Joan of the Sword in the Courtyard Duel
Duchy Joan of Hohenstein enters a knightly hall to confront a Dane prisoner. Werner von Orseln and the young Polish Dane spar in a dramatic blade duel as Joan assumes leadership, frees the prisoner, and invites him into her ranks aboard a rising rebellion in Kernsberg.
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Joan
Hane Trench
Plaskenburg
Mable
Joan of
Huave
Werner von Orselh
Worher
Duchass
Werner
Peter Balta
Dane
Kernsberg
Joan of the Sword
Peter Halta
Maurice von Lynar
Sparhawk
Borix
Jorian
Werner von Orseln
Wilna
Silesia
Boris
Borla
Kernsborg
Castle Lynar
Gome
Denmark
The Cozening of the Ambassador in Duchess Joan
Duchess Joan of Hohenstein entertains the High State's Councillor Leopold von Dessauer at a castle. An old black velvet clad ambassador admires her, plans love and courtly intrigue, and hints at her arranged marriage to the Prince of Courtland amid a wakeful, perilous twist.
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Courtland
Wilna
Plassenburg
Joan
Joan von Hohenstein
Johann
Dessauer
Bohemia
Baltic
Joan of the Sword
Forester
Plascenburg
Leopold von Dessauer
Joan of Hohenstein
Be Original and Do Your Own Work, Not Imitate Beescher
A terse exhortation urges individuals to embrace originality and reject copying others. It likens imitation to folly, comparing it to a violet trying to be a rose, and notes many clergymen who copied Beecher failed to achieve lasting impact. It concludes that true success comes from forging a unique path.
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Beecher
Invariable Rules of Growth by a Physician
A physician states growth follows fixed rates from infancy to adulthood. The average man grows eight inches in year one, six in year two, five in year three, four in years four through five, and four in year six, slowing thereafter to one and a half inches by year sixteen, two inches in year seventeen, and one inch in year eighteen, reaching about five feet eight inches at eighteen and continuing slowly after.
One Moment of Delight in Russell Square
A traveling American woman recalls an English remark on July Fourth. On a balcony in Russell Square she and others watch Americans parade with fireworks and flags. An English spectator questions the celebration, and she replies that Americans celebrate their independence.
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Lowon
Offered Up to Mammon
Irene Macfadyen of England warned after inspecting conditions that long hours toll on children damage their physical mental and moral health. She described the effects as indescribable and called for reform affecting lives and health of young workers.
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Irene Macfadyen
England
End of Greenwich Observatory Threatened by Power Station
The Greenwich Observatory in England faces disruption as a near by power station, on the meridian about a mile south, could exceed 50 000 horsepower and disturb instruments. Parliament has been petitioned by observatory authorities amid fears the project will render their work useless. The article also notes plans to mark the Santa Fe Trail.
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Greenwich Observatory
England
Greenwich
Painful suspicions on child labor and pioneer trail lore
Fragmented text cites painful views on mill children and tuberculosis risk, Washington Post critique of child labor, then shifts to Kansas penny fund for a pioneer highway from Kansas City to Santa Fe, plus notes on the apple as world’s favorite fruit and a Drury Lane Hamlet anecdote.
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The
Washington Post
South
Kansas
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Mexico
New el Dondo
Unbreakable S-wrench by forging from old buggy spring
An Illinois Popu lar Mechanics correspondent describes an unbreakable S-wrench made from an old buggy spring. The method yields a diamond edged jaw gunmetallike tool and claims of superior durability compared to standard wrenches. The process involves shaping, punching holes, spreading jaws, bending, and finishing on the anvil and hardy.
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Illinois
Popular Mechanics
Cement Industry Shows Rapid U S Growth and Foreign Demand
The cement industry expands quickly in the United States with Portland cement output rising from 798,757 barrels in 1834 to 26,605,881 in ten years and an estimated 30,000,000 barrels in 1906. Domestic supply continues strong, meeting home needs and foreign demand. Consul Harris reports Mannheim that Germany’s exports to the U S dropped from over one million dollars annually to about half a million by 1900.
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United States
Consul Harris
Mannheim
Germany
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Joan Snord
Sr.crockett
Co.right
A. J. Crockett
Lightfoot
Thriscmer
von Dessauer
Joan Ax
Rey
James S. Harlan
Interstate Commer
Mammon
William the Conqueror
Normandy
France
Drury Lane
Edmund Kean
Hamlet
Henderson
Kemble
John Chiraman
Sen
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