At the start of which 1900 novel has Caroline Meeber left home for Chicago?

At the start of a 1999 sequel, which title hero discovers that his new wife, Vanessa, is actually a fembot? At the start of an 1893 opera, which children are sent into the woods to pick strawberries? At the start of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," what missing since 1945 is found in the Sonoran Desert? At the start of the 1986 season of "Dallas," which character was seen taking a shower, revealing that his death had bee… At the 1876 Centennial Exposition, who was on hand to introduce his new telephone? At the 1998 Oscars, which Best Director winner declared himself "king of the world"? At the 2003 CMA Awards, a special tribute was paid to which late "Man in Black"? With the collapse of which man's empire in 1814 were Louis XVIII and the Bourbon dynasty restored to the French throne?