The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love
In Leghorn during July, English consul Gregg becomes entangled with Philip Hornby aboard the luxury Lola, a yacht that ran aground near Meloria. Suspicions rise about bribes to customs, a hidden armory, and a torn photograph of a young English girl as investigators uncover a web of deception.
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Signore
Meloria
Francesco
Leghorn
Francesc Carducci
Frank Hutcheson
Jeghorn
England
Bertram Cavendish
Florence
Hutcheson
Carducci
Philip Hornby
Woodcroft Park
Somerset
Brook's
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Smyrna
Nasi's
Chater
Hornby
Dundee
Board of Trade
Mackintosh
Wilsons
Hull
Bibbys
Felucca
Lola
Royal Yacht Squadron
Hylton Chater
Gordon Gregg
Mr. Gregg
Ardenza
Yornby
Dogana
Cork Yacht Club
London
New Bond Street
Orlando's
Zante
Chip
Foreign Office
Old beliefs about health and common myths list
A fragment surveys forty or more inherited health beliefs. It questions claims such as gold rings curing styes, green apples causing colic, copper wires around the waist preventing rheumatism, whisky curing many ailments, moon affecting lunacy, and other folk remedies or misbeliefs about disease origins and cures.
Drawbacks in a London auctioneer’s humorous sale
A London auctioneer known for charm and knowledge supplied witty critiques at book sales. He read passages aloud with humor and offered author bios, boosting prices. In selling an estate he quipped that its two drawbacks were rose leaf litter and nightingale noise.
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London
Childrens quiz on locusts yields mistaken tuberculosis claim
A teacher leads a half hour with questions and raises several hands before a boy answers that locusts are bugs that give people tuberculosis. The misinformed remark reflects a pupil’s error rather than scientific fact.
Best Wood for Furniture Locust Wood in Fine Interiors
Locust wood finds new use in fine furniture and interior finishing of upscale homes. Its grain and color are unmatched by other timbers, distinguishing it in quality woodworking and decorative applications.
Woman Reports Relief After Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Philadelphia woman claims displacement inflammation backache and lash pains eased after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now able to work sleep eat well and feel healthy Providence woman also praises the remedy for backache and fatigue while urging others to try it. Danger signals of female derangements are linked to the remedy with many testimonies noting improved health.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Fisher
Dounton St
Nicetown
Providence
R. I
Sam
Abel Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.L
Inventions Rewarded at Army Ordnance Factories
Payments totaling thousands of pounds were issued for inventions at army ordnance factories in the year ending March 1914. Col. C. L. Holden received about 4,000 pounds plus 500 on another account for improvements to ordnance mountings and tools. W. T. Thomson at the Royal Gunpowder factory was paid 2,850 pounds for nitro cellulose manufacture improvements, plus 1,150 previously. Smaller sums went to W. H. Turton, W. Lambert, William Rogers, E. F. Pullar, and S. Capon for various tool, testing, and forge efficiency improvements.
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Army Ordnance Factories
Col
C. L. Holden
Royal Gun and Carriage Factories
W. T. Thomson
Royal Gunpowder Factory
W. H. Turton
Royal Gun Factory
Mr. W. Lambert
William
Directory Canvasser and Lady Exchange Witty Q&A
A brief humor exchange centers on a canvasser asking a woman about her husband’s job. The woman quips that he unmakes history by writing historical novels, prompting a playful correction from the canvasser.
Miss Maymie Fashioned as Kittenish Muse
A playful caption pairs Miss Maymie with kittenish charm, noting her pose as a set purr, reflecting lighthearted stage persona and flirtatious tone in a period feature.
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Maymie
Power from Food Promises Health and Strength
A Western town woman recounts severe stomach trouble and weight loss until Grape-Nuts food improved digestion, appetite, and strength. She credits Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with the remedy and references The Road to Wellville and the slogan There's a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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