Emperor of the Air and the party telephone wire
A narrator recounts a chaotic night on a party telephone wire that links mystery and aviation ambition. A distraught girl, a moonlit rescue, and an abducted lover culminate in the aviator’s capture by police and asylum, revealing a tale of obsession and a turn toward restraint.
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Hare
Central
Johln
John
Ethel
Merton Avenue
Space
Mars
Neptune
Emperor
Emperor of
The
John Gooding
Ethel Houghton
Gibraltar and Its Stormy History as a Key of the Mediterranean
A historical overview recounts Gibraltar as a crown colony since 1704 under a governor, its strategic importance as the key to the Mediterranean, and a sequence of captures and sieges from 711 to its steady British control. It notes earlier Arab, Castilian, Moorish and Ottoman influences and a long siege beginning in 1779. It also mentions Dewey’s capture of the Philippines and a lighthouse episode around Cape Melville marking the Manila area.
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England
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Tarik
Jebel-al- Tarik
Barbarossa
Charles V
George Rooke
Prince of Hesse- Darmstadt
Charles of Austria
Dewey
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Cape Melville
Balabac
Palawan
China Sea
Sulu Sea
Manila
Philippines Monthly
Knifing an Ermine Trap Story in Old Weasel lore
A B Powell tale explains how Siberian trappers trick shy ermines through a grease smeared knife trap. The article notes ermines are white in winter, related to weasels, and prized for royal muffs, with traps relying on the animal’s freeze for capture.
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Trussia
B. A. Powell
Everybody’s
Queer Street Names Across Brussels Paris and London
Harper's Weekly notes a parade of odd street names in European capitals. London shows alleys like Pic kie Sterring and Cold Bath Square near Gray's Inn, with The Street of the Uncracked Silver Cocoanut among Brussels curios. Paris features The Street of the Mule's Foot and more, reflecting historical quirks and local lore.
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London
Bermondsey
Gray’s Inn
Brussels
Daughters of Calvary
Harper's Weekly
Legal Blunders Divorce Decree Mixes Names in Paris Court
A Paris divorce decree once misnamed the petitioner, substituting the advocate's name for the client, forcing the lawyer to remarry his wife to rectify the error. A similar mishap occurred in England's court over property, where an order targeted the wrong claimant of the same surname, leading to a contempt issue before the mistake was found.
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Paris
Cate
New York
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Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Farm Seeds
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A. G. Gelletly
A. G. Gelletty
Gellet
Mary Land
Thomas O’connell
Market Street
Wilmington
Delaware
McKdowells & CO. Incorporateds
N. Charles St
Baltimore, Md
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WM. A. Smith
Denton, Maryland
J. M. Haymaker
Dein Wistt
Ridgely, Maryland
Junker
E. Fayette ST
Charles
Eastern Shore
J. Leland Hanna
Equitable Bldz
HOS
F. Garey
E. Lexington ST
Oca
Sperry & Hutchinson
Green Trading Stamp CO
OF New York
Gomprecht & Benesch Furniture Store
Easton, Md
A. B. Bateman
S. & H. Green
Maryland
Denton
S.& H. Green
J. R. Fhawrem & Bro
Green Trading
Ss & H
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the Emperor of the
Air
Allen G. Lamond
American Press Association
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Mertan Avenue
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