Vendetta at Sea A tale of abduction and pursuit unfolds
Wealthy American Burton Barner and four companions pursue a vendetta aboard the Sledmer Constantine. A scheme to marry off brides triggers abductions, misdirections, and international pursuit from Ajia to Coralea as Marina hides aboard to aid the rescue. An American detective pursues truth amid betrayals and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton H. Barner
Edward Gerard Anatraty
Hia Corwin
Marcin Heller
Collees
Bald Anatrother
Alacor
Tung
Aja Oo
Maravilies
Constantine
London
Marvnn
Japan
Barnon Kein
Jin
Ciartinas
Barnes
Aries
Fa Belle Blackwood
Harnon Leary
Fili
Burnew
Maald
Mar Oanae
Iseavera
Coro
Ville
Rushew
Livin
Notruthers
Marina
Alan
Coralea
Gnald
Coraliia
Ten
Corsican pursuit fuels tense voyage in vendetta tale
In a continued chapter a distressed Barnes and Marina plot a perilous Corsican escape for his wife Enid. They sail from Villefranche, board a fishing boat, and ride two ponies toward Sagone to evade pursuers as danger shadows their path through mountains and vendetta fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Anil
Barnes
Lebooure
Monsieur
Madame Anstruther
Becognana
de Belloc
Marina
Gravona
Enid
Pocoenano
del Oro
Felix
Moncleur
Graham
Villefranche
Monasteur
Leboeuf
Macnee
Aha
Tomasso Monald
Sagone
Vico
Monte Rotondo
Monte del Oro
Hoelog
Cortican Fnaeklen
Mevina
Mandalina
Signore Salleet
Corsica
France
The Universal Calculating Machine in a Merchant's Tale
A man showcases a universal calculating device to a merchant claiming flawless accuracy. The merchant tests it with chickens, coop costs, feed, and eggs, concluding a loss of $126.80. The tale notes eye movement and perception, contrasting honest, open eyes with sidelong gazes.
Emperor Francis Joseph and the village barber encounter
A village tale recounts Emperor Francis Joseph riding into a village when a butcher seeks a glimpse of the Kaiser. After asking directions the butcher asks about the Kaiser, and the emperor reveals he has shaved him before. The butcher, astonished, learns the emperor is the court barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Joseph
An Ton
New Strength For Women’s Backs
Mrs Mary Hinson of 21 Strother St Mt Sterling Ky credits Donn’s Kidney Pills with restoring her health from backache dizziness and fatigue She reported improved vision headaches and weakness after using the product and notes she could button her shoes again Sold nationwide for 60 cents a box by Fouter Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hinson
Strother St
Mt. Sterning
Donn
Mrs. Hinson
Dean
Fouter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fahrenheit’s Dual Thermometers Astonish University of Halle
In 1714 Dante Gabriel Fahrenheit presented two thermometers to Halle’s chancellor. They agreed precisely in registering temperatures, stunning scientists. His method became one of three standards. Born Prussian, he later lived in Amsterdam after age fifteen, and his clever Inglias methods were kept secret for 18 years for commercial reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante Gabriel Fahrenheit
University of Halle
Fahrenheit
Amsterdam
Inglias
Home Tonic for Old People
A tonic promising renewed vigor is described using whiskey treacle sirapreparilla and Toris compound. Doses are teaspoonful before meals and at night. A humorous anecdote follows about a young man who mistimes addresses on love letters causing a laundress and his sweetheart to react angrily.
Puzzle Diamond Cross Confounds Paris Censorship
The Paris Temps reports a riddle about a French man sending a diamond studded cross to his wife in Paris He warns that from bottom to top seven diamonds exist along the vertical and along each branch yet two diamonds were stolen but the count remains seven in all directions The note invites readers to figure the puzzle’s solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Paris Temps
Paris
The Boy As We Know Him At A Dinner Evening
Mrs Belle De Rivera narrates public school life at a dinner sharing episodes about a boy Jimmy and a hydrant wash, noting his winter dislike of cold water and a teacher’s remark. A Three year-old Norris hums the Twenty third Psalm and Norma adapts it to Taft. Lippincotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle de Rivera
Mrs. de Rivera
Jimmy
Norris
Norma
Taft
Lippincott
Lorella Questions the Cow Catcher Ride Tale
A five year old, Lorella Watened, listens as a visitor recounts riding 30 miles on a locomotive cow catcher. After the tale ends she asks sharply if he caught the cow, addressing Mr. Mank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorella
Mr. Mank
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised By Druggists
A historic catalog style note promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a direct mucous-surface remedy with a blood-purifying blend. It claims a physician endorsement and lists Toledo Ohio as the supplier location. The piece also urges use of Hall's Family Pills for constipation and warns against begging-letter scams targeting wealthy New York residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Halle
Cheney & CO. Props
Toledo
Inventions and Porcelain Lore Across Centuries
A display of porcelain in China prompts a exhibitor to claim the art predates Christ by about 25 centuries, though foreign experts doubt early existence before the seventh century. Separately an eye remedy ad claims relief from red watery vision, while miscellaneous cartoon captions and humorous lines appear amid the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Kyren
Cone ‘Orme
Ainort
Boothe
Fala
TV Marine
Aa we grow older is in very comforting to assure
A fragmented note reflects on aging with a playful view that wrinkles resemble the chimpanzee of a second childhood, conveying a lighthearted, comforting sentiment about getting older.
Physicians Praise Wintergreen Oil for Eczema Remedy
Physicians nationwide tout ordinary oil of wintergreen as a specific for eczema and itching skin diseases. The liquid is applied externally and can bring instant relief, with patients reporting complete cure after a short course. Letters from doctors, including Dr Holmes of Silver City, Minnesota, endorse the D. D. D. Prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Silver City
Mins
D. D
Chicago
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Mr. Barnes
Archibald Clavering Gunter
New York
Carnes
Dokd Mead & Ga
Signore Barnes
Bocognano
Bernardo Salicet
Jarnes
Marlee
Wyse
Foster
Mr. Hutton HB. Varnes
Lushapa
Corsteea
Gore Thorn
Volor
Bolt
York
Hapor
Machine
Merchant
New York City
Antha
Johnny
Freddy
Gil
Sucy Wan
Kamel
Carters
WN. U
Salt Lake City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia
Lydia EB. Pinkham
John G. Moldan
North
Lydia E. Pink
Ham
Powiti
Ryeet
Otek
Bealy
Staal Spohn Medical GO
Efuvistayti
Goshen, Ind
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