Our Prices Were Very Low at the First But We Cut Some
A fragment notes initial pricing was low and later reductions followed. The unreadable context limits specifics of items or dates. The terse line suggests a commercial or retail notice with emphasis on price changes.
Sidney Ware and the Angell Fortune Heist
Sidney Ware rises from a cheerful shipping clerk to a trusted manager at Angell & Co. His bright smile wins admiration and love from Della Angell. A burglar’s kit left in his host’s house triggers danger, but Ware foils the plot, saving Angell and earning a marriage to Della a year later.
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Sidney Ware
Sidney
Angell & Co
Mr. Angell
Ware
Claude Grifiths
Enalesman
Della Angell
Nettle Darling
Miss Angell
Angell
Della
Afr
Angels Home
Derry
Papa
W. G. Chapman
Costly Article of Raiment in Persian Skin Trade
A description of cloak making from fine skins highlighting center saddle strips, jet black and gray skins, and the dyeing of fawn skins for export. It notes high prices, costs from lambskin to transport via caravan 60 to 70 days, Persian export taxes and embargoes, and alleged bribery influencing the astrakhan trade per Christian Herald.
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Persia
Shiraz
Christian Herald
Spider Fishing Feats From Africa Noted
A South African minister reports a spider with legs spanning about three inches sat on the aquarium edge and held a fish four times its weight in its jaws. He watched the spider spread its legs to skim the water and then reel in prey, illustrating an astonishing fishing behavior.
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Spider
South Africa
London
Nature
Source of Strength in Science
A discussion cites Professor Arthur Schuster on the era’s intellect. It argues that rising higher education has created an army of competent investigators whose enthusiasm directs research into useful paths, expanding the reach and productivity of great minds.
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Arthur Schuster
Science
Boys Allowed Latitude in Court Ruling on Care for Minors
A New York Court of Appeals decision in Jacobs v Koehler holds a fourteen year old must exercise the degree of care typical for boys his age rather than the higher diligence expected of adults. Agnes Repplier is praised for mastery of English in her essays and is quoted on the phrase Lovers are odious things at best.
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New York Court of Appeals
Jacobs Vs. H. J. Koehler Company
Mies
Agnes Repplier
Counting the Cost
A brief comic note records Yeast-He claiming his childhood days were the happiest though Crimsonbeak counters with a jab about costs for entering a circus and riding street cars, highlighting a light exchange on value and memory.
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Yeast
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