Royalist fraud tale swindles Paris press corps
A Paris case reveals a sprawling royal fantasy led by Anthony Lanfrey the gardener’s son. Concocted vows of a Marianne islands throne, fake decrees, and loans drew in baronial titles, a grand chancellor, a minister of war, and other emblems. The gang sold imagined orders and ribbons, luring credulous journalists and financiers. Six defendants faced prison terms, from five years to fifteen months, as confessions exposed the scale of the ruse.
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Economy in Clothing and Its Family Impact
The piece argues that low priced clothing costs more in wear and upkeep than quality goods. It urges buying a good coat and better fabrics, proper care, brushing, mending, and regular cleaning to extend life. It notes boys' clothing costs differ by care and emphasizes long term value over initial price.
Impromptu Duel in Richmond Store Ends In Injury
In Richmond yesterday evening a duel occurred in Richard Holloran’s store at Twenty fourth and Main between James W Holloran and William Estres. Holloran was struck by a pistol ball behind the head and later the bullet was removed. Estres was jailed after the incident.
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Pipe smoking etiquette in the Turkish court and society
An excerpt describes Turk daily pipe use from sixty to eighty pipes and the etiquette of pipe bearing in the Supreme Porte. It notes how pipe bearers, despite signage of propriety, reveal state secrets, and compares smoking norms across ranks from grandee to lowly laborer, stressing respect to elders and family.
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Ida Lewis Newport Heroine of Sea Rescue
KH I correspondent recalls Ida Lewis in Newport noting her daring rescues at sea a brave quiet figure who saved over a dozen lives amid raging storms while living modestly near the rocks. The writer contrasts fashionable excess with Lewis’s quiet duty and year round perilous watch at sea.
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Ida Lewis
Banavar Worships Cannon Ball as God After Shrine Move
In Banavar the cannon ball is venerated as a deity. Two years earlier locals worshipped the cannon itself until the English government seized the weapon and placed the ball in a shrine, altering the sacred practice.
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Banavar
Time and wealth in early American wisdom and tales
A mosaic of quotes and anecdotes touches on farming wealth over mining, homesickness, war bravado, a wedding with many shotguns, smoke mischief in Hulland, a Paris banker’s riddle, a horse with white legs, riot loss estimates in Pittsburgh, a circus marriage tale, high priced cows in England, and a Elmira horse incident with gifts to a rescuer and relatives.
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