A Spanish Princess At Caraven Hall Continues
Lady Courtenay notices Hildred’s beauty as she enters the room and Lord Caraven admires her, though he remains preoccupied by money and marriage. Hildred speaks little, reveals singing gift, and contemplates love, while the Earl contemplates amusements as they escape to a terrace for quiet talk.
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Aimee
Carmely
Laurice
Caraven
Amice
Lady Courtenay
Lord Cararen
Alice
Riawell
Sven
Oxford
Sir Charles
Ifildred
Siac
Veri
Musi
Fred
Helovert
Hildred
Lord Caraven
Autumn Dinner and a Forbidden Evening at Caraven House
October warmth fades as Lord Caraven hosts dinner for friends and, while he fades into billiards, his wife wanders to the terrace drawing room. He misreads signals until she appears at the window, stepping toward him in a moment of tense misunderstanding.
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Caraven
Lord Caraven
Absent minded historian praised by friends on birthday
A London Telegraph write up praises Prof. Theodore Mommsen as absent minded yet devoted to family. It notes his ten children and habit of early morning coffee, breakfast with wife and five daughters, and his gentle humor tempered by sharp wit despite lapses like mistaking his own son’s name.
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Theodore Mommsen
London
Charlottenburg
Mie
Resignation Talk Circles Spanish Regency Amid Army Doubts
Vienna dispatch reports Queen Maria Christina’s regency resignation is seriously considered to avoid military unrest and save the throne. Madrid wires say the government cannot rely on the army, with liberals fearing civil strife and conservatives gaining the upper hand as Spain’s war winds down.
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London
Vienna
Daily Chronicle
Maria Christina
Ausra
Ano
Madrid
Tvhat
Daily Telegraph
Ca‘ite
Spain
Fam
Cuba
United States
Bers
Spatina
Liberal Party
Marblehead Bombards Cienfuegos and Town
A Key West dispatch reports the Marblehead silenced Cienfuegos forts on April 29 and shelled the town. Buildings burned as thousands fled inland. Fort shooting occurred at 4600 yards before five inch guns were moved to 990 yards and starboard batteries opened fire.
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York
Key West
Cienfuegos
Marblehead
MecCatla
Fling
Gladstone declines as illness loosens grip on health
London reports Mr. Gladstone’s strength waning with no immediate end in sight though no danger, while his focus remains on religion and rest. In Washington, the Senate confirms nominations for major generals including Breckinridge, Shafter, Merton, and Wheeler, featuring ex Confederates receiving Army commands for the first time since 1889. A Minneapolis lodge offers a bounty and dues remission to members enlisting for the war against Spain.
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London
Tidle
Mr. Gladstone
Washington
Senate
Joseph C. Breck- Wize
U.sal
Elwei
Jenn
Coppilliam R. Shafter
William Gram
James F. Henry C. Mertian
James H. Wilson
Delaware
Fitzhaga Lee
Virginia
Seeds
New Jersey
Joseph Wheeler
Alabama
United States Army
Fitciuch
Army
Navy
Minneapolis
Abraham
Spain
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Colorado
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Winslow
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McCany
W. W. Me
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Mrs. Gladstone
Heade Marty
Svansor
Cuengo
Adey
Bec
Si Ta WiLttaMsom Swarsan
Lorday Swanson Riteumatic Cure CO
Dearborn St
Chicago
Rcuins
Todd
Enziish
Bingham
Helen Wilmans
Sea Breeze
Fla
Ayg
Socisiticonadri
Lake His
Minn
O' Farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Aslumaes
Arik A
Sewitard
Charlotte M. Braeme
Ald
Tera Cataven
the Earl
Qelen
Omeinly
Alaraming Lypen
Proport
Sueees Played
iAroc
Mienfuegos
Gladstone
Geo Yeager
Merchant Tailac
First National Bank ‘B'ld’g
Minnesota
A. B. Cutts
Mina
Nereus
Choon
Northwest
West Fourth Street
Tor
Wright
Sondense
Hottie
Staoke
Des Moines
Western
Inconnec
Gacaso
Hinwaakae
Boone Jefferson
Fonda
Wohrville
RockwellCy
Towa
N. Tittemore, G. Pla
Des Tloines
Iowa
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