Ave
Mary Condit- Smith
Leonard Wood
Laura Conger
Legation
Fred E. Buchan
Third Cavalry
China
Buchan
Miss Conger
Crugiv
Laura
Wsate
Luwie
W. J. Buchan
Kansas City
Frederick Buchan
Kansas
Funston
Congers
Arizona
San Francisco
George Landrum
Severa
Brazil
Des Moines
Women and Exercise Through Generations Past and Present
In this excerpt Susan, countess of Malmsbury argues modern women are not unique in exercising or enduring labor. She notes Mary Queen of Scots rode daily and that past households relied on servants, while today doctors and chemists replace home remedies. The piece contrasts mobility, work, and dignity across eras, reflecting on female roles and resilience.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Susan
Countess of
Malmsbury
Mary Queen of Scots
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House of the
Marie
Kit
Tut Croisette
Tezers
Tit
Mme. de Payannes
Wey
Mme. de Pavan
Louis
Rezers
Mirepeix
MONEX
Adelaide McCord
Milneburg
James McCord
Adelaide
Josephine
Fis
Horner
Havana
Plaza
Mexico
Texas Rangers
Miss McCord
Rangers
Lauberack
Tam
Milton
Love
Lieutenant Buchan
Harper's Bazar
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