A Doctor Recalls a Life-Saving, Poisoned Wife Mystery
A London physician recounts a near-fatal case in Surbiton where a suspected poisoning plot by the husband was confronted. The doctor and Dr. Harvey warned of murder by poison, insisting the wife recover or face inquiry, leading to a dramatic improvement and the husband’s later death on the Schreckhorn.
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Theo
Surbiton
Harley Street
London
Aerat London
Harvey
Sir Everard
Archie
Dr. Harvey
Flo
Huarregate
Boston
Hard to Please Susy Seeks Vacation in Child’s Tale
A visitor finds five year old Susy sobbing at her father’s house because her brothers and sisters have a vacation while she does not. Susy explains she does not go to school yet and cannot receive a vacation. She laments the burden of insufficient summer attire for cooling.
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Susy
Teahgo
Smuggled Cigars and a Doctor’s Ounce of Caution
A Georgetown physician becomes the butt of a tale about smuggled Havana cigars. A sailor’s free trade gift leads the doctor to light one and discover a hidden burn likely added with croton oil, amid a skewed incident of illicit tobacco and a warning of deception. Also included are brief notes on Alma-Tadema as an admirer of work, with anecdotes about his art school days and a painter’s perseverance.
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Custom House
Georgetown
Esculapius
Havana
Indies
Washington Post
Alma "Tadetma
Alma-Tadema
Brussels
Bition
Making a Will How to prepare to draw one
Mrs Hamilton Mott advises in Ladies Home Journal that making a will while healthy avoids fears. She notes attorney fees vary with work and client ability to pay and urges clear advance planning with full names and points, then let the attorney draft and witness signatures.
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Hamilton Mott
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hasie
Ula
Pretty Romance of a Southern Girl Dies After Head Wound
Frances Layton Jayton Swales, born Frances Layton in Virginia, died in Orange New Jersey from a bullet wound. She studied telegraphy and medicine in Europe, married in 1852 to Thomas Swales, founded nursing training in the South, and faced years of illness after a head ballet.
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Thomas Swales
Orange
N. J
Frances Jayton
Virginia
Thomas Smwales
Layton
Iso
Brunswick
Beeaid
Duel Ends Duelist Death from Distress Signal
The tale centers on Dr. J. M. Kellar formerly of Louisville now in Hot Springs Ark. and a Nashville duel where a Major and a Colonel prepared to fight until the Colonel refused. A secret distress signal, sworn to by both, revealed the Major’s guilt and led to his dismissal from the army.
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J. M. Kellar
Louisville
Hot Springs
Ark
Gardner
James B Garey
Courier-Journal
Kellar
Nashville
de Kellar
Pleasure in Affronting Swift Narrates Asparagus Joke
The passage recounts Pean Swift, a whimsical misanthrope who mocked social inferiors because he was once humiliated by superiors. A tale from Youth's Companion describes Swift as Sir William Temple's secretary and his dining with the Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, ending with a forced plate of asparagus to shame a publisher.
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Pean Swift
Swift
Sir William Temple
Sir William
William LII
Moorpark
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Dublin
Faulkner
Hissolvel
Paatkner
Ardent
Limoad
Daulkner
Dean Swift
William
St Patrick’s
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Grepaber
Gretchen
Baekone
Eber
Greeny
Frau Green-Eyes
Lot. Nicholes
Business In Business
Jacob Tome
Philadelphia Record
Tome
Jake
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