The Black Seigneur at the Mount Mystery
Lady Elise, daughter of the Mount governor, hides in the fortress during a riot sparked by a mountebank. The Black Seigneur, the peasant Desaurac, rescues her from the wheel-house and later faces questions of betrayal as the husband of danger and desire unfolds in the dungeon corridors.
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Comtesse Elise
France
Louis XVI
Seigneur Degaurac
Desaurac
Paris
Elise
le Seigneur Noir
Sanchez
Cockles
Adv
Lse
Deguarac
Jacques
Marquis de Beauvillera
Casque
Seldam
Marquis
New Arrival Disrupts Banquet Amid Palace Intrigue
A night of pageantry in the Mount palace unfolds with Elise’s anxious handling by the nurse Marie and a tense exchange with the Marquis and Governor. As suspicions rise over a hidden confidant, Elise faces pressure to flee to Paris while Nanette weighs revealing a private alliance with Pierre Laroche.
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Marie
Oldest Grist Mill in U S Richmond Va Tidal Powered relic
The article describes a tidal mill on Hast river in Virginia claimed as the oldest still in commercial use. Built in early English settlement days, it uses ebb and flow tides to power the wheel and grind corn and flour. It notes multiple wars, Washington’s army siege at Yorktown, toll practices, and Virginia’s historic lead in wheat and corn.
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Richmond
America
Virginia
Washington
Yorktown
Consideration to the Horse
A man explains to a friend why he stopped horseback riding. The friend teases about weight gain and the wife’s role. The man says the wife’s reason is principled as she joined the S P C A.
London council backs pipe delivery of coal to power plant
Hammersmith Borough council supports a scheme to move coal from the wharf to the electricity works by blowing a coal water mix through a pipe. Water would be blown along too, with the mix traveling about seven feet per second. After delivery, coal settles in tanks and surplus water is returned to the river. Estimated cost is 50 000 dollars.
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London
Hammersmith Borough
London Fashion Notes Describe Gentlemen's Rest Suit Trend
The piece reports a shift in male fashion toward unobtrusive socks and spotless shoes with stringlike laces. It highlights a rest suit worn by a well known peer, made of dark green watered silk with olive trim, wide trousers, colored silk shirt, turn down collar and silk bow, and silk socks with Oriental slippers.
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London
Not Using Tobacco Tied to $109000 Gift for Boy
Leonard Thomas of Haverford, Pa receives $109000 on his twenty first birthday if he swears he has never used tobacco in any form in his life, per the probate of Elizabeth Van Horsen Nicholson in Norristown. The eight year old is currently eight and has not used tobacco.
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Norristown
Leonard Thomas
Haverford
Elizabeth van Horsen Nicholson
Thomas
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Frederic Sisnam
Athor
Ray Walters
Pyright
the Bobbs -Herrill CO
Steels
Eatire
Ma Feisuc
Perforce
Hunt
Pierre Laroche
the Mount
Wnanette
Sean
Nanette
Ariege
U. S
London Borough Council
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