Corsican Vendetta Adventure Ends in Mixed Betrayals
American magnate Burton Barnes rescues Enid Anstruther from vendetta plots in Corsica aboard a French steamer. Enid’s kidnapping triggers a perilous pursuit with Marina and Tomasso guiding events. Amid hermitage revelations and bandit clashes Barnes is celebrated, Enid released, but a shocking twist reveals his wife substituted by a clever plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton SH. Barnes
Corsica
Leutenant
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Vendatte
Enid Anstruther
Slater
Ajaccio
Marteilles
London
Marseilles
Marins
Barnes
Enid
Anstruther
Hin Barnes
Tomasso
de Belloc
Barnea
Hermitage
Rochini
Romany
Bellacoscia
Romano
Bocognano
Salceti
Hernes
Paolis
Bastia
Corsican chase to Bastia for missing wife unfolds
Burton and Barnes race across Corsica chasing Marina after a misdirected telegram. They enlist bandit Bonelli and telegraph help, racing through Corte Vivario and Ponte Alla Fecchia toward Bastia to locate the carriage bearing Marina before dawn.
Along the Gyclamen Path Through the Col and Forest
Two young men Edwin and Burton ride fast then walk up a steep pass between Del Oro and a cliff. They recall their wives and discuss a cheap gorge said to lead to La Pintica, home of the Bellucosela, as gendarmes never dare visit, before racing down into the Vizzavona forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
del Oro
Edwin
Burton
la Pintica
Vizzavona
Hurry as a Commercial Force in Modern Life
The passage argues that hurry has shifted from a disease of the past to a commercialized force shaping daily life. It notes hurry now sells peace of mind as ready money and influences fashion and behavior, with urgency justified by life itself rather than by explicit reasons. It portrays hurry as a pervasive, self validating element of contemporary society.
Flying Ship In 1709 Described In London Paper
A December 1709 issue of the Evening Post features an engraving and long description of a so called flying ship attributed to Bartolomeo Lorenzo a Ayagian priest. The inventor claimed a speed of 200 miles in 24 hours and the piece notes the airship’s remarkable design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Post
London
Bartolomeo Lorenzo
Death on the Mescalero Reservation A Apache tale
An old formal report recounts how an Apache killer of a cowboy on the Mescalero reservation is pursued and confronted by his own people. The story follows Da-Ga-In-Ka from hunger and rage to final death as Jim McLane seeks beef, the hunt tightens, and Apache civilians react to white authority and civilization pressures. The piece blends mythic tone with frontier violence and notes the Apache toward civility while retaining tribal vengeance.
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Mascalero Reservation
Agency
Jim
Jim McLane
Da-Ga-In-Ka
Sacramento Mountains
Rio Grande
Mexico
Mescalero
Ming
Squay
White Lead and its purity tested by blow pipe method
A primer on White Lead detailing its manufacture from corroded lead and acetic acid fumes, the standard for painting worldwide, and how adulterated brands use chalk and rock. It urges a home blow pipe test to prove purity, and notes National Lead Company's Dutch Boy trademark guarantees purity and offers to provide equipment and a booklet.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Strenuous Rescue Ride Down Dry Mountain
Two officers hunting wolves in central Servia lost their way in fog on Dry mountain. After 14 hours one officer collapsed in snow. The other bound him, sat him up, and rolled him down the slope to safety. The rescuer reached bottom exhausted but uninjured. the injured officer was hospitalized with lacerations from the descent.
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Central
Servia
Beng
Origin of the Elevator in Central Europe
A tester of Napoleon I mentions the flying chair used at Schoenbrunn near Vienna. The device, built about 1760 for Empress Maria Theresa, was a small square room hung by ropes with counterweights. It could be raised or lowered in a purpose built shaft, enabling easy movement within the castle.
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Europe
Napoleon I
Maria Louise
Schoenbrunn
Vienna
Maria Theresa
Clairvoyant Seance Ends Amid Skeptic’s Demands
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a clairvoyant under strain during a seance sway, promising to summon any soul on command. A skeptic pressed for brevity, and the session ended abruptly with the final call for Brevity, the soul of Wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torsha
Cincinnati Enquirer
Druggist's Generous Offer for Suitor
An old-time druggist tells a suitor he cannot wed his daughter Amy because she is promised to the partner's son. He offers an alternative, saying he has five other daughters and provides a different kind of match or gift.
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Amy
Grape-Nuts Promises Health For Aging Readers
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging digestion, noting its whole wheat and barley base and diastase action. It emphasizes brain and nerve nourishment from wheat phosphate content, cites elderly users praising steadier digestion and clearer thinking, and links Grape-Nuts with Postum from the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville in packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Remarkable 98YearOld Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
A 98 year old man from Red Bank New Jersey credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief after 40 years of kidney trouble. He suffered back pain, nightly awakenings, and heavy kidney secretions before using the product. He reports complete relief and notes the medicine costs 60 cents per box, sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard Kellock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Doc
Mr. Kellock
Dean
Foster
Milburn Co
Buffalo
German Etiquette Clash Over a Sneezed Handkerchief
A frustrated conversation reveals a family rift as Erna refuses an audience with Herr Schmidt after a tense encounter. The narrator recalls his parting gesture of waving goodbye followed by a sneeze into his handkerchief, intensifying the grievance.
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Herr Schmidt
Erna
Mamma
Eczema cure claim from Cuticura ointment ad
A Newark Delaware resident reports seven years of severe eczema on hands. After trial of many remedies, two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap cured the condition, enabling him to lay a slate pencil across cracks in the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Frozen Lambs
A brief report notes domestic sheep placed in cold storage or exposed to freezing conditions in urban settings. Names Bill and Jill discuss the practice of recovering meat from lambs buried or left on street drift in Wail Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jill
Wail Street
Pregnancy Health Ad From Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
A mother reflects on the desire for healthy maternity and urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female ills. The ad claims long-standing success for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pain and related symptoms and invites readers to try it. It lists Lynn Massachusetts as the address and mentions a sales tone and promotional invitation.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Onion
8. C
Pinkham
Lydia 2. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Lydia Bringham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lynn
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Cipriano
Dog Tree
Hersesf
Signore Antonio
Locagnano
Signore
Ronelli
Sagone
Banolli
Signore Barnes
Santa Maria
Signore Bonelli
Mademoiselle Paoli
Gram
Paoll
Bonelli
Sally Blackwood
Saliceti
Bernardo Ednardo Saliceti
Vivario
Corte
Vecchio
Ponte Allafecchia
Golo
Italy
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Jady
Genoa
Hotel de France
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