Birthday Ball Necklace Mystery at the Palmers
Edith Palmer hides a ruby necklace in a wall safe before a grand birthday ball. Dick Palmer, her husband, presents a magnificent rubies necklace purchased from Linguid's. Edith later discovers the necklace vanished from the safe, suspecting Dick shared it with his father Reny Palmer.
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Edith Printer
Edith
Dick Palmer
Dick Valmer
Buffam
Lenguid’s
Fourth Avenue
Buffarr
Eugenia Card
Reny Palmer
Mme Gealot
Ther
Mme Geulot
Marie
Mrs. Palmer
Madamie
Pierre Carontid
Palmer
The Ruby Necklace Mystery at the Birthday Ball
Edith Palmer confronts a theft of a ruby necklace during a birthday ball. Detective Bleek questions guests, revealing cook Pierre Caron and his wife Celeste Genlot as conspirators. Genlot is found dead with the necklace, and Bleek hints at an Asiatic curse as motive, while Edith mourns a trusted friend betrayed.
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Jeanne
Adrih
Durck Palmer
Mr. Bleek
Edith
Mayfields
Lugents
Estra
Falth
Genlot
Mme
Bleek
Pierre Caron
Celeste Geilot
Flind
Pierre
Goulot
Palmers
Mme Genlot
Sleep and Play and Daily Work Advice Recounted
An extract from the New York Telegraph cites Dr C W Saleehy on making exercise enjoyable for businessmen to sustain health. The piece argues daily work is needed to strengthen body and mind, with sleep restored folkwide, and even daily holidays. It also includes a playful item from the London Spectator advising a comic fox catching ruse involving fat, liver, honey, and a cat carcass for a country house party.
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C. W. Saleehy
Suleeby
New York
Lupton
London Spectator
Greenwich Observatory and its global timing role
In 1675 King Charles I founded the royal observatory at Greenwich to aid astronomical observations for navigational use. The observatory has shaped chronology and practical astronomy, with its work and standards becoming distinctly international. The Greenwich meridian now defines the world’s longitude.
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Greenwich Observatory
Charles I
England
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Greenwiebh
Wary of Eavesdroppers A Telephone Tale
A rural scene shows neighbors spying on calls by wiring a chair back to the receiver and tapping the main circuit. The story rails at deceit and urges plain honesty and manager action to remove any unauthorised lines.
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Titin
The Court Fool Pass It Prank Ends in Clever Turn
A king and his minister play a toast prank during dinner with the court. The king orders a playful pass of an object, risking a slap or a damaged ego. The minister deftly turns the moment with wit, swapping mortifying consequences for a sharp retort that saves face and earns laughter.
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Frederick Willkint
Kths
Frederick Willliats
al Randy
Curious burial custom in Spanish cemeteries described
A 19th century piece explains pigeonhole tombs where coffins rest five years in a built alcove, bones then moved or discarded to make space. Relatives visit stooped to seal the niche and add a memorial tablet. The system savors space but lacks sentiment and has limited picturesque appeal.
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Enston
Aml Simlker
Wide World Magazine
A Lock of Terror in Das Mutige Welb Portrait
A New York Sun report describes Poidhnand Hodler's Das Mutige Welb with the model tightrope scene on a roof edge. Four sitters were frightened to capture a life like expression of fear and resolve.
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Poidhnand Hodler
Waimnuiu
Low
Tirn
Muniec Cor
New York Sun
International Sunday School Lesson by Moody Institute
Fe. O. Sellers presents the international Sunday School lesson as a feature column from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. The piece outlines curriculum aims and reflects institutional framing for religious education and training.
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FE. O. Sellers
Moody Babie Institute of Chicago
Lesson from Genesis 19 Sermon on Lot and Sodom
The message urges separation from Babylon and worldliness, citing Lot as a cautionary figure. Mercy precedes judgment, but persistent wickedness invites punishment, while God remains patient with the righteous. Warns against procrastination and stresses acts of intercession, mercy, and moral reform.
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Lot
Sodom
Babylon
Silu
America
Sven Lot
Egypt
Angels of God
Zoar
Abram
Ezek
Pilhy
Pompei
Moody
Dept
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
A. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Spain
Flow
Hodler
Sir
Assurance
Duteh
Lusson
Abraham
God
Sarah
Hans
Frances E. Loane
Bridgeville
Del
Winfield R. Wright
Wnite Goods
White
India
Swiesses
Madrases
Killarney
Colouhing
Hart, Schafner & Marx
HIGH
Percales
Calicoes
Cambrics
Nainlooks
Crossett
Crawford
Buster Brown
R. Wright
Carter
Cflowan's
Gowan
Gowan’s
Wil
Gowan's
Pontcoburg, Va
I. A. Morrison
GOV
Animedical CO
Concord, N.C
the Big Stationery Store
Baltimore, Md
Tolgh
PSE
Plymouth Rc
S.C. White Leghorns
Niagara
Congo-Kellerstrass
Idec
C. White Orpingtons
Maryland
Cedar Mount
Denton
Caroline County
Lillie Murpity
Iate
Ellis Murphy
Ec. T. A
Lillie Murphy
James Temple
M. PP. Hubbard & CO
W. II. Parker
NEW Deere
Garris & Covey
Preston, MD
Mitchell Miller
Frantz Bros
M. K. Frantz
Commission
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
Concord
W. W. Dures
Nobbs
Amandate
Duppey
Wielstor
Pratts
Ahrehp
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