An American Painter in Seville and a Night Vision
A visitor recalls a tale set in Seville about an American painter copying Murillo in a cathedral. He supposedly witnessed masked killers entombing a victim behind a stone, then escaped with the help of the American consul who urged him to flee Spain. The story’s truth remains uncertain, though the consul seemed to believe it.
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Men & Paris Hotel
Seville
Murillo
Ahovind
Nieht
Twans Ghent
Hue
de Sire
Madrid
Sqville
Conon
Spain
Serville
Lave
Corns in Horses Feet From Improper Shoeing
A veterinary note explains how Horara with fat feet and low heels are prone to corns formed where the heel meets the wall and bars. Bruising from shoe pressure and excessive heel trimming causes lameness, with treatment including poulticing, temporary removal of shoes, and avoiding bar shoes. Breeding with mares having low heels and fat feet is discouraged due to corn risk.
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Horne
Why People Are Poor A Caution On Spending And Debt
A dated moral critique notes that excessive spending and poor money handling drive poverty. It warns that people ignore written contracts, rely on credit from friends, gamble on quick riches, and neglect saving for a rainy day. Emphasis falls on restraint, prudent planning, and avoiding exposure to unwise ventures.
Lunch diet advice for young city workers amid health concerns
A doctor advises against heavy tea and bun meals for young city men and women. He warns of rising acute dyspepsia, gastric ulcers, and nervous degeneration from heavy lunches. Recommend light nourishing foods like wheatmeal, milk, wholemeal bread, fruit, fish, and puddings. pastries and coffee are harmful.
How He Helped Mother
The scene shows Fred Baker Will Adams and Nash discussing plans to meet at a quarter to ten and spend a moonlit coast in supper at six. They tease Nash and justify chores, noting Nel cleans dishes but is paid for it. Will defends helping his sick mother and asks what he would do for pay that he would not do to help his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Baker
Will Adams
Will
Conundrums from a Old Time Puzzle Page
A collection of light riddles and puns with rustic wordplay. Answers hinge on homophones and simple humor like Noah on the ark, a donkey for the hardest key, and phrases about manners and letters. The playful items reveal dated style and small moral quips.
ANOTHER SAM WELLER Magistrate and Prisoner Exchange Tales
Fragmented OCR shows a magistrate lecturing a prisoner named Myles ix yonse then digressing to jokes about locomotives and a rope while planning punishment. It shifts to a recipe for cleaning water decanters with vinegar and salt. It then references Japanese creation myths with Teanat and Tzanami and the origin of the earth via a spear.
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Myles ix
Phin
Heaven
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Mother
Conundrums
Sam Weller
Benalla
Henry Vallender
Draper
Nunn Street
Wawr
Nitnn Street
Smith’s
Hunter River
Smith
Melbourne
Geo
Prentice
W. T. Prentice
Bridge Street
Newmarket
WOOL
Kemp
Nobel
Glasgow
Chilworth Petelbourne
Bourke Omas Chadwick
Wool” Grain and Produce Brokers
Goldsbrough and Company
LTP
New Zealand
Commisalon
Ecoouet
Aganis
Victoria
Riverina
Omees
Brooke
Watts
A. V. Skin
Watts, Turnbull & Co.'s
Australian Nurses’ Club
Spring Street
Central
Tanasuny Gaupes
Royal Victorian
Samaritan
Han Lon
Broken River
Eatimaton
Alliance Fire Insurance Co
Noto Addreas
E. Gorwell
Withes
Lion Conn
Beands
Carpenter & Builder
Ates G
Addrwss—P
Bonalla
John Barry
Lista
Nayambie Ani Charteon
Bonalls
Tom Meyano
Billiards
Frede
the Royal Hotel
Benalla W
Venal Prico
Gonal
H. T. Uregerson
MPSA
Herranoe & Cy
Chonsiet Thenvernon
Hearne
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