The Third Table Mystery Ends at a New York Table
John Uargreaves, a famed attorney, pursues a confidential will dispute at a New York hotel. A mysterious young woman urges him to defend Mollie Reynolds, the forged daughter, guiding him to confront a powerful Reynolds will and seek justice for a disowned daughter. The case reshapes fortunes as Mollie’s plight and the lawyer’s integrity intertwine in a dramatic hotel finale.
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Hargreaves
hinself
hiad
Tom
Walter
Mr. Unieresses
Tstone
Nick
Mr. Reynolds
Nesnolds
hoorer
Reynolds
kinger
Vargreaves
millemuere
gly
Ialf
largreives
Curtis
millonaire
Dargreaves
sip
Che ufelt
Ollyin Van der Wert
Larpreaves
Supervisors Publish Voter Registers for Caroline County
At the Caroline County Supervisors of Election meeting in Denton on June 27 1911 registrars and judges of election were named for each district with party designations. Lists include district by district assignments for Democrat and Republican party representatives across multiple precincts and towns.
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Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Lon’eiock
aom
Board of ity
weluck
Bispamin LH. Joussox
Mermaidlike Dugong Described as Sea Woman and Habitat
A descriptive piece compares a full grown dugong to a mermaid, noting humanoid features such as hands, neck, eyes, and warm maternal pose with a calf. It explains why old legends arose and mentions the dugong’s dwindling numbers in the Indian Ocean.
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hans
Indian ocean
Despotic Corsican and the Legion of Honor history
The article traces the Legion of Honor from Napoleon’s 1804 inauguration at Malmaison to debates about its symbolism and recipients. It notes opposition figures like Moreau and Chateaubriand, lists laureates Laplace Lalande Cuvier Legouve, and recounts the Wilson scandal involving patronage and bribery, including court outcomes. It ends with a note on muscle contraction by Albert von Haller.
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France
Napoleon
Monge
Malmaison
conseil d'etat
Legion of Honor
Moreau
victor
Hohenlinden
Alurengo
Michel
Mme. de Stael
Legion of Uonor
Ietters
Laplace
Lalande
Cuvier
Legouve
Bernardin de St. Pierre
Wortense
nso
Wilson
Alice Grevy
oftera
republic
M. Daniel Wilson
M. Grevy
M. Wilson
ant the
ils
WAudian
Cafferel
Mines
Limousin
Ratazzi
JOCO
court of tassation
Patl Mall
Oyster Islands Formed Like Coral Reefs Across Regions
A Century Path Magazine writer notes oyster islands near Newport river and Beaufort harbor North Carolina show reef like growth with successive layers of oysters, vegetation, and debris builds up above water. Similar formations occur near Lisbon’s Tagus estuary and Portugal’s oyster beds with vast harvests.
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Newport river
Beaufort harbor
North Carolina
Century Path Magazine
Tagus
Portugal
Wertheimer's Clever Coup Secures Vase Prize
The late Charles Wertheimer recalls a Brighton vase theft ruse. He posed as a buyer via a false name, met the owner, and secured an £18,000 offer for a 22 year term and contents, then resold the vase for £35,000, a remarkable profit.
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Brighton
Hamilton
London Telegraph
Whistler the Fighter in Mortimer Menpes Memoir
Whistler is depicted as quick to resent affronts yet refined in method. He could be severe without brutality, often using a cane to silence foes then calmly explaining his actions. A rare episode shows him dunking an opponent headfirst in a basin after catching him washing his face.
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Tn “Whistler
Wim
Mortimer Menpes
Whistler
Menpes
Slavery In Old Greece Examined By Ancient Texts
The Greeks used slave labor extensively with barbarians as captives performing manual tasks. Aristotle defends slavery as natural and necessary, while some states’ slaves outnumbered freemen four to five to one. Free workers faced social degradation and exclusion from constitutional rights, a pattern echoed in other ancient nations.
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Greece
Aristotle
William Shakespeare in 1590 Added to Lord Chamberlain’s Men
A fragment from A History of Theatrical Art describes around 1590, when a young William Shakespeare joined a London company. He proved a skilled actor, could adapt older plays to popular taste, and showed the gift of writing tolerably good plays himself, despite jealous colleagues doubting originality.
Aunt Kate Confusion Over Complex Family Ties
A humorous local note from the St. Louis Times discusses determining a family relation through remarriage. The speaker asks how Mr Stevens is related after a stepfather married a second cousin of the father, noting the puzzle resists a quick answer.
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Kate
Mr. Stevens
howe
St. Louis
Lucy Mellen Finds Ansel Peever, Returns Westward
Lucy Mellen travels from Little River to Santa Barbara county by way of San Francisco to find Ansel Peever at his California home. She learns he has married elsewhere but returns with him as they reconcile, settle in a cottage with an orange grove, and marry the next day.
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Little River
Lucy Mellen
Ansel Peever
California
dearest
Ansel
Lucy
golden west
Steplen Tuttle
Rebec“a Prentice
Leonard Deane
Rebecca
Mrs. Dall
Ansel fias
Mrs. Call
tirty
manny
Leon
New York
Ansel Poever
Lucy Mellon
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Redcliff
land of flowers
Hawkes
Peever
Ansel Feever
womiun
Ansel Peeter
hiim
Mrs. Peever
Lucey Mellen
young Ansel
haugh
Mr. Peeever
Lite River
bleu
The Use of Esquire and a Quizzical Exchange
A late German addressed letter illustrates why writers should not add Esquire to names in superscripts. A reader recalls the wasted mail and the postal delay caused by the misused title. A brief exchange follows about a strong chin and marriage.
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Germany
John Brown
John Brown Esquire
poste restante
Esquire
Esq
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Ezra Reynolds
American Press Association
John Uargreaves
Tom Martens
Uargreaves
SITE
Wargreaves
Mollie
Marcreaves
Moille Reynolds
Mol-le
Margreaves
PRESTON C. PARVIS
Henderson
ARTHER J. BENNETT
Goldsboro
Ald
W. TOWNSEND DOWNS
Greensboro
MARKEL WEAVER
Republica
HARRY V. NOBLE
Sickman
Del
SOMERS BLAKE
JONATHAN FE. TOWERS
Trobbs, Md
HARRY E. RAMSDELL
JOSEPH H. TRICE
Preston, Aid
EDWARD T. MOORE
Preston
ARTHUR T. HANDY
Federalsburg
Mad
JOIN RENT
SINTHIL
EVERETT IE GALE
Hillsboro
Mis
GRANT ALBURGER
Aid
LIVENTIT DISTRICT
M. CARROLL MEREDITH
Ridgely, Md
GEORGE SH. INVLED
Ridgely, Mf
CHARLES W SAITH
Cederalsbury
Ala
EVEREST ¢. RELLEEY
Republican
Wilininzto
Just Government League of Maryland
COURT HOUSE SQUARE
Donald R. Hooker
looker
Mary Melvin
Queen Anne
IILABAD
ADELAIDE SCHMITT
Saratoga St
Baltimore
K. M. RAIRIGH
Ridgely
Albert von Haller
Haller
Louisville - Courter- Journal
OYSTER ISLANDS
WHISTLER THE FIGHTER
CLARISSA MACKIE
Dawson
Spensow
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