A Ducal Mystery and the Return of the Heir
A noble household in Beroldstein faces intrigue as Elizabeth, the duchess’s rival, schemes to place her son on the throne. A mysterious “White Lady” and a cottage child swap threaten the lineage, but the real heir is recovered with aid from trusted servants and Lisette, restoring order to the castle and reuniting lovers Charlie and the narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabi
Roderic
Rodere
Amalie
Indy
Elizabeth of
Elizabeth
Beroldstein
Eizabeth
Sor
Frau Breuner
Russia
von Berohlstein
Charlie
Trior
Lisette
Manme
Thad
Sieric
Ro Teric
Lennet
Conch
Suferia
Lattehen
Fraulein
Mme. Elizabeth
Ark Womens
Schloss
Max
Cottacs
Promisea
Schloss Beroldstein
Tude Roderic
Anna Preitschier
Thuringia
Anna
Keim
Mims
Mme
Tata
The White Lady Returns to Beroldstein Castle
A poor English girl, Alice, becomes nursery governess to the Duke of Beroldstein’s children in Southern Prussia. She befriends Charlie Kent, and at Schloss Beroldstein she encounters the feared White Lady, whose appearances herald family deaths and stir superstition among the aristocratic household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clenrysman
Dom
Prussia
Beroldstein
Standin
Charlie
Alice
Charlie Kent
Schloss Beroldstein
Eifel
Roderic
Amalie
Fra
Albrecht
Frau Bronner
von Heroldstin
Telegraphic unreliability and stray dispatches observed
A historical notice notes telegrams are unreliable when delivered by untrained staff. It laments misdirected telegrams, delayed deliveries, and frequent misrouting, contrasting professional wire service with careless handling. The piece also briefly touches on changing pastures and freezing ground at Yakutsk.
A Bright Boy and the First Lessons in Obedience
Colonel Percey Yergar ends his boy Sam’s mischief by placing him in the store of Sid Binford, Austin’s stern grocer. The boy defies orders, but Mr Bluford warns him to respond when signaled. Sammy retorts that his head shake means he won’t respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percey Yergar
Sam
Sid Binford
Austin
Sammy
Bluford
Mini
Knowsonethings: A Brief 1854 Secret Politics Organization
A fragment notes a secret 1854 political group named Knowsonethings formed by German Republicans to oppose Knownothings. Founders were Germans, against slavery expansion, Sabbath laws, and Maine liquor hypocrisy. It grew to over six thousand members before fading, with organizers earning twenty five dollars per charter while traveling for Iedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowsonethings
Maine
Iedges
Budge
Peat Harvesting Methods in Ireland and Scotland
A historical overview of peat gathering in Ireland and Scotland describes the seasonal carting, swarth preparation, and cutting with a slane, yielding dried peat blocks. It notes the drying process, handling ease, and limited heat value, along with attempts to compress peat to remove moisture, which have largely failed at scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Scotland
England
The Espinosilla and its strange uses in Mexico
Marchial Oropesa describes the espinosilla, a native Mexican thorn plant found near Mexico City, San Angel, Texcoco, and Santa Fe. It is valued as a diaphoretic medicine and hair preservative, with Aztec names like cuachile and hoitzia Mexicana. The plant grows up to three feet, is rough and thorny, and its seeds in pods induce laughter and clowns when used in small doses. Also noted: a separate report about a sea-serpent sighting near Lake Stahiges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchial Oropesa
Mexico
Repaires
San Angel
Texcoco
Santa Fe
G. Deo
Republic
Shanghai
London Sewage Value and Disposal Plans Analyzed
Estimates show London sewage worth over 8 billion dollars annually for 4 million people. Four treatment schemes examined. broad irrigation impractical near London. Lime treatment with land filtration preferred, producing sludge for soil enrichment, reducing Thames pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pullman
Great Britain
Edinburgh
Doncaster
Birmingham
Thames
Lawson
The Thyroid Gland and Its Affected Conditions
The Thyroid gland lies on both sides of the trachea near the top, joined by a small isthmus below the Adam’s apple. It enlarges in goiter sometimes to the neck and beyond, varies by age and sex, and may obstruct breathing or swallowing. Causes are debated, with water quality suspected in Derbyshire. Treatment noted as removal of the patient to another locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ceres
Holy Orthodox Church of
the Ext
Lexington
Bunker Hill
New England
Harper's Bazar
England
Derbyshire
Curious Facts in Russian Notice Mummy And Chamber Find
The Russian Zarye men tions a complete Egyptian mummy about four vershoks long, an underground chamber at Mazeppa's Rampart in Baturin with clay statues misread as Slavonian gods. Tereshkeviteh tied a statue to Shu, a Kiel University lecturer, who sent it to the museum and to St Petersburg for Egyptologist study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zarye
Kied Archeological Museum
Batarin
Chernigov
Mazeppa
M. Tereshkeviteh
Baturin
Sarra R
M. Shu
Kiel University
St. Petersburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mother Earth
Wrath
Ewing
Preust
Wien
Merrill
the White Lady
Telegraph Company
Smthfield
Chicago Journal
Yakutsk
Siberin
Espinosilla
Laughing Plant
Schoomer
Lake Stahiges
City Bakery
Barton & Wacherpeld
Abirons
Keller Stand
Third Street
Barton & Wachenfeld
T. B. Ross
Gise
Ross & Cish, Physicians and Surgeons
Hawk & Glessener’s
W. P. Seeds
Abilene, Kansas
Stambaugh & Hurd, Attorneys AT Law
Abilens, Kansas
J. Rb
Josennaka, Pres
Take. Muss
First National Bank
Abilene Capital
Abilene Bank
Geisbud
Hebi
Contier
Incorporated Bank
Lebold, Fisher & Coo., Dankers
Thomas Kirby
Banker
M. L. Potter
Woobbine P. D
Kansas
Leones Wek
W. Liggett
Abilene
W. Wilson
Eb, Wilson
Fireman's Fund, of
California
Union, of
North German Insurance Co
Merchants’, of
Newark
Mattoon Life Insurance Co
Illinois
Hartford Lite and
Hartford
Connecticut
Wester Home Nursery
Vermont
Rooney
Eicholtz
Detroit
Eas
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