Empress and Francois Plot Amid Mexican Smallpox
In Maximilian's Mexico, Francois plans to use a tattered pass as Benito Juarez closes in. The emperor grants cautious leniency, suspends Senor Madrella, and a nurselike figure visits, while Francois hides in a room on Avenida Tusayan with barred windows.
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Lopez
la Anita
Benito Juarez
Madrella
Francois
Maximilian
France
Louis Napoleon
Napoleon
Escobedo
Matamoros
Mexico
Avenida Tusayan
Neville
St. Simon
Bartsch
Senor Madrella Y Gutierrez
Vigny
Monsieur le Comtee
Intrigue and danger at La Anita’s home in Cuernavaca
Francois, disguised as Pablo Madrella, infiltrates La Anita and Captain Lestrange at the Arrellanos residence. A knife duel with Agostino ends with a body thrown from a window as plans to aid Benito Juarez unfold, while Anita’s feelings complicate the ruse.
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Francois
la Anita
Legion
Lopez
Cupido
Lestrange
Senorita Arrellanos
Neville
Madrella
Bartsch
Agostino
G—d
Ranchman to Hang for Brutal Murder near Wyoming line
George Brownfield, accused of killing Theodore Thomas to possess his wife, was sentenced to be hanged at the Wyoming penitentiary in Rawlins on February 10. The murder occurred near the South Dakota Wyoming border after Brownfield lured Thomas from the sheep wagon early July 30. Mrs. Thomas fled and identified the killer, leading to Brownfield's capture. evidence from a wet saddle blanket and saddle blanket aided the case. Brownfield maintained innocence but accepted the verdict with calm defiance.
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Deadwood
George Brownfield
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Wyoming
Rawlins
South Dakota
Long
Belle Fourche
Brownfield
Duel and a Death Warrant in Maxmilian Era Tale
Captain de Vigny serves in Maximilian's army and travels to La Anita's home in Mexico to deliver a message. A duel with Pablo Madrella reveals a spy pass, making Madrella a traitor and setting his fate. La Anita denies luring officers and gains her freedom.
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Francois de Vigny
Maximilian
Mexico
la Anita
de Vigny
Colonel Lopez
Pablo Madrella
Anita
Madrella
Night Walk to Arrellanos House in Mexican Intrigue
Neville and I move under darkness toward the Arrellanos house as I reveal my role as Pablo Madrella y Gutierrez, a Juarist spy for Benito Juarez. We plan to enter through a window to deliver tidings from Cuernavaca and pursue our vow to win Mexico first.
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Benito Juarez
Cuernavaca
Maximilian
Louis Napoleon
Lopez
Madrella
Agostino
Neville
Anita
Pablo
Bartsch
Arrellanos
Chapultepec
Pablo Madrella Y Gutierrez
Mexico City
Mexico
la Anita
How Nature Appealed to Fashion Design
A Kansas City Times piece celebrates fashion color exploration with vivid, drifting hues. The writer describes walls of taupe to olive ecru fading into gold and bamboo notes, then sunlit brunettes and blondes reflected in tints like gamboge honeydew and nut shades.
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Kansas City Times
Colorful Javanese People and Island Life
The natives of western Java are described as intelligent and agreeable among millions on the island. Their ram ent adornments and batik sarongs add picturesqueness unseen among Tahitians. Along roadsides crowds gather as Su rt and the Dutch observe a day of rest in Java.
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Western
Java
True Wife a Servant And Queen in Her Husband’s House
Quote from Ruskin stating a true wife serves in the home and purifies his darkness, strengthens his weaknesses, and becomes the source of his praise and peace amid the world’s clamor and warfare.
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Ruskin
Unverified British legend of Thomas Atkins linked to Waterloo
The British War Office cannot find evidence for the tale that the original Thomas Atkins was a private who died of wounds while delivering a message to the Duke of Wells during the Waterloo campaign.
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British War Office
Thomas Atkins
Duke of Wells
Restaurants Expect to Lose Spoons Not Phones
Hastings Nebraska cafe owners faced theft of utensils and napkins as a traveling group allegedly hid a restaurant phone. Police traced the missing device to orchestra members. after payment of costs and damages the case was dismissed.
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Hastings, Neb
Tor
Clay Center
Sherif Hart
Woman Finds Mouse With Wedding Ring in France
In Cannes France Mme Jeanne Lasconjaras dropped her wedding ring a year ago and saw it roll into a flat hole. A trap later captured a full grown mouse wearing the missing ring around its neck. The ring likely slipped on when the rodent was young and could not be removed.
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Cannes
France
Mme
Jeanne Lasconjaras
Cow Adopts Fawn Near Marysville in Yuba County
William P. Sterkin's ranch in the mountains of Yuba County houses a cow that has adopted a fawn. Authorities believe the fawn's mother perished in a forest fire.
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Marysville
Calif
William P. Sterkin
Yuba County
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Botha Merri
Republic
Avenida Flores
Cousin
Anita Mia
Captain Lestrange
Senorita
Ash
Anita Mio
Juan Ortega
Rome
O Aly
Ores Road
Cuern
Senor
Mary Gutierrez
Manuel
Montezuma
Juarez
Pablo Mio
Widow
Chapter
Kiss
Lend
Kit Fox
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