Thoughts on resilience and headlines from across America
The column discusses resilience after failure and starting anew, citing a Charleston editorial and a Russian immigrant incident in Pittsburgh. It notes American unity, recalls New York police capturing kidnappers, and mentions reactions to stage corkscrew curses by New England women. It also covers meat price shifts in Omaha, a bachelor quip by Count Letsepp, and a Provencal cooking school poisoning anecdote.
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New England
Fake Auction Scheme Exposed in Urban Stores
A long critique details fake auction houses operating in American cities selling cheap junk as art, with a scam structure led by a backer, several auctioneers, a pretty cashier, and multiple shills. It explains how buyers are lured by fake bargains, signals from staff, and manipulated bidding, ending with Jones overpaying for glassware he later finds worthless.
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Samm
New York City
Lcense
Patro
Jones
Chicago
New York
Grand Landing
Jane's Romance with a Red Mystery Lord
Jane Soult rejects plain Tom Anson for years of romantic dreams when a dramatic rescue by a dashing stranger in a red car appears. The rescuer is revealed as Lord Fitz Maurice, heir to neighboring estate, but truth unveils that no such lord exists and the fortune belongs to a widower Griggs. Tom Anson is finally accepted after the mix up resolves.
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Ture
Jane Soult
Tom
Estealing
Tom Annana
Anson
Bern
Jang
Jane
Beauty
van Rulantly
Lord Fitz Maurice
Fitz Maurice
St. Maurices
Griggs
Tom Anson
Monument to a Good Liver and Brillet-Sagarin Tale
A fragmentary historical note recalls Brillet-Sagarin the civil judge famed for his defense of a new food discovery. His career fled to Switzerland and America before restoration. his treatise Pheylogy of Tarte faced rebuttal yet was published at his expense.
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Botley
Mentheant
France
Brillet Saverti
Switzerland
United States
New York
Supreme Court
Waa
Mame
Briflat-Sagarin
Wne
Americans Help Drive Oberammergau Visitors Revenue
Report notes 280000 tourists attended the Oberammergau passion play with about 80 percent from the United States. English visitors followed at about one percent, while Germans, Salenians, and French accounted for under five percent. The performances brought riches to the Bavarian village, largely seen as thanks to the United States.
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Oberammergau
Tve
United States
The Other Lege and Henkaim Exchange Brief Nettling
A fragmented exchange appears between The Other Lege and Mrs Henkaim. The dialogue touches on a bobbie shirt and a surgical operation to release someone from a whimtight trowsra. The readability is limited due to garbled OCR.
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Benham
Western Canada Education and Agriculture Growth Tale
A look at Western Canada shows rising education with Calgary teaching 80, 4,228 pupils and Alberta totaling 46,000 pupils in 1909. It highlights 970 schools, 2,328 departments, 1,096 districts, plus strong agricultural education and farm success stories from Alberta. Anecdotes mention Mr. Adler near Strathmore and scalable farms built by determination and suitable soil.
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Western
Canada
Hent
Calgary
Alberta
Province of
Western Canada
Adler
New York
Strathmore
Shout & Work
Free recipe claims to cure weak kidneys and urinary troubles
An advertisement touts a $3.50 recipe that allegedly cures weak kidneys and urinary issues, promising relief from pain, scalding and dribbling, with a free copy mailed in a plain envelope. It urges readers to request the method from "A. De A" and notes the ingredients are pure and harmless.
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