Enigmatic Hair Ribbon Spurs Cottage Mystery
In a coastal Canada setting, Juliet and friends encounter Mrs. Graham and Gabriel Graham. A bartered exchange of letters hints at a secret. A small blue ribbon with yellow hair, found in mail entrusted to the sleuths, seems tied to Mr. Graham and a looming danger at sea. The group debates ownership and possible misdelivery as a cliffhanger ends.
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Ome
Juliet
Rolla
Mrs. Graham
Harry
Mr. Graham
Gabrielle
Elizabeth
Elise
Fortune Denied and Death Delivering A Sorrowful Twist
A French provincial tale follows Lemercier a notary clerk whose life unravels through a string of misfortunes. After fifteen years of hand to mouth struggle he hides in his village home and dies by suicide when law emissaries arrive. An unexpected distant relative leaves him a $5,000 legacy after his death, a cruel irony.
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Lemerccier
Reveal
Mantes
Lemerciler
Lemercier
A Toast to Passing Strangers and Lingers of Fellowship
A compact poetic toast from Anna Strunsky saluting those who passed on the highway and offered greetings then faded from sight. She wishes the fleeting friends vigor, youth, and perpetual welcome, hoping they never lack a comrade or fellowship in life.
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Anna Strunsky
Montana and Northwest News Digest
A flood of brief items reports explosions and fires destroying hotels and rail facilities, injuries from accidents in Montana and Oregon, a Reno suicide, cattle buyers in Montana, gas blasts at the East Helena smelter, a bank of legal cases, and political notes on Alaska exposition negotiations. Names include Moore hotel, Lizzie H. Welsh, Grover Cleveland Hill, L. H. Kintz, Alfred Wierschem, James Calvin Towers, George Hastings, Harry J. Gruber, Kid Curry, and officials in Helena and Philadelphia.
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Moore Hotel
Moore
Mont
Lizzie H. Welsh
Riverside
Cal
Pueblo County
McClellan Orphanage
Pueblo
Colo
Foor
Klamath Falls
Ore
Cascade
Montana
Milea City
St. Louis
Harry Croyle
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Croyle
Burlington Railroad Company
Toluca
Mon
L. H. Kintz
Alfred Wierschem
Nesro
Shaniko
Bernard HH. Trumbull
Ilinoia Central Railroad
John 8. McLaughilin
Sling Road
Helena
Muni
Monland Kimberly Mining Company
East Helena
Montsmelter
James Calvin ‘Towers
George Hastings
Harry J. Gruber
Walsh's Spur
Lee Self
Sandusky
Harvey
Self
Curry
Kid Curry
Great Northern
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Montana Development League
Norris
Frank Stevens
Las Vegas
Nevada
Wyoming
William C. Taylor
John L. Williams
Butte
Williams
Washoe
Carbon County
Washoe Copper Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Fred W. Law
Rosebud County
Hunt
Trail Creek
Law
Lazy Farmers Milk Fiasco Reported by Milk Man
A dialogue from the Catholic Standard and Times features a young home keeper insisting the milk is sour while a milk man condemns farmers for laziness. The exchange highlights alleged overstepping by farmers and hastily milked cows resulting in spoiled dairy.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Keep Your Health Health and happiness are sweethearts
The text urges prioritizing health at all costs, emphasizing wellbeing as essential to happiness and a prudent personal goal. It frames health as the cornerstone of a fulfilling life and urges consistent care.
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Wilfrid
Mrs. Graham
England
Cost of living rises in Calcutta hit Europeans and Indians
A London Daily Mail correspondent notes steep living cost increases in India, especially Calcutta. House rent has tripled or quadrupled, while a family of six could live on £200 annually ten years ago but now needs at least £500. Government acknowledges strain with official salary revisions and domestic servant wages climbing to around £40 for a good cook.
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India
Calcutta
London Daily Mal
Letter recalls Dickens visit to United States
Sydney Smith wrote to remind Dickens that he remains a man despite American praise. The letter came after Dickens first trip to the United States, urging humane kinship with readers and friends.
