The Ruby Bracelet and the Comtesse of France
A long tale traces Jeanne Vaubernier from a Paris garden romance with the Chevalier de Longval to power as Jeanne du Barry. The bracelet forged a fatal link to Charles Sanson the executioner, a story of love, betrayal, revolution, and a monarch’s fall ending at the guillotine.
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Chevalier de Longval
Grasa
Gomart
Dame Suzette
Jeanne
Suzette
Charles Sanson
Paris
Sanson
Rue de Bac
Jeanne Vaudernier
Comtesse du Barry
Louis XV
France
Marly
Versailles
Jeanne du Barry
Pont-aux-dames
Luciennes
Louis KV
Saint Germain
Duc de Cosse-Brinfac
Centgardes du Roi
Com du Barry
de Brivsac
Daisiennes
Pressyoiis
Comtesse
Mmen
Amery
Lim
Revolutionary Committee
Conciergerie
Joanne Vaudernier
Jranne Vaudernier
Rue du Bac
du Barry
Penny Pictorial Magazine
The Three Ends of a Rope Joke and a Turkey Debt
An Irishman seeks work aboard a harbor vessel, asked to find three rope ends to earn a position. After showing two ends, he tosses the rope overboard and declares there is an end to the rope. A creditor confronts a debtor carving a turkey, asking payment he cannot make, and the debtor laments he cannot afford the turkey’s upkeep.
How Folks Sleep In Para
In Para every household uses redes or hammocks for sleep with lace or mosquito nets and sham pillows. Families, sometimes a dozen strong, assign redes to each member, white washable materials used for all major pieces, and girls hang their redes in a shared room while others rest.
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Para
A Song at Court and the Broken Rein
A verse tale from a New York Commercial Ad vartiner features a youth singing of love and the courts. The narrator recalls Love riding and stumbles when the horse reels and rein breaks. The gale queen notes Love’s failure while a scar remains, expressing that one true saying outlasts many loves.
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Artine Strioger
New York
Dishes and Dinners in a Mexican Hotel Epistle
The article describes dining at a Mexican hotel with a clean dining room and attentive staff. It outlines the first meal desaynno, coffee or chocolate, fruit and eggs, then a two-course dinner with soups, rice, and spicy dishes like chiles con carne, stuffed chiles, and fried alligator pear salad, followed by dulces and coffer. A 7 o clock cenu rouses a similar multi-course supper. It also notes the alligator pear and tortillas as standbys and praises the piquancy of Mexican delicacies.
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International Magazine
Lantern fly reveals surprising nose-like leap organ
Nelson Annandale of the London Zoological Society studied a lantern fly noted for sudden leaps without wing aid. After returning to London and cramming the specimen, he found a forward projection on the head forming a nose with a crease that serves as the leaping mechanism when released.
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Capa
Nelson Annandala
London Zoological Society
London
Mr. Annandale
Shared With the Dog at Sunthineis Street Eatery
A well dressed man at a Sunthineis Street restaurant greeted a familiar dog and invited a friend to join. The dog, identified as Jack by the man, lunched with him as a guest and shared a steak from a plate at the Indianapolis News location.
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Gues
Jack
Indianapolis
Parative Beonecuk and the Curious Cold Remedy
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dialogue with a child and mother about a remedy for a cold and a misspelled creature from water. The passage references a migeroscope and “break fest” with a face wash, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century style. No clear event or names present.
Sacred Rock of Behistun Inscription Described and Significance
The Behistun inscription on Mount Bagistanus in Persia is described as a three language cuneiform record dating to about 500 B C. It notes Darius I and his empire, with scenes of power and captive figures, and includes observations on the people and physical traits of the region.
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Cohistan
Bohistan
Baghistan
Persia
Mount
Bagistanus
Behistun
Arius Hystaspis
Storne
James Watson Dawson
Sir Henry Rawlnson
Darius Iystaspis
Darius
From a Bachelor's View on Love and Men and Women
A jumble of social aphorisms from the New York Press on love, romance, and gender roles. Observations include men pursuing marriage after thirty five, women’s limited patience with romance, and the notion that love is fragile amid social pressures and vanity.
Arizona records the greatest daily temperature swing
The sheet notes a remarkable temperature shift in Arizona as the earth’s surface records the greatest daily change. It mentions an extreme 80 degree swing in 12 hours and cites a Watertown New York man driven to an asylum by brain fever after imagining himself a circus tumbler. It closes with a broad British fact about nine thousand tons of wire made into screws yearly.
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Spalanzani
Beenic
Earth
Arizona
MM. McGinnin
Watertown
N. Y
Great Britain
Health and harmony for women through Bradfield's Regulator
A Victorian style ad extols health as central to female well being. It argues that internal weakness causes outward ill health and urges women to seek Bradfield's Female Regulator, claiming it cures leuorrhea, womb weakness, nervousness, headaches, back pain, and general fatigue. One dollar per bottle with a book offered on request.
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Bradfield
Regulator
Special Announcement of Change to Carh Credit
Public notice announces a shift from credit to Carh due to financial strain and rising costs. It states delayed bundles after June will be returned to laundry and introduces coupon books for cash payments, with drivers handling change. The letter thanks customers for past patronage and aims to continue service after the change.
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Edna Witch
Bank of Anderson Officers Named in Report
The notice lists J. A. Brock as President, N. Brown as Vice President, and F. Mauldin as Cashier of the Bank of Anderson.
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Peoples Bank of Anderson
Bank OF Anderson
J. A. Brock
N. Brown
F. Mauldin
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EARLE
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Trade Manns
York _ Beane Ofteo
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G. W. Warmer
Proham
Anderson County
Ag Executive
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Ebrmer
Eighteen Mile Creek
J.W. Simpson
Pendleton Township
Meksy
Maxwell Bridge
Pendleton
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Fair Play
Forks Township
Alo
D. K. Norrie
Garvin
J. N. Vandiver
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Ale Parsons
B.C. Frieman
Man Barah J. Prierson
Adm'x
A. WW. Dagnall
Anderson, S.c
Inn
Anderson Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Orce
R. Vandiver
Hill
J. J. Wretnell
W. G. Watson
J. J
F. B. Crayton & CO
Anderson
Corea. Ct
TPE
Telbble & Edwards
M. PB
Tribble
Edwards
Tootasia
Patna
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