D'ri and I A Brigand Tale of War and Wealth
In north campaign pages, Bell and D'ri flee a British raid at Ogdensburg later riding to Morristown and Castle Le Ray. They recount service with Gen. Brown, a perilous river crossing, and a lavish French host where Bell meets the Misses de Lambert and the baroness, beginning a new life amid intrigue and potential romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurst
Chateau le Ray
Castle of Gray
Gentimen
Bell
Monsieur
Brown
D’ri
Seth
Gran
Louis Francois de Saint-Michel
Louis XVI
Therese
Marquis de Gonvelle
M. Pidgeon
Moss A Byer
Ene Ce Ciel
Peter Lely
Misses de Lambert
Franklin
France
America
North
de Lambert
Paris
Opera
Baroness
Max
Smoot Case Hearings Move Into Utah Testimony
A. S. Worthington prepares to present Smoot defense testimony in Utah before the state committee on privileges and elections on January 10. Witnesses to be subpoenaed include prominent Ga tlles vouching for Smoot’s monogamy while Protestant charges allege church control over oath endowments and church leaders as living oracles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Worthington
Smoot
Utah
State Committee On
Gil
C. W. Perrose
Amog
Idaho
Wyomit
United Stats
Apostle Smoot
Washington Post
Preacher to Cowboys in Los Cerrillos Lair of West
The Rev. W. B. Wheeler recalls his first tough posting in Los Cerrillos New Mexico in 1883 84 among two 24 hour saloons and cowboys on pay day. He notes a dangerous yet hospitable welcome from saloon owners and a later incident where a congregant killed three men in a unrelated fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
W. B. Wheeler
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Gallatin
Kansas City Times
Los Cerrillos
N. M
Stewart
Tom
W. E. Willis
Winchester
Missouri
Los Carrillos
Bill
Ike
Parson
Watrous
Los Cerillos
Santa Fe
Parson Wheeler
Calvary
Father
Jesus
Memphis
Housekeepers’ Club
West Point
Miss
Bureau of Immigration
Hannibal
Rome
Napoleon's Arab Charger Relic Sparks Mystery at Invalides
A stuffed white Arab horse said to be Napoleon's charger sits sealed at the Invalides as officials await Louvre documentary proof of its authenticity. The relic, once in Manchester in 1842, traveled via Owens College, and now faces scrutiny before public viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Napoleon
Military Museum
the Invalides
Honore
Greaves
M. de Saint- Bel
National History Society of
Manchester
Owens College Manchester
National History Society of Manchester
Napoleon III
Eugenia
Louvre
Saitaphernes
Military Museum of the Invalides
London Telegraph
Ivan the Terrible and His Cruel Reign of Fear
A retelling of why Ivan IV earned the name the Terrible describes his brutal methods of torture and execution. The article notes his delight in cruelty, including ritual punishments, mass executions, and other graphic cruelties as recreation and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan
Czar
Russia
K. Waliszewski
Novgorod
Moscow
Value of character in newspapers and advertising
The article extols newspapers with high character such as the Evening Wisconsin and the London Times. It argues that readers of high class papers hold more purchasing power and loyalty, making advertising more valuable per line per thousand circulation. It contrasts with penny papers and notes readers of Evening Wisconsin mostly do not read other Milwaukee papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
London Times
New York Herald
Herald
New York
Boston Transcript
The
Tran
Evening
Evening Wisconsin
Curious Deaths and Peculiar Self-Destruction Tales
A London Tit-Bita recounts odd cases of self harm and strange motives, from Napoleon’s early money troubles to a Frenchman poisoning himself over a mother-in-law and a Danube suicide tied to corpulence. It also notes a Chergon province belief that the czar has only one ear, linked to a cosmically odd anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Bismmarck
Sadowa
Bryan
Childe Harold
Seine
Danube
Chergon
Russia
London
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Irving Bacheller
Lothrop
Ogdensburg
Vilage
N. Brown
Wesern
Forsyth
D'ri
Aptain
Sackett’ Bor
Brown —D'ri
Miles
Seth Alexander
Gollensburg
Mr. Parbh
Morristown
Black River
Comte de Chaumont
Alexender
Olin
Tharst
Albany
Jackett's Harbor
Red
Yesterdy
Dri
Mndow
Bedlam
D'rl
Thetair
Luke
Reas
Louison
James
Chicago Chronicle
Frafor Voronssov
Waliszewski
Frussia
Great Eastern Empire
Kansas
Ivan the Terrible
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