The Comtesse and Julia in a Sahara Love Tale
In this serialized saga set in Africa, Julia Redmond and Madame de la Maine recall past romances as they press toward Sabron’s fate. Pitchoune the dog, Tremont, and Babron intertwine with desert peril, social constraints, and two love stories echoing across dunes and memories.
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Sabron
Julia
Comntense
Bala de Boulogne
Julian
Miss Redmond
Tremont
Algiers
Madame de To Maine
Therese
Madame de Maine
Azrael
Madame de la Maine
Monaleur de Sabron
Sahara
Mise Redmond
Comtesse
Monsieur de Sabron
Tarascon
Pitchoune
Marceilles
Africa
Eld
Comtesse de la Malne
Therese de la Maine
Monsieur de la Maine
Comte
Robert
Desert
Bob
Saving Wisely Through Daily Habits And Bets
A longtime adage notes that self-reliance saves wealth, urging youth to shave daily rather than rely on gifts. The text compares daily self-care and small expenses, like a cigar and whisky, to the cost of bonds and meals, suggesting frugality compounds over time.
Way to Earn a Dollar In a Year By Walking to Office
A terse account notes that the method to secure an income of a dollar for a full year involved simply walking to his office once, illustrating a peculiar efficiency or ritual from a past practice. The fragment hints at a broader anecdote about work and earnings.
Dry Prospects in New Bedford Rain Records
One hundred years of rainfall records in New Bedford Mass undermine the belief that the climate has worsened. The first fifty years had four dry spells of two to three years, while the last fifty had only two such periods. The data, begun in 1814 by Samuel Rodman and continued by his son until 1906, now extends to a hundred years from another observer nearby. The average annual rainfall is 46.46 inches, suggesting future decades may bring fewer dry periods.
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New Bedford
Mass
Samuel Rodman
Bie
State Health Department
Rodman Place
Saturday Evening Post
Scandinavian housekeeping methods in peasant life
In Scandinavia peasant women long cooked with simple methods. While broth simmered, the stew pot was placed into a second pot and tucked between feather beds to stay warm. Some households used a loaf oven stone and a hole beneath the hearth.
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Scandinavia
Better Paying Crop Proverb Sparks Reform Question
A Chicago Daily News proverb suggests young men who have sown wild oats should sow tame wheat to make amends and settle their leases, implying a call for prudent, steady conduct as a path to better outcomes.
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Chicago Daily News
Tremont Crosses the Desert Toward Algiers
Tremont travels north under a relentless sun with Sabron in a mule litter while Hammet Abou repeats a fatalistic line. Tremont endures a harsh journey as Sabron slides from coma to delirium and seems near death on the desert road. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Tremont
Sahara
Hammet Abou
Charles
Algiers
Sabron
Lost Motion and Hidden Costs in Daily Habits
A Philadelphia mathematician claims telephone operators lose 125 hours of work daily due to the word please. Another says beer froth pays the freight. A Newark News note adds a quip on wasted horsepower from swallowing cigarette smoke through the nose.
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Philadelphia
Newark News
Wrong Treatment Man Seeks Preacher Not Doctor
A Peoria Journal note argues that some mentally troubled individuals would benefit more from spiritual guidance than medical treatment, suggesting the sufferer seeks a preacher rather than a doctor in mental distress.
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Insande
Food Faddism and Prohibitions Across Diets
A satirical enumeration mocks food reform zeal by recalling Henry Labouchere’s complaint that diet movements target endless items from meat to bread and even clothing and shelter. The passage questions how many common goods might be condemned if every desired commodity were banished.
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Henry Labouchere
One Cause of Matrimony Mapped in Vague Verse
A quirky reflection on marriage links the rite to practical motives and companionship. The speaker suggests different reasons for wedlock, noting a bachelor may marry to avoid loneliness or the duties of aging, while the clock and noise around the house symbolize routines and domestic life.
A smile gets a mile but a grouch ends ip uch
A playful old saying notes that cheer travels far while a grouchy mood collapses sentiment, turning a pleasant moment into a sour ending with a clipped exclamation. The quip highlights how attitude shapes interactions and outcomes in everyday life.
Cripple Creek Mining Output Sets Heaviest Tonnage Record
Cripple Creek district reports October totals of 92 175 tons with average value 13.80 per ton and gross bullion 1 272 416. Portland and Golden Cycle mills handled large tonnages previously waste ore. dividends posted by Portland Gold Mining 90 000 Vindicator 45 000 and Golden Cycle 30 000.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Portland Company
Battlemountain
Victorville
Golden Cycle
Colorado Springs
Portland Gold Mining Company
Vindicator Consolidated
City
Denver
Pueblo
Portland
Arizona Mines and profits noted in Globe report
Arizona business and mining notes report Iron Gap profits exceeding $18,000 for September in Globe stockholders’ dossier. Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company continues strong daily mill production near 8,000 tons when space allows. USGS issues Bulletin G20-H on Kofa mountains geologic reconnaissance, highlighting King of Armine with $4.5 million in gold and silver and nearby North Star ore body surpassing $1 million.
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Iron Gap
Globe
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Kofa Mountains
Arizona
United States Geological Survey
King of Armine
North Star
Mining and oil interests expand in New Mexico
New Mexico reports show Socorro Mining and Milling increasing output as the Ernestine mine upgrades with a new machine shop and centrifugal pump. The Pacific mine ships 100 tons of ore weekly to Socorro at about 25 dollars per ton. Oil prospecting is planned by New Mexico Petroleum and Gas Development Company. Charles A. Siringo claims a gold find near Glorieta head, 24 miles from Santa Fe, with rock valued around 30 thousand dollars per ton. Chino Copper Company in Grant county posts last quarter earnings of 2,000,548 compared with 1,102,104 in the same period of 1914.
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Ernestine
Pacific
Socorro
New Mexico
New Mexico Petroleum & Gas Development Company
Charles A. Siringo
Glorieta Cafton
Santa Fe
Chino Copper Company
Grant County
Oil Mines and Mineral Prospects Across Territories
A large mica deposit is located south of Manville while the Seminoe mines near Rawlina show strong results. Oklahoma buyers take control of Wyoming oil lands as Moeetteetsee Oil Co files incorporation. Mid-West Oil Co of Casper reports purchase of a gusher opened in the Greybull field by C. B. Stubbs. Swastika Oil Co organized to develop Big Horn county field with offices in Basin. Vanadium mill at Vanadium in San Miguel county operates at full capacity processing 126 to 160 tons daily. Join Nichols and Guy Adams, lessees on the Last Dollar mine at Cripple Creek, report favorable prospects at the 600-foot level.
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Manville
Rawlina
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Moeeteetsee Oil Company
Mid-West Ol Company
Casper Je
Greybull
C. B. Stubbs
Swastika Ol
Big Horn County
Wale
Basin
Vanadium
Newmire
San Miguel County
Nichols
Guy Adama
Cripple Creek
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Boobs Herr LL Company
le Comte de Babron
Marquise d'Esclignac
Mins
Julia Redmond
Pitehoune
Babron
de Tremont
Marquise
Jehoune
Fatou Anni
Pola
Robert de Tremont
Assumption
Mary
Comtesse de la Maine
France
South America
England
Western Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Spelter
St. Louis
N.Y
Socorro Mining and Milling Company
Colorado
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