Cesare Borgia Seeks Matteo Orsini at Pievano
Cesare Borgia dispatched Pantaleone degli Uberti with a small force toward Pievano to locate and capture Matteo Orsini. Pantaleone feigns injury to gain entry as Almerico and his daughter Pulvia greet him, while Borgia’s ruthless pursuit continues.
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Cesare Borgia
Valentinois
Italy
Cesare
Matteo Orsini
Kihemat
Almerico
Pievano
Matteo
Pantaleone Degli Uberti
Orsini
Pantaleone
Pulvia
Chapter II Continued Seelve Falls Ill After Fainting
In a dramatic turn, Pantaleone collapses amid a scene of concern as Ma donna Fulvia orders aid. Mario the castéman diagnoses exhaustion and a six ounce dose of restorative required, while attendants prepare wine napkins and a silver basin for his return to bed.
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Seelve
Almericro
Madonna Fulvia
Marlo
Ron
Pantaleone
Almérica
Orstal
Mario
Pievano
Arta
Chirurgeon
Horseleech
Monia
Fulvia
Raffaele
Hal
Rose
Vincenzo
Raffaete
Bo Mario
Virginia
Pataleone Degl
Pantaleone Probes For Missing Men In Perugia Court Tale
The condottiero Pantaleone questions a page in bed at Pievano about the lord Almerico’s lack of men and the vanishing Giuberti. He learns Almerico favors Seneca and philosophers, and notes Giuberti’s disappearance alongside Matteo Orsini amid odd horse counts. The boy reports Perugia ties and Giuberti’s status, while Pantaleone ponders a possible link and praises the boy’s wit.
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Pantaleone
Raffaele
Campa
Pievano
Almerico
Messer Pantaleone
Perugia
Almerice
Seneca
Italy
Vincenzo
Giannone
Andrea
Madonna
Giuberti
Matteo Orsini
Plevano
Gioberti
Unclear Narrative Fragment In Morning Sunlight
A fragment describes Pantaleone waking to pale January sunlight flooding a room. A page offers a convoluted line about serving him, mentioning a stripling with a lovely face and smooth hair and a confusing phrase about being sent.
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Pantaleone
Norrow
Eatorts
Great Animal Painter Rosa Bonheur and Her Quiet Return
A biographical sketch notes Rosa Bonheur, once celebrated for her art and support from Empress Eugenie, spent years teaching and living near Fontainebleau. The piece touches on her early dressmaking, a career shift to painting, and a long period away from the public art world. Mentions of a magazine and Wall Street statistics on women’s hosiery appear as contextual asides.
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Rosa Bonheur
Hanor
Rmpress
Alrove
Fontainebieau
Mentor
Thoughtful Ephraim Dustin Transformed by His Wife
In a village tale from 1916, Ephraim Dustin, a contemplative man who reads constantly and neglects practical life, is spurred by his wife Almira to engage in real duties. Her intervention shifts him from dreamer to practical, as neighbors note the change in the ensuing years.
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Phraim Dustin
Ephraim
Weatsre
Uhink
The New Year by Katherine Edelman
A reflective piece urging self improvement as a new year begins. The author imagines a fresh, untarnished year offering opportunities for loving service, kindness, and personal growth while promising to shed regret and fear of the past and future.
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Katherine Edelman
Frnto
Westers Newspaver
Time Flies Onboard Aboard Flight With Delayed Departure
An unclear remark about time and travel references a disrupted air trip. The fragment hints at misperceived schedules and a casual, cryptic exchange aboard a plane. No concrete names or dates are provided.
Bayberry Candle Wisdom Sparks New Year Reflection
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union piece portrays Bob Stevens and his sister discussing the bayberry candle custom. The talk links candlelight to health joy and wealth, urging slow thinking over rapid, electric burn of life. The scene closes with a vow to pause and reflect in the new year.
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Shea
Bob Stevens
Bob
Grandmother
Western Newspaper Union
Banquet in Stone Age Style Draws European Scientists
A distinguished archeologist and fellow Robert Society members hosted a three hour Stone Age banquet on a Danube sandbank. They prepared cabbage soup and meats using heated stones, wooden bowls, and no metal implements, aiming to fully imitate prehistoric dining.
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Real Society
Danube River
Victoria Drummond Earns Sea Going Marine Engineer Ticket
Miss Victoria Drummond, goddaughter of Queen Victoria and granddaughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney, gained full qualifications as a sea going marine engineer. She served afloat in 1922 on a ship to Australia, performing watch duties and boiler inspections alongside male colleagues. She now weighs continuing at sea or shifting to onshore consulting work.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria Drummond
Miss Drummond
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Australia
Philippine education board tightens athletic eligibility
The Philippine Bureau of Education rules that only students with good academic records may represent schools in provincial, interprovincial, and carnival meets. Credit for participation is discontinued and students who fail promotion cannot represent their school next year. Athletes are excused from regular PE and will make up missed work.
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Philippine Bureau of Education
Letters of Mme de Sevigne Celebrate France at 300
Gamaliel Bradford in Delineator notes the three hundredth anniversary of Marie de Sevigne born France. The letters reveal a vivid, humane personality and illuminate the notable figures of her era through brimming wit and charm.
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France
Mgre
de Sevigne
Ethan
Gamalie Bradford
Delineagor
Control Room Men Run City Power Grid In Storms
The article compares electricity dispatch to trains, noting control board operators must speed up systems during storms and slow them when sun returns. It highlights that cities depend on these workers yet most people are unaware of their existence. The New York Herald Tribune voices the insight.
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New York Herald Tribune
Rutland Duchess to Sell Gobelin Tapestries at Belvoir
The duchess of Rutland will sell eight Gobelin tapestries that have hung in Belvoir Castle for a century to fund refurnishing. Once at Haddon Hall, Dorothy Vernon’s home, they were bought after the French Revolution by the fifth Duke of Rubhind. The eight pieces depict Don Quixote’s adventures and were made by command of Louis XV.
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Duchess of Rutland
Gobelin
Belvoir Castle
Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
Duke of Rubhind
Don Quixote
Louis XV
Dandelion Butter Color Advertised for 50 Years
An ad touts a harmless vegetable butter color named Dandelion used by millions for five decades. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles labeled Dandelion at 35 cents.
National Reform leader mocks municipal abuses in Pittsburgh
Secretary James S. McGaw of the National Reform association cites excuses by city heads to avoid abolishing abuse. He recalls a writer in a humorous quip about meddling with materials and missing items at home. An advertisement for Cuticura Talcum promotes powder and perfumes.
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James S. McGaw
Pocket Power plant powers light for ten seconds
The Dearborn Independent reports an electric generator built to be hand cranked by a band. A ten second crank yields three minutes of light, showing a small, spring driven power source can provide brief illumination.
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Dearborn
Conscience Warns Us as a Friend and Judge
A reflective line attributed to Saint Stanislas warns that conscience acts as a friend before it acts as a judge, emphasizing inner moral accountability.
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Stanislas
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