Death of Enghien, a night at Vincennes and execution
A detailed narrative of the 1804 Louis Antoine de Bourbon execution at Vincennes. The crowd, guards, and court assemble as Savary, Hulin, and Murat weigh the charges. The prisoner denies plots against France, seeks clemency, and is executed by a midnight sword stroke after a tearful farewell.
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Castle
Vincennes
Hulin
Savary
Duke
Harel
Arena
Bonaparte
Réal
Murat
England
Germany
France
Dumouriez
Pichegru
Revolutionary Tribunal
Hulln
Charlotte
Twins at Public School Reveal Surprising Identity
A small girl and her little brother register at a public school as Ralph and Edith Johnson. The teacher assumes siblings, but the girl reveals they are twins, highlighting the playful confusion of family relationships for children.
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Ralph
Edith Johnson
Baby Brother Named Georgy Sparks Family Quip
A humorous exchange in Harper's Young People asks if a baby brother has a name. Adams replies the infant is Georgy after Uncle George, while wishing for Adamth after himself, yielding light family banter about names.
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Adams
Georgy
George
Adamth
Harper’s
The Value of Initials and Social Conventions
The piece examines how initials and abbreviations reveal social cues and class signals in language. It discusses professional titles like M P and Q C and casual shifts such as Mr J and old J, noting both polite usage and derisive or familiar tones. It ends noting symbols as decorative awards in modern society.
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Heaven
Hell
Lord Byron
Catherine Fanshawe
Spectator
Hawthorne
Charles Lamb
Mr. H
Hogsfield
Bart
Mr. J
Praise of the Mouth
A quirky excerpt extols the mouth as a poetically praised centerpiece of society and daily life. It likens the mouth to peaches, praises its roles in politics, music, dentistry, and lips Rosa Lind wishes for many to kiss. The piece blends humor with cultural iconography in a playful tone.
Tramp-riding Woman and Child Found Aboard Freight Train
A young woman named Mrs. Peterson and her baby rode a brake beam on an outbound Burlington freight near Huntly Montana. Her husband the barber deserted them months ago at Billings, leaving her with a mother and younger brother to support. She had spent her last money to move relatives to Sheridan Wyoming where friends await. They rode nearly all night until trainmen rescued them and gave shelter in the caboose for the rest of the trip.
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Burlington
Huntly
Mont
Peterson
Billings
Sheridan, Wy
Fragmented World Facts and Folk Beliefs Noted
A compendium of diverse notes covers the British Isles islands states that electric railways may replace horses in the US. Georgia pear crops, Jamaican life tree hardiness, South Dakota climate oddities, beekeeping superstitions, early Christian dating, dog hair remedy, oriental time divisions, celery salad oil quality.
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British Isles
United States
Georgia
Jamaica
South Dakota
England
Germany
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Enghien
Napoleon
Torchesa
Roeogardtesa
Alexandria
Storks
Scott
Munch
Rosalind
New Orleans Picayune
John Dolese
J. H. Sarrain
Washington
Chicago
Telephone
Boston
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin St
Kinzie and Dillon Ntrests
Caventy
U.S. Patent Office
C.a.snow & CO
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
the Vindicator
Singer
Family Machine
WM. Halley
Austin, I
Proviso Land Association
Maywood
Betas
Clark Street
Oxford
la Salle St
C. B. Patrick
Coal & Wood
Austin
Grand Av
Teephone West
EA. Haase & CO
Dearborn Street
Aetna Fire Insurance Co
Oak Park
Harlem
John Kelly
T. BH. Buatr
Pod Deater
Madison St
Berwyn
H.W. Cor
Dak Park
Hearhorn St
Windsor Rose Rooms
Northwestern Grocery
FE. Rugen
Sts
Central Park
ALL Gooda
Cicero Water, Gas and Electric Light
Oak Park, Ill
Milwaukee Avenue
J Mitchell
Thomas Sayle
N. W. Cor, 48Th and Kinzie Sts
Moreland
Ww. W. Kimball
Pres
E. S. Conway
Bee
A. G. Cone Treas
W. W. Kimball CO
Wabash Ave
Kimball Organs
D. Nelson
North
Morgan ST
Chicago, Il
G. Keese & Bro
THE
Manhattan Laundry
Evergreen Ave
Detective Agency
Secret Service
H. Clark Street
Chicago, Ills
Telephone North
A. L. Standard, Gen. Mer
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