Entertainer’s Night at Tentowers Castle Ends in Escape and Injury
A raconteur recounts visiting Lord Brower at Tentowers castle Surrey where a gambling scene with Captain Marchand and wife turns dangerous. A covert telegram of a hand signals leads to a trap, the narrator is imprisoned but survives with injuries and a London connection revealed.
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England
Lord Brower
Tentowers Castle
Surrey
Lord Brewer
Monte Carlo
Wild West
Captain Marehand
Chadwick
Captain Marchand
Marchand
Mrs. Marchand
Abe
S. Lps
Lora
Brower
London
Madam
America
Wheat
Lavesin
Mercere
Tentowers
Doctored Blood Oranges in St Petersburg Case
A girl in St Petersburg cried out and spat blood after biting a blood orange. A broken needle point was swallowed, later clearing. The oranges were injected with saccharine and red aniline coloring to simulate blood oranges, a known deceptive process.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
New York, Herald
The Sulky Neighbor of Chicago News
A rugged man in town, always sour and unamused, avoids jokes and smiles. He stays aloof, is in pain when sick, has a sour appetite, and worries others with his stubborn sulk. He has money to invest and a life choice between work or rest, though the reason escapes him.
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Chicago News
Etta and Mrs Gaybird Watch Over Kin and Mail Returns
A domestic scene shows Etta scolding four year old Katherine after a brief escape near home. In a village post office, Mrs Gaybird seeks news of her husband but learns he will return Friday, per the postmaster and post mistress.
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Etta
Katherine
waDy
Encouraging the Boy in Hunters’ Aspirations
Erastus Pinkley mocks Pickaninny Jim’s boastful talk of becoming an er atic hunter and explorer. He tests the boy by asking him to herd an unhooked cow from pasture and then suggests training for arctic ventures as winter nears.
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Erastus Pinkley
Pickaninny
Jim
Yassir
North Pole
Washington Star
The Horrid Comedian
The fortune teller claims a long wait for marriage while the low comedian quips that she will never marry. He cites lines in her face as the reasoning, a sharp exchange reported by the New York Herald.
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New York Herald
The Tramp’s Life-Saving Offer Turns On a Joke
An old man thanks a tramp for saving him from drowning and offers his daughter as a reward. The life saver declines the gift and, with a twist, threatens to drop the old man back into the water as punishment for the rash bargain, leaving the judge amused and perplexed.
School Boy Watches Gift from Father
A schoolboy named Tommy recalls his father gave him a four watch to carry when he started school this fall. Aunt Jane responds with praise and interest noting the gift’s value and Tommy’s plan to check the time each morning to avoid being late.
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Tommy
Jane
Jamestown Exposition enters second active stage
The Jamestown Exposition moves into its second active stage with visitors finding a stable climate similar to Atlantic coast towns. Norfolk is reachable in 12 hours by rail and 15 by sea, with eight railroads serving the area and flexible living costs for attendees. Transportation to the grounds via trolley costs 1 cent. Pain tablets ad concludes the page.
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Atlantic &Ey
Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk
New York
Washington
Potomac River
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Exposition Grounds
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Douglas Z. Doty
Mr. Marchand
Buck
Toto
Bob
le Rire
Mirandy
Elwell
Il Tbizu
Skoop
Hedges Drug Co
E.d.DeWie Soon Saivage
C48
Hlvah Dehaven
West Side Equate Slattery Building
Cortagton. Ind
E. Livengood
Fry Bryant
Livengood & Bryant
Attorneys At Law
Covington Ind
Covington Bank
State of
Indiana
Fountain County
Euseba A. Sewell
Advent
Homer Sewell
Loucas Nebeker
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Cast
United States
Bermuda
B. Fletcher
Dearboin Street
Chicago
Maria
Arantee
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