The Lorelei of Anita Sparks a Mexican Duel
In Chapultepec evenings at Cafe Miramon a circle of French officers recounts La Anita, a dangerous woman who inspires a duel with Captain Vigny after the emperor Maximilian presses a summons. Vigny advances, Anita welcomes, and the plot tightens around loyalty to Maximilian and the fate of Mexico.
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Cafe Miramon
Anita
Chapultepec
Alameda
Maison Doree
Mironsac
Leutenant
Maxtimilian
Cupido
Neville
Lestrange
Alfred Francois
Count de Vigny
Maximilian
Mexico
Charles Lewis
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Napoleon
la Anita
Circe
Besancon
Leroux
Duroc
Gascony
Mironiac
Benito Juarez
Monsieur le Comte
Bayard
Monsieur Bayard
Captain Lestrange
Colonel Lopez
Monsieur
le Comte
Moza
Gascon
Vienna
Paris
le Comte de Vigny
Lorelei
Picardy
Capido
Senor Gascon
L‘aris
Senorita
Tia Mia
Duenna
Senor Vigny
Senar
Francois
Senor
Sphinx-Faced Maze Guides Visitor Into Walnut Library
A narrator is led past a heavy iron gate into a grand walnut library with towering shelves of Spanish French and English books and portraits by early artists. Two men converse behind a closed door, their familiar tone and a whispered mention of the emperor hint at a hidden plot.
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Cortes
Rodrigo de Cifuentes
Juan de Rua
Velasquez
Day of Sea Chanties Belongs to the Past
The article argues sea songs and chanties have faded from sailor life as real sailors vanish. Landborne versions persist but lack authentic singing on steamships. Modern ship music mainly comes from bands for passenger entertainment rather than sailors working in stokeholds or on deck.
Swindler Forges Diploma Joins Court Defense
A Vienna criminal with prior imprisonment hid by posing as a lawyer in the court that sought him. He forged a diploma and attorney license and defended several cases for six months before a suspicious judge uncovered the truth, causing public amusement.
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Vienna
Castoria: Trusted remedy for infants and children
Castorta is a safe vegetable baby remedy praised for soothing fretful babies and relieving constipation or colic. Doctors endorse it for the youngest infants and older children, with a ready extra bottle suggested for emergencies.
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