Baron of the Loire Faces Revolutionary Assault
In a chateau near the Loire, Baron de Bo discovers a threat from Tomas Fauchel, a rival who vows revenge for a failed marriage alliance. Lieutenant Bonaparte arrives with soldiers, hides the boy Jean’s inheritance, and helps defend the estate as peasants attack. Fauchel is killed. the baron dies from a shot. Margot comforts Jean as the danger fades, ending with the ongoing suspense.
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Old Tatro
Monsieur le Baron
Fauchel
Chateau
Tatro
Margot
Tomas Fauchel
Loire
Leboeuf
Gretoire
Jean
Afternoon gown made for White House bride
Miss Alice Roosevelt and the Rogers of Houston Texas have been invited to the wedding. The embroidered pongee afternoon gown for Miss Alice uses silks from China’s Empress and Empress Dowager. The blue gown features raised Japanese embroidery with a bolero top and a long parasol to match. The entire trousseau is American-made.
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Alice Roosevelt
Rogers Twine
Houston
Texas
Mian
Alice
China
Lesson in school life from Maine superintendent
The Hon. W. W. Stetson of Auburn Maine told Maine schoolmarms a tale of his first day in school. He recalled his brother sitting across the aisle and the teacher asking both if they liked her. The boy answered no while the brother said yes. He vowed to answer yes from then on.
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Margot
Jean
Etienne
W. W. Stetson
Auburn
Maine
Newport
Time of Penance Shortened Evidence by Divorcees
Abe Hummel recalls a divorcee who celebrated freed life by vowing not to remarry for two years. A year later she announced engagement to another man with a wedding planned in three months. She quips she earns eight months off for good behavior, like jail time.
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Abe Hummel
New York Times
Humor in courtship twisted tale from two grass widows
Nat Goodwin recalls a New York Times anecdote where during lunch with a friend two grass widows debate marriage. One holds up a chicken wishbone and asks which will wed first, while the friend quips about who will stay unmarried longer.
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Nat Goodwin
New York Times
Wasted Time in Attorney Jerome's Early Card Tricks
An old New York Times remark recalls attorney Jerome as a skilled card player in youth. His mother, a religious woman, warned him that much time is wasted in shuffling and dealing. He answered with a wry smile that some time is spent in the act itself.
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Jerome
New York Times
Ventilation standards in apartment building design
A Boston builder explains ventilation as dilution in maintaining hygiene. He notes an average adult emits 0.46 cubic feet of carbonic acid per hour, needing about 3,000 cubic feet of air hourly to dilute a single person’s output, though total requirements depend on climate, building design, room use, occupancy, health, and time factors.
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Boston
Great Singer Carwio Sings for $3000 in Bills
The great tenor known as Carwio earned $3,000 in bills after performing three songs. He reportedly left the originals on a table while he went out driving, leading to the money being left behind. His secretary attributed the lapse to habitual negligence rather than forgetfulness.
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Carwio
Saya
Ike
Mice Linked to Pneumonia, Says New York Doctor
A Milwaukee Sentinel summary reports Dr. B Paller of New York claims mice carry pneumonia germs found in healthy people's mouths. He argues weather is irrelevant except that winter and spring raise house mouse numbers. He warns that inoculated mice spread virulent bacteria, linking mice to pneumonia risk.
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B. Paller
New York
Milwaukee Sentinel
Osmon Peat Burns Like Hard Coal In Switzerland
New peat product Osmon produced in Switzerland burns like coal when dried by electric current and treated with a new compound. Tests claim no odor or smoke, low ash, no sulfur, and no corrosive effects on boilers or furnaces.
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Switzerland
Fates Against His Wedding Eloped Bride Rejected by Four Spence Sisters
The Spence sisters of Moores Ferry Kentucky jealously block Lewis Sexton a farm hand from marriage after he secures a license to wed Clarinda Spence. Clarinda elopes with Edgar Highly to Ohio, leaving Sexton to pursue the other sisters who all reject him. He returns home without a wife.
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Sexton
Spence Aisters
Allen Spence
Moores Ferry
Lewis Sexton
Misa Clar- Inda Spence
Spence
Clarinda
Edgar Highly
Ohio
Slaters
New York World
Bristol man sues over boot pulling injury
Andrew J. Curtiss of Bristol, a commercial traveler, sues an accident association after breaking a bone in his right leg when the boot strap suddenly pulled him and wrenched the leg to the right in Granby on June 10, 1904. He alleges long disability and severe pain from the pubic bone fracture.
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Andrew J. Curtiss
Bristol
Curtiss
Curtias
Granby
Hartford Times
Muzzled Women of Muscat in a Humorous Scrape
The Allahabad Pioneer reports on women in Muscat wearing muzzles that restrict mouth opening eye visibility and sneezing. The piece jokes that a Cleopatra would be unable to charm Antony due to a custom eye and nose protection, contrasting with harsher practices in Kangra where rulers mutilate disobedient wives.
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Muscat
Cleopatra
Antony
Kangra
India
Allahabad
Danbury Physician Finds Mice Nest Inside Potato
A Danbury Connecticut druggist kept a prize potato in his back shop. He recently discovered the potato’s interior gnawed away and a family of young mice snugly set inside the shell.
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Danbury, Conn
Druggtat
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