The Ghost’s Opera Love Finally Ends
In Leroux’s saga Christine Dane and Raoul survive the torture chamber ordeal as Erik the opera ghost prompts a life or death choice with scorpion and grasshopper contraptions. Erik’s plan collapses amid rising waters and Christine’s steadfast devotion saves them all.
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Debienne
Poligny
Christine Dage
Count de Chagny
Raoul
Christine
Christine Dane
Moncharmin
Richard
Faust
Carlotta
Red Death
Erik
Angel of Music
Christina
Raou
Philippe
Onera
Firth
Mazenderan
M. de Chagny
Guegle
Daroga
Rue de Rivoli
Tuileries
Datus
Tulleries
Charity
Eik
Laroga
Tin
Baby Found With $3200 After Car Stop Near Lyons
A peasant discovered a twelve month old baby boy in the road after a motor car halted near Lyons. The child lay with $3200 in bank notes and a note reading to look after and educate the child. The peasant and his wife cared for the infant.
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Lyons
London Eventing Standard
Sweet Little Harry and the Mohammedan Fat Women
A short dialogue from a child and his mother features Harry suggesting moving to a country with Mohammedans where fat women are praised. The mother warns him to stop talking or go to bed hungry.
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Harry
Clocks Run By Air Power Noted In History
The article describes air driven clocks such as a Louvre Paris example by Lepaute and Benjamin Hanks of Litchfield County Connecticut who patented one in 1783. A later patent uses wind pressure from a chimney to lift a weight with a self acting brake near the top of its run.
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Lepaute
Louvre
Paris
Benjamin Hanks
Litchfield County
Connecticut
Byford K Long Gives Up One Arm Restaurants
Brownstown secretary to Senator Shively swore off cheap lunchrooms after a poor experience at a downtown dairy lunchroom in Pennsylvania Avenue. He recalled waiting long for a meal and finding steak hidden under onions, yet finally tasted it. The anecdote ends with Long noting he will avoid such hash houses.
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Erik
Christine
Louis-Philippe Room
Daroga
Mademoiselle
Mademoistelle
Paris
Brownstown
Shively
Long
Pennsylvania Avenue
Credit Talk Delays Bill Payment In Stalled Negotiation
In a tense exchange, Brown refuses an extended deadline for payment and demands the full amount tomorrow morning. One speaker agrees to issue a check today while dismissing further argument, noting there are several ways to stretch credit.
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Brown
Boy’s view of policemen from Nottingham exam
A Bulwell England school examination portrays policemen as large, smart in blue, patrolling streets at night to deter robbers, carrying lamp and staff with handcuffs ready, and aiming to catch wrongdoers and keep pupils in school.
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Albert Street School
Bulwell
Nottingham
England
Woman's Way Parody on Worry and Pain
A wife frets about appendicitis as her husband ignores her distress to finish reading the sports page. He grumbles that worrying is useless and blames women for always wanting reassurance, revealing his split attitude despite concern.
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John
Tam
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Gaston Leroux
M-G
Rettner
The
Bobbles Merrill Company
Christine Dase
Raoulf
Christie
Vicomte de Chagny
Don
Tur the Scorpion
Tarely
Tony
Wales
Er Nya Tek Ema
Saskatchewan
Canada
Armer
W. B. Wethery
Gardner
Toledo, Ohio
Ottawa
Post
Mackle
Grocers
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