The Mystery of The Yellow Room Continues at Gilandier Inn
In this excerpt Rouletabille and I discuss plans to trap the unknown assassin as Mile. Stangerson and Darzac face renewed danger. Arthur Rance arrives, confirming the unfolding intrigue and the looming encounter at the inn and chateau.
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M. Stangerson
Donjon Inn
Daddy Mathieu
Rouletabille
Gilandier
Robert Darzac
Paris
Milo
Stangerson
Glandier
Mille. Stangerson
Mme. Stangerson
Mile. Stangerson
Sod M. Largap
Larsan
Mademoiselle
M. Rochetabille
M. Darzac
Boudoir
M. Stangereon
Mile
Daddy Jacques
Frederic Larson
Mathieu
Rouletabille Tracks Suspect in Glandier Mystery
In the chateau intrigue, Rouletabille and an American named Arthur Rance intersect with Mlle Stangerson’s case. Rance, a famed American phrenologist, defends his stay awaiting the wounded lady’s recovery while suspicion falls on Robert Darzac. The pair plan a careful late-evening move through the gallery to trap a likely killer.
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Stangerson
Stangersons
Frederic Larson
Rouletabille
America
Mlle. Stangerson
Larsan
Rance
Robert Darzac
Yellow Room
M. Stangerson
M. Darzac
M. Joseph Ro
Sainte Genevieve
Rouletbille
Professor Stangerson
Lancaster Literary Society debate echoes medical illness and fishing tale
Atchison Globe reports the Lancaster Literary Society meeting on Saturday night debated the resolution about a man lying more about his sickness than about a fish story. The exchange highlighted truth and storytelling across personal suffering and recreation.
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Lancaster Literary Society
Atchison Globe
Discoverer Carter Echoes Inquiries On Royal Portraits
A London art expert, Mr. J Purvis Carter, touts new finds from Montreal and Fredericton amid doubt. The Fredericton Mail cites The Lives of the Judges of New Brunswick arguing the Fredericton portraits of King George II and Queen Charlotte likely come from Allan Ramsay or Philip Reinagle, not Sir Joshua Reynolds, supported by stylistic similarities and prior royal commissions.
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J. Purvis
Perves) Carter
Montreal
Thomas More
Albrecht Durer
George Iit
Queen Charlotte
Joshus Reynolds
Fredericton
N.B
Carter
New Brunswick
King George II
Legislative Assembly
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Allan Ramsay
Ramsay
Rome
Philip Reinagle
Reinagle
Oxford England
National Gallery
London
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Climate gains praise from Canadian meteorologist in London
R F Stupart, director of Canada's meteorological service, tells a London interviewer that the Canadian climate is an asset and outlines station coverage from Northern Alberta to the Arctic coast. He says grain may ripen toward the Arctic circle and describes winds and rain in the east, with favorable settlement conditions westward in the Mackenzie region.
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Red Deer Recenity
London
Eng
R. F. Stupart
Canada
Splendid Meteorological Service
Stupart
England
Earl Grey
Hudson Bay
Mackenzie River
Alberta
Arctic Coast Line
Arctic Circle
North Country
Dominion
Jamaica-born Pioneer Shapes Winnipeg Street
In early Winnipeg a Jamaica born resident William Gomez da Fonseca advocated public improvements at a meeting. A local rival jokingly called him fresh from Jamaica, but Fonseca retorted that he was fresher from Jamaica than the heckler. Fonseca Street became a Prairie Capital thoroughfare.
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Winnipeg
William Gomez da Fonseca
Jamaica
Fonseca
Artemus Ward
Mr. Fonseca
Prairie Capital
Birthplace stone marks Goldwin Smith at 15 Friar Street
A plaque on the front of 15 Friar Street, near Town Hall and St. Lawrence's Church, identifies the house as the birthplace of Professor Goldwin Smith. The tablet lists his birth date as August 2 124 and his death in Toronto on June 7, 1910.
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Professor Goldwin Smith
Reading
Friar Street
Town Hal
St. Lawrence's Church
Profesa” Goldwin Smith
D.C.L
Toronto
Maxim exposes Tomson medium test in cabinet weighing
Sir Hiram Maxim describes a staged materialization in his laboratory to expose Mrs Tomson. He details a rigged sequence with tights and a headpiece, flowers and a snake concealed on entry and exit, and insists weighing by scales proves the deception.
