IMA PLATO SARY ANN AND THE TRAITOR AT TREDICK S CORNER
A rough voice recalls old days at Tredick's Corner and laments modern gadgets from electric cars to telephones while a later Russian setting unfolds a nihilist tale. In a cramped Jewish quarter room four conspirators plot against a chief commissioner. A traitor is suspected, a candle goes out, gunfire rings out, and the professor is found dead as gendarmes close in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ima Plato
Ann Delaney
John Belcher
Tredick’s Corner
Wheeler
Avenen
Russia
Secret Police
Rade
Paris
Despot
Ivan
Sveryone
Atlat
Pall Mall
The Daring Escape of Col. Gardner in India 1803
An Eng lish officer, Col. William L. Gardner, faced execution in India during a 1803 uprising. He escaped by leaping from a cliff, evading pursuers by river, hiding, and finally reaching British outposts in disguise as a grass-cutter with local protection, showcasing his steadfast courage and perilous trek.
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William L. Gardner
Gardner
Oil Baron Seeks Settlement After Fatal Paris Clash
In a colonial era voyage memory a Pennsylvania oil landowner travels to Europe to learn handling hosts in France and Italy. In Marseilles a dispute over a hotel bill escalates when a waiter is knocked over by the traveler who later faces a fatal confrontation and the proprietor cries you have killed the waiter charge him in the bill.
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Walter
Pennsylvania
Europe
England
Ireland
France
Italy
Paris
Marseilles
Philadelphia Times
Boy Learns Respect After Stable Accident Tale
A father warns a boy against laughing at him until eighteen as a Hambledonian colt injures a man near the stable. The man’s hat and coat are torn, the rider is knocked aside, and the boy stops laughing after the incident. The tale ends with the line about BR Woman and shirt waist in summer.
Two Midshipmen and the Victoria Catastrophe Hero
A midshipman carried Admiral Markham s dispatches to London amid the Victoria disaster. He rode a special Dover to London train, then drove to the admiralty, while another brave midshipman stood by the doomed admiral on the bridge. Both were lost when the ship sank.
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Harper
H. M.S Victoria
London
Admiral Markham
Calais
France
Dover
Channel
Admiralty
Her Majesty
Victoria
Lanyon
Itig
Nelson
England
Stamp Room Wallpapered With Stamps Worth Millions
A London house features a twelve foot square room whose walls are covered with 70 000 postage stamps. Though valued at about five million dollars, most are forgeries. The stamps were pasted to canvas with shellac and varnished, a process that would hinder removal if needed. The article notes the unusual craft and comments on fashion, humorously remarking that women take longer to dress than men, counting eleven items.
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London
Palmer
Pall Mall
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Farmer Belcher
Deeatrick School
Che Tellyphore
Sary Ann
Atorea
Wade
Washington
Tredick
Atrip
Billy
Shay
Old Maida
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