Distant Cousin's Return Unsettles Greycourt
Seaton Dysart visits Greycourt stirring old tensions as Vera resists an arranged marriage with his son Seaton. While Griselda mocks food as a lighthearted cover, Vera confronts her suitor and his father over a coerced union, uncovering a forged family plot and a hidden will.
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Seaton Dysart
Greycourt
Griselda
Vera
Seaten
Seaton
Sam
Pers
Ife
Gregory
Tie
Elaine
Where to Lose Treasure in a Paris Cab
A Cassell's Magazine tale shows cabmen in Paris returning lost wealth. A Russian lost ten thousand francs but retrieved it. a jeweler with eighty thousand francs in a cab regained diamonds through the prefecture. Emigrants losing fifty notes of ten thousand francs each found by a conductor were returned with rewards.
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Paris
Arthur Griffiths
Cassell’'s
St. Petersburg
Cabman
Russia
Palais Royal
Canada
Medicine Hat the Home of the Blizzard in Canada
Medicine Hat in British Assiniboia is a rail junction and weather hub noted for extreme, rapid temperature swings. Weather observer Walter Crosskill reports to Chicago and Washington from a small, multipurpose office he calls home. The town averages ten inches of snow yearly, with summer temps near 100F and winter lows rarely below zero, making it a land of contradictions.
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Old Boreas
Weather Bureau
Medicine Hat
British Assiniboia
Winnipeg
Storm King
Canadian Pacific
Nootenay
Saskatchewan River
Walter Crosskill
British Columbia
Melicine Hat
American
America
Wonderful Tide Calculator in Washington DC Clock
A tide predicting machine made by William Ferrell’s clock, operated daily by a woman, forecasts tides for North American coastal ports with high accuracy. Tide gauges and indicators provide indoor and outdoor readings, using a dial system where each figure equals one foot and bars equal six inches.
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Tnere Sam
Washington, D. C
William Ferrell
North American
Alfred Krupp Richest Man in Germany by Tax Returns
Alfred Krupp of Essen, head of the great steel works and guns factory, is listed as Germany’s richest man with an annual income over 20,000,000 marks. The report notes his grandfather’s cast steel discovery and his father’s early leadership, with the next wealthiest figure, Ilerr von Thiele Winckler, earning about 6,000,000 marks.
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Essen
Germany
Alfred Krupp
German Empire
Frederick Krupp
Ilerr von Thiele-Winckler
The Dangers of Palmistry Warned by Writers
Good Housekeeping warns that palmistry attracts literal minded students and charlatans who predict dire fates and fortunes. The piece argues such rash claims harm mental well being and that turning palmistry into a science fosters dangerous, ignorant practices for small profits.
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Pancy
No, Thank You Turned to Hackett for Carving
A landlady asks Mr Cleaver to carve the Thanksgiving turkey at the boarding house. The boarder declines and suggests Mr Hackett the stone cutter do the carving. The Philadelphia Bulletin note ends with a quip about blessings in disguise provoking profanity.
Woman Credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Neuralgia Cure
Hartford resident Mrs. William Cotter describes severe neuralgia and relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits policeman Reilly with the recommendation and notes three years of sustained improvement. The ad recounts the pill’s claimed range of benefits and directs purchase through the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Dr. Williams
William Cotter
Hartford
Sweet Revenge at Home Ends Vacant Summer Plan
Diggs vows to stay home to exact revenge on a landlord who would charge rent if he left the house. He refuses a summer vacation, asserting staying put is the only way to get even.
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Sle
Diggs
Ohio State Journal
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Dysart
Lewil
Jess
Ile
Mr. Dysart
Munson
Philippines
Brisbe
Herr Krupp
Policeman Reilly
Connecticut
Carter
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & Co
Detroit
Mich
John Poole
Portland
Oregon
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