Revenge and alliance in Ivan of Muscovy tale
Excerpts reveal Prince Ivan plotting conquest and a deadly scheme with Theresa von Lynar as they plot murder and marriage to seize territories. Theresa seduces and betrays Ivan, whispering a fatal password as dawn breaks and the plot escalates alongside Princess Margaret's troubled marriage.
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Margaret
Conrad
Ivan
Holy Russia
Kernsborf
Hohenstein
Plassenburg
Muscovy
Theresa von Lynar
Theresa
Margraf
Theresa You Lynar
Lanter
Prince van
The Head of the Church Visible Epilogue of Explication
A dramatic epilogue traces Conrads marriage to gain royal favor, with Pope Sixtus arranging documents and Giuliano as a nephew helper. Joan marries in Kernsberg, honoring Theresa as a memory, while Hugo and Helene Plassenburg attend. The tale closes with reflections on destiny, duty, and loyalty. In a far western canon four graves mark a failed gold-seekers expedition, with rough epitaphs hinting at Padre and a hostile cross border encounter.
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Pope Sixtus
Roger
Conrad
Alban
Rome
Holy Father
Giuliano
Prince Conrad of
Courtland
Ceed
Castle Kornaberg
Joan
Henry the Lion
Theresa
Henry
Kernsberg
Hohenstein
Hugo
Helene Plassenburg
Helene
Joan of the
Sword Hand
Getting Even in Winter Monthe Revenge Tale
A dialogue contrasts a plutocrat and a plumber who services a wealthy household. The speaker revels in revenge after the plumber’s high bills, noting the plumber recently wheeled away in an automobile, perhaps paying back others through his own profits.
The Love Philtre and a Conversation on Love
A humorous exchange unfolds among Tom Pinch Ginger and Patty as they debate love, habits, and women. Mr Nutts pushes an absurd idea of love philtres while delivering a mock sermon on its supposed scientific and moral value. Tom buys a philtre recipe for scientific curiosity and potential romance.
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Mr. Nutts
Adam
Cupid
Patty
Pinch
Tom
Gal
Ginger
Bill Jones
America
Mhan
Bill
Jones
Mr. Notts
Mr. Notes
Where the Incubator Failed Deacon Clovertop
A Philadelphia Record item captions a farmer lamenting his incubator as it fails to lay an egg. Deacon Clovertop asks how the device is doing, while Farmer Meddergrass explains the dern machine has produced nothing since acquisition.
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Deacon Clovertop
Farmer Meddergrass
Philadelphia
Thoughtless remark cited in Houston Post archive
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes a man describing his wife’s anger and claiming Helep of Troy as the most beautiful woman ever seen. The snippet reflects a conversational, literary tone and references classical beauty standards.
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Helep
Troy
Houston Post
Twain Reflects on Silence at Dinner With German Emperor
In a North American Review passage, Mark Twain recalls a message from the German emperor asking why Twain spoke little at a dinner. Twain quips that the emperor would have suffered from solitude, and muses how he would invite the monarch to Berlin and take the floor himself.
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Clemens
Berlin
Mark Twain
The
North American Review
Round Trip to California Via Salt Lake Route Offer
Advertises a $30 round trip to California with travel via the Salt Lake Route. Directs readers to write for full information to J. H Burbar in Salt Lake City.
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California
Salt Lake
J. H Burbar
Salt Lake City
Sabme
3. H. Burtner
Keep Mum. Women and their shared likenesses
A brief meditation on women as a uniform type and the impression of universal affection. The piece then shifts to travel and military life, contrasting Life on a troopship with earlier naval journeys and noting modern comforts that soldiers now enjoy, including upscale berths and fare. The Captain’s voice frames the contrast with a tone of nostalgic comparison.
California Round Trip Starts April Twenty-Six
A dramatic 19th century blurb describes a mail sendoff by a Salt Lake City postmaster in Wildcat town as a train nears, the pouch lifted by crane and the official declaring the honorable mail of these United States is about to go.
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Wlldcat
D. W. Samways
California
Het
Salt Lake
Russian Farmers Organize and Hog Sale Tale
A fragment mentions Russian zemstros organizing for farm supplies and machinery. It recounts a village hog sale where a widow questions the seller about breed, weight, health, and even a joke about missing tails, illustrating distrust and graft talk. The piece also cites fashion in medicine and a travel route note.
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Russia
Zemstros
California
Salt Lake
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Joan Saord
Crockett
Lous
Prince Ivan
Bartholdus Schwartz
Henry of
Maurice von Lynar
Prince
Margarets
Maurice
Anna
Martha
the Love
Philtre
Coorright
Joseph D. Bowles
Sardenke Eou
Queen Elizabeth's Court
Mark
Sadie
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