When Villon battles for love and France
In a moonlit garden Kathrine loves Willon who reveals himself as Francois Villon and faces royal ire. King Louis mocks the ruse as Villon vows to fight tonight for France and Kathrine, rallying his comrades to a fatal sortie.
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Wilson
Count
Montcorbier
France
Louis
Katherine
Willow
Willon
Francois Villon
Villon
Guy
Rene
Rene de Montigny
Guy Tabarie
Ace
Lau
Riviere
Nantoillet
The Rede of Five Riding Rogues in Paris
In dawn Paris the Burgundian war drums beat as King Louis’s forces clash with Burgundy allies. At the river gate two hangmen Trois Echelles and Petit-Jean finish a gallows by a royal dais while Francois Villon’s rogues plot and banter, memory and danger mingle as Abbess and mother watch.
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Paris
Francois Villon
France
Lau
Riviere
Nantoillet
Villon
Rene de Montigny
Tabarie
Jehan le Loup
Francois
Black Louis
Casin Cholet
Colin de Cayeulx
Guy Tabarie
Colin
Rene
Duke of Burgundy
Sarah
St. Nicholas
Louis
Sleeping Beauty
Asmoden
Tristan
Petit-Jean
Trois-Echelles
Petit Jean
Francois Villet
Golf and work clash in a butcher shop tale
The excerpt contrasts work and leisure as a young butcher aims to rise, noting golf as a distraction. It mocks idle workers and uses sharp slang to depict social types, including a compare to a county fair pie-eating contest and looming consequences.
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Gorgon Graham
Pierrpont
George Honace Lorimer
Chicago
Sinker
Robertine Seeks Rich Husband in Uncommon Romance
Robertine plans marriage to wealth over love while her mother pushes a match with Maj. Drummond. Dick Ethel, a poor writer, admires her but she schemes for social advancement, until she reluctantly weds Wilfred Wales, a moneyed suitor.
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Robertine
Wilfred Wales
Dick Ethel
Wales
Mr. Wales
Ark
Mother Lubbard
Richard Ethel
Ethel
Eace
Q. Robertine
Maj. Drummond
Richard
Mendelssohn
Bertine
Cickens
T Ferris
M Toom
Darken
Ferris
Mas.Drummond
Sounis
Mrs. Ferris
Wilfred
Foreigner Yow Attitude Sparks Ract Problem
Chicago Tribune notes a tense cultural clash as attitudes toward Foreigner Yow grow heated. The piece hints at a racial divide shaping discussions and public responses amid a volatile social climate.
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Chicago Tribune
The Power of Principle in Edward Everett
A portrait of Edward Everett as a man whose great character rests on living rock like principle. The description notes that principled character is not a solitary phenomenon but a continuous, progressive force, extending through Providence designed to have enduring agency.
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Edward Everett
Quartered oak meaning in old furniture tale
Dennis asks his father the meaning of quartered oak. The father scorns the schooling and explains in a rustic lecture that quartering a table reflects four quarters, a proverb he ties to the four parts of any blessed thing, as told in Youth's Companion.
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Dennis McKay
Mr. McKay
Dennis
Manny
Elivin
Sivinteen
Dionis
Sayin'de Right Time Is Key Says Uncle Eben
A quotation from Uncle Eben in the MVashington Star emphasizes that speaking the right thing at the right moment beats saying nothing at all. The line highlights timing as a mark of reliability and good communication.
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Eben
Mvashington Star
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Mother
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