The Ninth Count of Brief and the secret of Brief House
An unnamed narrator recalls aiding a dying man named Matthew Gering who reveals a tale of Rudolf Elbert Virgil the ninth Count of Brief. The Count recounts a forged escape scheme, family deaths and a switch that left him jailed for seven years. Gering dies after revealing a hidden lineage and a possible family secret tied to the Tower of Brief. The narrator contemplates proof and a dangerous hidden truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Gering
House of Brief
Ferdinand
Elizabeth
Brief
London Glassworks Retains 3000-Year-Old Glassmaking Craft
A Boston Globe correspondent notes near London a glassworks that echoes methods from ancient times. The Whitefriars firm, once in Tudor Street since 1666, now operates in new premises with a workshop named chairs and gaffer led by skilled blowers.
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London
Boston Globe
Whitefriars
Tudor Street
Fleet Street
Samuel Pepys
Duke of York’s Playhouse
New playground planned along East River in Lower East Side
Plans filed show 35 acres of playgrounds from Grand to Twelfth Street between the East River drive and the river. The project, a joint effort of the park department and borough president, promises supervised play areas and spaces for roller skating and dancing as tenements yield to recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of ‘Estimate
Lower East Side
East River
Hudson
North River
East River Drive
Grand
Twelfth Street
Montgomery Streets
Park Department
Borough of
Manhattan
Non-Drinkers Hire To Drive Drunken Party Goers
In Denver a college driven solution to drunken driving emerged as students formed a service of guaranteed non drinking drivers. Captain Pitt of the police traffic division notes officers stopped a car late at night because all occupants appeared intoxicated. The driver, who never drinks, admitted he is paid to stay sober and drive others to parties on weekends and holidays.
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London
Red Lead Lane
Matthew Gering
Gering
Exon
Denver
Colo
James J. Pitt
Denver Police Department
Crocheted Chair Set Pattern From The Sewing Circle
An old fashioned crochet pattern 1723 offers instructions and charts for a lacy chair set and scarf ends. It lists materials required and includes stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Center 82 Eighth Ave New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Eighth Ave
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dornford Yates
Rudolf Elbert Virgil
Innsbruck
England
South America
M. G
Elizabeth Virgil
Percy Elbert Virgil
Btief
London Glassworks
Europe
Fontainbleau
Knights of Old
Richard Exon
Brief’s
L. L. Stevenson
Riverside Drive
Westchester County
Hendrik Hudson Bridge
Hudson River
Albany
Catskills
Bustop
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Spalding Health Best CO. Inc
Clark Building
Canton, Obie
Harold Somers, Inc
de Kalb Ave
B’klyn
N. Y
Tina
Dea
Doan
Idoans
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