Emeralds and Honeymoon Swindle at St M Hotel
A honeymooning couple, Mr and Mrs Campion of Walden Hall Devonshire, face a theft scare when emeralds valued at £2000 vanish from Mrs Campion’s dressing trunk at the Royal Hotel in St M-. A visiting maid, Celeste Bardel, is implicated, and local detectives uncover a long fraud trail. The couple and Celeste are to stand trial after evidence links them to paste emeralds and prior swindles in Paris and Berlin. The keen Irish commissionaire who noted the visitor’s face is praised for his suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal
St. M
Mrs. Campion
Mr. Campion
Devonshire
Wilson
Dusarse
Hall
Kem
Bardel
Campion
Indy
Paris
Celeste Bardel
Rue de la Paix
Walden Hall
Berlin
Mra
Forks and fingers in dining customs across cultures
The passage notes that at least a quarter of the world may still use fingers instead of forks at meals. It cites Egyptian and Turkish practices emphasizing finger cleanliness, bread as a utensil, and minimal cutting. It also lists agricultural figures for the United States, mentioning banana, lemon, orange, and cannel trees.
Billye on Columbus A Bright History by a Faithful Liar
An Atlanta Journal reprint offers a humorous, opinionated sketch of Christopher Columbus. It presents a mixed, mostly anecdotal history from birth in 1438 Genoa to his voyage in 1492, interweaving tall tales, comic misstatements, and satirical commentary about Columbus and his era with names like Isabella and Ferdinand, and figures like Toscarelli.
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Columbus
Domin Oo Colombo
Suzanna Fontanarossa
Genoa
Valladolid
America
Fernando Colombo
Christopher Columbus
Paria
Antonio de Terzago
de Terzago
Archipelago
Iceland
Polat
Friesland
Uitlina Thule
Ls Casas
Fie
Filipa Monis de Palestrello
Porto Santo
Paolo Tascarelli
Tascarelli
Vascarelli
Spain
Tasca
Senate of Genoa
Indian Affairs
Ameriga
England
Chicago
John HU
Gillain
Christopher Columbia
Care Lotos Club
Senate
John I
Toscarelli
Portugal
Popertiy
St. Mary's
Rabida
Andalusis
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Verdinand
Treasury
Ones
Columbia
Fire Island
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Cele
North Georgia
Dahlonega
Georgia
City Drug Store
Eine Toilet Soaps
Sutton & Pitchford
Cleveland, Ceorcia
Cleveland Real
Apu
Piedmont
F. B. Sutton
Clark, Bell & CO
Clark, Byll & CO
Gainesque, Gu
W. A. Havenor
MA Leon Cassilis
Gen Toime
Mosilf
Wilson Nos
Daly
Long
Mr. Wilson
Wing
bin Wilson
Nablus
Palestine
France
Italy
Detroit Free Press
United States
Billye
Christopher
Bealdes
Anoerlin
Atlanta Journal
West Indies
Cuba
Frankenberg
Hesse
Prussia
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