The Diamond Dog Heist on the Victoria Voyage
On the Victoria voyage a smuggling scheme involving diamonds hidden in a bulldog collar is uncovered. Doctor and Amy Leyland work with Dudley Jarvis and customs inspector Stover to reveal Applebee’s cipher plan and recover fourteen diamonds and seven rubles hidden in the dog Dennis.
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Victoris
Dudley Jarvis
hanson
Amy Leyland
Amy
Miss Leyland
Leyland
Jarvis
Atlantic
Applebee
Stover
Jennison
Mr. Stover
Dennis
thay
Dudley
Jeave
Liverpool
Horowitz
Tie
FHorowitz
Jogo
Cinderella's to Date. Cinderella's to Date.
Annabel Maitland rises from poverty after her aunt's bank wreck loss to become a sought after aide in the wealthy Cartwright Brown household. She reshapes domestic life, gains independence, and finds happiness with Norman Brown as he embraces a practical future.
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Westfield
Hartley
Manners
Dan Martin
Dan
John
eues
Molly
New York
academy
Mr. Gregory
Mr. Martin
Dan Martn
Annabel
lke
Cartwright Brown
Cartwright Browns
Norman Brown
Milas Annabel
heaven
Mike
Denver
Sewell
Maitland
Westfield bank
Mary
Blackstake
Norman
Our Dirty Ancestors and Bathing Habits
The piece discusses how daily bathing was unpopular in the past. It notes soap as a modern factor and that many ancestors used perfumes and rosewater for cleanliness. It contrasts Roman practices of water washing and oil rubbing with other cultural notions, mentioning differing tastes in music.
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London
Club Treasurer Figures Charity Loss At Old Ladies Home
A club treasurer explains a charity event for an Old Ladies' home. The project cost 300 dollars while receipts totaled 250 dollars, leaving a 50 dollar shortfall attributed to the club.
Tie Went to Washington With Easy Berth Hopes
A quip from the New Orleans Times-Democrat recalls a politician who sought a simple Senate appointment. The remark notes the outcome was not an easy path but a broad one, implying a broad, challenging opportunity rather than a simple reward.
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Denton National Bank
Tie
Washington
New Orleans Times
Professors Talk Three Hour Lecture Prompting Retort
A Philadelphia Telegraph item notes Benners saying college professors listened to a three hour lecture and Venners replying what of it. Benners counters that a word to the wise is sufficient.
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Benners
Venners
Philadelphia Telegraph
Secret citric acid monopoly ends after heist tale
A London chemist who held a private citric acid process loses his monopoly when a chimney sweep disguised as a boy follows him home and steals the technique. The thief returns to Temple Bar with the secret and the inventor dies soon after, heartbroken by the betrayal.
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Temple Bar
Charing Cross
London
Log Jam Chronicle of River Log Rafting perils
A vivid account from Stewart Edward White in Outing Magazine describes log jams as regular but dramatic river work. Log crews pry, heave, and endure hours of tension as jam surfaces creak and topple, sending timber in a torrent that tests seamanship and courage.
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bravyado
Stewart Edward White
Outing Magazine
And Then He Ran
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mr Henpeck asks about flattery and his wife replies with witty honesty. The fragment captures playful dialogue reflecting social manners and marital banter. The Chicago Record Herald presents a light, domestic moment in a compact quotation.
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Mr. Henpeck
Chicago Record- Herald
Not Frank She-Be Frank with Me Harvard Lam Poon
Not frank with me. She says she cannot. James introduces himself as Harvard Lam Poon.
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James
Harvard Lampoon
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Dorchester
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ASA. WRIGHT
ERNEST G. COOPER
n. Saige
Maryland
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North Bristeh and Mercantile Insurance Co
South America
ers’ Fire Insurance Co
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Fire and Marine Ensurance Co
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Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Citizens’ Insurance Co
Missouri
J. HARRY ROSE
J. Polgiano & Son, Take
Olgiana
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J. BOLGIANO & SON
Pratt St
Cor, Light
BALTIMORE, MD
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Undertaker
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more & Howard Sts
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Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
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J. CLAN CLARK
WAL IL DEEN
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Register of Wills
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Circuit Court
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THOMAS L
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Minnie L. Slaughter
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F. BAYNARD
Near Depot
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inderellas
Miss Molly Sewell
Annabel Maitland
HUNT
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glass Drug Store
DEATOM, MAD
Austin
ELMER AUSTIN
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