Jean Lafitte Encounters Gretoire in Martinique
In September 1811 the ship Condor drops anchor at Fort Royal Martinique where Jean Lafitte meets Gretoire an attaché of Napoleon now revealed as Napoleon Bonapartes emissary. They discuss past missions and Lafittes fate while Lafitte recalls Margot and the Island Rose as he contemplates the future and the ties to Lara and Bonaparte.
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Condor
Lara
Fort Royal
Martinique
Jean Lafitte
New Orleans
Lafitte
Greloire
Gretolre
France
Monsieur Felix Gretoire
Louisiana
Toulon
Mon Ami
Bonaparte
Paris
Pierre
Thiel
Pere Huot
le Chien Heureux
Relotve
Gretoire
Napoleon
Monsieur
Languedoc
Tourlen
le Chien Meureux
St. Sulpice
Monsiout
Anice
Gre Loire
Gregoire
Jean
Margot
Lazallie
Love Letters Drop in Value Prompted by Express Office Tale
Henry Clown discusses a stock loss remarking on an express office scene. A burly young man arrives with a package of letters from a young lady. The clerk asks about contents and the man contemplates their value, claiming they were worth about half a million dollars a week ago.
Ex Governor's Family Aided in Fund Drive
Andrew Carnegie has sent a $5,000 check to the committee managing a fund for the widow of the late ex governor Robert H. Pattison. The total now stands at $18,497. Pattison, a Democrat, uniquely carried Pennsylvania twice for governor. During Singerley's financial collapse Pattison, his friend, was wiped out as well, dying leaving his family with only mortgages on their home.
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Andrew Carnecle
Robert
Pattleon
Pennsylvania
William Singerley
Pattison
Norway’s Old Capital Tranquil Harbor and Ibsen Fantasies
Special Correspondent recalls Christiania during a visit with the Crown Prince in which crowds throng the harbor and bazaars, relics, and a Viking ship awe visitors while Ibsen dominates midday salon chatter. The trio meets the modern giant, with the General praising Ibsen and the Matron swooning for relics and souvenir pewter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Grand Hotel
Labsen
America
A Cure for Debility and Weak Blood in Tipton Man
Mr. O. E. Legg of Tipton West Virginia credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength and normal blood after a lingering malarial fever caused anemia. He suffered indigestion sour stomach back pain and weak kidneys and liver. After two years and months of failed treatment he sought these pills and reports lasting improvement.
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O. E. Legg
Tipton
W. Va
Heenya
Dr. Williams
Williama
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, N. Y
The pen is mightier than the sword phrase noted
A garbled historical excerpt mentions Lord Lytton and Cardinal Richelieu, reflecting on the saying that the pen is mightier than the sword as the steel pen began to replace the quill, alongside scattered references to Red Cross Mall Mie Boonts The Kuss Company South Bond and I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mie
Boonts
the Kuss Company
South Bond
Fruits Said to Kill Disease Germs, Bacteriologist Claims
An eminent Japanese bacteriologist reports that acids in lemons apples and other fruits like citric and malic kill disease germs including cholera in minutes and typhoid in about thirty minutes. Drinking fruit juice may purify the stomach and cure biliousness and headaches, though gastric catarrh may require a stomach tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Herald
Evarts Quip on Women as Judge and Executioner
In Evarts' Epigrama a remark attributes to William M. Evarts. When asked if he believed women were the best judge of women he replied not only the best judge but the beat executioner.
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Gretoire
Evarts
William M. Evarts
Coffee Jags and a Switch to Postum
A Philadelphia woman describes coffee jags linked to nausea, headaches, and sleep loss. She switched to Postum, found it delicious and healthier, and reports relief from exhaustion and ailments. Postum Co. Battle Creek notes improper preparation by restaurant cooks as a factor.
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Phila
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Mary Devereux
Don C. Wilson
Rial
Jafftte
Marshal of
Ani
Captain Jean
Henry Clown
Norway
Stockholm
Stalin
Kroner
Grive
Samson
Charles
Europe
Karl Johan Gade
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