A Battle for Love on the Gulf Coast
Orton pursues the Lily in a moonlit chase to rescue Lake Garcia as Felicie is wounded aboard the sloop Rochon manor burns and the gang’s clash ends with Orton’s illness after yellow fever then a coastal legend grows about the coast of Mississippi and the Garcias’ fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton
Lake Garcia
Orion
Lily
Lalie
Felkie Coing
Kochon Place
Lake
Luke
Heochen
Rochon
Rochon House
Garvin
Muznolia Point
Brely
Rochon Place
Bobo
Lune
Sim
Geol Seockloe
Ingwi Matt
Pelrcie
Errthi
Fredro
Fenn
Meg
Ste
Garcia
Felicie
Bebo
Gulf
Milo
Roohon
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
United States
Brown
Mississippi
Ten Miles For Twenty Nuts A Squirrel Feat On Food Supply
An Ansonia report in the New York Sun describes a Danbury farmer noting a red chipmunk-like squirrel plundering butternuts stored in a corn house. After a six hour watch, all but 20 nuts vanished with the thief traveling a calculated ten miles round trip, dodging dogs and a cat while the mate waited at the nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
New York Sun
Danbury
Rmer
Panic on the Paris Bourse and a Parisian art collection
Paris reports a volatile week on the Bourse with a copper corner collapse and heavy losses at Comptoir d Escompte. The piece also details Secretan's vast art collection including a Rubens and a Petit de Hoog masterwork, valued at millions, plus rumors of Vanderbilt buying the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aris
Paris
Comptoir d'Escompte
France
Cavalry Raid Ends Cheyenne Skirmish at Hat orian Creek
In a dawn pursuit the Fifth Cavalry under Merritt moved 85 miles in 31 hours to intercept Southern Cheyenne at Hat orian Creek. Buffalo Bill and Cody led a sharp mounted defense, but the 17th Cavalry wiped out and Yellow Hand slain, with Merritt’s column routing the raiders and the train protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Bitting Bull
Merritt
Philadelphia
Fifth Cavalry
Sage Creek
Fort Laramie
Sheridan
Buffalo Bill
Custer
Big Horn
Crook
Platte River
Laramie
Fetterman
Tongue River
Cardinal's Chair
Niobrara Valley
Rawhide
Great Reservation
Jordan
Moon
Jay
Stanton
Cody
Eli
Mason
Montgomery
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Charles Krive
How it Ever Ended? Terre Haute Express
Mr Booker recounts 11 years of marriage with only one quarrel raised during a conversation with an audience member. He answers questions about when the quarrel occurred and reflects on their calm marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Express
Mr. Booker
Rough on the Eozor and Peters-Doan quarrel at ball
Dialogue shows Clem accusing Mrs Peters Doan and Mr Peters of arguing at the ball last night. The exchange includes dialect about Simmons and attire, with references to a man named Junge witnessing the scene. The tone captures local chatter and neighborhood tensions over etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Ami
Mra. Peters
Clem
Mr. Peters
Peter
The Italian Influence Upon the Architecture of America
The article surveys how Renaissance influence reaches American architecture via France, noting Italian interiors in New York City and Vanderbilt's mansion. It describes lavish panels with Apollo figure, Siena marble loves, and intricate inlays in old oak and mother of pearl, along with ivory carvings and serpentine wreaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Whitten
Italy
Francis II
New York City
Pacific
Apollo
Siena
Sens
France
Villard House and Italian Palace Wing Exhibit Opulent Interiors
The Villard House, part of a seven-house Italian palace complex, showcases calm exterior lines and marble vestibules. Rooms feature Siena and Verona marbles, inlays, and intricate panels by Lathrop and Saint Gaudens, with a smoking corridor in pure Italian style and water color gallery intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villard
H. V
Verona
Francis H. Lathrop
Raphael
Venus
la Farge
What’s in a name in this oddball report
A humorous column notes strange surnames and mispronunciations tied to local figures. It mentions a Hoboken shoe dealer John Ryszcanski, Bayard street cloak maker Nathan Wetechkenbaum, and other names like Ludwig Jablonows ki and Sam Schimkowitski. A Detroit resident Joseph Prystjlski seeks local office, provoking name-pronunciation frenzy. Joe Choyinski of San Francisco is listed as a prize fighter in a colorful aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas
New York
John Ryszcanski
Hoboken
Nathan Wetechkenbaum
Bayard Street
Ludwig Jablonowski
Samuel Schimkowitski
Joseph Prystjlski
Detroit
Prystylski
Racowowitehkr
Milwaukee
Joe Choyinski
Sam Francisco
Farmer Billings-Well Field Note
Fragmentary diary style line shows rural talk about boys and chores with a request to Mistah Prinders and reference to a roan mare and harvest tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Billings
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Johnny Prendergast
Indiana
Rockies
Copper Syndicate
Blaine
Labicche
Mer
Stock Exchange
Pases
Rue Vivienne
Bureau de Change
Pawer
Virgienne
Mademoiselle
Denfert-Rochereau
Comptoir A’ Escompte
Fighting
la Vie Parisienne
Bourse
Union General Society
Faubourgs
Paris Hourse
Louis
Baron Rothschild
Rothschild
Secretany
Per
Otel Pillet-Will
Rue de Mencey
Diana
Falguiere
van Dycks
Ostade
Teniers
Cuyp
Mieris
Rubens
Piter de Hoog
Nariikine
M. Detoer Bey
Nee Secretan
Ee - Yee
Angelus
Secretan
Petit
Mr. Rockefeller
Rousseau
Hutte Des Charbonniers
Delacroix
Deschamps
Jules
Dupre
Cortot
Fromentins
Messonier
Mr. Vanderbilt
Duc d’Annale
Society Des Bibliophiles
Lion d
Madame Edmund Adam
Nouvelle Revue
MM. Jules Clarette
Beraldi
Brivois
Henri Houssaye
Dr. Cusco
Soulacrup
Henri Meilhac
Roger Pe la Parzan
Maitre D’hotel
Madame Adam Et Monseigneur
Prince of Wales
Princess de Bagan
Monseigneur
Monsieur Blaine
Yellow Hand
Niobrara
Merrit
Cabain
Corporal Wilkinson
Ilyi Rone
Ae Bepie
Senet
Bill
Ater
Minneapolis Tribune
Miss Passe
Engeooud Poll Club
Oliceman
Whitelaw Reid
Vanderbilt's
Bacchus
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Kied
Glady Kegsly
Vanderbilt
John la Purge
Neptune
Hospitalitas
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