Joan of the Sword Leads Dane in Duel at Castle
In a crowded hall Duchess Joan of Hohenstern tests Werner von Orseln and a Danish captive. She frees him, arranges a duel, and offers him a place in her ranks as tension softens into mutual respect among the fighting youths in Kernsberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hens Trenck
Placsenburg
Yorth
Joan of
Tona
Kaye
Joan
Werner von Orselh
Werner
Lightfoot
Forester
Dane
Kernsberg
Peter Balta
Maurice von Lynar
Sparbank
Boris
Jortan
Werner von Orseln
Wilna
Silesia
Kernsberger
Jorian
Kernsbere
Sparhawk
Lykiar
Denmark
The Cozening of the Ambassador Continues
Duchess Joan of Hohenstein persuades aged Ambassador Dessauer to let her join a dangerous mission disguised as a squire in blue and silver. She asserts bold claims for autonomy while debating propriety and power amid courtly intrigue at the cliffside fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Forester
Plassenburg
Leopold von Dessauer
Dessauer
Joan of Hohenstein
Prines
Courtland
Usta
Joan of
Wilna
Joan von Hohenstein
Johann
Bohemia
Joan of the Sword
von Dessauer
Marooned in Arctic Regions Rescued by Scotch Whaler
George Cleveland of Martha's Vineyard sues Thomas Luce & Son claiming $10,000 for marooning him 1,500 miles from civilization after joining the Era for a Hudson Bay whaling voyage. He endured four years among Esquimaux, building a cabin and surviving on scarce rations before rescue by a Scotch whaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquimaux
New London
St. Pierre
Massachusetts
George C. Cleveland
Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Thomas Luce & Son
New Bedford
Arctic
Era
George Cleveland
Hudson Bay
Cleveland
Bost
Wager River
New England
Jack the Kisser Strikes Deerfield Nightly on Bike
Springfield reports a man nicknamed Jack the Kisser rides a bicycle at dusk in Deerfield. He selects young women, kisses them one to three times, then rides off without harming them. Miss Alma Jean Thomas is among those allegedly kissed. a women’s vigilance committee led by Mrs. Curry pursues him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfield
Alma Jean Thomas
Ike
Cyelist
Whipped Fish Into Line In Yellowstone Trip
Charles Baldwin, referee in bankruptcy, returns from a month with family and eastern friends in Yellowstone Park. He recounts catching twenty five fish using a bucket and a horse whip near St Anthony as water was turned off. The fish, large enough for a twelve person meal, were driven into the bucket from depressions in the irrigated bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
D’'ah
Storg
Charles Baldwin
Yellowstone Park
St. Anthony
Park
Baldwin
Baldwie
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R.crockett
BL Be
Wil
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Eaquimaux
Jack the
Kisser
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