Duel in Nice Sparks Long Train of Self Inflicted Deaths
The 1888 Nice duel between Baron von Plessen and Baron von Messingal, over a presumed insult to Belgian athlete Oelschlager, led to a chain of suicides among involved seconds. Major Nortmann’s recent death by suicide closes this grim sequence begun by that fatal pistol duel.
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Nice
Nortmann
Baron von Messen
Nive
Hort Oelschinger
Berlin
Oelschlager
Baron von Piexwn
Ortschlager
Baron von Plosson
Uhlans
Stolmmiets
Herr Oelschlager
Vicomte de Jumethe
von Plessen
Normann
DUDY'S NARROW ESCAPE IN ABSENTMINDED DRESS
A man mistaken for being fully dressed attends a theater party in evening attire only to discover he wore night trousers. He rushes home in embarrassment, causing laughter from his brother, and narrowly avoids a social faux pas by leaving in a cab before the mix up is noticed. A doctor notes the value of a short mid day nap for rest and renewed energy, warning against too long a sleep.
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New York Tribune
Scott
Elk Fights Coyote to Rescue Doe in San Francisco Park
A resident elk named Pete defended a doe from a coyote in a city park inciting a brutal half hour struggle. Pete chased, gored, and stomped the predator, finally ending the attack when the coyote lay dead or incapacitated, leaving Pete to resume his vigil over the paddock and its animals.
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Pete
San Francisco Examiner
John L. Sullivan
Peto
Elk
Pater
Polly Made a Match and a Bashful Arrowed Parrot
A St Louis Globe Democrat correspondent recounts Polly the parrot and a bashful youth who fell in love while a mischievous bird watched. The tale follows a summer parlor, a kiss, and Nellie Pol ly’s role, ending with marriage and a carnal comic twist. Also recounted is a New York Sun tale of stages to Silver City and a passerby who extorted a share of eight thousand dollars for a failed raid, illustrating frontier justice and cautionary fortune.
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Mr. M.C
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Attica
N. Ys
Mr. C
Eldoat
Loto
Polly
Miss Neilie
Neil
Nellie
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