Passion in the Woods with Louise and the Baroness
The narrator recalls a walk where Louise, pale with longing, confesses weariness with life at court and a wish to help the world. He muses on his affection, vows to ride to her aid, and she speaks of bondage to her father’s wealth and a desire to do meaningful work beyond luxury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Sieur Michel
Provence
Shea
M’sieur
Hopital de Salpetriere
Deliverance
Sen
Mamelle
M'Sieur
Baroness
Louison
M. Pidgeon
Napoleon
Monsieur
Chateau
David Parish
Ogdensburg
Gen. Wilkinson
Parish
Loui
Ciel
Mr. Parish
D'ri
Mister Bell
Wallerin
Riz
Holt
D’ri
Liverpool
Goldum
Dri
Judas Priest
M'sleur Bell
Mysterious Victorian Intrigue and Escape at Leraysville
The fragmentary narrative follows a dramatic scene at the Baroness de Ferre’s estate in Leraysville Jefferson County New York. Dri and Bell rally allies to defend against pursuing English and Hessian forces using improvised tactics and a hornet attack to scatter riders. A prisoner escape, coded orders, and a tense front at dawn frame a perilous night. The baroness and guests witness flirtation and danger amid war chatter and a daring defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Wilkins
Royal Fusiliers
Jefferson County
de Ferre
Leraysville
N. Y
R. Sheaffer
Suspected Fort Mill Bank Robber Seized in Law Pursuit
A historical report details a prominent bank and post office burglary gang linked to Fort Mill South Carolina. The narrative names DeFord Gus yellow and others, describes cross state arrests and prior crimes in New York New Jersey Ohio and Canada, and notes a Fort Mill Savings Bank robbery in November 1903 with $25 000 stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia State
Gregory
Secret Service
South Carolina
Atlanta
Baltimore
Columbia
New York Herald
Nolan
New York
DeFord
the Herald
Bowery
Canal Street
Tombs
Andrew Kiernan
Thomas Brennan
McClusky
Walter S. Mayer
Post Office Department
Dougherty
Pinkerton Detective Agency
American Bankers’ Association
William Smith
Thomas Kennedy
Edward James
Gus’ DeFord
Tennessee
Kennedy
Hamilton Jack
James
Casey
Bank of Briscoe & Tucker
Churchville
N. Y
John J. Snow
Rochester
First National Bank of Champlain
Tannersville
Harrisons
Bowmansville
Canada
Fort Mill
S. C
Sandy Springs
Bank of Brunson
Brunson
Marks of Illness on Nails and Mental State Clues
A Saint Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt explains how nail growth reveals health changes. Illness or injury slows growth leaving ridges. sudden fever causes thick ridges while gradual illness forms gentle inclines. extreme mood changes imprint abrupt edges or slopes on nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Indiana Bachelors Tax Plan Returns to Legislature
An2014 revival of an old idea proposes a ten cent tax per hundred dollars of salary on able bodied bachelors over thirty five earning above one thousand dollars a year. Revenue would fund state schools and orphans homes, with up to ten thousand bachelors potentially affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Gibson County
New York State
New York Sun
New York
Chicago
New York City
United States
Elephant intelligence and circus folly in old Boston piece
A Boston Transcript fragment mocks elephants as dull at learning yet deft at brute strength. It recalls a circus elephant loving a keeper’s baby, then a breakdown and destruction when the child dies, ending with a quip about self-praising men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Carrier of General Kearny’s report to Fort Leavenworth
Thomas Tobin recounts his dangerous journey from Santa Fe to Fort Leavenworth carrying General Kearny’s report. He traveled with a dragoon pistol Hawkin rifle and scarce supplies relying on Indian horse herds and mule remounts while evading hostile groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Big Bend
Council Grove
Plain Trail
Fort Leavenworth
Kearny
Santa Fe
California
Washington
Thomas Tobin
Hawkin
St. Vrain
Mora
Recreation Contrast Between Man and Schoolboy
A remark contrasts adult leisure with a schoolboy’s approach to vacation. It notes that an older man does not share the same carefree attitude as a boy in school.
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Irving Bacheller
Darrel of
the Blessed
Ma'm
D Ri
Mary
John
Kansas City Times
Fort Mill Bank
Men of Death
America
Mikado
Japan
Tokio
Jimmu
Matsuhito
Notter
Henry Mitchell Smith
Brooklyn
England
New York Pneumonia Commission
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