Gunmaker Rival Fights Count to Save Honor in Moscow
Emperor Peter of Russia presides as duel dispute centers on Ruric Nevel and Count Conrad Damonoff. Nevel disarms Demetrius the Greek master at arms, sparing Damonoff and earning the emperor's praise while Olga and Urzen retreat in dismay. Nevel’s tale ends with a mother’s embrace and uncertain fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruric
Kopani
Damonoff
Zee
Hal
Ruric Nevel
Nevel
Peter
Feodor
Valdai
Izium
Olga
Tula
Conrad Damonoff
Sloboda
Rullian
Stephen Urzen
Urzen
Feo
Khitagorod Guard
Orsa
Russia
Conrad Dumonoff
Pepa
Alaric
Ruric Neves
Demetrius
Duke
Ruricus
Rure
Peter Alexiewitz
St. Michael
Emperor
Rurie Nevel
Moscow
Rurie
Sle
Society and careers clash in Depew Schwab talk on youth
Senator Depew recalls a Schwab warning that society harms a young man with a career ahead. He cites a lawyer whose sons study law while poor help dusts offices, fearing a future boss might be the poor young man who works for them. Poverty as a starting point seen as beneficial to ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Schwab
Steel Trust
Tales of a Hoosier Sheriff From Dark Night Chats
A Hoosier sheriff Dr Albert D Simpson of Anderson Indiana recounts methodical crooks and dramatic arrests. He describes recognizing criminals by demeanor, trapping a bank robbing gang in Richmond and a convict who hid 2800 dollars under a street brick before train departure.
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Albert D. Simpson
Anderson
Madison County
Ind
Sheriff Simpson
Louisville
Public Service
Indiana
Richmond
Syracuse
The House of McLaurin Characteristics Noted in Print
A Greenville News column praises McLaurins as principled, self reliant, and conscientious. It extols honesty over rhetoric, loyalty to country, and steadfast duty, noting they face danger and responsibility without shirking duties or endorsing falsehoods.
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Kansas
C. M. Harger
Harper's Weekly
McLaurin
Prisoner Delays Plea as Funds Sit in Court Deposit
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a prisoner deposited 2800 dollars, now accruing interest while he serves his sentence, awaiting release to enjoy profits from his prison term. The remark states such cases are not uncommon.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Bryan Warns The Faithful On Reorganizers In Committees
Lincoln dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan warning Kansas City platform loyalists to exclude or constrain anti platform delegates. He likens reorganizers to burglars, urges discipline in committees precinct counties and conventions, and recalls 1896 1900 campaigns as context for party loyalty debates.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Dispatch
Bryan
Kansas City
Democratic Party
Our GrEAT VOLUNTEER ARMY Summary of Civil War enlistments by state
A compiled list shows state by state volunteer totals furnished to the federal army during the Civil War led by New York with 445,959 and Ohio with 310,654. Large numbers are given for Pennsylvania Illinois Indiana and Massachusetts among others. The piece ends with a light anecdote about a watch swallowed by a child from a London humor collection.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
New Jersey
Kentucky
Maine
Connecticut
Maryland
New Hampshire
Vermont
West Virginia
Tennessee
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Kansas
District of Columbia
California
Delaware
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Colorado
Indian Territory
Nebraska
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
Mississippi
Dakota Territory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ivanus Cobb
Young Men and Society
Middle West
House OF McLaurin
John
London
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