Corsican Vendetta Skyline Ride Ends In Pursuit
Burton J Barnes an American investor rescues Enid Anstruther from a Corsican vendetta. He marries her then learns Marina Pardella finds a note warning of danger as they flee by yacht to Ajaccio. They split, Marina guides Barnes toward Bocognano while evading assassins, heading across Corsica by mountain path and ponies toward safety.
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Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Thea
London
Marseilles
Marina
Darnel
Barnes
Lady Chartris
Nice
Belle Blackwood
Eblijeh Emory
Corregio
Saliced
Enid
Coralen
Anstruther
Monsieur
Signore Barnes
New York
Bacognano
Leboeuf
Harnes
Burton J. Barnes
Thompson
Ganello
Thyre Niket
Leboeufs
Mongleur
Madame Anstruther
Edwin
Ajaccio
de Belloc
Bocognano
Gravona
del Oro
Pollx
Graham
Villefranche
Laboeuf
Madame
Avaiing
Tomasso Monaldi
Sagone
Vico
Monte Rotondo
Monte del Oro
Mandalina
Signore Saliceli
Universal calculating machine wins buyer and loss
A merchant dismisses a man’s boast of a calculating machine. The buyer tests it with a business example: buying feghorn chickens at $3 each, building a coop, feed costs, eggs, and concludes the yearly profit or loss. The machine prints a loss of 2126.80, while the merchant asks to keep two units and jokes about celery and cucumbers.
Beautiful Eyes and the Science of Vision
The piece discusses how turning the head limits eye exercise and vision. It contrasts common brown honest eyes with the small ferret eyes of detectives that pretend to stare downward while secretly scanning the sides. It notes the allure of eyes that seem to see all directions without head movement.
Butcher’s Inference of the Kaiser’s Barber Prestige
Emperor Francis Joseph asks a village butcher for inn directions. The butcher asks if the Kaiser has been seen and whether the barber knows him well. The emperor responds that he has shaved him often, revealing the butcher is the court barber, leaving the crowd awestruck.
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Francis Joseph
Son kills judge in Kentucky store in daily feud
Jackson Kentucky former county judge James Hargis a long time Democratic executive committee member was shot five times and killed in his general store around 3 30 P M Thursday by his son Beach Hargis The father a noted figure in regional crime groups had been involved in long running feuds with murders connected to Dr Cox Attorney Marcum and James Cockrill The son was arrested and held while intoxicated rumors say the quarrel stemmed from a prior violent incident between father and son
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Jackson
James Hargis
State
Democratic Exeausive Committee
Greathitt County
Beach Hargis
Hargis
Young Hargis
Grover Blanton
Kentucky
Cox
Marcum
James Cockrill
Night Riders Terrorize Adams County Tennessee Farm
Night riders attacked farms of Hugh Lawrence and Wash T. Vicker near Adams, destroying barns and 20 000 pounds of tobacco. Lawrence and his son were wounded while defending the tobacco as the attackers fired 70 to 80 shots through the house. a servant named Marlow was beaten. In Tangier, Caid Sir Harry MacLean, a key Moroccan figure, arrived under bandit Raisuli’s escort after seven months bondage, with Britain agreeing to pay Raisuli 100 000 dollars and grant protection from arrest.
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Lawrence
Lawrences
Caid MacLean
Tangier
Country In Grip of Storm
A sleetstorm that turned to rain crippled telegraphic links between Chicago and many western cities. St Louis Omaha and Kansas City were cut off from the east in the early hours as the storm extended into town. In Chicago transportation and electric railways suffered significant disruption.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Public Printer Suspended Amid Printing Office Inquiry
President Ragsavell suspended Public Printer Charles Atil linge and named William Rossiter to perform duties temporarily. Officials say the move will facilitate Congress investigations into the Government Printing Office.
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Washington
Ragsavell
Charles 4. Atillinge
William = . Rossiter
Government Printing Office
Congress
St Louis Man Moody Found Dead in San Diego
S A Moody of St Louis was found dead Friday morning in his room at the Mote Richmond by his sister Mrs L G Stachan. Moody, 60, was a former resident of Webster Grove, a suburb of St Louis.
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St. Louis
San Diego
Cal
S. A. Moody
Sta .Louis
Mote Richmond
L. G. Stachan
Moody
Webster Grove
BL Louis
Missouri County Voters Approve Local Option Dry Law
Richmond in Clay County Missouri voted in favor of local option dry law by 1075 to 1885 in a total of 2960 ballots. The state now has about 67 of 114 counties dry underscoring widespread prohibition sentiment.
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Missouri
Richmond
Lay
A Valentine Day Reminiscence From a Child’s View
The narrator recalls a wondrous February fourteenth filled with gifts from a Small Person who creates a magical mail day. Envelopes, paper trees, swan cars, and hearts spark joy, contrasting with a remembered childhood longing when a valentines box failed to deliver, leaving a lingering ache and insight into a child’s fragile heart.
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Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
St Valentine
His One Day to Get Even in a Stationer Scene
A brief exchange unfolds at a stationer's shop where Brown jokes with Potter about valentines. Potter reveals he is buying for his wife, noting he is over sixty and has been married about twenty-five years, setting up a tale of matchmaking and recollection.
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Brown
Potter
Valentine Lottery and Romantic Traditions Mentioned
The piece riffs on Valentine’s Day customs and jokes about sending insulting valentines to provoke better behavior in a marriage. It references handwritten name lotteries in England and France as a supposed source of Valentine foreshadowing and notes the mischief and misunderstandings that can arise from such games.
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England
France
Valentine
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