Mystery of the Lola and the Hidden Veritys
A yacht owner Gregg becomes entangled in a network of thefts murders and disguises as he pursues a torn photograph linked to Muriel Laitheourt. Elma Rath, Baron Oberg's ward, is traced to Abo Finland and a dangerous rescue unfolds with police, alliances, and a treacherous forest escape.
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Ane
Gordon Gregg
Lola
Hornby
London
Gregg
Ollnia
Dumfries
Muriel Laitheourt
Thornby
Muriel
Martin Woodroffe
Grege
Woodroffe
Kajana
Elma
Melnikoff
Helsingfors
Abo
Felix
Baron Oberg
Finland
Boranski
Gil
The
Wood
Otter
Belle Heat
Escaping Through the Lake Fortifications
In a perilous river chase, a besieged heroine wrestles a carbine from a sentry while the narrator, aided by the Finn, slips Elma into a boat. A brutal foe topples against a door lintel as guards pursue across dark waters and a rusty bell rings from the tower. The escape continues toward the river with the pursuing guards closing in.
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Uppingham
Elma
Dima
Finn
Rescued and hunted in the Finnish forest
In darkness the narrator and Elma flee with the Finn Felix Estlander from several pursuers. They travel through a deadly forest toward a remote haven, endure hunger and injury, and reach a wood cutter’s cabin. Police close in as English prisoners face arrest, with Elma's whereabouts and Hima's fate unclear. The escape hinges on Elma’s safety and the group’s uncertain future, ending with a tense police confrontation.
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Nystad
Elma
Hima
Finn
Felix Estlander
Polushalte
Excellency
Nima
Felix
Janer Room
Noted Irish “bulls” and funny misstatements in a list
The piece catalogs Irish humor and misstatements by figures such as a dumb reply about paying no mind, a baronet bragging of hereditary childlessness, a house servant mixing up sleep, and a groom praising better treatment. It mentions Sir Bryan O Loghlan and Sir Boyle Roche with quips about verbal agreements and leather tax avoided by wooden under-leathers, concluding with statements on England Ireland relations.
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Patrick
Bryan O'Loghlan
Boyle Roche
Ireland
England
Audacious women spies face court in Paris case
A woman posing as English, calling herself Misa Booth, and another calling herself Baroness de Hosen, led a charitable drive at Gare du Nord in Paris labeled For the Wounded and for the Refugees. Booth was court-martialed and sentenced to two years in prison, while de Hosen was told to leave French territory within 48 hours after no conclusive proof was found of her involvement.
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Apies
Misa Booth
Baroness de Hosen
Gare du Nord
Paris
Highlander and Irish Soldier at Concert Clash
A Black Watch soldier sat before a private from an Irish regiment while his sweetheart admired the Highlander's uniform. She questioned the regimental badge, which bears St. Andrew's cross and the motto Nemo me impune laceasit. Patsy recalls it in Irish as Thread on the tail av me coat if yu dare.
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Black Watch
St. Andrew
Phwat
Patsy
Pat
Women add Sheep a Farm Inquiry
A reader questions sheep value and returns over two years. The flock produced wool from yearlings in May totaling 14 pounds, with death losses only two lambs. The writer bought nine each of Lincoln and Shropshire sheep, noting fifteen sheep cost about as much as nine cows, with cows yielding higher income but needing more care. The flock requires 12 acres of pasture and winter feed.
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Ralaad
Gunner
Problem of Jelly Making From Sugar and Pectin Principles
A historical note explains jelly making as an art grounded in science. It covers how pectin forms with boiling, the need for proper juice to sugar ratios from 1 to 1 by volume, and how different fruits require 8 to 30 minutes of processing. It also debunks the belief that beat sugar cannot be used, noting that beet and cane sugars come from the same bins with distinct crystal sizes.
Household Hints for Cleaning Various Surfaces
Practical tips describe removing ink stains from marble with equal parts spirits of vitriol and lemon juice, cleaning dingy glass with warm water and sal soda then brightening with salt water, and polishing nickel silver with ammonia on flannel. Also notes cleaning raincoats with alcohol ether mix plus ammonia, and treating black silk with household ammonia while damp.
Cleaning and Freshening Household Furnishings and Rooms
For Young Housekeepers a quick method cleans white enamel furniture with a soda wash. Melt one tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in boiling water, cool, wash with old flannel. Sagging reed or cane seats respond to warm soap suds on both sides, wet the undersides, then dry in air and sun. Burnt coffee or smoldering string removes cooking odors. Lavender in a bowl with lemon or orange peel and boiling water scents the apartment. To prevent yellowing, wrap white fabrics in blue paper or muslin treated with laundry blue.
Sponge Fingers Recipe Note For Light Cakes
A recipe describes whisking three eggs with sugar, melting butter, folding in flour and baking powder, adding vanilla, baking briefly, cooling, and filling with jam or curd. It suggests splitting, icing top, and shaping into flowers with optional fruit fillings like raspberries strawberries or tinned pineapple.
Chilling Your Fudge Method Promises Creamier Candy
A Good Housekeeping note suggests cooling fudge in cold water after reaching the soft ball stage. By immersing the pot in cold water and stirring, crystallization is arrested and the fudge becomes creamier with less grain. The chemist cites rapid cooling and stirring dynamics as reasons.
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Good Housekeeping Magazine
Banana Groquette Salad Recipe Teaches Nutty Banana Serving
A dainty banana serving метод instructs peeling and halving bananas then dipping in mayonnaise dressing. It suggests rolling in chopped walnuts and pecans, served on lettuce with nuts as a topping. The guide claims three quarters of a cup of chopped nuts will bread three bananas.
Recipe fragment for drop biscuits from baking note
A fragment of a recipe describes dropping batter from a spoon onto a buttered pan and baking for ten minutes. It mentions two heaping teaspoons of baking powder with two cups of flour and half a teaspoon of lard and enough milk for a stiff batter.
Baked Pork Chops
In a pan bake thick pork chops with needed heat until done. The read text is fragmented but indicates preparation steps for pork chops baked in a pan.
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Ciar
William LT Queux
Cc-D-Rhodes
SMART
SET
Po-Ace
Menger Lommarki
Emma
Pinland
Elina
Michael Boranski
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