Fontella Plans Bold Boldness for Matador’s Love
Fontella the governor's daughter plots to marry matador Jose Narvezzo despite social barriers. She seeks to force her father's consent through his next fight against the deadly bull Devileto, hoping love will bridge class and power as the arena fills with spectators awaiting a brutal spectacle.
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Fontella
Devileto
Black Bull
Mexico
Mie
Parewell
Plaza de Toros
Matailor
Jose
Conquest of the Fiercest Bull Seals Fontella Match
In a Spanish bullring Jose Narvezzo defeats a maddened bull with a second sword after his initial weapon breaks. The crowd roars as Fontella steps forward, proclaims devotion, and the governor fumes at the scandal as Narvezzo later marries Fontella, proving the saying that where there is a will there is a way.
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Jose Narvezzo
Loway
Luli
Ateanhual
Jose
Fontella
Jose Narvesxo
Spain
Rvexto
Possibilities of a California Acre
Samuel Cleeks lives on one acre in the Sacramento valley. On this acre, his buildings occupy nearly one-sixth of the space, but in the balance is grown every variety of fruits, nuts, vegetables, etc. that will or can be made to grow in that climate. He has supported himself and wife for forty years, earning a good living and saving about $490 a year, becoming a loan-worthy figure in the valley.
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California
Samuel Cleeks
Sacramento Valley
Cleeks
Woman Bites Nose in Self-Defense Case Cited
In 1837 England, Thomas Laveland sued Misa Caroline Newton after she bit his nose when he tried to kiss her as a joke. The defendant was acquitted, with the judge ruling a woman may bite a nose if pressed against her will.
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Christopher Nyrop
University of Copenhagen
England
Thomas Laveland
Misa Caroline Newton
Mtil
Jealous Young Husband Kills Wife in Chicago Duel
A jealously inclined Victor O'Shea shot and killed his young wife Amelia Hogenson at her parents home in Chicago after a secret marriage in July 1901. He wounded the mother and himself with two gunshots, then attempted suicide. Amelia died, while O'Shea survived after collapse.
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Victor Roland O'Shea
Chicago
Young O'Shea
Amelia M. Hogenson
Waukegan
Patrick O'Shea
Unity Build
Hogensons
Amelia
Mexico
Miss Sarah Biddle Defends the 400 in New Book
Miss Sarah Biddle of a prominent Philadelphia family writes in defense of the social set in her forthcoming book Letters of an American Concerning Love and Other Subjects. She dismisses Henry Walterson's attack on the 400 as unjust and uncalled for. The 400, she argues, are refined, cultured individuals whose virtue and intellect mark their status, not moral failing.
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Sarah Biddle
Philadelphia
East
Miss Biddie
Henry Walterson
Miss Biddle
Society of the
Miss Bibbie
Evils of Spite Lawsuits and Their Trials
A critique condemns suing out of personal spite as unprofitable and unsafe. It argues lawsuits offer little lasting value, suggesting cheaper remedies like a punching bag. The piece notes readers may glimpse notices of suits in newspapers but warns that litigation rarely yields true satisfaction.
Mount Cory A Model Utopia Image In Kansas City Star
A Mount Cory Ohio community is depicted as a peaceful utopia with seventy two houses seven occupied by preachers, no saloons, residents sharing yarns at the store, making hickory sticks, and a mayor acting as notary while handling two souls. A former calaboose now serves as a village pound.
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Mount Cory
Miles
Findlay
Ohio
Kansas City Star
St Louis Boodle Combine Confession from Morrell Brother
E. E. Morrill former speaker of the St. Louis city council’s house of delegates confessed his involvement in the boodle combine. He is brother to J. K. Morrell who returned from Mexico to speak freely and reveal motives behind his actions. Morrell told friends that fear of justice and his wife’s desperate plight spurred his decision to disclose everything.
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E. E. Morrill
House of Delegates
St. Louis
J. K. Morrell
Mexico
John K. Murrell
Young Greek Instructor at Marshall College Named
Youthful Professor J. Anderson Fitzgerald is named by the State Board of Regents as Instructor In Greek at Marshall College in Huntington West Virginia. At 18 years old he is perhaps the youngest college professor in the United States.
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J. Anderson Fitzgerald
State Board of Regents
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
United States
Winfield S Stratton Dies After Brief Miners Career
Winfield Scott Stratton, Colorado mining millionaire, died at Colorado Springs on September 14. Born in Indiana in 1848, he rose to wealth with the Independence mine and Cripple Creek properties. He owned much Colorado real estate, valued for its generosity and restraint in publicity. His charitable deeds included aiding the Tabor widow of Iowa and supporting those who aided him in poverty.
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Winfield Scott Stratton
Winfield
Stratton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jefferton County
Ind
Cokiwada
Independence
Cripple Creek Bell
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Springs
Tabor
Iowa
Invention by Foxy Grandpa actress Gertrude Arden
Miss Gertrude Arden, known for her stage role in Foxy Grandpa, has patented a lodge bolt for railway rails that locks the nut to hold plates in place. She applied for the patent and hopes for fortune from the device. Arden, a well traveled Southern social figure, once owned an Florida orange grove before turning to acting after frost damaged her trees.
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Gertrude Arden
Florida
Mise Arden
War statistics from hospital record on South African conflict
Hospital calculations show 5 776 officers and men killed in action in the South African war with (£ 019) dying of wounds. Disease deaths total 10 272. One officer killed per 411 men and one officer wounded per 1 144. Of deaths by disease 38 5 officers survived. About 70 000 invalids were sent home, over 6 010 died or lost nerves. Most recovered. At Gravelotte the German victor’s losses were 4 900 killed or wounded. nearly 15 000 wounded overall.
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Enelinh Medical Journal
Lome
Gravelotte
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