Rookwood Intrigues and a Moonlit Duel Resolve
Abel Lispenard hosts a secretive revel with Miss Wye, Shirlaw intervenes to defend her, Cyril Vye demands a duel, and Shirlaw retrieves pistols before mysterious events pull him back across the river. In Maine a Canadian sailor pursues Concordia Tempest while a fogbound sea unsettles a perilous voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rookwood
Abel Lispenard
Lispenard
Lilian
Cyril Vye
Shirlaw
Victor Shirlaw
Philip Vye
Dale
Miss Vye
Shirlan
Vyes
Berkeleys
Nina
Wagner
Boston
Silas Weegg
Mr. Vye
Antinous
Mignon
Vye
Miss Wye
Maud Loftus
Wye
Passing of the Sombrero as Upper Class Mexicans Drift Away
The Mexican Herald notes the sombrero has fallen from favor among Mexico's elite, eclipsed by the derby and bowler. The Panama hat gains popularity with younger men, praised for sun protection and style, while tropical straw hats remain practical year round. The piece also recalls old punishments and colonial deprivations from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Panama
Tropics
Mexico
Virginia
America
Sotol wine ban shocks Texas border region
A New York Sun correspondent reports a US revenue agent from San Antonio spilled 600 gallons of sotol wine near Ysleta, ending local sotol distilling. The border area hears a nationwide ban on sotol liquor, provoking local anger and predictions of mass emigrant exodus to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
United States Internal Revenue Bureau
San Antonio
New York Sun
Ysleta
Tex
Rio Grande
Sal Boggs
Tornillo
Counry
Washington
Mexico
Kentucky
Texas
Bill Taylor
Overland Express
Southern Pacific
Comstock
Davis Mountains
Money varies by place says traveling representative
Representative Julius Kahn of San Francisco argues money is a relative term and gold is not universally accepted. He notes in China silver coins are privately minted and repeatedly stamped, causing irregular weights and coins that resemble small saucers, making them impractical to carry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Kahn
San Francisco
Washington Post
Far East
Washington
New York
Atlantic Coast
California
China
Mr. Kahn
Less Champagne Drunk in United States Says Bureau
The Washington Post notes champagne imports into the United States declined in 1906 with 294,727 quarts valued at 5,855,425 dollars, down from 401,514 quarts valued at 5,518,651 dollars the prior year. The report highlights a broader shift in U.S. beverage commerce and mentions coffee consumption among leading nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Egypt
Washington Post
Bureau of Statistics
Anecdotes of Dr Aked and a Brave Eagle Tale
Anecdotes recount Rev Dr Charles Frederick Aked of Pembroke Chapel Liverpool arriving in New York to lead Fifth Avenue Baptist. He is likened to Roosevelt and famed for rescue deeds, protests against tainted money, and passion during the South African War crisis. Also retold is an enormous eagle in Brandenburg gnawing a dog, with notes on its age, captivity marks, and nest behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Cinderville
Guy Fleetwood
Old Tom Dexter
Tom Dexter
Fleetwood
Charles Frederick Aked
Pembroke Chapel
Liverpool
New York
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Roosevelt
Abed
Pembroke
Aked
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Dr. Aked
Furstenwald
Brandenburg
Prussia
Chicago Chronicle
Eperjes
Hungary
Carpathians
Atlantic
Great Britain
Greece
Europe
Switzerland
China
Japan
England
America
Germany
France
India
London and Northwestern Railroad
Malta
Gibraltar
Archies gold dream ends in rock and irony in Ely
A tale of Archie Layton from poor Ohio parents who travels to Big Nose camp to seek fortune. He trusts Alkali Jim to guide him dig like the devil and strike gold, but returns with rock. He later plays piano in Bullneck Harveys saloon in Ely Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Layton
East
Columbus
Cincinnati
Archie
Ohio
Big Nose
Alkali Jim
Eureka
Bullneck Harvey's
Ely
Nev
Denver Post
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Chit
By Etta W. Pierce
Miss Berkeley
Victor
West Point
Cyril
Verdi
Elinor
Esther
Jold Fish-House
Mr. Dex
Tempest
Mr. Dexter
Concordia Tempest
Canada
Iike
Hoxie
Black Cave
Sampson
Cadiz
Dexter
Eastport
Tom
Rube
Reuben Dexter
Old Tom
Jake Sampson
Reuben
Rube Dexter
Stertorous
Condensed Knowledge
North Atlantic
Baltic Sea
Automobile Club of
Australia
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