The Schwartzberg Omen and the Golden Dragon Tale
In a Swiss village the omen of Schwartzberg foretells tragedy as a castle heir and lover fear superstition while the mirror falls and a portrait crashes. Ludwig Schmidt and Bertha wed after a fatal will dispute as Fritz Hartmann foils a plot and dies at the castle gate. The tale, told at the Golden Dragon, lingers as a creaking superstitious legend.
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Bertha
Ludwig
Ludwig Schmidt
Fritz Hartmann
Notary
Hartmann
Schwartzberg
Tapistried
Schmidt
Geneva
Schwartzbe
Weill
Martha
Gretchen
Ben Hur Origin Story Linked to Bob Ingersoll
General Lew Wallace recounts how a westbound train meeting with Bob Ingersoll inspired the genesis of Ben Hur. Wallace asked about God the soul heaven and hell and Ingersoll offered relentless doubt, prompting Wallace to study Christianity and complete his famous tale.
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Ben Hur
Bob Ingersoll
Lew Wallace
Bob
Ingersoll
Wallace
Walona
Getti
Legend of Captain Cremony and the Nubian Lions Tale
The tale recounts Captain Cremony of California cavalry courting credulity with grand war yarns in camp on the Gila. His French lieutenant Duchetel, famed for his drink, corroborated every claim, until a drunken exchange ended with a muttered refusal to sustain the legend about Nubian lions.
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Cremony
Duchetel
Chasseurs d’ Atrigns
Gila River
Col. Cremony
Africa
Sonne Ose
Cap’n Cremony
Lieut
California
Nother
Grace and Teddy’s Canton Flannel Elephant Fight
In a Boston Record fragment Grace and Teddy quarrel over a canton flannel elephant. Ted lunges at Grace and receives a slap. their mother intervenes, instructing Teddy to pray for Grace as she remains in possession of the toy. Ted asks if mom ever tried prayer too.
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Boston Record
Grace
Teddy
Ted
Compelled to Marry in Virginia Marriage Case
A 15 year old girl named Taylor near Grayson sulphur springs Grayson county refused to wed a fisherman named Rudd. Justices Alley and Frost issued a warrant to arrest her. She initially resisted but finally agreed to the marriage under threat of imprisonment. The ceremony was hurriedly performed amid local excitement.
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Lynchburg
Taylor
Grayson Sulphur Springs
Grayson County
Rudd
Squire Alley
Frost
Closely Shaved by Bullets in Chickamauga Fight
Mr. Hard Giddens of Berrien county joined the army at the war’s start and served through to the close. In the Chickamauga battle his clothing was torn in twenty seven places by bullets, two touches on flesh. His Twenty ninth Georgia regiment shrank from seven hundred men to about twenty seven. His company K lost all but one to death or capture. his gear was shot through. Giddens, now about forty six, remains hale and a sturdy farmer.
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Atlanta
Hard Giddens
Berrien County
Chickamauga
Twentyninth Georgia
Giddens
Berrien
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Kenner
Black Mountain
Fritz
Ter
Bercha
Leipsic
Lud
Martha Amore
Notary’s
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