Leila and Don Juan in the Convent Scene
In Bulwer Lytton's Leila or The Siege of Crenada, Don Juan, revealed as a disguised prince, pleads for Leila to flee with him. She rejects him, affirming a love for another and choosing a martyr’s path, while Torquemada shows restrained mercy and guides her toward final vows amid looming peril.
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Tomas de Torquemada
Castile
Isabel
Spain
Mercy
Leila
Don Juan
Juan
Jaun
Belleo
Bern
Muza
Eunbeam
Stregeli
Torquemada
Desolate Granada Amid Siege and Jewish Persecution
In the ruined city of Grenada, Boabdil learns from Muza that nine Carnatian towns have rebuilt as a city of trade, while famine returns and Ta reelites are blamed for shortages. Amid moorish pomp, the king weighs the fate of his realm as the siege tightens and commerce shifts to a new bazaar.
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Hoabul
Albambra
Amine
Muza
Almamen
Boabdil
Boabil
Comares
Darrow
Alberca
Boghdil
Grenada
Maxa
Spain
Fall of Granada Foretold by Moorish Court Scene
A dramatic scene unfolds as Boabdil signals a Moor to withdraw while a reverend alfaqul lauds the Prophet’s line. The altaqs and Grenada seers seek a sign from fate and prophecy, declaring Granada’s glory and crown doomed. An aged governor urges silence as the crowd awaits the governor’s word. To be continued.
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Grenada
Boabdil
Abdelemir
Cruelly Whipped by White Caps in Harrison County
The Harrison county Todiane White Caps abducted Waller Rowe at 2 AM on the 7th, binding him to a tree and administering seventy five lashes with switches. Rowe and his wife deny the chicken theft charge, neighbors doubt it, and Rowe plans to prosecute. Widespread belief ties the White Caps to malice and personal ill will, with prior prosecutions in Harrison Crawford and Orange counties yielding no convictions due to juror protection.
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Harrison County
Todiane
Waller Rowe
Corydon
Rowe
Deny
White Cap
Bie
White Cape
White Caps
Harrison
Crawford
Orange Counties
Fortuna winner Mrs Kellar claims large lottery prize
A San Luis Obispo Calc public report notes Mrs W Kellar of Fortuna city holding one twentieth of ticket 21105, winner of the Louisiana State Lottery capital prize of $200,000. She also received $15,000 in twenty dollar gold pieces from Tasttery Company, deposited at First National Bank. She has bought tickets three years and previously won $30 total. She plans to invest the fortune and gave $50 to the ticket seller as a token of thanks.
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Fortuna
W. Kellar
Tast Week
Tasttery Company
First National Bank
Talal
Ven. T
San Luid Chiapo
Calc
Consumption Cured Remark Promises Remedies by Mail
Advertisement by T A Bruce M G offers a positive remedy for consumption claiming thousands cured. It invites readers to send a postal address to receive two bottles and requests payment by postcard. The letter is signed from 181 Penn Street New York.
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Menga
Jalal
T. A. Bruce
M. G
Pens Street
New York
Cantoria Castoria Recollection Quoted Chant
Fragmentary lines refer to Cantoria and Castoria tied to a child Mina and a crying infant. The text hints at a refrain about giving Cantoria and then Castoria to bad children, with repeated questions about naming and care of a child. No clear event or date is established.
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Alek
Cantoria
Mina
Castoria
Abe
Supreme Court Parallel Seen In Burlington Article
Judge Huston highlights a U S Supreme Court decision reported in 114 U S 622 that mirrors the Iowa original package ruling where property from another state becomes part of the general mass after reaching destination. The Dairy Supply house of St Paul Minn offers a Dairyman publication to readers who mail addresses on a son's card for butter and cheese making supplies.
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Burlington
Laws
Hawkeye
Huston
United States Supreme Court
United States Reports
Iowa
Consignee
Cornish, Curtis & Greens Co
St. Paul
Lost Cat Reward and Odd Medical Ad Prompts
A fragmentary clipping notes a 32 500 reward for a lost cat and mentions a fanciful tale of an Indy paying 2 500 English money to London Inc for a cat's return. It then shifts to a blend of commentary on female temperament and a medical ad for Dr Pierse Pellota offering single live pills at 23 cents a vial.
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Indy
London Inc
Rival Lovers Stabbed in Harlington Fatal Affray
A deadly stabbing incident in Har rington Connecticut on the 8th left two young men dead or dying. Wallo Lath am and Lyelie Curtis quarreled over Miss Jennie Hale after leaving church. Curtis fatally stabbed Latham in the abdomen and later struck Hale’s home. Curtis then wounded himself and collapsed. Both victims doomed, Curtis in custody or at large.
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Swaine
Quarre
Harrington
Connecticut
Wallo Latham
Lyelie Curtis
Jennie Hale
Latham
Miss Hale
Curtis
Lathan
Hale
Indictments Bribery Case Motion Before Judge Cowing
A motion in New York City before Judge Cowing in Part 111 sought to dismiss bribery indictments against John Keenan and ex-Alderman Henry Lysuylen from 1884. District Attorney Fulsone appeared to oppose, claiming no evidence. Both sides were ordered to submit papers. decision reserved. In Kentucky, Lawrence Brown killed James Metcalf in the county courtroom during a trial for his brother’s murder.
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Cowing
New York City
John Keenan
Henry LySuylen
Fulsone
Judes Cowing
Lawrence Brown
Loulayilie
James Metcalf
Oncey County
Trig
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Cleanse and Quick Relief
An 1850s style advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tonic that cleanses the kidneys bowels and reduces fevers while curing habitual constipation. It claims unique efficacy, easy taste, and wide availability from chemists with urgent pleas to avoid substitutes. It lists California Fig Syrup Co offices in San Francisco Louisville New York and more.
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California
RUP CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
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Livoe Pilla
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Fortune
Aceka
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Winning & Fortune
Hoatetter
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Mertt
Lowell
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Patents
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Great Blood Purifier Aighols
Witibay
F. Heath
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Arey
Nervalaene
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Ieloe
Sapolio
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