A Marquis Meets Don Juanita in London Shadows
In a London drawing room the Marquis confronts Dona Juanita as memories of past loves and a fallen comrade surface. He reveals Barrajo’s death tied to a treasure pursuit, and Dona Juanita presses for truth on a shared fate that entwines their dangerous plans.
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Don Pedro
Gautarica
Barrajo
Dona Juanita
Marquis
England
Fedora
Marquis of Montezuma
Catherwood
Senor Jack
Ben
Jack
Pedro
Senor
San Jose
Tyne
Senorita
Barrato
The Modern Monte Cristo Turns Luck On Its Head
Two weeks more pass as the Marquis of Montezuma becomes London’s talk of the town with invitations pouring in and clubs filled. Captain Livermore, once thriving on fortune, loses his last cash and confronts the Marquis in a final game where misfortune shadows him and the nabob’s gleam returns.
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Marquis
Livermore
Catherwood
Monte Cristo
Marquis of Montezuma
London
Prentice Langford
Midas
Hunting with Trutuet Wolves in Tuscola
Bert Decker of Tuscola Illinois trains two wolves raised as pets and now hunts with them. He says the wolves outrun dogs and catch rabbits by leaping catching the prey in their mouths. Their tame behavior and loyalty to Decker have inspired other sportsmen to train wolves, potentially changing future kennels.
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Bert Decker
Tuscola
Decker
Cottontail
Dertz
Cincinnati Enquirer
Falmer
Oregon
W. J. Uonendahl
Dodd
Counterfeiters and public health concerns rise in era of fraud
The piece notes Uncle Sam’s seal of money as highly protected by secret service detectives to stop dangerous counterfeits. It contrasts this with counterfeiters of food and medicines harming health, and remarks on Germany’s growing physician count to 28,175. It also comments on physical traits like long nails indicating poor circulation and their social impact.
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Mazette
Strand
London
St. Clement's Church
Duval
M. Duval
M. Divi
Monsieur
Monaieur Duval
Aysseur
Marquis
Uncle Sam
Secret Service
United States
World gold deposits could fuel city fronts, says expert
A noted estimate asserts that the clay deposits beneath Philadelphia hold enough gold to cover building fronts, yet value is limited. Advances in mining power, drills, explosives, hoisting, and ore treatment cut costs to about one third, promising a rapid rise in future gold output. the author projects deposits could exceed 600 million dollars annually within twenty years at current labor costs.
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Uma
Moetatot
Philadelphia
Wisconsin Paper Promotes Western Canada Land Boon
A Wisconsin letter from Eau Claire praises Saskatoon Saskatchewan as a favored district. It urges readers to contact agents in St Paul Duluth Milwaukee Chicago and other Midwest hubs for free land or discounted purchases. It notes crops of 40 bushels per acre and refers to immigration officials promoting the lands and a push to settle prairie farms.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Canada
St. Paul
Duluth
Minnesota
Grafton
North Dakota
Watertown
South Dakota
Omaha
Nebraska
Kansas City
Missouri
Des Moines
Iowa
Wausau
Milwaukee
Chicago
Prairie
Dominion of Canada
Acra
United States
Caleb
Jepunneh
Joshua
Nun
Money Lender in the Slums and False Teeth Scam
A Birmingham老人 left over £1000 to relatives while acting as a covert pawnbroker to poor neighbors. She lent small sums on odd items and stored unredeemed goods in garrets. A regular customer, a temperate man, left false teeth for weeks, paying a crown plus five pence, returning them weekly. Police avoidance noted, Tit Bits cited.
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Birmingham
Alwaye
New Government Printing Office to Rise on North Capitol Street
The biggest printing shop in the world will be housed in a mammoth building nearing completion on North Capitol street. Uncle Sam’s enormous printing bills, publicity drive, and vast production from leaflets to 600 page books will move from a ramshackle shop to a marvel of safety and efficiency with modern equipment and facilities.
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Boormans
Herr Guttenberg
Rogun
North Capitol Street
Uncle Sam
The Truly Wonderful The Vassar Seniors Adopted Dialect
A fragmentary school verse mocks student slang and moral sayings. It lists playful sounds and phrases with a bold line about most girls becoming mothers. The piece ends with a satirical quip on words and silence attributed to Til Léon.
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Vassar Seliors
Taylor
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ST. George Rathborne
St Ruce & Sam
New York
Germany
Tommy
Ima
President of Foreign Missions
Fiji
Mr. Mulcahey
Mr. O'Tunder
Smntieth Regiment
Terry
Thinry
Han
Matt
Johnson
T. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Dakotas
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Pelnya Anander
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Piskwem
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