Thea art mine whispered to my heart
Kendrick Bangs writes in Almsiee's Magazine of riches beyond gold, yet declares the one most precious thought is the beloved. He says wealth from Oresega and Monte Christe pales beside the dear claim you hold, and bids the beloved lean in to hear the confession.
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Oresega
Monte Christe
Vem Kendrick Bangs
Almsiee’s
A Skating Episode At Heidelberg Ends In Tragedy
A student recalls a romantic skating trip along the Neckar to a castle where he hoped to confess love to Elsa. During the ascent a crime unfolds on the ice as a man and Elsa struggle. the assailant escapes, and Elsa is found mortally wounded.
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Heidelberg
Neckar
Baron von Rosentower
Elea
Elsa
Flea
Cassie
Murder and Love On London Skating Ponds
A narrator recalls a night of danger and passion as he hurries to Elsa in a wild spot. A wolfish cry turns to a dying confession of love and murder follows by a hidden knife, leaving the lover to uncover the killer in a bleak January scene.
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Elsa
London
Regent's Park
Ice skater duel echoes a murderer from the past
A narrator recalls a fatal three year old ice tragedy as a skilled skater performs dazzling maneuvers. He suspects the foreign performer may be the Heidelberg killer Elsa von Rosen tower. The police are alerted as a confrontation unfolds during a public skating ring scene.
Mystery of the rapier mark and a fateful pursuit
The scene centers on a confrontation where a man admits a past wound from a rapier on the calf during pursuit. A police intervention leads to the suspect’s confession and execution, while a broader account describes European orders and decorations collected by rulers, including the Emperor and others.
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Pingland
Austria
Spain
William
William EL
Wilhelm
Meeting Eyebrows Across Cultures Across Time
The London Standard notes how meeting eyebrows have inspired myths and fashion in Turkey Greece Rome and Denmark. It contrasts Kingsley and Tennyson on the idea with tales of luck or ill omen for those with joined brows.
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Charles Kingsley
Tennyson
Turkey
Rome
Greece
Denmark
Germany
London Standard
A Yonkers Girl’s Frosty Response to a Cold Sermon
A missionary quotes Bishop Greer of New York who linked a church address on divorce to a Yonkers girl. The girl recounted her chilly morning return from church and her mother asked for the text. The reply: Many are cold, but few are frozen.
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Bishop Greer
New York
Yonkers
Notable exchanges spark talk before Houston bout
Quotes from the Houston Post hint at rival claims and defiant lines as promoters promise a dramatic confrontation. A chorus of opinions surrounds the fighters with public anticipation mounting ahead of the planned match.
Taft Height Noted as Six Feet One Inch
A roundup of varied notes from 1909 including Taft measured at six feet one inch and the Singer Building planned height of 612 feet one inch. Other items mention suffrage donations, Polk diary publishing, and a blue presidential flag once used by Arthur.
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William H. Taft
Singer
New York City
Paraguay
Buffalo
Chicago Historical Society
Polk
United States
Arthur
Harrisburg
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