Escape Plot Keeps Ebullient Robber on Silk Route
The narrator, posing as a loyal aide, navigates a dangerous scheme to free the Czar from St. Petersburg via the imperial yacht Alexandra. He builds trust with Cristovitch, receives armed planning from Von Mitschka, and boards the vessel in disguise as an under steward, while police and rival agents close in.
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St. Petersburg
von Mitschka
Mitschka
Vesillov
M. de Neilleff
Davis
de Noilielf
Iine
Sry
de Neilleff
Easing
England
Heath
Vom Mitschka
Juul
Russia
Cristolvitch
Petroviska
Lohrenheim
Alexandra
Peterhof
St Petersburg
Peterbotiny
Dr. Petrovaldi
Peter Cristovitch
Tle
Cara
Heala
Cristoritch
Cristovitch
Czar’s stairway: Belioff’s disguise and secret voyage aboard
I awake to a prison pantry on a royal yacht as Cristovitch orders me to impersonate Beltolff. The Czar arrives and a planned undercover dinner mission unfolds with guards, hush clues, and a staged selection. A whispered path to the Tsar’s cabin ends with a startled glimpse of a flute awaiting me.
Hog Cholera Treatment Trials In Page County Iowa
The latest report on karum hog cholera treatment in Page county Iowa covers July to December 1898. Dr McBirney directed 35 herds with 1 727 animals, 403 died about 23.16 percent. 17 herds showed hog cholera germ, three swine plague. Check herds totaling 3 917 animals had 600 survivors 81.24 percent lost. Efficacy remains doubtful. serum aids care and sanitation but does not shield against freezing or starvation.
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Department of Agriculture
Page County
McBinnney
McBirkey
McBirney
Chicago Milk Trust Plans Backed by 10.9 Million Capital
A New Jersey incorporated Chicago milk trust is forming with 10.9 million dollars, controlled by Joseph Lester and partners. It will keep current prices for producers and consumers, buy routes, and ship milk in company owned railcars. Directors include the Bowman brothers and Wisconsin Milk Co president B J Monaghan. The Milk Shippers Union funds opposition and sends its secretary to Boston to study rival practices.
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Chicago Milk Trust
Joseph Lester
New Jersey
Lester
Bowman Brothers
A. J. Olson
James W. Kee
Ira J. Mix
B. J. Monaghan
Wisconsin Milk Company
Chicago
Boston
Her Chance. Miss Pert and Syracuse Hornid in dialogue
A fragment from a theatrical exchange features Miss Pert arguing for one more chance as Syracuse Hornid counters. The line pairs hint at romantic miscommunication and a stage dynamic typical of early 20th century dialogue.
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Syricuse Hornid
Sailors From One Ship and Enduring Stomach Bitters Echoes
A fragmented old note claims the U S Receiving Slip Vermony was a schooling site for over a million sailors in fifty years. It likens age and achievements to Hostetter s Stomach Bitters which has been marketed for five decades and said to have cured malaria fever pain dyspepsia and indigestion in numerous cases.
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U. S
Hostetter
Hood
Michael Boris
Denny Street
Pittsburg
Makeahife Bobble Bingo Dialogue From Life Fragment
Dialogue fragment shows a boy and Mr Pinget discussing past and present earnings. Father is cited as once earning before learning to sustain himself, reflecting a memory in a life narrative. The text reads as a terse exchange with vague context.
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Mr. Pinget
Patents Insued Last Week to Northwestern Biventora
List of patents issued last week includes Northwestern biventora with Eby R. Applin of Minneapolis for safes, Barnett Baker of Minneapolis for darling apparatus, John C. Barber of St. Paul for car truck, Harry R. Brown of Minneapolis for picture support, Wilson T. Cole of Minneapolis for addressing machine, Auton 1 PHIMps of Sioux Palle, Dy mechanism for shocking grin by Seymour of Ashton B C, bin coupling by Louis Wigen of Afton, Minn for wash boiler by Samuel H Merrill of Fairmount, Minn, scraper design by Merwin Lothrop & Johnson, with Parent Attorneys. $10 Pioneer Press Bldg, St. Paul.
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Northwestern Biventora
Eby R. Applin
Minneapolis
Minn
Barnett Baker
Darling
John C. Barber
St. Paul
Harry R. Brown
Wilson T. Cole
Minneapelly
Phimps
Sioux Palle
Seymour, Ashton, B. C
Louis Wigen
Afton
Samuel H., Merrill, Fairmount
Scraper
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson
Parent Attorneys
Pioneer Press Bldg
Fragmentary Prohibition Dialogue Recalled in Sea Serpent Tale
A garbled excerpt shows a character named Sea Serpent arguing for prohibition, claiming alcohol keeps him alive, with a curious exchange about mermaids and a Great Beat. The passage mixes odd phrases and incomplete lines, hinting at a whimsical or satirical piece.
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Raison Wetre
Sea Serpent
Goodyear Rubber Company Expands in St Paul
The Goodyear Rubber Company, established in 1885, expands wholesale operations in St Paul by leasing upper space of the adjoining building, adding two floors to Nos. 92, 94, and 96 Hast Seventh Street. The increased stock and new catalogues aim to meet growing regional demand with 95 percent of St Paul business now wholesale.
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Goodyear Rubber Company
St Paul
Hast Third Street
Hast Seventh Street
St. Paul
The Cheerful Idiot and the Railroad Engineer
A witty squib notes the railroad engineer as a happy worker who whistles at his job. The Cheerful Idiot sharpens rivalry by suggesting the engineer works at his whistle, while a modern quip pokes at Columbus and Colum bus frat.
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Indianapolis ‘Journal
Cure a Cold in One Day Promises Laxative Pills
An advertisement urges readers to take Laxative Bromo Quinire tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if it fails. The copy multiplies quotes on thrift, industry, and a proverb about the moth and the frame, reflecting an odd promotional tone.
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Ssrcces Ore Cero Ceres SE
Vermel
Eliza ‘Nbbetson
Uni
Sam
America
de Noulieff
Eliza
Sig
Tucker
de Neiller
Ying Lim
Whipper
von Mitcchia
Khim
von Biechka
Bald von Mitsobin
Uvuv
Cvar
Ovlatovites
Ovistovitch
Belioff
Beltolf
His Majesty's Auke
Orletoviteh
Cristoviteh
Beltoff
Ozarts
Cznar
Crac
Petchoff
Robert Harriman
Wallace
Jones
Columbus
Johnson
Pramkar R
Quig Atsie
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