Wolf's Fairs and the Wolf-Benighted Vengeance
The narrator recounts the twin brothers Paul and Louis Bolshoi and a plot of love, betrayal, and murder. Paul loves Nadia the princess, but a deadly wolf attack and a web of ambition lead to tragedy. The scene shifts to St. Petersburg where Nadia’s husband dies and Nikolai Vinstoft’s room reveals the wolf rug emblem of vengeance.
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Ray
Louis
Prince Winstoff
Bakoutine
Princess Bakontine
St. Petersburg
Prince Vlnstoff
Prince Vlastoi
Hite
Paul
Paul Bolshoi
Bolskeo
Win
Count Bolshoi
V'Grosur
Prince Baionline
Nadia
Count Bolski
Cam
Prince Bakouline
Tani
Peterburg
Prince Vlastoff
Secon
Cehot
Fromage
St. James's
Tanid
Kicker exposes town boom folly in Arizona frontier tone
The piece mocks optimistic booster claims in a Western town, detailing exaggerated prospects, saloons, mines, and schemes. It notes rampant speculation, lists local figures like Maj. McKnight and Charles the saloon keeper, and ends with a jab at threats from Ben Stays amid a Detroit Free Press reprint.
Road saves funds from free transport changes
The passage notes that the lay has faced its due share of consequences and that the road has saved nearly three quarters of a million dollars since free transportation began.
Interstate rates for theater parties spark rail league reaction
The Interstate Commerce Commission’s failure to appeal a Cincinnati judge’s ruling legalizing special rates for theatrical combinations and excursion parties is read in railroad circles as a sign no challenge will be mounted. Benneyville and other trunk lines rushed to offer special gates for groups, while others restrict the policy to ten or more. Pennsylvania Railroad, as promoter of the measure, eagerly moves to render a key act clause invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Benneyiveule
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ite General Council
Estate of Wilcox Heirloom Riches Spark Family Quiet
The Milwaukee Wisconsin reports the estate of a father, died days ago, valued at two million dollars to be divided among son Wheeler Wilcox, his brother, and two sisters after the mother's death. The elder Wilcox, 66, founded Meriden Britannia Works and Wilcox White Organ Co and held trusts and $1,000,000 invested in the Meriden Waterbury River railroad. He suffered paralysis four years ago and nervous prostration a year. A polar wave hit the Missouri Valley on the 12th, marking a sudden cold spell.
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Paul
London
Paul Bolshoi
Louis
Fox
Monsieur
Monsieur Bolakoi
Vinstott
Russia
Paut
Pula
Samuuros
Eia Wheeler Wilcox
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticeut River Railroad
Moonshiners of the Alleghenies and Their Primitive Outfit
A Philadelphia correspondent examines moonshine rings in Westmoreland Green and Fayette counties. Moonshiners use caves and hidden stills with underground chimneys and house stoves, aided by rough outfits and secrecy. Distribution targets coal mines and coke works, selling raw whisky at low prices via middlemen and door to door peddlers, with mash supplied by local mills including Bullskin Township, Wayette County.
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Allegheny Mountain
Westmoreland
Green and Fayette
Philadelphia
Regs
Trametes
South
Alorhat
Somerset
Pittsburg
Blue Ridge Mountains
Mount Pleasant
Jones Mill
Hostettler
Connellaville
United States
Sonisrset
Payette
Laurel Hills
Bullskin Township
Wayette County
Town Railroads Face New Clash Over Joint Rates
Town commissioners push for joint rates to curb railroad charges, while big lines resist. an injunction blocked enforcement of prior law. Responding letters show mixed compliance as smaller roads agree to rates while larger lines resist or defer. Major carriers cite lack of time or authority, and only about half of state roads indicate intent to follow the order.
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Paltall
Low City
Supreme Court
anWera
W. H. Truesdale
Minneapolis & St. Louis
J.M. St. John
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Towa
Legal action urged to adopt joint rule against railroads
The Attorney General has been instructed to commence mandamus proceedings to compel adoption of a joint rule against lines including the Lone Central, Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, and the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. The suits will be vigorously pressed.
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Stone
Tate
Lone Central
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, & Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington & Guay
Fashionable Spas Near Yokohama Impress in Miya no shita
A Cornhill Magazine correspondent profiles Miya no shita and nearby villages Kings and Dogoshima famed for hot springs and scenery. The journey includes climbing Mount Nih tal Zan and Du ji yama with pilgrims in white, pack ponies guided by Japanese women, and serene river valleys beneath wooded hills.
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Yokohama
Miyano Shita
Cornhill Magazine
Kings
Dogoshima
Niklo
Naji-tal-zan
Dujiyama
Ache Mount
Miny
Paddle of a Gloucester schooner wreck told by Griffin
Mirandi reached Halifax with Capt Griffin and fifteen Gloucester crew from the Lizzie Griffin lost on the Grand Banks. A hurricane struck Aug 31 and Sept 1 turning the ship bottom up. Crew survived by using a makeshift ensign to signal for help from the Sigfried, then were rescued two hours after the sighting.
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Mirandi
Halifax
St. Johns
Griffin
Gloucester
Lizzie Griffin
Grand Banks
Sigfried
Bo Ani
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Elise Taws
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Tor Voleo
Tam
Bakouline
Tahal
Paul Bolakoi
Alia
Paul Bolskoi
Aba
Bascouline
Owen
M. Bolskoi
Paull
Ons
Warenw
Hive
Litgat
Loula
Prince Vinstoft
Count Bolskok
Moe
Tubal Avor
Apache Avenue
Green Street
Wein
Ohio
Side Hill
Pacific Ocean
West
Great Strawberry
Iower's Assocition
Jetc
Niagara
Falla
Arizona
Persoxan
Judge Embro
Tuscon
Cantus
Maj. McKnight
Finsek
Hin
Charlie
Ben
Detroit
Free Press
Ella
Eleh
Miamonri
Dircit
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Distilleries
Rnil
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