Drawing the Enemy's Fire and a Fight for Love
A New York tale follows a young woman and her fiancé Frank Massey as his father’s control and wealth fears threaten their union. Miss Fox engineers reconciliation, the couple marries, and the Squire’s sharp remark sparks a clash over family fortune and future children.
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New York
Massey
Frank
Mr. Massey
Mr. Masney
Billy
State Reynolds
Johony Wall
Misa Fox
Mansey
Miss Fox
Cho Squire
War correspondents demand bravery and language skill
Archibald Forbes argues a war reporter must endure danger and master many tongues to relay battles accurately. He cites advancing telegraph systems, deadly weapons, and the ideal reporter’s stamina, pace, and judgment, noting no man fulfills all these traits.
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Archibald Forbeston
New York Mailwrier
Sen
Soudan
Afghanistan
Ile
Julius Cesar
Napoleon I
Boarding House Boarder Skips Bill and Marriage Offer
A Larned street boarding house keeper reports to police that a male guest fled without paying about $10. She claims he proposed marriage to settle the child and says she refused. The woman criticizes him as an outlaw who should be locked up, prompting police inquiry.
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Washington Star
Scott
Mercer County
Willian Bloodgood
Bloodgood
Mercer Court
Larned Street
Detroit Free Press
The Bishop and the Apparition of a Secret Note
A bishop at a noble English dinner encounters a Catholic priest apparition guarding a confession note. The ghost reveals a hidden manuscript in a wall vault. The bishop swears to destroy the notes unseen, guiding a mason to uncover a dusty book and burner paper, ending the haunting.
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England
Priares
Native nicknames fill agency freight records in Springheld
A Springheld Republican writer notes Indians reveal tribal or family nicknames rather than ages or real names. The freight books list Bear and Horse families with many variants such as Standing Bear, Red Bear, Cloud Horse, Plenty Horse, Brave Bull, Eagle Dog, and Hawk line names, reflecting a rich tradition of called names among clans and individuals.
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Bear
Thore
High Bear
Standing Bear
Quick Bear
Young Bear
Crazy Bear
Living Bear
Sitting Bear
Sleeping Bear
Bear Eagle
Bear Man
John Bear
Brave Bear
Matuily
Medicine
Ranning
Bob
Plenty Horse
Youngman
Brave Bull
Taft
Eagle Dog
Prairie Dos
Lone Dog
Tatus
Animal Kingdom
Prince Albert Edward in England Derby and social mood
The author recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes in England at the Derby and the demeanor of Prince Albert Edward and Princess Louise. He contrasts royal charm with common amusement, noting nobles and commoners mingled freely and the prince’s quiet impact on social gatherings.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
England
Derby
Mr. Pope
Wiles
Horace Walpole
Perdon
Cings
Prince Albert Edward
Alexandri
Louise
Lord
Paul
Walea
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Miss‘Fox
Charles Webster
Ond Land
Ike
Lam
Goonay
Dr. Volumes
Prince
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