The Tongue of Roland Bell Ringers Ghent Tale
A narrator discovers an iron tongue titled The Tongue of Roland from Ghent. In a flashback the tale recounts bellringer Jean de Lannoy tortured to reveal Roland’s tongue, and Jacques Barra, Charles V’s herald, orders its removal and a brutal execution in Ghent. The Tongue burns as the bellman endures a final, fiery fate.
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Spain
Roland
Ghent
Jacques Barra
Jean de Lannoy
Bellringer
Lannoy
River Scheldt
de Lannoy
Flanders
Crief
Charles V
Tongua
Berald
Barra
Charles
Levien Pyl
Fir
Rolawe
The First Grin in a Dad's Eyes at Post
A humorous verse from the Houston Post recounts a newborn’s first gummy grin and a father's clumsy joy. The speaker recalls baby’s toothless smile and a playful tumble that sparked the mother’s smile, celebrating the start of shared laughter and family happiness.
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Baby Wee
Gates
Building a Town for Trenton Rolling Mill Workers
Several thousand laborers work at Kinkora eight miles below Trenton to construct a model town for rolling mill employees. Three hotels, dwellings for superintendents and workers rise as the riverfront project aims for beauty and practicality with a square, shade trees, gardens, a steamboat landing, and its own water and lighting systems. The project, including mills, will cost about $1,000,000.
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Trenton
N. J
Kinkora
Delaware River
Wach
Luhyer
Philadelphia
Brides Balk at Altar In Two German Cases
Two recent incidents report brides saying no at wedding vows. In Posen the bride refused to marry a drunken fiancé, despite the groom answering yes. In Reimers a bride turned and left the church after declaring no as the ceremony began.
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Berlin
Posen
Reimers
Marrying an Indian Woman Fails in Land Adopter Case
Justice Duell affirms district supreme court ruling in West v Hitchcock. Willia C West, who married an Indian woman, claimed adoption into the Choctaw and sought an allotment of land in Indian territory. The Interior Department’s lack of approval blocks the adoption and mandamus failed to compel recognition.
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Washington
Justice Duell
District Supreme Court
Willia C. West
Hitchcock
West
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Mandanus
Homespun Suit Marks Missouri Congressman Murphy
Kansas City reports Patrick Murphy the new Republican from the sixteenth district travels to Washington in a suit of Missouri homespun wool. The Ozark district representative is known for dress and promised to wear the locally spun outfit, now fulfilling that pledge.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Patrick Murphy
Murphy
Washington
McCready
Ozarks
Boston Faces Lost Revenue Amid Bean Trust Tightening
A fragmentary report notes Boston’s year of bean purchases totaling 6.5 million pounds or dollars, with concerns over market control by a bean trust. Commentary targets political and business corruption, referencing John Bunyan’s anvil and a London sale of £265 as metaphor.
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John Bunyan
London
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