The Miserly Grandet in Saumur Birthday Tension
In Saumur the wealthy miser M. Grandet hoards wealth and exercises control over his daughter Eugenie. The town watches a power struggle among local families including the Crochots and Grassilistes as Grandet contemplates a high-status marriage for Eugenie while maintaining rigid economy. The scene centers on Eugenie’s 23rd birthday, Grandet’s stern routines, and the uneasy dynamics in the Grandet household.
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Cooper
Grandet
Eugenie
Iety
M. Crochot
Court of First Instance
de Bonns
Crochot
Nituaeié Cl
Bonfens
Banfens
Uoghiuoniy Iveere
Mirae
Dexins
Grau
Adolphe
Satumar
Somme
T M. Grendet
Wid Cooper
France
Eugenie Grandet
Saumur
M. Grandet
Paris
M.grandet
Tle
National Guard
Tribunal of Commerce
Cone
Marquis de
128 Survivors From Danish Steamer Norge Disaster
A Danish steamer Norge carrying about 700 emigrants from Copenhagen to New York ran aground on Rockall reef off Scotland in a rapid sinking. Lifeboats capsized and many perished. 128 survivors were rescued by English and German vessels, including Captain Gundel who swam to a lifeboat. The Norge, an iron vessel of 3318 tons, built in Glasgow in 1881, had carried Danes Norwegians and Russians for years.
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New York
North Atlantic
Norge
Copenhagen
Onty
Rockall
Scotland
Herote
Oficer
Gundel
Pieter de Conluck
United Steamer Company of
Birthday Celebration Sparks Gratitude Contest in Saumur
In November 1819 the Grandets host a ritual gathering in Saumur to honor Eugenie on her birthday. Nanon lights a fire as six factions prepare to prove friendship in a charity styled duel, while Cruchot Abbe Cruchot and Bonfons aim to be first to offer congratulations.
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Eugenie
Grandet
M Q Grenmist
Nanon
Grander
Cruchots
M. Cruchot
Crochots
M. Grandet
Mme
Mile. Grandet
Big Nanon
Mule. Grandet
Saumur
Mr. Cruchot
Cruchot
M. C. de Bonfons
Mile
Did You Ever Know the Origin of the Word Bughouse
In a San Francisco Call snippet Tom Ernst recalls an Oakland theater orchestra tale about a quiet German viola player who suspects the drummer of a prank. The drummer drops beetles through the viola’s sound holes, triggering chaos and the German’s furious swearing in German.
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Tom Ernst
Musicians’ Union
Oakland
Drummer
San Francisco
German Merchant Marine Ships Rise to 976 Over 1000 Tons
The German merchant marine now lists 976 ships of at least 1000 tons each, reflecting a substantial capacity in wartime shipping.
Heavy dock duty hits ships as Britain tightens controls
One hundred years ago reports note Britain imposes heavy dock duties on all vessels in Liverpool with American ships taxed double. Martinique is blockaded, an assault anticipated hourly while a Hastie deputation congratulates Napoleon on the French throne. The mail stage resumes from Philadelphia to Ditisburg and General Dean Jacques Dressalines of Blasts is declared governor for life.
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Liverpool
Martinique
Hastie
Napoleon
France
Philadelphia
Ditisburg
Jacques Dressalines
Rlasts
Seventy Five Years Ago Weave Negotiations for Office
A garbled 19th century style note recalls negotiations between political factions in a state capital. It mentions aims for the presidency succeeding General Jackson, and an anti Muslim conversion controversy tied to the state’s capital. Names and exact places are obscured by OCR.
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Wista
Vurkey
Mats Buren
Aktinem
Uitte Shires
Jackson
Ritner
Crayvernor
Cits
Fifty Years Ago Paragraphs From The Ledger
A fragmented OCR item recounts a fifty year old事件 with mentions of an authority, a possible court or committee, and a scene of public concern. It references a named city and names such as Veil and etc. The text is garbled but implies an investigation or public issue in a historical setting.
Forty Years Ago From The War Tax Repeal Effort
The article notes the repeal of the gold bond repeal bill rejected by Congress while the treasury secretary rested. Rebel raids along the Upper Potomac and attacks on Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry are mentioned as Lincoln signs a war tax bill expected to raise 300 million dollars in annual revenues.
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Ile
Weldoon
New York
Congress
Potomac
Maryland
Martinsburg
Starpers Ferry
Lincoln
British Commons votes down Irish home rule measure
A vote of 458 to 61 in the British House of Commons defeats an Irish home rule bill. The report notes other world events including Mormon converts arriving in New York, Custer's preparations in Bismarck for a Sioux expedition, the Count de Chambord's monarchist manifesto in Paris, Chicago temperatures and drought, US demands for indemnity over Cuban Virginius executions, and the opening of the Umadji bridge at St Louis.
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House of Commons
New York
Europe
Scandinavian Peninsula
General Custer
Bismarck
N. D
Fort Lincoln
Count de Chambord
Paris
France
Chicago
United States
Spain
Virginius
Cuba
St. Louis
Bernhardt’s Macbeth Falters at London Lyceum
In London the performance by Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Macbeth at the Lyceum was seen as a histrionic failure. Meanwhile riots in western Russia and Algiers killed many Jews. A Iowa liquor sales ban went into effect. Marseilles faced a mosquito plague with 1000 bonfires to combat it. Congress tightened the Chinese Exclusion Act. Carter H. Harrison received Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Illinois. Ten Years Ago notes China Japan tensions over Korea and railway labor disputes. The World’s Fair in Chicago suffered major fire damage to seven buildings.
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Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Lyceum Theater
London
Russia
Algiers
Iowa
Marseilles
France
Congress
Carter H. Harrison
Democrats of
Illinois
Far East
China
Japan
Korea
Woods and Grosscup
United States Court
Rock Island
Jackson Park
Chicago
Local notices report a string of accidents and notable deaths
A condensed report from Indiana details serious injuries from a shotgun blast over a domestic incident at Covington, a gondola car incident in Hammond, a fence recoil accident near Pennville, and multiple fatalities or partial injuries including a boy struck by a Lake Erie & Western train, a man drowned near Fairland, and a clerk dying of heart trouble. The item lists a range of other misfortunes, with weather-related factory shutdowns and civic notes, including adjutant general details and Grand Army of the Republic delegates.
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State Institution For the
Edi of the Blind
Covington
J. W. Fix
Wileyville
Fred Kollowitz
Ilinois Steel Company
Lake Front
Hammond
Frank Hahner
Pennville
Lewis Sorrell
Ville
Lake Erie & Ern
Alexander Lorre
William Dison
Livi
James L. Allen, Sr
J L. Lucas
Indiana
Department
States
Grand Army
Boston
J. R. Robison
Ison
John D. Ader
Bedford
A. F. Spaulding
Wabash
William Bris
Indianapolis
Muncie
Silverware
Indian Works
Hat Olch
Indus
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Ivo Grandet
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Jerry
Nurge
Atlantic
Rockall Reef
Norse
Grimsby
Ie Zekly
Ebner
ANA News
John Riess
Crockaway
Emma
John P. Bond
Willi Casaday
South Bend
Elijalk
Wilmington
Alfred Major
Bwine Creek
Fairland
Ince
Mr. Major
Grant
Macbeth-Evars
Federal Window Glass Company
Gas City Co-Operative Window, Company
Safe W. Glass Company
Matthews
William Aronson
Buff
Hammon
Yorktown
Frank Col
Cole
Dudley
Shelbyville
Teds
E. E. Copelard
North M
John Uhl
Corille
Whitewater River
Connersville
Frank Archibal
Uhl
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