The Tide at Mont Saint Michel Adds to Gertrudes Peril
Gertrude pursues her mad husband through Brittany to Dinan and Mont Saint Michel aboard a steamship and a carriage. A desperate dash across shifting sands ends with a dramatic rescue as a tidal surge sweeps in, and Gertrude clings to survival with her driver and the man she loves.
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Filippo
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Mont St Michel
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Mont St. Mehel
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Lawrence Soames
Ainner
Leslie
Iady
Trertrude
Imian
Horses Detect Land Scent At Sea Aboard Ship
A Philadelphia horseman brought a blooded horse to Europe and aboard a steamship the animal signaled land sighting by sniffing the air. The captain explained the bay detected pastures wafting far seaward, a trait enabling horses on ships to signal approaching land.
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Thomas Mctilsness
Philadelphia
Europe
Rents Going Up and Impatient Admonitions
Philadelphia Public Ledger reports rising rents as residents voice concern about affordability. Suburbs figure quotes reflect anxiety over housing costs with a remark about buying the future. The Philadelphia note closes with an aphorism on adversity and impatience.
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Subbubs
Philadelshia Public Ledger
European Women Will Invade America in Matrimonial Race
An essay by Della Austrian argues against European women courting American men at the St Louis Exposition era. It details planned strategies by English German French and Italian women to captivate promoters and bachelors, with emphasis on languages, sports, and domestic skills. The piece warns Americans to prepare defenses against this cultural intrusion and discusses love, prudence, and moral economy as guiding principles.
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Della Austrian
Lomton
Russia
Japan
England
France
Europe
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Italy
St Louis Exposition
Oxford
Cambridge
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Earth
Beret
Love In Moderation
Historian James Anthony Froude cautions against excessive devotion and urges a prudent middle path. He cites people who form attachments for mutual convenience and endure life with calm, unsentimental restraint, lasting through seventy years with few painful passions.
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Dy Helen Oldfield
James Anthony Froude
Nemesia
Lfe
Strung Up Three Times Tibbies Aides Vice Presidential Bid
Thomas Tibbies, Populist nominee for Vice President, is portrayed as a multi career figure age sixteen whose life includes law, farming, preaching, and newspaper work. He survived Quantrill’s guerrillas who hanged him three times seeking leaders, later becoming editor and candidate in a turbulent political era.
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Tibbies
Thomas Tibbies
Ele
Wall Street
Council Bluffs
Blackstone
John Brown
Quantrell
Geurrillas
Cuming County
Luter Tibbles
Joseph LaFlesche
Bright Fives
Tibbles
Ponca Ind
Dead Thousands Are the Railroads Tribute
A 1903 rail accident toll is tabulated showing 3 554 killed and 45 077 injured in railroad operations a rise from 1902 amid debate on safety and the Interstate Commerce Commission role a Chicago official jokes about drastic remedies while contrasting American rail tragedies with European civilization the piece laments lost lives to the steam railroad system.
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Joan Howland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Europe
Indictment to marriage after testimony and lecture tour
After extensive testimony, he married her. At an Episcopalian bishop's urging, Tibbies and his wife devoted five years to lecturing both Americans and Englishmen about the Indians and their wrongs.
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Tibbies
Quay Stories Bring Humorous Capitol Meeting
In a lighthearted Capitol anecdote from the Quay stories, Senator Tesae t gnoldman wanders the partly unused library area and Meets Yeager who helps him find the way. The exchange blends nostalgia, humor, and political gossip about engagements and remedies in Washington.
Meeting with Senator Quay Turns Surreal
A guide escorts two people to Senator Quay's committee room. The caller asks to see Quay, who is present but addressed as if another man, prompting a startled moment when the visitor reveals himself as Mr. Quay.
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Senator Quay
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