The Elfin Girl and the Calais Murder Mystery
Gerald Staunton travels with Mr. Shaw toward Calais and discovers a killer plot. A violent ambush, a brutal animal attack, and a murder shock the pair as Gerald learns his father may have been murdered while Miss Beresford’s fate hangs in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eraid
Shaw
Gerald
Mr. Shaw
Miss Beresford
Ieraldly
Bishr
Tergeis
England
Mr. Beresford
M. Fournier
Louise
China
Miss
SiSeeseere Beetenti
Ed Bane
Gerain
Cerwid
Calais
Share the Canal
Malel
Carride
Victor
Madame Fournier
Victor Seed Perthe
Les Bouleaux
A Gentle Complaint About An Elephant Visitor
A Fairfield Connecticut reader writes to Mr Barnum about a large Asiatic elephant visiting their home. The animal roams the yard barking on the lawn and disturbing sleep at night despite attempts to frighten it away. The writer asks for the elephant to be removed, noting the creature has occupied their small property for several days and caused household disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Gerald Staunton
Gig
Fat Horse
Fairfield
Conn
P. T. Barnum
Hsg
The Prolonged Debate on Cooking Skill and Female Cooks
A critic laments amateur cooking as occult science and danger in the kitchen. He argues cooking demands long practice and natural aptitude, noting hotel cooks earn salaries comparable to college presidents, while women resist learning the craft.
Odds and Ends from a Distant Era
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes from early 20th century life. Notes on Rome’s future cable car idea, walking Rome streets, a Michigan man escaping with ankle irons, a New York dog fence operator, Pullman’s sleeping car gamble, and a Hartford child’s church harmonica moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Pullman
Press on there is light beyond a traveler note
A Madeira traveler recalls ascending a mountain with a guide until a thick mist obscured the sky. He urged perseverance, and as the cloud parted a radiant view appeared above a sea of mist, with the sunlit scene described as transcendent and bright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeira
Dr Pierce’s Cure and a Garden Concert Highlight Rural Life
A noted medical ad touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for early coughs and chills. A Koos teren garden in Holland hosts a 65 foot circumference rose tree with about 10 000 blossoms supporting a recent concert by thirty performers. Two women discuss a neighbor’s parenting and advocate Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a milder medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streuds
Dr. Pierce
Koosteren
Holland
Mrs. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Brown
Miss Robinson
Monnier
Smith
Drr. Smith
Mr Shaw
Bess
Mount Pisgah
Hotserold
Odds and
Tnsa
Hartford
Press
Vic Ker
Angasta
Maine
W.mcdowall
W. McDowall
King Street East
Toronto
Laidlaw Manufacturing
Hamilton, Or
Page
Hyde Park
Vermont
U.S
Wyckoff
Seamans
Geo
Ngough
King St. E
Chiniquy
Church of Rome
Beral Terme
Appnasa
A. G. Wathon
Wiane Tract Durository
Lane
Montreal
Gray
Ory
Jas
Park & ‘Son
Welle, Richardses & Os
Mentina
Petrie
FORD
Canada
Allan Line
Royal Mail
Portland
Halifax
Liv
Quebec
Londonderry
Scotland
St. John's
N.F
Liverpool
Nowineo
Boston
Elphia
Vadural Sunny Lng
Glasgow
A. Bohumacher & Co
Baltimore
Halifex
Shea & Co
St. John’s
Wm. Eon & Co
Allan & Co
Allanes Des
Eee
J. B
F. Dalley & CO
Stowes Wili
ANT
E.w.c.brantrono
Barnum Wire and Iron Works
Windsor, Ont
Dominion
Land
Tena
Peerless Oil
Borne
Coff
Uber
Lubon
Andrees M. Lesos
Welliorton Street East
Ont
London
CoreaLess
Sauins
Taylor
Africa
Hos Coven Cruz
United States
R. Parker & Co
Dyers and Cleaners
Y St
John St. N
Hamilton
Colborne St
Brantford
Wakefield
Mich
Dr. Carron
Sapree
Bae Patan
Solateca
Sviatioa
Saati Bago
Lane Caster
Petrelia
Gat
Manitoba
W. B. Gillett
Main Street
Winnipeg
Toronto Silver Plate Co
Granteed, Ro
Canada Permanent Loan and Savings Company Incorporated
A.D
Ffice Coy
Toronto &J
Terense
Straight
Credit Foncier
Real Darate
Ontario
Morton
Munie Pai
Herbert Mason
Yonge A
C. Odea
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