The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conquest
Otillie A Liljencrantz presents a dramatic medieval scene in which Randalin, a wary kin member trained for battle, rivals Rothgar and fights in Canute’s Danish force. As battle erupts, she unexpectedly saves Canute by striking an English opponent, earning Canute’s praise and a perilous future.
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Canute
Randalin
Lodbrok
Jeel
Rothgar
Frode the Dane
Frode
Frodo
Totun
Thorkel the Tall
Mdrie the Gataer
Edmund
Ironside
Thorkel
Sacred Cactus of Indians at Uptown Church Altar
The New York Times reports a sacred cactus, gifted by an Indian convert in New Mexico, displayed at an uptown church altar. The plant, found in caves of the Guadalupe mountains, bears maroon vase blooms over two inches wide, with as many as 120 on a mature plant.
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New Mexico
Caverna
Guadalupe Mountains
Mecca
New York Times
Halls of Fair Harvard Special Correspondence
A survey of Harvard history traces founding votes and gifts from 1636 through 1780, naming key halls Hollis Stoughton Holworthy and Massachusetts Hall, noting benefactors like Hollis and Harvard’s evolving campus. It recalls notable residents and figures tied to these buildings and reflects on Harvard’s enduring educational impact.
Busse case hangs on governor action after supreme court ruling
Des Moines July 21 1904 the supreme court refused to direct a new trial in Louis Busse's case sentenced to death in Bremer county leaving execution to the governor Busse killed his wife at a Butler county farm three years ago after a house fire and quarrel his confession cited the crime and the motive The article notes the attorney sought a penitentiary term not death and discusses related court rulings on tax assessors and county treasurers It also covers agricultural college governance rules entertainment at the Iowa State Fair and other varied items
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Des Moinés
Supreme Court
Louis Busse
Bremer County
Butler County
Robins
Busse
Hon
A. Dawson
Manning
Boards of Equalization
German Savings Bank of
Savings Bank
Carroll County
Manning Bank
Z. A. Church
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Lurg & CO
Lodhrok
Aerin
Ulf Jarl
Edric Jarl
Eric
Norway
Fridtjof
Harvard
Pilgrim Fathers
Henry Vane
John Winthrop
Newtowne
Cambridge
England
Eng
Man Clarke
Francis Parkman
George , Hoar
John D. Long
Hollis Hall
Province of
Massachusetts
Thomas Hollis
Hollis
Edward Everett
W. H. Prescott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wendell Phillips
Troreau
Stoughton Hall
Ish University
John Harvard
Henry Dunster
James Russell Lowell
Gray’s Hall
Harvard Hall
Harvard “College
College Yard
Stoughton ‘College
William Stoughton
General Court of
Massachusetts Hall
New Hall
Stoughton
Edward Everett Hale
Phillips Brooks
Horace Grey
Holworthy Tall
Matthew Holworthy
Holworthy
Prince of Wales
Alexis
S. K. Smith
America
Charles Sumner
Samuel Longfellow
Robert Gould Shaw
Washington
Memorial Hall
Lexington
Concord
John Palfrey
Jared Sparks
George Caleb Cushing
James Free
Sanders
Elven
Charles Sanders
Cynig
Gore Wall
Seaver Hall
Board of Trustees
State Agricultural College
Ames
Board of Control
Toto
Simpson
Far East
Western Theatrical Exchange
Chicago
Europe
Dunbar
Ringlings
Barnum & Bailey
Jack and
Jack
Washington, Monument
Washington, D.C
Paris
St. Bernard
Prague
Bohemia
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