Ghostly mind reading on a stormy voyage tale ends in murder
Six passengers aboard the Babylon City in September 1907 share a table for a card game when a young Sinhala man recounts a tale of a Gypsy caste, a horseman, and a tragic lineage. Mr Baroque stares intently at Sinhala, then suddenly dies after uttering a line in a foreign tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Baroque
Major Millait
Dante
Babylon City
Chicago
Buffalo
India
Orient
Sinhala
Mr.Laroque
Mrs. Cantel
Zillah
Zlilal
Lfe
Slohala
Finest Chinese Teas Regarded as Dessert
A New York Tribune essay notes Chinese tea culture, contrasting everyday service in chap suey restaurants with luxury desserts. It cites historical cholera practices and sage advice to boil water, yielding refined teas like Mist on the Mountain sold at high prices per pound, as a sign of ritual politeness and refined status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
John W. Harrington
New York Merald ‘Tribune
Vessel's Displacement and Measurement Rule
The displacement tonnage equals the weight of sea water displaced by the ship. It is computed from drawings by the naval architect by the submerged hull volume in cubic feet plus the propeller and shafting exterior hull sections and the submerged rudder, divided by 35 because 35 cubic feet of sea water weigh one ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Architect
Christmas Candle Traditions and Tuberculosis Seal Emblem
The piece notes ancient Christmas candle customs in Ireland and Denmark, linking candle rituals to omens and luck. It then connects the image of light to the Christmas Seal emblem, the double-barred cross representing the global fight against tuberculosis and a hope for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey
Ireland
Jutland
Denmark
Clement A. Miles
Be a Milk Tippler Says Dr Schireson
Dr Henry J Schireson a Chicago dermatologist and facial surgeon extols milk as beauty fuel and prescribes one quart daily with sun exposure. He cites stars and society women he treated, praises milk baths, milk as diet staple, and notes milk's biblical and mythic esteem while warning milk must be pure and bacteria free.
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Henry J. Schireson
Chicago
Schire- 500
America
Fanny Brice
Eva Tanguay
Singer
Seliukeson
Schlreson
Anna Held
I Beleve
Canned Sea Foods and Soups Offer Year Round Variety
The article notes a wide range of canned seas foods and soups including clams crabs lobsters oysters shrimps and many ready made entrees. Canned goods stay safe and convenient since fish is packed immediately after harvest and cans can be chosen per meal reducing trips to markets. It compares past bulk buying and current economical benefits of stocking diverse canned items and ready meals.
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Denton Journal
Melvin Benz
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Short Story Pub. Co
Eget
RES
Santa Claus
Dr. Schireson
Old Pipe
Prince Albert
P. A
Jimmy
U. S
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Balem, N. C
P.A
U.S
General Hardware and Nations
Two Johns
Caroline County
Maryland
Carl R. Deen
Bellevue Avenue
Newport
R. I
Portland Cement Association Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Henry G. Budd
Dover, Delaware
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
SIF
Court House
Federalsburg
Covey & Williams
Greensboro
Caroline County Bank
Henderson
Hillsboro
Thompson
American Corner
D’s
Preston
Aalst
Covey Bros
Ridgely
Denton
T. Frank Seward
M. K. Newnam
Iasea
Jos. H. Roche
Goldsboro
East Mainstreat
Holmess Church
Peoples Bank
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