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Dickens
Dolatora
Sydney Smith
United States
Turkish Ramazan feast and twilight hospitality
Each Ramazan in Turkey locals welcome strangers at sunset with avistar meals. A cannon signals dusk then dates or olives start the feast followed by jel lies, sweets, soups, eggs in butter, mutton chops, vegetables, beurek, kadali, more meats, fish, and desserts like mahalleb, pilaf, and coffee.
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Turkey
Mohammed
Recall of Famous Golf Match and Cobblers Stone
The Westminster Gazette recalls a 1682 international golf contest in Leith where the Duke of York and John Patersone, a renowned cobbler, defeated two English nobmen. The cobbler’s large stake win funded a Canongate house bearing the Patersone arms and the motto Far and sure, commemorating his driving power.
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London Stock Exchange
Westminster Gazette
Duke of York
James H
Leith Links
John Patergone
Scotland
England
John Patersone
Patersone
The First Misunderstanding in a Domestic Scene
A terse dialogue unfolds with a bride declaring she will leave for her mother after a heated exchange. The husband laments, while she seeks only a latchkey, signaling a domestic rift and impending separation.
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Bride
Clearness of Purpose in Ruskin's Wisdom
A compact reflection on purposeful living by John Ruskin. It emphasizes the nobility of a clear aim, steady energy, and avoiding doubt, repentance, and constant revision as vices. The passage urges quiet resolve and consistent action.
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John Ruskin
Criticiam Canting World as Tormenting Hypanite Cant
A terse reflection on the scourge of cant in criticism. Sterne notes that while all cant reeks, the critic’s cant is especially tormenting and pervasive in this canting world. The emphasis lies on the corrosive power of hollow critique over genuine discourse.
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Thiae
Laurence Sterne
Holland's Famous Bird Storks Honored In Dutch Homes
The Chanutauquan notes storks in the Netherlands are treated with high respect and given special housing by households. In the south they appear frequently while the north has fewer sightings. Public funds support many nests at The Hagus, and a train window sighting shows storks perched on chimneys with nests of sticks and straw.
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Holland
Netherlands
Hollandedier
The Ant Eater's Lament in a Zoo Tale
The ant eater laments in a comic animal tale about Billy Possum, noting no possums nearby and claiming changes to his cage sign and grooming. The piece mocks animal mischief and carnival style humor in a light regional voice.
Utah Educators urged to use Salt Lake Route for trips
The Salt Lake Route lists many round trip rates and dates for east west ex cursions including transfers for the Alaska Yukon Exposition. For the N EFA convention at Denver July 6 to 9 round trips from Utah and low air trips to Denver and other cities are offered. A $20 round trip to Los Angeles is available on vacation sailings with options via San Francisco and Portland. Kenneth C Kerr can provide full details.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Rai
Aiso
EFA
Denver
Cheyenne
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Kenneth C. Kerr
Salt Lake City
Buried Treasures in Morocco Discovered in Wall
A writer recalls Moroccan custom of hiding wealth to deter family theft. In a coastal town a demolished house revealed a substantial amount of money built into a wall, illustrating hidden fortunes scattered across the country.
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Morocco
Well Put to a Noted Authoress in The Sketch
In The Sketch, a reader expresses delight at meeting a well known authoress, recounting a recent sighting of her work and noting the pleasant surprise of encountering familiar ideas in print. The brief exchange captures polite chatter about literature.
His Limitations
A fragment from a historical column quotes the Impecunious party asserting restraint on automobile enthusiasm, claiming to enjoy cars yet denying being carried away by them. The piece frames a paradox about material desire and moderation.
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Micamer
Weta
Atria
Eline
Gaye Bera
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Irnhani
Sal
John C. Blake
Gordon Bennett
St An
Edith
Northwest
Harry J. Robinson
Judge Building
Child, Cole & Company
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Park City
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American Fork
Provo
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Spanish Fork
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