Night Venture Across Paris River to Rescue Pavannes
In a moonlit Paris rivulet scene, M. de Caylus accepts a risky mission to fetch M. de Pavannes before dawn. Guided by Mme d O, he dons a royal badge ring and crosses riverfront danger, facing armed guards who seize on him as a crowd closes in. He brandishes bold threats, claiming king’s service and exposing Andrea Pallavicini, risking a lethal clash.
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M. de Caylus
St. Germain
Pavannes
Anne de Caylus
France
Croisette
Mme. D’o
Paris
Quercy
Navarre
Trance
Prince of Conde
Coligny
Hugennots
Henri le Balafre
Guise
Lorraine
Louvre
Jie de la Cite
Pont Neuf
Pierre
Monsieur
Duke of Anjou
Henry the Third
Duke of Guise
Andrea Pallavincini
Andrea Pallavicini
No Place Bok Men in Love
A New York Tribune piece recounts an Army Corporal at an uptown recruiting station who longs to marry Lulu despite his captain's opposition. He fears losing stripes or service chances, while the captain dismisses marriage as a failing and urges the corporal to stay in uniform. The corporal laments army restraints and laments there is only one army in the country.
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Pavannes
Vidame
M. de Pavannes
Hotel de Baill
New York Tribune
Lulu
Penita
Manuel Mallarina
Spain
Pepitea
Sierra Morena
Pepita
Espada
Toreador
Carmen
Tavera
Madrid
Pepita Mallarina the Cruelest Woman in Europe Dies
A sprawling profile traces Pepita Mallarina from a brutal childhood in Sierra Morena to her rise as Europe’s most feared bullfighter and notorious social figure. The piece recounts her affairs with Max Lebaudy, exploits across Spain and Mexico, and finally her death after a lover’s blow, ending with Parisian scandal and international notoriety.
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Pepita Mallarina
Paris
Max Lebaudy
Europe
Pepita
Lebaudy
Sugar Bowl
Maisons-Lafitte
Cleopatra
Lamiboisiere
Cruelest Woman That Ever Lived and Scandals Abroad
The article recounts Pepita Mallarina and her notorious career. It details mob scenes outside her house after a murder linked to the Marquis de Ramarque, her escape via a stage carriage, and a public arena built for performances. Frascuelo Galdes, her ally, fled to Guiana after a twelve-year sentence, and a fatal wound Pepita suffered shortly before her death is noted.
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Marquis de Ramarque
la Mallarina
Max Lepaudy
Pepita
le Petit Sucher
Maitsons-Lafitts
Tovera
Frascuelo Galdes
Mme. Severine
Lebaudy
Pepita Mallarina
Galdes
Spain
Guiana
Casks Set Adrift to Probe Arctic Currents
New York Herald reports Rear Admiral George W. Melville directs specially built casks to be released on the Bear to test a cross pole current. The parabolic casks carry messages and are placed on the ice to drift from Behring Strait toward the Arctic Ocean, aiming to show whether drift transports across the pole occur.
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New York Herald
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
George W. Melville
Navy
Melville
Bering Strait
Pele
Revenue Cutter Bear
United States
Shoemaker
Revenue Cutter Service
Froeberg
Behringstrai
Somal
Behring Straits
Arctic Zone
North American
England favors short masts for new battleships
London Mail reports a Royal Navy redesign driving shorter masts by as much as sixty feet and lighter structures. The move aims to save weight for armor and guns while retaining signaling and combat effectiveness. Six Drake class cruisers are approved, while Diadem and Powerful class are viewed as underpowered.
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England
London Mail
Admiralty
Cressy
Brother Dickey's Philosophy from the Atlantic Constitution
The narrator muses on hell and heaven with rural cadence, declaring heaven’s front row better than harps. He imagines many bridges with no tolls and rejects borrowing trouble, promising to watch star performers from a gallery seat.
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Dickey
Atlantic Constitution
Hell
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Rezers
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Marie
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Tannard
Toreader
Leon Daudet
le Gaulois
Gerona
Venice
Barcelona
Mexico
Lawkless Lfe
Giverny
Lieutenant de Ramarque
Grand Opera
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