A London Jeweler's Ring and a Clever Swindle
A narrator travels to Paris with a priceless diamond ring given by his London jeweler father. On a brief Dover to Calais voyage a mysterious woman swindles him, takes the ring, and vanishes. The sting is exposed when the father reveals the ring was safely recovered by a paid decoy.
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Harper's Weekly
Paris
London
Ned
Swell
Dover Harbor
Monsieur
Mademoselle
Mademoiselle
Madame
Sir Henry Fitz Evans
England
Calais
Iere
Dover
The Tribune Extras Advertisement List
An advertisement list for The Tribune extras details pamphlet and sheet editions on science and religion topics. It catalogs Nos. 9 20 21 23 25 27 35 36 along with prices from 2 to 25 cents and notes mail delivery upon payment. The items cover lectures by Proctor Tyndall Huxley and Dawson, scientific society reports, and centennial exhibitions with dates and prices.
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Richard A. Proctor
Pants
Andereon School
Penikese Island
Troy
Bayard Taylor
McKeek
Tyndall
Price
Archbishop Manning
Lord Acton
J. W. Daweth
Mediill Clege
Montreal
Howard Crosby
Chas. W. Shields
Princeton
John Tyndall
Manchester
National Academy of Sciences
Thiladella
Kings of Business
Jameson
Lancley
Venus
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Detroit
Newport
American Society of Civil Engineers
LeVonte
Earth
Dawson
Newson
Marsh
Central Park
William Cullen Bryant
Don G Whittier
O. W. Holmes
Turquisese
Bayreuth
Richard Wagner
Mosers Bayard Taylor
R G. Haseard
Wiliam C. Wyckett
Clarence Conk
Hebecca Harding Davie
Prof. Huxley
America
Nashville
Baltimore
New York
Lin Fall
Death of Admiral Wilkes and court scene in Salem
Obituary notes Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes dying in Washington on February 8 at age 76. He joined the navy in 1816 and served fifty years, pioneering fixed astronomical instruments and commanding the 1838 Antarctic expedition. His Trent incident with Mason and Slidell drew Congress approval but Lincoln vetoed the action. later diplomacy settled the matter. The Salem court scene reports a custody case with dramatic cross-examination and a judge urging peace. Additional items mention Dr Schliewann’s Myceon discoveries and ancient jewelry found in a tomb.
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Paris
Dover
Calais
Madame
Hotel Dessin
Thea
Monsieur
Zener
Spain
Goodoers
Mal de Mer
Wilkes
Charles Wilkes
Washington
Navy
Trent
Messrs
Ma Won
Slidell
England
Commodore Wilkes
Congress
Thance
Lincoln
Set
Mason
Stidell
Thurlow Weed
Supreme Court
Salem
Mays
Foster
Schliewann
Myceon
Singular Freese escape ties to Ashtabula crashes
A Bellevue man Mr Freese recounts a near miss before two railroad wrecks including Ashtabula. He dreamed his wife and children dying and survived only by choice of a different departure. Mrs Freese and two children died in the earlier crash. Freese later remarried.
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Ashtabula
Mr. Freese
Huron
Sandusky
Freese
Bellevue
Pennsylvania
Erie
Freece
Cleveland
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