The Portrait That Haunts A Crime in Florence and Rome
A narrator buys a centuries old portrait of a beautiful woman in Florence. In Rome he encounters Flora Corasti wife of Cavaliere Corsati, who later admits intent to kill her cruel husband. The narrator and Flora plot revenge together, culminating in murder and an escape of shared love.
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Via Learting
Florence
Carla
Carlo
Almont
Theo Jaaked
Carlo Hia Price
Rome
Eternal
Cavaliere di Corsati
Chub
Corasti
Korea
Orasti
Corast
Alb
Ded
Corosti
Hude
Turen
Auch Deep
Carastl
Conaad
Verily
Corusol
Coranti
Iady
Iheneas Asabe
Flora Corast
Flora
Win
My Hiead
Flora Corasti
Fea
Taleo
Vultures of Finance
A critical look at financiers who profited from postwar hardship. Iver Kreuger used loans and monopolies to dominate European markets, forging bonds and misusing state finances. Hugo Stiones and Henri Rochette are cited as other dramatic figures who exploited economic distress before their downfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver Kremer
Europe
Kreuger
Ecorcely
Bia
Bia Plana
Krouger
Hugo Stiones
Hia Ventures
Tiut
Henri Rochette
Napoleon
Shure
Rochette
Paris
Lyons
Lille
Limoges
Tours
Ufe
Inner Jaw of World’s Earliest Human Found at Lake Victoria
Archaeologists led by Dr Leakey report the discovery of the inner jaw of the world’s earliest Homo Sapiens. The find from a native village on Lake Victoria, East Africa, challenges prior beliefs about where human civilization began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Victoria
East Africa
Leakey
Mesopotamia
Irish Jokes and Birthday Tales From A Noisy Party
A birthday gathering for Willie features his mother boasting of his prizes including a silver cup for racing. The tale explains Willie did not hear the starting pistol so he did not win that prize. An Irish visitor at a museum questions Winged Victory prompting a humorous exchange about the statue and its headless state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Pat
Selected Recipes From a Vintage Home Cookbook
A quirky collection of old fashioned dishes and kitchen tips. Recipes include Creamed Ham on Toast, Lemon Souffle, Blackberry Whip, Omelette Asperge, Orange Creams, Fried Eggs and Cheese Sauce, Swike Pudding, Golden Eggs, Four Hints for Cake Making, Banana Whip, Potato Croquettes, and Asparagus Dainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mdi
Walter
Amd
Asparagua
A Day in the Sun for Twopence
The article promotes home sunbathing via gas infrared lamps, claiming rays mimic sun exposure and offer therapeutic benefits. It highlights clinical uses in rheumatism and wounds, and notes a lamp costing about one penny to run for five hours, offering a day of sun for twopence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oret
London
Leonard Hill
F.rs
The Art of Flowers in Design Philosophy
In the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts J A R Stevanson argues that true design favors simplicity over ornament. He notes flowers fuse structure texture color and perfume and that color blends within form. designers should study this cohesiveness to elevate craft.
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Ceulor
J. A. R. Stevanson
Royal Society of Arts
Actress loses pearls then proclaims recovery in paper
A young actress advertised the loss of four strings of imitation pearls in a weekly journal. She excitedly claims the returned pearls are “the real thing” and jokes about advertising their value.
Love Rival Baden Powell in Indian reminiscences
Colonel T P Melvill recalls in his auto biography Ponies and Women how a young officer rivaled Baden Powell for a girl’s hand in India. A dinner where the colonel’s rival is mocked ends with a comic boiled chicken mishap, and the girl later marries another suitor.
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T. P. Melvill
D.D
India
Lord Baden Powell
Baden Powell
6Th Dragoon Guards
Amart
bin Versallitty
Baden
Melvill
Isandhlwana
Titanics Brandy Save Story Baffle Tempers
Lady Gordon recounts a Titanic reminiscence in which the ship’s baker survives after drinking half a bottle of brandy to steady nerves. He follows crew to deck, falls into icy water, clings to a raft, and is rescued by the Carpathia. The tale is one of rare comic relief amid disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minkins
Lady Dot Gordon
Abe
Ven Uel
Carpathis
Lady Gordon
Contingent Fees and Love in a Lawyer Tale
A joke set in two parts. An Irishman seeks a contingent fee from a lawyer, misunderstanding the term as payment only if the case is lost. A London magistrate questions a criminal’s wife, who explains she chose marriage over a lawyer when faced with hardship and temptation.
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Paddy
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