Guido Ventura and the Unerring Gunman at the Asylum
In Lac Frenen the alienist Dr Noirot guides a visitor through an asylum grounds to Guido Ventura, a famed marksman who shoots only through a plaster head. Arabella, his beauty companion, plays with jealousy as a dangerous American suitor disrupts their act.
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Lac Frenen
Celestial Empire
Marquis Tseng
Diana the Huntress
Ace
Guido Ventura
Paris
Arabella
Alcazar
Diana
Huntress
Guido Vroture
New World
Soe
Taki
New York
America
A Second Napoleon in London Letters Stir European War Talk
The London letter notes peaceful professsions from Berlin and Paris easing tension but spotlight on General Boulanger. A Paris contact says he is not an emperor but a radical figure prone to vanity and possible dictatorship, allied with Clemenceau. He opposes war now, seeks army reform, and foresees France meeting Germany with a fair chance if prepared.
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London
Berlin
Paris
Europe
Boulanger
Bonaparte
Wheather
Napoleon
Bismarck
General Boulanger
Clemenceau
Germany
France
William
von Moltke
Denmark
Belgium
Germ
Russia
All on Account of a Shoat in Illinois Court
A Garret township dispute over ownership of a small brown shoat mirrors the Iowa calf case. Two farmers pursued legal action from justice court to the circuit court, with the defendant initially awarded about $2 plus roughly $400 in costs. A stay of execution was granted on technical grounds, leaving the fate of the shoat unresolved.
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Ill
Inter-Ocean
Iowa
Douglas
Garret Township
Circuit Court
J. Basacct
Arcola
Shoat
Songs of the Times on popular ballads and originality
A discussion on how seven notes shape all songs, with examples of copying and plagiarism in 19th century popular tunes. The piece notes Chopin, Sankey, and trademark hits like Grandfather's Clock, Shoo Fly, and When This Cruel War is Over, detailing composers, performers, and the finical fates of era songs.
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Scanlan
Adonis
Dixey
Mendelssohn
St. Paul
Billee Taylor
Allen
Eliza
Chopin
Scotland
America
Ira D. Sankey
Claribel
New York
Dan Bryant
Company G
England
Brooklyn
Greenwood
Frank Howard Accused of Song Theft in New York Case
Claim cites Frank Howard did not write certain songs but bought them from a New York boy named Spencer. The remark notes that when a tune resembles a previous one it is likely a steal.
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Frank Howard
Howard
New York
Spencer
Aubrey's famous ride from Santa Fe to Independence
The St Louis Republican recounts Aubrey a French Canadian rider who stretched 800 miles Santa Fe to Independence in five days thirteen hours during 1849 1250. He sped with horse changes every twenty four hours riding over 130 miles daily and earned large wagers. His death followed a deadly saloon confrontation with Waitman in Santa Fe.
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St. Louis Republican
M. Alexander Majors
Aubery
Santa Fe N. M
Independence
Pacific
Aubrey
Santa Fe
Ind Dence
Independance
Tim
Wester Country
Waitman
California
Brey
Aubreys
Aubrey Brion
Touching Rescue Amid Vermont Rail Disaster
The Springfield Republican recounts a traveling salesman Frank Winch surviving a Vermont wreck. He escaped through a Boston sleeper window as flames rose in the debris. A beautiful young woman pinned by timbers urged him to pray, then calmly admitted her fear as the scene grew dire.
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Springfield Republican
Vermont
Frank Winch
New York
Boston
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Alcazar d‘Automne
Guido
Songs OF the Times
New York Mail and Express
General Grant
Mailman
Joe Emmet
Byron
Athens
Krohn
W. J. Scanlan
Henry Acker
Genevieve
Jim Stewart
Cincinnati
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