A Night at the Drei Liebchen or the Black Box Heist
A restless traveler at Anmmanasbere hotel stays in a room with a mysterious black box. A midnight thief unpacks this plan to steal silverware, but the guest and staff trap him, exposing a discharged waiter as the culprit. The tale ends with the guest recounting the caper to friends at dinner.
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Drei Liebehoen
Anmmanasbere
Annanasbere
Paris
Uself
Annabel
Annehel
Maeland
Drei Liebchen
Andpnasberg
London
Germany
Drei Liehchen
White House
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Anabel
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Greenacre
Portia
Bluebeard
Miss Toe Boush
Charles Ken
Princess Theater
Jim
Nan
Thad
Max
Anasbere
Armmibel
Drei Liebsehen
Clement Y. Scott
Boston Globe
Hymn Saves Soldier Story On Potomac Deck
A tourist party aboard a riverboat on the Potomac hears a hymn singer recall a near fatal moment in the Civil War. A southerner admits a life was spared after hearing the hymn and praying for God’s protection.
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Retailer Seeks Buyers With Wide Cloth and Goods Stock
Of White Croods French Gin ghams Swandownes Cuttings Calicoes Shirtings Percales Cottonades and Cassimeres A line of Sarahs faille Silks Gimps Laces Trimmings and a full stock of Gents Top Shirts Hats Neckwear Ladies and Gents Shoes Hardware Lap Dusters Horse Collars Whips Groceries Provisions Flour and Feed Lime Call and examine our stock before buying.
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Buddhist Beehive Temples and Beehive Swindles
An excerpt recounts a visit to a Buddhist temple in Ceylon describing a large hive shaped sanctuary and drumlike openings for donations claimed to be by Buddha. The writer, with an American missionary, decries protectionism as a modern beehive swindle extracting taxes from masses while labelling priests as guardians of national virtue.
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Point de Galle
Ceylon
Jenn
Buddha
Lanet
J. S. Moore
Blue Flower Varieties for Home Cultivation Discussed
A brief on blue flowering plants suited to interior spaces notes phunbago ecupensis as a soft lavender blue with prolific blooms, Browallia elata as a Drichter blue and pretty, and mentions veronicas with several varieties in their list.
Circus plans for sixteen boys pyramid top act
A playful exchange notes a planned circus style event with a pyramid of sixteen boys and a top act, indicating little preparation is needed. The dialogue conveys eagerness and a lighthearted mood about the spectacle.
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Bobby
Mamina
Manina
Meeting Spell Describes Indian Pipe Measure in Canoeing
Kate Field's Washington notes a practice where distance in canoeing is measured by pipes. A pipe marks the interval for a smoke belting. the length reportedly varies with the employer's mood, a loosely defined standard in early discussions.
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Kate Field
Washington
Doane’s Religion and the Sceptic’s Challenge
A mid 19th century voice defends Christianity against atheism and social decay. The speaker contrasts a life without faith with the moral order Christianity allegedly builds, noting skeptics fail to explain decency, security, and humane treatment of women and children where the Gospel is established. The excerpt also includes agricultural advice on weed management and practical weeders.
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James Russell Lowell
To Be Divine Is to Be Manly Speech
Phillips Brooks argues that true power comes from living a noble Christian life. He asserts belief follows from devout action, not from study, and that Christ helps those who undertake the greatest duties. The message stresses inner divine testimony and a simple path to faith through service.
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Christ
L Bishop Phillips Brooks
Boundary dispute between Massachusetts and New Hampshire settled
After twenty years the boundary quarrel ends. Early surveyors misread magnetic variations. The text then shifts to pearls with mentions of India, the Persian Gulf, Panama, and Pacific coast pearls including Lower California.
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Massachusetts
New Blmpshire
India
Persia Gulf
Panama
California
Burdock Cutter Implements Described for Root Removal
The article explains burdock cutters with two tools. One grips the weed and tears it free, cutting below the crown to prevent sprouting. The second uses a long wagon spring blade sharpened both ends, attached to a wooden handle, to uproot weed roots in a single stroke.
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Greiner
Burdock
Crane and Rope System for Hay Loading Described
A Writes a Country Gentleman correspondent recalls using a wooden crane with rope channels, rollers, and a drum, plus crosswise sticks and toggles. The rig allowed a horse to pull loads from a basement drum, lift hay over a wagon, release with a snatch cord, and load or unload in minutes, even moving oxen if needed.
Australian Trees and Remarkable Kansi Specimens
Kansi is praised as a valuable versatile Australian tinder tree with giants among its stands. A notably massive trunk reached 51 feet to the lowest branch, measured over 6 feet in diameter and yielded about 19 500 cubic feet of timber, illustrating extraordinary size in the forest.
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Australia
New York Times
Avoid Sudden Air Changes From Warm to Cold
A New York Journal note advises keeping the mouth closed when moving from warm to cold air to allow air to be warmed by the nose before reaching the lungs.
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New York Journal
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