Escape Plan Using Monks Leads to Bold Bonded Heist
Harvey Irons and allies disguise as feeble monks to outwit Domitan and rescue two young women. they obtain monk garb from a Bokharan lama and stage a daring caravan ruse to reach the Batoola monastery. The bold escape culminates in a gunboat pursuit and arrests in Tiflis, with promises of marriages and a Nijni Novgorod windmill sale.
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Harvey
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Orskoff
Batoola
Bo&haran
America
Paris
Domitan
Omitan
Howdah
Alma
Orskolff
Koura
Domstan
Ameer
Holy One
Siloon
Bokhara
Nevisky
Salaiff
Platoff
Tiflis
Urioff
Harvey Irons
Admiral Platoff
General Arlott
Admiral Platof
Stavropol
Hafiz Effend
Mizik
Alma Jurnieff
Tillis
Bokharan
Orskof
Koura Biartelkis
Jurnieff
Prince Dellnikoff
Volga
Nijni Novgorod
Captain Orskoff
Novgorod
Peculiar Man Lazarus Relives Near Death At Sea
A traveler recalls sharing a cabin with a man named Lazarus who begged not to be buried at sea after death. Lazarus recounts a near burial on a prior voyage when he appeared to move inside a sack. Doctors later revived him on the second voyage. London relatives greet him at the docks amid concern.
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Lazarus
Cape Town
England
London
New York Fashions Simple Apron Pattern for Children
A practical apron pattern designed for girls ages 2 to 9. minimal sewing with straight seams and plain hemming using gingham calico or marais. The pattern includes front and back, sleeve, collar, pocket and tie. send 10 cents, pattern No. 463, size, and full address to receive by mail.
Children's suspender suits with shoulder closures become popular
A fashion note details suspender suits for girls up to age twelve featuring shoulder opening bodies and a single button to close. The outfits use plaid fabrics with silk guimpe options and kilted skirts with box pleats. Instructions for ordering pattern No 4628 request 1 cent and full address.
Eight-Year Age Gaps Among Early Presidents
The note compares ages of presidents from Washington to Grant, showing a chain where each successor was eight years younger than the predecessor. It notes Adams Jefferson Monroe Madison and John Quincy Adams ending terms at sixty six, with Adams and Jefferson dying on July Fourth near the Declaration’s anniversary. It also cites lifespans for Garfield and others.
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John Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Adams
Garfield
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Fillmore
Buchanan
William Henry Harrison
Taylor
Pierce
Johnson
Grant
Polk
Lincoln
Arthur
Washington Post
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Koura Blarteikis
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Philadelphia Inquirer
New York
Martha Dern
Martha Dean
Cragenstone
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Raymond
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Bow St
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Telephor Pill Brothers
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Cambridge St
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Allied Printing Trades Council Label
Lee
Massachusetts Ave
Putnam Sq
Daniel P. Danby
North
Ellen Danehy
Rindge Avenue
Harry Dustin Jol
Massachusetts Avenue
Mass
George H. Carrick
Seattle Street
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School St
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Ayve
Putnam St
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