Valiant Wins Crimson Rose in Damory Court Tourney
John Valiant, heir to the Valiant corporation fortune, competes in the Damory Court joust and wins the Knight of the Crimson Rose. He chooses Shirley Dandridge as his partner for the ball, while Katharine Beechwood observes. The narrator notes Beechwood bequeaths heritage of Virginia and Damory Court hosts a lavish tournament ball as the town hails the victory.
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John Valiant
Valiant Corporation
Damory Court
Virginia
Shirley Dandridge
Shirley
Valiant
Doctor Southall
Major Bristow
Spotteswood
Knight of
Castlewood
Crimson Rose
Gage
Judge Chalmers
Nancy Chalmers
Quint Carter
Mr. Valiant
Rip-Van
St. Michael and St. George
John
White House
Beechwood
Beverly Homestead
Beverley
New York
Rosewood
Katharine
Gladden Hall
Old Virginia
Queen of Beauty
Castlehall
Byroe
Windsor
Dukes of Buckingham
Will Utilize Coal Waste At Hauto Central Power Plant
The Lehigh Navigation Electric company builds what may be the nation’s largest central power plant in a coal field at Hauto, Pennsylvania. The project aims to convert low value anthracite into electric current, with ash disposal into underground cars to cut costs. In separate notes, General Jackson’s 1814 Oakfuska victory over the Creek is recounted, detailing battle losses and earlier soldier desertions.
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United States
Lehigh Navigation Electric Company
Hauto
Coal Age
Fighting Piano Moths In Rental Pianos
A piano tuner explains that preventive camphor is used in rented pianos to fend off moths. He ties camphor in the case corners and says maintenance visits occur two or three times yearly to protect the felt back of the keyboard.
Religious Change in India as Hinduism Splits
Hindu adherents divide into ceremonials reformists and educated critics while Christianity gains over a million converts in the past year. Western influence colors Hindu reform and the future faith may blend Christian spirit with Hindu sacred books as Old Testament.
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India
Fixed furniture and brick use shape home design
The article notes fixed built in furniture as desirable to save buying and preserve decor. It also highlights brick as a renewed choice for houses for its decorative possibilities.
Magician’s Mistake in a Hat Trick Tale
An 1890s humor snippet from Puck’s Quarterly shows a magician promising to pull a porterhouse steak from a hat and reveal the trick, but the crowd presses in before he can finish, illustrating showmanship turning to frenzy. The scene riffs on audience eagerness and stage mischief.
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Puck's Quarterly
Optimist Ex-Governor Sulzer Reflects on Impeachment Banquet
Ex-Governor Sulzer, speaking at a New York banquet, says he remains optimistic though impeachment cooled his spirits. He quips that an optimist is someone who does not know what is coming.
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Sulzer
New York
Trinity House Charter Marks Four Century Milestone
On May 20, 1914 King Henry VIII granted a charter to Trinity House and the brethren celebrated its 400th anniversary with a banquet attended by leading government and opposition figures. The piece recalls fires that plagued the Water Lane establishment in 1676 and 1714 and notes the 1514 charter confirming old privileges for London mariners. It also recounts Gertrude Vanderbilt’s encounter with a beggar at Murray’s and her humorous remark.
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Henry VIII
London
Corporation of
Trinity House
Water Lane
Cording
Pepys
Tower Street
Dolphin Tavern
Corporation
England
Deptford Strood
Oldest Nebraska woman Clara Newhouse Briley turns 115
Hastings nurse Clara Dawson Newhouse Briley Fountain, born 1779 on a Virginia plantation, celebrates her 115th birthday at her Hastings home with her son Dr Nelson Briley. She recalls slavery, outliving multiple spouses, and enjoys smoking a pipe, pop, and apple butter as she remains active despite vision loss.
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Hastings, Neb
Clara Dawson Newhouse Briley
Nebraska
United States
Hastings
Dawson
Newhouse
Two Hundred Pound Man Escapes in Court
John Martin, about 200 pounds, escaped moments before arraignment on a theft charge by squeezing through a ventilator in Jefferson Market Court in New York.
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New York
John Martin
Jefferson Market Court
Chicago Pastors Denounce Drug Traffic in Sunday Sermons
Fifty Chicago church pastors delivered Sunday sermons denouncing the traffic in cocaine and other habit forming drugs and calling for remedial legislation.
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Chicago
Man Seeks Death Over No False Teeth in Elizabeth NJ
William Smalley attempted hanging from a tree limb but it broke. He said his motive was the inability to buy false teeth, thwarting his plan to end his life in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Elizabeth
N. J
William Smalley
Transgressors Face Hard Way in Public Ledger Reflection
A brief aphorism from the Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that the path of wrongdoing is difficult, serving as a cautionary reflection on crime and its consequences amid heavy public traffic.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs Avucustus Lyons testimony from Terre Hill Pennsylvania credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her chronic female troubles and pains. The advertisement lauds the product as a grand remedy from roots and herbs, noting widespread recognition and health letters stored in Pinkham Laboratory files.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Avucustus Lyon
Pinkham Laboratory
Lem
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