The Russian Doctor and Hortense in Abilene Tale
In a vine wrapped Abilene house the Russian doctor Arnim Elbthal, recently returned from Kazan, forms a bond with Hortense, a French emigrant girl. Their secret garden encounters and shared lessons spark a forbidden affection, while Ivan the servant and Mile. Fifine the governess watch over a romance shaded by memory, language barriers, and looming marriage expectations. The tale blends exotic rumor with small town manners as Arnim grapples with love and duty.
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Frances A. Shaw
A. N. Kellogg Kewepaper Company
Kasan
Arnim Elbthal
Ivan
Fraulein Marianne
Van
Ting
Ahohar
Germany
Marianne
Shim
Arnim
Onder
Apne
Ewen
Hortense
Mademoiselle
Mlle
Fifine
Mile
Filine
Mlle. Fifine
la Belle France
War ends debate stirs Tennessee politics in 1890s
A Republican editor mocks Sherman and Northern Democrats while praising Southern prosperity under Democratic rule. The piece argues the war ended twenty five years ago and defends Cleveland era civil service reforms. It contrasts Republican banners with Democratic gains in the South and White House personnel changes.
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Ohio
Sherman
Beck
Billy Shakespeare
Republican Party
North
South
Tennessee
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
Nashville
Des Moines
Cleveland
New York Tribune
Senate
Allany Argus
New American Navy Emerges With Modern Vessels and Armored Ships
The article outlines a transformed navy with vessels including the steel ships Dolphin Boston Atlanta and Chicago now under construction or near completion. It details faster cruisers Baltimore Charleston and Newark, additional gun-boats and a pneumatic dynamite boat, torpedo vessels, and two armored cruisers with heavy armor and high costs. Monitors Parial Amphitrite Monadnock Terror and Miantonomoh are included with substantial armor expenditures, plus floating batteries, torpedoes, and ordnance funds, forming a modern fleet planned for coast defense and future strength.
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Dolphin
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Baltimore
Charleston
Newark
Aeandor
Navy
Pariial
Terror
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Bessemer
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L.H. Litts & CO
Mary Evsse Potee
Portland
Ore
Pierre Lorillard
Tuxedo Park
N. J
Christian
Thomas Kirby
Abilene, Kansas
AUL Business P
Romptly
B. Bonedrake
Theo. Moshen
First National ‘Bank
Abilene Bank
Lebold
MM. Fisner
Merest
EB. A. HE If
Incorporated Banka
Lebold, Fisher &C., Bankers
Drs. Felty
Shollenberger
Ates
Jefferson Medical College
Jessipain
Buckeye
Dr. Barcelon
F.garcelon
M. D
Faulkner
Peveiver
Seventh Street
Buckey* Avenue
Calis
J. M. Gleisen
Abilene
Kansas
M. Kirsch
Kaw
Steelsmith
Palace Drug Store
W. P. Seeds
Attorneys AT Law
W. T. Davidson
Eas of
Chicago Lumber Yard
Cottage Avenue
Gideon Folk
John E. George's
Excelsior Billiard Hall
Spruce Street
Pioneer
Yeomomny
Citizens’ Bank
Malott & Company
L. W. Rice
D. R. Gordes
John Johntz
W. B. Giles and
Malott
F. ¥. Close
Poland
China
Willowdale Tvidence
D. S. Beemer
Sley & Snider's
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
Hellert
Rd Street
F. B. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
Dickinson
Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Morris
Gash Capital
B. Bonebrake
Nathan Blevins
Theo. Mosher
S & Treas
Drake
C. Orton
J. E. Bonebrake
Bear First National Bank
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