Diamonds and pursuit amid a Petersville quest
In a tense front room a photograph of a giant diamond hints at a hidden treasure. Hugh, Delia, and Mr. Hetherington chase clues toward Petersville while uncovering a coded cipher in a pocket book as Lord Ambrose and Hannah resist discovery.
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America
Mr. Hetherington
Hugh
Kat
Eira
Delia
Deila
Hannah
United States
New York
Boston
Montreal
Petersville
Bond Street
Della
Feason
Timbuctoo
Ambrose
Boustead
Lord Ambrose
A Warning Ends The Cipher Feud With Fire
Friction erupts as Hetherington burns the cipher paper after freeing Lord Ambrose and the valet. Hugh, Delia, and Hannah argue over rights to the secret, while Ambrose jokes of negotiation and Delia reveals engagement to Hugh. The scene closes with Ambrose denouncing Hugh and vowing to expose truth.
Secret schemes unravel in a tense social confrontation
Lord Ambrose protests an engagement rumor and announces plans to pursue a secret process to thwart Mr Tallentine's alleged treachery. Hugh remains unfazed as Ambrose presses Delia, while Hannah and Hannah Hetherington await the outcome and a second choice between suitors is implied.
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Lord Ambrose
Hugh
Hannah
Mr. Hetherington
France’s Venus of Milo Hidden From Invaders During 1870 Siege
Parisians evacuated Louvre art as German siege loomed. The Venus of Milo was removed from its pedestal and buried in a police prefecture cellar behind a false wall. After a fire revealed the hiding place, the casket survived undamaged and remains hidden again until Paris is safe.
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Louvre
Raphael
Titien
Paolo
Veronese
Rembrandt
Rubens
Brest
Venus of Milo
Paris
Anglo Japanese Bond Sealed As Allies Hold Great Powers
The German press seeks to disrupt Britain Japan ties by portraying Japan as a treacherous power guarding India. The Times Morning Post and Daily Chronicle laud Japan’s war stance and the Anglo Japanese alliance, while a Scottish woman's photograph joke reflects humanity amid the era's chatter.
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Britain
Japan
India
London
Winston Churchill
The
Times
Morning Post
Daily Chronicle
United States
Wiggin’s Marm Lisa Praised by Feeble-Minded Home Leader
Kate Douglas Wiggin recalls a letter from the superintendent of a home for the feeble minded praising Marm Lisa. He declared the inmates enjoyed her book and called her the favorite author of the feeble minded in a glowing endorsement.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Arthur Feeble Minded
Cyprus Island in the Levant Declared Annexed by Britain
Cyprus the island in the Levant, annexed by Great Britain after a Turkish war declaration, spans 3854 square miles in the Mediterranean near Iskanderun. Its resources include asbestos, gypsum, copper, gold, timber, silk, wine, tobacco, and tropical fruits with key cities Nicosia and Larnaca. Population around 300,000 with about 70,000 Muslims and the rest Greek Christians.
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Cyprus
Great Britain
Turkey
Levant
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Iskanderun
Latakia
Syria
Kypros
Nicosia
Larnaca
Paphos
Palestine
Richard I
England
Venice
Boffit's Luck As Balloon Watch Is Lost Again
Higglesby Boffit chases a rising balloon that snags his gold watch. The bag drops water and the watch lands on a roof 118 stories up. He climbs 118 flights to recover it, but kicks it and it falls 2,435 feet to the pavement, where it lies near a fireplug and is found stopped.
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Hibblesby Boffit
Higglesby Boffit
Skrankas City
Boffit
Louisville Times
New French Device Aims to Break German Wire Entanglements
Paris correspondent reports French troops testing a rocket like device to throw a grappling iron and rope over barbed wire trenches. The mechanism drags barriers down toward French lines while marksmen cover the spot, drawing German fire. The article notes fortune tellers as a forbidden practice in Germany and recalls wartime nervous callers.
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The
Daily News
Paris
France
Belgium
German Empire
Type of clays and shales and their uses in western Canada
The text outlines clay and shale varieties and their industrial roles. Kaolins are white burning clays, fire clays withstand high heat but are rare in Western Canada, brick clays require easy moldability, paving bricks need plasticity and strength, sewer pipes demand wide vitrification range, terra cotta clays are semi-fire, stone-ware clays are semi-refractory, and cement shales must mix with limestone to burn properly.
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China
Canada
Alberta
Brave Russian Women At Front See Courage Across The War
Remarkable stories recount Cossack girl Helen Choba of the Kuban Cossacks and Tomiloffskaya a colonel's daughter who served as scouts on the East Prussian and Austro Galicia fronts. Both wore uniforms, faced fire, led men, and aided communications and welfare for their regiments.
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Russia
Helen Choba
Tomiloffskaya
Augustowo Woods
Koeszenitze
Moscow
Darky Held For Circulation Offense In Baltimore
A Monday morning hearing before a Baltimore police magistrate charged a darky with lack of visible means of support. The defendant claimed not to be employed, stating he was merely circulating about the city. The court entered a finding that the gentleman has been retired from circulation for sixty days.
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Balimore
Darcy
Baltimore
Jedge
Darky
Car inspector jokes on Irish conductor Foley
A street car inspector notes nine fares for ten passengers and Foley protests the crowd. Foley turns to passengers shouting in broad Irish slang while the employer and clerk spar over sense and judgment in this humorous exchange.
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Foley
Good will Among Men from Lloyd George Visit to France
The Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George recounts visiting a battlefield in France where German shells fall near French trenches. He recalls a Prussian wounded who is comforted by a French general and promises hospital care, illustrating human solidarity amid war. A lane of Red Cross wagons confirms the mercy observed is taught by Christ, not war.
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Rt. Hla
David Lloyd George
Batte Heidi
France
Font
Christ
New York Hotels Boast World Fame and Witty Anecdotes
A hotel man in New York boasts that the city’s hotels surpass those of London Paris and the Riviera. A humorous tale contrasts a squab lodging with a New York hotel’s exaggeratedly practical service. The passage also cites Holland reports on German cannon bases and notes a mathematical estimate of bullet weight in war.
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Simeon Ford
New York
London
Paris
Riviera
Four Daughters at Home Train Modern Dances
Quip notes the family has four daughters at home who can teach the modern dances, implying skill and family involvement in cultural trends. The exchange highlights domestic instruction shaping contemporary dance.
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Merine Eye Remedy Co
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Taxe Abbey
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