Corsican Rescue and Wedding Twist in Barnes Tale
Wealthy American Barnes rescues Edward Anstruther and his Corsican bride Marina from a deadly vendetta as they journey toward London. Amid abductions and hidden motives the couple matrimony ties deepen. Barnes pursues Enid Anstruther while Corsican peril unfolds in hermitages and mountains.
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Burton
Barnes
Corsica
Meutenant
Edward Gerard Anstrather
Marina
Puolis
Whiderstinding
Enid Anstruther
Ash Leutenant
Ajacedo
Marsevilles
Constantine
Via
Anstruther
Hald
Ste
Enid
Inid
Corsicyn Mountain
Amasso
de Belloc
Tomasso
Hermitage
Robin
Romano
Allumpt
Awiuiy Mirrlas
Bellingosela
Ini
Romino
American hero promised aid in Corsican bandit justice
Marina laments a slain officer and a kidnapping by Saliceti while an American vows to reclaim his wife. The Corsican Bellacoscia pledge vengeance for wrongs against a visiting American and offer to restore his bride, as Marina proclaims their band of vigilantes will set things right.
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Saliceti
Barnes
Bocognano
Americano
Bellacoscia
Dio Mio
Marina
Burton
Pasquale Paoli
Madame Anstruther
Gaspardo
Musso Danella
Ajaccio
Salieet
Bernardo
Salfeeti
Demontos
la Pintica
Bonelli
Corsica
Signore
Ambrose I Lucitano
Old Tomasso
Signore Barnes
Nice
Paolis
Before a Corsican Election
Escorted by mountaineers two young men carry Made moiselle Paoli along Del Oro cliffs toward Corte then Bocognano. Antonio Bonelli vows protection and warns against force as townsfolk light lanterns and bow to the Bella coecial at the municipal door.
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Mademoiselle Paoli
del Oro
Corte
Bocognano
Marina
Signora
Barnes
Antonio Bonelli
Tomasso
Cospetto
Monaldi
Antonio
Salcet
Rochini
Romano
Salicet
Maladetta
Saliceti
Bellacoscia
Signore Barnes
Bonelli
Maurina
Old man dies dreaming of County Clare green in Chicago
An elderly Chicago man, near eighty, dies while dreaming of Ireland. He recalls marching years ago, a shamrock sent from Clancy, and the green from County Clare. His final memory centers on home, love, and the Shannon as he restfully passes away with the shamrock clutched.
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Clancy
County Clare
Shannon
Sea
Acushila
Norah
Chicago Tribune
Corsican Vendetta Foes Rally at Bocognano Hall
Amid banners and myrtle garlands a Corsican crowd gathers to hear Bernardo Saliceti defend vendetta values. Tomasso Monaldi interrupts with defiant words, while Saliceti is humiliated and forced to flee as Bonelli condemns the candidate. Barnes is escorted to Marina’s awaiting home as the town crowns the couple.
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Saliceti
Corsica
Bernardo
Tomasso
Marina
Antonio Bonelli
Tomasso Monaldi
Pather
Mandale
Therla
Monaldi
Great Place and the Burdens of Power
Lord Bacon argues that high office enslaves the holder as a servant of the sovereign, fame, and business, stripping freedom in person action and time. The ascent to rank brings labor, pains, and often indignities, with downfall or eclipse as a likely fate.
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Lord Bacon
Why the Left Side of the Theater Sells Out
The box office notes the left side of the orchestra often sells out first. Patrons prefer the left two seats to the right two, though performers say both stage extremities offer equal views. Box office insists proprietors bias toward the left affects sales.
Patrick of Ireland A Scholarly Reassessment of Saint Patrick
A British and German scholarly wave confirms Patrick’s historic life and authentic documents. Bury’s new Cambridge biography places him clearly in history, noting his Confession and Letter to Coroticus as genuine sources. Legends persist with poetic tales of baptism and dragons, but facts show Patrick lived thirty one years in Ireland, founded churches, and linked Ireland to Roman civilization through Christianity and Latin learning.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Bury
King’s College
Cambridge
Patrick
Patraic
Sen Patraic
Saint Patrick
Patrictus
Coroticus
Crochan
Worthy of highest honor St Patrick’s day praise
A prose tribute to St Patrick as Ireland’s patron saint and catalyst for Christian unity. It extols his role in banishing superstition, uniting a nation, and inspiring Irish devotion and global goodwill through fervent ideals and industrious spirit.
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St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick
Ireland
Erins
Patrick
Emerald Isle
Church
Erin
Tarnley’s infatuation meets its test in Chicago romance
Tarnley, a handsome sophomore, is smitten with Helene Edmont at Chicago's college scene. After months of letters and parties with other girls, a fellow reveals Helene’s fickle social life. Tarnley calmly dismisses the setback, declaring Helene shallow while his heartbreak remains unspoken.
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Tarnley
Tommy
Miss Edmont
Helene Edmont
Bobbett
Tarn- Lady
Helene
Chicago
Newa
Ballyhooley Lemonade Prank At Irish Chief Secretary’s Doorstep
On St Patrick’s Day Arthur Balfour received a cigar box at the House of Commons containing shamrocks and a supposed infernal device. A chemist found the “machine” was sugar lemon flavored. The box also hid a corkscrew spring and nutmeg grater with a note urging drinkers to buy whisky themselves.
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Ballyhooley
Arthur Balfour
House of Commons
Bally, Hooley
Ireland
Apostle of Joy and the Shamrock Legend
A brief note on St. Patrick linking the shamrock to the Trinity and tracing his journey across Ireland England Scotland and Wales by place names. Mentions the trefoil’s sacred status in Iran as a triad emblem and Pliny’s remark about serpents near the leaf. Describes Patrick as an apostle of good works amid numerous legends.
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Apostle
Joy
Ireland
St. Patrick
Iran
Pliny
England
Scotland
Wales
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Archibald O’overing Gunter
New York
Mir. Potter
Texas
Dod Doda Mead & Co
N.Y
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