The Yarde Buller Saga from Presidio to Paris Madhouse
Leilah Kirkham Yarde Buller, American heiress and San Francisco beauty, rose to London society after a San Francisco upbringing. Her stormy marriage to Walter Yarde Buller ended in divorce filings, scandal, and legal battles across two continents. Confined in a Paris madhouse, she repeats a plea to be “like myself” amid whispers of murder and a life lived for attention.
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Ceilah Kirkham
Union
Leilah Kirkham
Helle
Golden Gate
San Francisco
London
South Africa
Presidio
Lupton House
Yarde-Buller
Hhe
Queen's
Walter Yarde- Buller
Valentine Gadsden
Paris
Tle
Bhomerujer
Didias
Siister
Leilah Wickiam
Liberty
Eense
Ariel
Caliban
Leilah
Gen
Kirkham
Brile
Lake Merritt
Qalland
Boyle Blair
Gen. Kirkham
valide-Buller
Vidlentine Gadsden
Physielios
Mgr. Yarde- Uber
Valentine Gadsdein
Associated Press
America
Baron Tweedmouth
Gay
Ors Whs
Oakland
Lord Salisbury
Runaway Natchez Flee Death Pact Over Royal Burial
Ettendeal, who had allied with the Suns, fled to New Orleans near Mississippi in fear of执行 execution after his wife fell ill. He offered to serve Governor Bienville as hunter, seeking protection as Natchez peers claimed he could not be executed since the ritual had passed without his present participation. The tale highlights the brutal Natchez royal burial law and the peril faced by those linked to the royal line.
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New Orleans Picayune
Louisiana
Ettendeal
Ulis
Mississippi
New Orleans
Ele
M. de Bienville
Dillsboro
Ind
David Gray
Gray
Ohio County
Cours
Topeka State
Castinets
Overland Route through Echo Canon Captivates Travelers
Descriptive piece extols the Union Pacific Overland Route from the East to the West. It highlights Sherman Summit at 8247 feet, Echo Canon’s dramatic walls, Castle Rock, Pulpit Rock, and Weber Canon. The narrative praises comfortable modern travel, scenic variety, and urges taking the trip soon aboard Union Pacific cars.
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Sherman
Himalayas
Sullivan Range
Bolan Pass
Vanston
Castle Rock
Canon Head
Que
Johnson
Utah
W. U W. Eldeing
Wall of Water shields Chicago library with water curtain
Engineers back a water curtain system to protect buildings from blasts or fire. A seven inch steel main rings the structure and feeds basement pumps to create a continuous sheet of water from cornice to pavement. Additional smaller pipes above windows and doors ensure curtain restarts if wind damages the main flow.
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Chicago
Public Library
How to Pronounce Alger
The Richmond Times notes many pronunciations for Secretary of War Alger. The private secretary clarifies the correct form as "Ahljer" with Ah sound then ljer. He warns the first syllable is not like "awl" and urges standardizing the Camp Alger-derived pronunciation.
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Allger
Awejar
Alger
Camp Alger
Richmond Times
The Commune of Paris and the Central Committee
In the 1871 Paris siege a mysterious body calling itself the Central Committee began extensive organization under the guise of aiding the city against the Germans. It seized a large number of cannon and mitrailleuses as German forces occupied the capital.
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France
Humi Hation
Paris
Central Committee
Paris Commune Violence and Siege Across 1871
Mutiny hits the Paris National Guard as General Le Comte and Vinoy attempt to seize Montmartre guns. The Communal Council declares a new government, fires unarmed demonstrators, and a ten day exodus follows. Fires, executions, and mass killings ensue amid a French siege by armies from Versailles and German permission.
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Mont- Martre
Paris
National Guard
Vinoy
le Comte
Montmartre
Committee
Red Republicans
Te Comte
Clement Thomas
Versailles
France
Thirt
Emil Paur Aims For Fond Regard In New York Philharmonic
Emil Paur, successor to Anton Seidl as conductor of the New York Philharmonic, is praised as an able and popular musician. Arrived in 1893 from Germany to lead the Boston Symphony before guiding Berlin operas and concerts. His wife Marie Burger, a noted pianist, and their talented sons share a home filled with music.
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Emil Paur
Anton Seidl
New York Philharmonic Society
Paur
Germany
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Werr Paur
Berlin
Koenigsburg
Leipzig
Mannheim
Cassel
Mme. Paur
Marie Burger
Lehert
Rubimatein
Bruckner
Leschetsky
Essipoff
Herr Paur
New York
Lillian Whiting on Growth in Sympathy and Faith
Lillian Whiting asks how one grows in sympathy generosity and consideration and how to feed thoughts and noble aims. She urges discernment of opportunities for usefulness and keeping relations with divine energy by will love and prayer, claiming one must possess wisdom force and faith.
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Lillian Whiting
Balzac
Place for Your Daughters at St Marys Academy Tops Girls Schools
St Marys Academy at Notre Dame Indiana ranks first among educational institutions for girls. It attracts young women from America and Europe. The faculty issued a catalog with valuable data. Parents seeking a top school should request the catalog. The school is overseen by the Sisters of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame.
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St. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame
Ind
America
Europe
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Fulfilling His Destiny
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls Slickinger once seen as a promising young man who faded into a life insurance agent. The quote frames his decline from high hopes to an ordinary, smooth career in insurance.
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Gwilliams
Slickinger
Chicago Tribune
Seed catalog promotion for Salzer Co Wheat and grains
Advert describes growing wheat at 40 cents a bushel and claims Salzer's Red Grass yields 80 bushels per acre. It promotes winter wheat rye oats clovers and other seeds with a farm seed catalogue and 4 cents postage, from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
One Acre Feeds Four on Vegetable Diet
A one acre plot can sustain a family of four on a vegetable only diet. The report analyzes crop yields productivity and dietary sufficiency for a small household.
COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP PROMOTIONS AND MISC ADVERTS
An advertisement touts COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP for perfect complexion and clear skin with a note it is sold everywhere. It also mentions the Paris Opera House occupying nearly three acres and lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children and a claim about the Prince of Peace.
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Opera
Paris
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Hoho City
Brigham Young
Salt Lake Valley
Weber Canon
Wilhelmina Pass
Weber River
Missouri River
Pacific Ocean
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