A Bold Bad Burglar in a Midnight Mystery
Blanche Warden hosts a tense evening as a masked burglar infiltrates the house. Dulano leads the plot, Arthur Forrest is suspected, Blanche arms herself, then traps the intruder and frees a jailed fiancé. The night ends with confessions and a pledge of forgiveness.
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Blanche Warden
Sandie
Dulano
Stra
Blanche
Dulane
Arthur Forrest
Pilgrim Church
Dulamo
Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Leona
Papa
Mamma
Chicago
Miss Warden
Arthur
Itnilano
Dylana
8&T
Louis
Harper
Dylano
Mr. Dulano
Sam
Tom Arthur
Arthur Porrest
Broadway
Tavnce
Wallace Dulano
St. Louis Republic
The Voyage Across the Sea to Far Regions
A poem asks when the voyage will begin and if sun will shine on the sea. It contemplates sailing beyond the mainland toward tropical islands, with imagery of stars lighthouses and celestial beams guiding a safe passage. The voice wonders about storms, night cover, and the dream of reaching distant shores.
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Starlands
Bart
Will T. Hale
Chicago Times-Herald
Sweet Apples Save a Nova Scotia Journey
Mrs Buckler walks twelve miles from the valley to return borrowed items and apples for her children. On the mountain she encounters a bear drawn to her apron full of apples. She lights a pine knot, outwits the bear, and reaches home in triumph, later sharing apples with her children while her husband praises her bravery.
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South Mountain
Nova Scotia
Steve
Steve Buckler
Mrs
Mrs. Bueller
Mrs. Buckler
Metter
Encaustic painting patterns in ancient Egyptian portraits
Describes the Graco Egyptian portraits and the ancient method known as encaustic. Panels of wood and papier mache formed supports, colors mixed in wax from mineral pigments, applied in mosaic like patches, smoothed with a cestrum, and finally fused by heat whether direct sun or heated surface.
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Egypt
Ninstrator
Elf
Georg Ebers
Honorables in Maine Distinctions in Official Titles
Maine uses a unique etiquette standard from the secretary of state. Judges of the supreme and superior courts, governor's council members, senators, department heads, and city mayors receive the prefix Honorable, while house members and municipal judges with higher salaries are titled Esquire. The governor is addressed as His Excellency.
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New England
Maine
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Muiner
Stamps Sold to Kentucky Postmaster by Cigar Trader
A Washington Star interview recalls a Kentucky storekeeper who also served as postmaster refusing stamps on credit. A cigar salesman persuaded him after learning the man had good solvency, selling stamps envelopes and postal cards to be shipped with cigars.
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Kentucky
Washington Star
Bey
Georgia Man Passes for Yankee in Memoir of Dinner
Joe Cavan recalls a St. Louis dinner where Governor Marmaduke challenged a guest from Georgia to speak truthfully. A waiter’s bill of fare prompts the boastful line poke and beans as the Georgian tries to pass as a Yankee, prompting a rebuke that he must sail under his own colors.
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Georgia
Joe Cavan
South
New York Sun
Uptown
St. Louis
Marmaduke
Hom
Tennessee
Ilinois
California
Vermont
Cavan
Missouri
Two Bagdad Jews Acquire All That Remains of Babylon
Two wealthy Hebrews of Bagdad now own all that remains of the ancient town of Babylon, consolidating control over the last surviving properties and relics in the historic site.
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Babylon
Bagdad
Justice Blanks Full Line at Republican Office
A dense legal notice lists subpoenas warrants bonds and orders including execution garnishee notices and writs with references to criminal and civil procedures. The fragment references security to keep the peace warrants recognizance and bail bonds plus various judicial actions and a mention of a new train.
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Venice
Oigil
Mittimus
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Gen'l Ticket & Pass, Agt
Iowa
National Star
Jack Paria
Stony Great English
Renedy
Jackson Medical CO
Chisago
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