Rickerby’s Folly unfolds a web of crime and deception
Gilbert Rickerby reveals a complex plot of impersonation murder and hidden secrets. Nugent Leathwood, Jemima Weevers and Cornelius confront the truth as Gilbert explains how a servant’s body was buried and a conspirator’s name misled pursuers.
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Jemima Weevers
James Holden
Nugent Leathwood
Sae
Cornelius
Jay
Gilbert
Master Gilbert
Mr. Leathwood
Probyn
Wuecent
Mr. Reeks
Leathwood
Jemima
Milks Probyn
Gibert Rickerby
Cousin Rickerby
Nugent
Bert
Hubbard
Leathwood Turns on Gilbert in Fatal Escape
Nugent Leathwood instead of surrendering ensnares Gilbert Rickerby in a final attempt to escape justice. Leathwood uses a bronze statuette to strike Rickerby, leaving him unconscious as he exits with Olive Mallory and the others.
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Nugent
Gilbert Rickerby
Leathwood
Nugent Leathwood
Gilbert
Rickerby
Gillbert Rickerby
Cornelius Encounters His Match in Camden Town Night
Mrs. Reeks anxious with fear and hope pursues her husband George after he leaves their house. She contemplates danger and theft, recalls past misdeeds, and finally slips into a garden and enters the house through a gate left ajar.
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Cornelius
George Reeks
Little Pond Street
Camden Town
Mrs. Reeks
Mr. Reeks
Mrs. Reecks
Strent
George
Jemima
Mrs. Reek
Woman Defies Thief in Night House Search
Mrs Reeks explores a dark split-level house seeking her missing husband and encounters Olive, a frightened young woman, and Cornelius who threatens with a revolver. A struggle ends with a gunshot as the scene ends with suspense and a promise to continue.
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Cornelius
Mrs. Reeks
Mr. Weevers
Leathwood
Lacy
Public Flirting Prohibited in Some Russian Regions
A Cassell’s Magazine piece notes that in parts of Russia courting in public is illegal. It cites arrests for kissing in Odessa restaurants and fines for flirting, with authorities displaying notices such as “Flirting Is Prohibited.” The article contrasts Russia’s restrictions with broader views in Slavic lands.
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Nussia
Odessa
Russia
Great Republic
Edwina
Angelina
Cassell’s Magazine
The Obtuse English Agatia
Two Englishmen discuss American humor with Mark Twain. Twain jokes about opening an English skull to test intellect. A second Englishman asks if it would kill him, while the first laughs at the delirious joke in a New York Times style mock dialogue.
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Mark Twain
New York
Lemon Curing Techniques Improve Market Quality
Historically American lemons failed due to high sugar and acid balance. Growers formed a club, sent experts to Italy and Spain, and now cure fruit in stages. They harvest early, house cure at 50 degrees for twenty days to reduce sugar, then finish at another temperature for sixty days before sale.
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Jemon
Italy
Spain
Petticoat Insurrection in Louisiana's Early Settlement
The article cites Bienville and Peterson's Magazine to describe an early 18th century dispute in Louisiana where French female settlers opposed corn as nourishment while male colonists accepted it. The piece links this episode to early women's rights movements and notes the bishops of Quebec involved in relocating the women from Parisian expectations to milk and honey in the colony.
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America
Louisiana
Bienville
Quebec
Peterson's Magazine
Grandfather's Quip on Rheumatism Among Elders
A brief humor line from the Indianapolis News recalls a grandfather asking if all old people have rheumatism and his reply that rheumatism was the sign of old age rather than a universal trait.
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Indianapolis News
Chicago Man Proposes Monkey Labor Solution in Cotton Fields
Paul Kuntz of Chicago tours Arkansas with Northern capitalists proposing replacing the negro with trained monkeys for cotton picking. He claims monkeys will pick as fast as or faster than workers, demand no wages, and form no unions, citing African observation and plans to deploy trained primates on his plantation.
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Paul Kuntz
Chicago
South
Arkansas
Mr. Kuntz
Africa
The Farce of Executive Sessions Explored
Senator Mason writes on executive sessions recalling a New England senator’s call to close debate. The scene includes bells, pages rushing out, a single smoking cigar and a confirmation for John Smith to a $700 Podunk post. The vice president approves, adjournment follows, and the author laments his dream being broken.
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Mason
New England
Senate
John Smith
Podunk
United States
Webster Wanted his Drink at Half-Way House
Benjamin Prouty recalls Daniel Webster stopping at the Half Way tavern at Queen Anne's Corner in Plymouth County. He noted Webster asked for a drink, the 15 year old waiter refused, the landlord punished the boy, and Webster later returned, offering the boy a quarter for his steadfast stand.
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Webster
Benjamin Prouty
Boston
Park Avenue
Queen Anne's Corner
Plymouth County
Mass
Daniel Webster
Ife
Mansfield
Statesman
Trains That Don’t Stop Patent Granted for Saddle Cars
A recent US patent to John W. Jenkins of New York City covers an innovative saddle car system. Passengers can board or alight while the train remains in motion, with cars successively taken up and dropped from the moving train.
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United States
John W. Jenkins
New York City
Patents In France Conditions For Patent Grant
The text outlines three required conditions for French patents: novelty, industrial character, and compliance with public order morals and laws. An invention is not new if, before filing, it had sufficient publicity in France or abroad to enable imitation.
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France
Czar to Welcome Bokhbara Emir and Heir in St Petersburg
By czar’s permission the emir of Bokhbara and his heir Seid Mir Alemino will visit St Petersburg soon. The planned visit includes official reception and meetings to discuss matters of state.
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Bokhbara
Seid-Mir-Alemino
St. Petersburg
Sweden Moves to State Control of Telephone Service
Sweden plans to seize control of its telephone system with the two existing companies bought out for £650,600. The government intends to run the network directly, signaling a major shift in national communications policy.
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Sweden
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Sam
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Ms. Reeaits
Mrs. Becks
Gels
Cornelus
Olive
Mrs. Jeeks
Fawkies
Senator Mason
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