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Hiram Maxim
Tomson
Tomsons
Inventive Dundonald line traces naval and military feats
The Earl of Dundonald, Gold Stick-in-Waiting, serves as colonel of the 2nd Life Guards and joined in the Nile expedition. A Boer War anecdote shows his sharp temper and pity for a fallen foe. The family earned fame for industrial and engineering breakthroughs including salt extraction, undersea tunnelling, and a gun carriage for rapid fire guns.
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Earl of Dundonald
2Nd Life Guards
Dundonald
Ladysmith
Erick
Napoleon
Basque Road
Early British Yachting and the Smuggler Connection
Yachting began in earnest about a century ago as pirate cutters prowled British waters and risked landless raids. Earliest yachts resembled revenue cutters or smugglers, with Charles White noted for building fast pairs one for the Government and one for smugglers to claim premiums.
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England
Charles White
Cocoanut Pickers in Trinidad Paid 9 Cents per Thousand
Cocoanut pickers in Trinidad receive nine cents per thousand nuts picked, with higher rates possible for taller trees. The payment scheme reflects plantation labor practices and wage incentives in the region.
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Trinidad
The Indian Policeman in the Jungle Provinces
European officers bear the brunt of policing in India with long hours and perilous duties. The text describes constant threats from dacoits thieves and man eating tigers as well as hostile local populations. It notes the strain of policing vast districts with few white officers and unreliable native constables.
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Punjab
Khan
Demasking the Great Seal Ceremony Details
The Great Seal replacement involves a Privy Council meeting with the King present. The new seal is placed on the table and declared the Great Seal, then kept by the Lord Chancellor. The old seal is demasked by punctures to mark it unusable, a change from the old practice of cutting it into four quarters.
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Privy Council
England
Western Australia debated settlement plan for Russian Jews
The London Jewish Chronicle reports WA government weighing a proposal to buy vast land to settle a million Russian Jews, alarming given WA’s 1901 population of 144,124 and only 5,000,000 Jews in the Russian Empire. The idea would drastically alter local demography and culture.
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London Jewish Chronicle
Western
Autralia
Western Australia
Russian Empire
X Rays For Consumption Highlight Hospital Findings
London radiographers report X rays as indispensable in treating consumption. Over 1,000 patients studied show X rays locate the most active disease area, aiding targeted treatment at Guy's Hospital and other major London centers.
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London
Guy's Hospital
Kerr Retires After Twenty-Six Years with CPR
Robert Kerr passenger traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific retires after twenty six years with the company. He is succeeded by C E F Ussher of Niagara Falls who rose rapidly through the ranks. Ussher, abstemious and industrious, brings merit as the key qualification for the important railway post.
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Robert Kerr
C.P.R
Niagara Falls
Mr. Ussher
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.K
Tees
Sir William van Horne
Lori Mouhr Stephen
Lord Strathcona
Mr. Kerr
C.p.lr
Cc. E E. Ussher
Montreal
C. E. F Ussher
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Great Western
Canadiana Pacific
Ussher
Canada
Reminiscences of an Anglican Vicar Bustling Bishop Tale
Mr. Kegan Paul recalls a humorous clergy anecdote from Clapham where a bishop pretends to remember a forgotten Dr. The chaplain overhears and the bishop admits he remembered only the grey hairs on the coat. The tale satirizes sincerity in church leadership.
Knowledge versus Theory in a Western Buffalo Tale
A political anecdote revived for campaigns contrasts two prospectors facing a lone buffalo bison. One hides in a tree, the other dives into a cave. The cave seeker's partner urges him to stay inside, and reveals the cave holds a bear, not a safe refuge.
Rain Hats In Korea Farmers Wear Immense Rain Hats
Korean farmers wives wear gigantic rain hats during fields work in the rainy season. These coverings can reach seven feet in length and five feet in breadth, protecting the body as well as an umbrella.
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Korea
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Darrac
Mr. Arthur Rance
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Rouletsidile
Rouletabillie
Arthur Rance
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Philadelphia
Stanzersons
New World
Sir Thomas More
Goldwin Smith
Psychics
Chot
Demasking the Great Seal
Australia
Kerr
C. E. E. Ussher
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