Edith Fassel and the Ellicott Inheritance Scheme
Nigel Hume visits Mrs. Ellicott at Beacon Street where Edith Fassel, Lepel Ellicott’s abandoned bride, awakens complex feelings. Mrs. Ellicott proposes a marriage alliance to secure Lepel’s fortune, but Hume refuses, Edith overhears, and the rival plans unravel, ending with a dramatic confrontation and a looming legal battle over the Ellicott fortune.
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Nigel Hume
Beacon Street House
Hume
Edith Fassel
Lepel Ellicott
Miss Fassel
Mrs. Ellicott
Miss Fessel
Tennyson
Maud
Parker
Susan Taylor
Edith Fasse
Lepel
Ellicott
Edith
Career of William Jennings Bryan as Democratic idol
A biographical portrait tracing Bryan’s rise from a young Illinois lawyer to a dominant figure in the Democratic Party. It covers his 1890s defense of free silver, 1904 Parker opposition, immense speaking record, leadership style, family background, and Lincoln Nebraska ties.
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Mr. Bryan
William J. Bryan
United States
Chicago
Bryan
Judge Parker
Resolutions Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
National House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Grover Cleveland
Jackson
James G. Blaine
Willam J. Bryan
Democratic
Virginia
Silas L. Bryan
Culpepper County
Blue Ridge
Illinois
Pryan
Illinois College
Lyman Turnbull
Turnbull
Jacksonville
Mary E. Paird
Perry
Lincoln
Neb
Adolphus Talbot
The
Platte
Omaha
the Platte
Democratic Party
Chautauqua
Commoner
Grace Baird Bryan
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Soldiers' Unexpected Ally in Tel el Kebir Campaign
In the Tel el Kebir march a devout Moslem dervish intervened to forbid dammed canal water from harming British troops. The story, recounted by Youth's Companion, highlights Arab devotion and a pivotal act aiding the British force during the campaign led by Sir D. C. Drury-Lowe.
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D. C. Drury-Lowe
Crimea
Cairo
Tel el-Kebir
Pasha
Arabi
Arahi Pasha
Arab
Negros Bandit Leader Exterminated, Missionary Reports
Rev. Harry Maxfield of Tabernacle Baptist Church on furlough claims a war against Negros bandits in the Philippines has wiped out their leader. He describes Dionici, once an ox driver, who built a large band through superstitious worship devising a fake miracle called Papa Ysio. He says the band killed 200 Spanish troops in 1896 and fled to the mountains before Americans arrived.
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Negros
Philippines
Harry Maxfield
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Maxfield
Dionici
Daniel
Papa Ysio
Ynecentos
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Atlantic Cable Fifty Years Since Its First Transatlantic Test
A retrospective on the 50th anniversary of the first transatlantic cable message from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan. It recalls Cyrus W. Field and partners facing ridicule, the 1856 organization of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, trials in 1857, the Niagara and Agamemnon voyages, and the 1858 success with messages sent on August 17.
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Atlantic
Queen Victoria
Buchanan
Cyrus W. Field
Atlantic Telegraph Company
Peter Cooper
Chandler White
Moses Taylor
Marshall O. Roberts
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Cape Ray Cove
Cape North
Newfoundland
United States
Niagara
England
Liverpool
Agamemnon
Ireland
Dolus Bay
Killarney
New York
Midocean
Plymouth
Queenstown
London
Trinity Bay
Boston Herald
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Etta W. Pierce
Ellicott House
Victoria
Jack Harold
Boston
Bacilli
Browning
Jack
Fassel
Harold
Maine
Bellamy
Cape Desolation
Cape
Hillyer
Juno
Windmere
Mr. Hume
Miss Fasser
Aunt Latimer
Aunt Lattimer
Venice
Latimer
Kasr-el-Nil
Beacon Street
Nigel
Mrs. Enricott
Rip van Winkle
Congress
Jerome
Platt
Panama Canal
Carnegie
Rip
Iowa
Ways and Means
Willam L. Wilson
Bland
Ways and
Omaha World-Herald
Atlantic Cable
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