Abduction at Hyde Park A Love Enterprise
In a London scene a mysterious noblewoman known as Poppet moves in elite circles at Lady Dollydacks Park Lane home. Jim Lukens, a scheming, self-styled adventurer, obsesses over Poppet as their unlikely romance begins on a summer Hyde Park drive amid ostentatious carriages and aristocratic life.
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Poppet
Dowager Actesses
Jim
Dollydacks
Park Jane
Hyde Par
Hyde Parking
Ger
Abduction and Misfortune In A Poodle's Tale
A refined woman notices a dangerous admirer who entrances her at a park and library. He abducts her in broad daylight, and she ends up in a traveling circus after a string of fortunes. Nearby, a poodle named Dollyback mourns its loss as a physician debates the man’s sanity.
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Jim
Worthy
Poppet
St. Giles
Dollybacks
Dickens and Translation Rights Across Borders
Publishers often receive many translation requests from foreigners seeking to publish American stories abroad. Authors typically grant permissions readily, yet the compensation is usually modest. Charles Dickens is blamed by some for setting a precedent with a £20 French rights deal for David Copperfield, a low sum that influenced later terms.
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Charles Dickens
Dickens
David Copperfield
Messrs. Hachette
Paris
Harper’s
Hogs and Vampires Shape West Indies Animal History
Early sea voyages spread hogs across Caribbean islands to supply mariners during scurvy. Hogs thrived on some islands but in Guiana they did not, needing strong care to deter bloodthirsty vampires. Domestic animals sleep at night while wild forest creatures forage by day, leading peccaries to roam free yet domesticated pigs must be housed.
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West Indies
Guiana
Lost His Appetite at the Last Table
A restaurant proprietor asks why a man left. The waiter explains Ife asked for sausage, was told to wait, and the waiter then stepped on a dog’s tail in the kitchen causing a howl. The proprietor signals understanding.
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Ife
Indianapolis
Our Dress Goods Department Special Bargains Alert
Our Dress Goods Department offers deep discounts this season with black dress goods from ice to 1.25 a yard all wool goods 25c and silks and satins for waists and suits. Silk pongee at 25c equals 750 and 1.00 silks. R and G corsets and summer corsets 60c. Hosiery 10c 15c 25c. Eclipse Shirts for men praised for fit and wash. Carpets mats rugs oil cloths window shades bargains. Rugs 60c to 3.75 carpet 25c to 1.25 velvets shades 10c wood fixtures. Visit department for bargains.
Bargain Clothing for Men Boys and Children
Our department features suits from 50 cents to 15 dollars and pants from 250 to 5 dollars with a large NY import. Shoes 1.00 to 3.75 and hats in latest styles. Also groceries queensware seeds and specials every Saturday. Farmers trade accepted for dry goods.
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New York
Baltimore
Ridgely
Prince Henry
United Shirt and Collar Co
Carroll County Denton Town Charter Revisions Passed
Maryland General Assembly repeals and reenacts portions of Caroline County Public Local Laws for Denton with new sections 104 F and 104 G. Defines town bounds, elections for five commissioners, officials, taxation, and penalties, plus funding from Caroline County and mandatory street labor for able-bodied male residents. Governor John Walter Smith presided. act effective upon passage, dated April 8, 1902.
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Code of Public Local Laws
Caroline County
Denton
General Assembly of
Maryland
T. A
Queen Anne’s
Choptank
United States
Justice of the Peace
Caroline
Circuit Court
Earoline County
John
Walter Smith
John Hubner
Senate
Noble L. Mitchell
House of Delegates
Secretary
General Assembly
Alfred Ritter
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