Lovers at court duel as intrigue shadows Paris
In a moonlit rose garden in Paris, Willon and Katherine vow love as Noel schemes with Huguette to trap the king. A masked pilgrim hints at a plot with astrologer Thibaut d’Aussigny to shift power toward Noel while Villon uncovers secrets among courtiers and spies.
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Noel
Katherine
Willon
Villon
Pilate
Huguette
Francois
Willow
Rene de Montigny
Messire Noel
Paris
Thibaut
Louis
Burgundy
France
Side Lights on History No mule aboard Noah ark humor
The Chicago Tribune vignette imagines Noah smoking and awaiting rain as a neighbor jokes about animals. The exchange leads to increasing clouds the next day. A playful verse segment follows about old time manners and a mock marital scene.
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Chicago Tribune
Noah
A First Impression of the Hollingsworth Visit
Delight Warren helps with a heavy mattress at Miss Chickering’s prim guest house where the Hollingsworths, an old family, are to stay a week. Miss Chickering frets over room readiness while Delight muses on the unlikely arrival of Mr Hollingsworth and the house’s antiquated atmosphere.
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Miss Chickering
Delight
Hollingsworths
Miss — Chickering
Chickering
Hollingsworth
Europe
New York
First impressions linger in Delight and Hollingsworth romance
Delight, a maid, meets Hollingsworth in a house where he prolongs his stay. He declares he will marry the woman who can win his heart in plain working dress, seeing Delight as that person despite initial doubts. The couple face social expectations and growing attention from other bachelors.
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Christopher
Miss Warren
Delight
47D
Hollingsworth
A Lake Steamer Romance by Angela Morgan
Esther, seasick on a Lake Michigan steamer, accepts a stranger’s kindness and ends up forming a bond with author John Hart. The meeting deepens from casual conversation to a lasting friendship as a coat, notes, and shared interests spark a connection that grows into affection.
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Esther
Chicago
John Art
Simere
John Hart
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Walt
Brightwood Park
Hart
John Hartee
Cannibal Encounters Amid Amazon Gold Hunt Tale Surfaces
San Francisco special reports Hendrickson, a gold prospector, recounts his Amazon trek with two companions. They faced disease, famine, and repeated flight from hostile bushmen and cannibal natives while finding gold and surviving on game. Fisher died in Paramaribo, Dover perished from fever, and Hendrickson reached Panama aboard an English steamer.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hendrickson
British Guiana
Los Angeles
Brazil
W. J. Dover
William Fisher
Panama
Isthmus
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Guiana
Amazon
Dover
Doyer
Wilds
Maroni River
Fisher
Colon
San Jose
Maladie du Coit Threat to Nebraska and Dakota Horses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces an infectious venereal disease in horses across Dawes Boxbutte Sheridan Cherry counties in Nebraska and Pine Ridge Rosebud reservations plus Custer Fall River in South Dakota. No horses may be shipped or moved from these areas without inspection and a certificate. Inspectors will report violations to enforce the law.
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Nebraska
Dakotas
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Wm. ‘Thompson
United States
Sioux City
South Dakota
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Dawes
Boxbutte
Sheridan
Cherry
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Custer
Fall River
District of Columbia
Bureau of Animal Industry
First Financiers Debate Russian Farm Lands Deal
The exchange implies concern over a high stake land deal involving Russian agriculture. It notes that farmers own 35,000,000 acres out of 267,000,000 acres, highlighting the scale of ownership and potential legal risk.
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Russia
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Earth
Pan
Noel le Julys
Wilson
Syoel
Ellow
Scaramouch
Nobel
Royal Garden
Palmer
Pilgrim
Ag Linnet
Looking Glass
Tristan
Olivier
Messire Noel le Jolys
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hearat
Angela Morgan
W. R. Hearst
British Museum
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