The Blade of Picardy and La Anita Affair
Captain Francois de Vigny serves with Maximilian in Mexico and confronts La Anita amid rumors she lures French officers to death. A duel with Pablo Madrella wounds the Mexican, who holds a traitor’s pass as his death warrant. La Anita is freed after denying the lure.
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Francois de Vigny
Maximillan
Mexico
la Anita
de Vigny
Colonel Lopez
Pablo Madrella
Anita
Madrella
Maximilian
Lopez
Benito Juarez
Madrel la
Francois
France
Louis Napoleon
Napoleon
Escobedo
Matamoros
Avenida Tusayan
Neville
St. Simon
Bartsch
Senor Madrella
Gutierrez
Vigny
Monsieur le Comte
Francois Plans and Smallpox Interlude in Maximilian Court
In a tense chapter fragment, Francois hides a plan to use a death warrant on Madrella while seeking leave for a brief illness. Emperor Maximilian grants medical care and delays, and Senor Madrella looms as a potential threat as smallpox sweeps the court. A visit from a beloved confidante stirs intrigue amid the siege of Juarez.
Intrigue and danger as Francoises disguises uncover plot
Francois hides in a mansion to spy on La Anita Lopez and Madrella as Lestrange plots with the emperor’s enemies. He fights a guard, escapes by window, and uses a ruse to confront Anita while Neville observes. The night ends with tense revelations and a kiss that hints at shifting loyalties.
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Francois
la Anita
Lopez
Cupido
Lestrange
Senorita Arrellanos
Flo
Neville
Colonel Lopez
Lest
Madrella
Bartsch
Agosting
G—d
Dr Caldwell's Three Rules For Constipation Relief
Dr Caldwell advocates near natural treatment for constipation using a mild vegetable compound. He warns against drastic purges and suggests Syrup Pepsin for constipation biliousness sour stomach headaches and feverish colds. A free trial bottle is offered by writing Syrup Pepsin Dept BB Monticello Tlinois.
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Caldwell
Byrup Pepsin
Dept. BB
Monticello
Tlinois
We wait in shadows for love and intrigue at Arrellanos House
Neville and Pablo Madrella y Gutierrez plan to enter the Arrellanos residence by window as they pursue Juarez loyalist tidings from Cuernavaca. The dialogue hints at a looming mission against the imperial lines and a Mexico first strategy, amid troubled skies near Chapultepec.
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Benito Juarez
Cuernavaca
Maximilian
Louis Napoleon
Lopez
Maze
Madrella
Agostino
Neville
Anita
Pablo
Bartsch
Arrellanos
Chapultepec
Pablo Madrella Y Gutierrez
Mexico City
Mexico
la Anita
Nature and Fashion Blend in a Color Odyssey
A fashion designer describes a visual parade of colors seen as nature, with walls of taupe and olive and walls of blonde brick. The spectrum shifts through cathedrals of color from golden airdale to verdigris, saffron to nutmeg, ending in a riot of brown sugar tones. The observer vows a new shade of silk hose if possible.
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Golden Airdale
Kansas City Times
Colorful Javanese People on a Java Sunday
A vivid description of western Java inhabitants praised for intellect and charm. The piece notes their radiant dress including batik sarongs and jewelry, and observes Sunday rest enforced by the Dutch authorities as the natives gather along wayside streets.
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Western
Java
True Wife a Servant A true wife in her husband's house is his servant
Ruskin argues that a wife should serve with loyalty and purity, refining her husband’s flaws into strength. She is his quiet queen who purifies his darkness and steadies him through worldly clamor and conflict, earning his praise and his peace.
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Ruskin
Unverified legend about Thomas Atkins in Waterloo campaign
The British War Office found no evidence supporting the tale that the original Thomas Atkins was a private who fell dead delivering a message to the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo campaign.
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War Office
Thomas Atkins
Duke of Wellington
Saxophone Second to Accordion in Franca
The 1929 accordion anniversary gains unexpected attention in France though Vienna claims its origin. Jazz pushes the saxophone aside as the street instrument of soloists and waltzes, echoing from Montmartre to port towns and provincial villages as sailors seek distant memories in its music.
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Vienna
Damain
France
Montmartre
Lowell Shifts From Cotton to Rayon silk Industry
The city of Lowell Massachusetts transitions from cotton weaving to rayon production. Several large factories formerly making cotton goods now produce artificial silk rayon in large quantities. Public schools long studied rayon treatment, giving many graduates early familiarity with rayon manufacture.
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Lowell
Mass
First Washington railroad opens in 1875
The Walla Walla and Colorado River railroad opened November 1 1875 becoming the first railway in what is now Washington state. The line stretched 82 miles from Walla Walla to Wallula in Wash.
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Early Western Railroad
State of
Washington
Walla Walla & Colorado River
Walla Walla
Wash
Wallula
Wife's dog a source of tension in marriage
A spouse describes the family dog as the husband’s pet aversion while the wife treats it as a preferred companion, highlighting domestic friction over a shared pet.
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Flas
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Senorita
Pablomio
Cousin
Anitamia
Anita Mio
Juan Ortega
Senor Madrella Y Gutierrez
Manuel
Montezuma
General Juarez
Anita Mia
Pablo Mia
DR. Caldwell
Chapter
Kiss
Aen
Tate
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar Ottum
Thief River Falls
Minn
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