Long-ago passion and a hidden secret revisit in Virginia
Judith Dandridge recalls a past romance with Major Monty Tiristow while Shirley, her daughter, grows up under the shadow of a long buried affair. Judith reveals a hidden illness and a vow to keep it secret, as memories of Valiant Sassoon, Sassoon and a fateful confrontation resurface amid May jasmine scents and old letters.
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John Vatant
Valboint Corporation
Virginia
Damery Court
Shirley
Rosewood
Montagueristow
Vatiance
Jeanine
Ranten
Tiristow
Monty
Northing
Judith
Taien
Vienna
Tam Dandridge
Wonder
Tan
Sassoon
Neavelet
Valiant
Valant
Christon
John
Jim
Tom Dandridge
Awakening to a Rainy Damory Court Mystery
John Valiant visits the derelict Damory Court with Uncle Jefferson and discovers a dusty mansion filled with relics. He finds a marked copy of Lucile, a portrait with a cut eye, and a sense of a faded past. The pair prepare to hire a cook as they inspect the neglected estate.
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Damory Court
John Vaillant
Vaele Jefferson
Secret photographic scheme to show four or five likenesses on one plate
New York reports a mystery around a photo trick using two tall mirrors at 75 degrees to create multiple images of a single subject. A Cooper Hewitt mercury lamp above the head and diffusion cloth over the mirrors produce the illusion of several identical figures in one plate.
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New York
Cooper Hewitt
Teak wood valued for shipbuilding and marine durability
The log and cart wood from South America and the West Indies, teak, is prized for exceptional resistance to marine borers, durability in salt water, and use in keelsons and planking. It yields bibirine from bark and fruits and is noted for strong heartwood and difficult differentiation from sapwood.
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Cans
South America
West Indies
Kelvingrove Museum
Glasgow
Scotland
Rio Grande
Aconite Lore Roots from Myth to Pharmacology
Aconite is described by homeopathic authorities as a pivotal drug. Myth recounts Hercules wrestling Cerberus, whose froth inspired aconite. The plant supposedly sprang from froth on a bleak hill in Pontica once named 4scaitos.
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Hercules
Cerberus
Pontica
Port wine fraud exposed in London factories
A report reveals spurious wine labeled port is produced in London from dried currants or raisins, lacking any Portugal origin. Experts state true port wine must come from fresh Portuguese grapes and be shipped from Porto, but many London makers evade import duties by mixing in real port.
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London
Portugal
Warner
Baseball Team of Cripples Formed in Wheeling West Virginia
A newly organized baseball team in Inwood West Virginia is described as the most remarkable in the country. The nine players collectively have 12 legs 712 feet and 17 arms and many were maimed in local industries. Players include William Robusky manager and shortstop with one leg and arm Joe Lick first base with no legs Leg Lennon second base one leg George Ottomiller third base one leg Ralph Ford catcher one foot Crip Tron sides pitcher one foot Cotton Bowers left field one foot Edward Pearl center field 14 feet and George Miller right field one leg.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Inwood
William Robusky
Joe” Lick
Lannon
George Ottomiller
Love Powders Trial Ends With Fine in New York
Guiseppi Sabatella was fined 250 dollars for attempting to sell "love powders" to Mrs. Isabella Goodwin the noted detective in New York.
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New York
Isabella Goodwin
Guiseppi Sabatella
Ring Found After Fifteen Years In Garden Dig
Charles Oelrich found a gold wedding ring while digging in his Belford New Jersey garden. The ring belonged to Mrs Henry Grundereth a neighbor and had been lost about fifteen years ago.
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Belford
N. J
Charles Oelrich
Henry Grundereth
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