Graustark Escape Ends At Abbey Hideaway
In a stormy night escape, Larry and a palace officer flee Graustark. The princess reveals a hidden identity and arranges a monastery refuge while planning a future reunion. Quinnox and a monk guard their paths as the pair part with a hopeful, bittersweet farewell.
Yorks Orctogenarians Uncle Robin Love remembered
A long portrait of Robert Love known as Uncle Robin, born May 17 1817 near Clark’s Fork York county. The piece traces his Scotch Irish roots, large family, and life as a devout Methodist with a suny disposition, leg impairment from a copperhead bite, and memories of Revolutionary War veterans.
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Robert Love
York County
Robin
Clark's Fork
Rutherford Road
Yorkville
Scotland
Ireland
Church of England
Londonderry
United States
Volunteer
Charleston
America
John
William
Robert
Love
Robin Love
Mary
Robert J. Love
Jao. Love
Jane
John Washington
Sharpsburg
Robert Jackson Love
Margaret Elvira
J. L. Huffman
Mary Jane
J. W. Love
Uncle Robin
Abigail Bradley
Methodist
Canaan
Samuel Townsend
King's Mountain
Les
World’s Biggest Tree Measured at 98 Feet 10 Inches Girth
In a casual downtown cafe discussion, four railroad men bet on the Grizzly Giant Sequoia. James Horsburgh of San Francisco later sent a sworn affidavit from Yosemite National Park confirming a five foot height measurement and a circumference of 98 feet 10 inches, with the measuring tape tied to the affidavit.
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Richard D. Williams
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
George Lee
Rock Island Railroad Company
Charles F. Daly
Lake Shore
Max Bowman
The
Erie
Daly
Bowman
Williams
Lee
Willams
John" Horsburgh
San Francisco
Mariposa Grove
Chicago
James Horsburgh
Mariposa Big Tree Grove
Yosemite Valley
National Park
California
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Sign Language Among Animals Draws Curiosity
A New Orleans Times Democrat reader questions what a duck means by silently nodding to companions. The piece notes signs in animal communication, cites varied examples like the sapsucker and hen, and invites speculation on whether head nods indicate greeting, reassurance, or a furtive signal.
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Larry
Potomac
New Orleans Times‘Democrat
Cigar Tales Place Blame on Chance for Great Men
Acolumn recounts multiple historic moments where cigars averted danger or embarrassment. Guizot narrowly escaped attack when his cigarette sparked a would be killer to abandon pursuit. Humbert's dropped cigar inspired a stranger to seek suicide not the king. Marlo the tenor defused a knife threat by offering cigars. Mazzini used cigars to deter assassins. Bismark and Edwin Booth also used cigars to calm crowds or avert violence. The piece blends anecdotes from history and entertainment to suggest cigars save lives and reputations.
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Larry
Graustark
Jerry
Grenfall
Heaven
Axphain
Yetive
Quinnox
Dagmar
Danglass
Ogbot
Allode
Lorenz
Vetive
St. Valentine's
M. Guizot
Chicago Tribune
Paris
King Humbert
Italy
Naples
Signor Marlo
Mario
Mazzini
Bismark
Edwin Booth
Booth
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