Virginia Court Tournament Sparks Engagement At Damory Court
A vivid Victorian era drama unfolds as John Valiant wins the yearly Damory court jousting tournament and woos Shirley Dandridge amid family feuds. Amid duels, mistaken loyalties, and a letter of love, Valiant learns of his father’s past and faces a dramatic choice about fortune and love.
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John Valiant
Valiant Canion
Virginia
Shirley Dand
Shirley
Valiant
Virnia
Docr Southall
Major Bristow
Mrs. Dandridge
Damory Court
Shirley Dandridge
Katherine Fargo
Silence Shatters as Dream Fades at Damory Court
A man confronts haunting memories of past sins and a fateful payoff as Shirley's note and a grave loom large. He wanders the Red Road in cold, tormented by love, guilt, and a dawning sense of irrevocable consequence before returning to a desolate library and a midnight vision.
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Daphne
John
Jefferson
Jeff
Valiant
Shirley
Rosewood
Virginia
St. Andrew's
Knight of the
Crimson Rose
Kat
Damory Court
Coming of Greef King on Sunday Afternoon
Rickey Snyder gathers a dozen children from nearby houses under the hemlocks for a mixed group with a few Black youths. Parents voice conventional prohibitions, but Rickey asserts leadership as Cozy and others comment on future plans and marriage.
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Greef King
Rickey Snyder
Rickey
Cozy Cabell
Mr. Valiant
Cozy
Byloe Twins
Cory
Question Right to Sword Debate Over Historic Gift
Edward C Dale has donated the gold sword once given by Louis XVI to John Paul Jones to the University of Pennsylvania. Historian Charles Henry Hart disputes the chain of custody from Jones to Dale and argues the sword should be with Admiral Dewey. The Philadelphia Press reports the long contested lineage.
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Louis XVI
John Paul Jones
University of Pennsylvania
Edward C. Dale
Richard C. Dale
Society of Cincinnati
Dale
Charles Henry Hart
Admiral Dewey
Commodore Jones
Commodore Dale
Richard
Hart
John Jones
Eet
Jane Taylor
Dumfries
Scotland
Jon
Paris
Robert Morris
Bird Man Arrives with Homebuilt Plane at St Petersburg
A Russian aviator in St Petersburg flew a self built aircraft for hours carrying ten passengers and ballast. The event marks the aeroplane as a viable modern transport and a new military arm alongside prior French use in Morocco.
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1St. Petersburg
Morocco
G N OFFICERS ARE RE APPOINTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE
Houston Texas officials and heads of departments of the International and Great Northern railroad are to stay in their positions. Thornwell Fay and A G Whittington announced Friday that no changes to the current list are planned.
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A. G. Whittington
Thornwell Fay
Houston
Tex
International and Great Northern Railroad
James A. Baker
Cecil A. Lyon
Mr. Fay
Messrs. Whitting and Fay
Falling Walls Kill Two Men
Two men die and more than a dozen are injured in a Houston blast early Sunday morning when a fire in a nearby clothes cleaning shop caused cans of cleaning substance to explode. Mike Genova's restaurant patrons were trapped under collapsing walls as the incident occurred between 2 and 4 o'clock on Main Street.
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Houston
Tex
Main Street
Mike Genova
Vacancy in Seventieth District Sparks Special Election
Governor Colquitt was advised of a vacancy in the Seventieth representative district formerly held by G. A. Heilig of Las Grange Fayette County. A special election will be called to fill the vacancy with date not yet set. This leaves fourteen vacancies in the Texas House.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
G. A. Heilig
Las Grange
Fayette County
Stocking Reveals $2400 in Poisoning Case
San Antonio detective affidavit charges Sallie Wheeler with the death by poisoning of Eugene Savoy, a Florida man. Savoy’s body was found in a rooming house Friday and a stocking containing $2400 in greenbacks was found. Savoy was said to own an orange grove in Florida.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sallie Wheeler
Eugene Savoy
Florida
Savoy
New Railway Plan Surveyed for Rosenberg Texas
A Gulf, Freeport and Northern railway survey explores a Freeport to Rosenberg route with a connection to a trunk line, aiming to establish a new rail link in the Rosenberg area.
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Rosenberg, Tex
Rosenberg
Engineering Department of the Gulf
Brazos Bottom Planter T. B. Goodson Dies in Bryan
T. B. Goodson, a Parker plantation manager and noted Brazos bottom farmer, died in Bryan on Monday and was buried at the Goodson private burying ground on the old Goodson homestead in the bottom region.
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Brazos Bottom
Bryan, Tex
T. B. Goodson
Parker Plantations
Bryan Monday
Goodson
First Bale of Shelby County Cotton Brought to Center
Center Texas saw the state’s first Shelby County cotton bale arrive Saturday hauled by H Q Lane who lives four miles north of Center The top bid reached 8 cents per pound but Lane refused to sell The bale earned a premium of about $36 for the grower.
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Center
Tex
Shelby County
H. Q. Lane
Lane
Uvalde Stockman Killed in Street Shooting
Uvalde Texas prom inent stockman L S Friday was shot and killed on the streets of Uvalde Friday by W P Webb.
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Uvalde, Tex
L. S. Friday
Uvalde Frisday
W. P. Webb
Fire destroys Rock Alliance building in Belton Texas
Fire swept through the Rock Alliance building in Belton Texas on Thursday night causing $10,000 in damage to the structure and its contents. Fire crews battled the blaze but could not save the building. The loss was estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Rosebud
Meredith
Rickey
Mary
Lhe
Richmond
Susy
Alabama
Belton
Tex
Rock Alliance
Wolves More Numerous in Hempstead County
Hempstead Texas reports wolves are more numerous than in years past with five killed last week in a stockman’s pasture.
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Hempstead
Tex
Brick Depots at Lufkin Under Construction
Workmen finish two brick depots at Lufkin Texas and a brick and stone roundhouse for the Houston Hast and West Texas line. The project includes a commedious brick and stone roundhouse adjacent to the depots.
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Lufkin
Tex
Houston
West Texas
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