Secret of the Plandered Safe Chapter I
At the Fauvel Bank Prosper Berfamy reports the safe robbed of three hundred thousand francs. The banker M. Fauvel suspects Prosper while M. de Clameran pressures payment. A commissary and detective begin to probe with M. Panferiot noting a fresh scratch on the safe lock.
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Fauvel Bank
Rue de Provence
Seana
Ble
Cavaillon
Prosper Berfamy
Cavallion
Mat
Prosper
Bertomy
Andre Fauvel
Monsieur
Bank of France
M. Faure
Moneleor
Proper
M. de Clameran
M. Fpauvel
Monalour
France
Geotleman
M. de Clamerim
hLowever
M. Panferiot
M. Fauvel
Ted
M. Fanferrot
Tewan
Fanferrot
Fanferlot
Madeline
New Feats in Medicine Humility and Hopes
A Harper Weekly excerpt notes doctors urge skepticism about newspaper reports on medical progress. It discusses surgery on kidneys for Bright's disease, comparing new operations to eye or duplex-organ repairs, and warns lay readers not to expect immediate cures as experiments continue.
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Lia Mates
Hia
Bright
Burgeona
Itla
Harper's Weekly
Artful Jane and the Mistletoe Incident
A Cleveland dealer item mocks Jane Bummers as artful, noting a dried mistletoe tuft in a man’s back collar after he dined with Mr Cobb. The quip plays on clever ladies and social mischief, reflecting local humor and character sketches from the period.
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Jane Bummers
James Russell Lowell Keepsake on Monuments and Memory
Poem fragment reflecting on mortality and memory through a tree as a living monument. The author notes how places retain a trace of souls passed, evoking permanence of nature over human names and the grace left in the earth.
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James
Jamen Russell Lowell
Lottery Temptation Tests Honest Man and Wife
James Lanning, a mechan ic with a mortgage on a modest home, contemplates buying a lottery ticket for twenty dollars to win a large prize and pay off his debt. His wife Hannah opposes gambling, arguing it harms others. she urges earning honestly. He wrestles with the idea but buys no ticket, torn between desire and moral caution.
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Ames Lanning
James
Isa
Hannah
Hannah Lanning
Burney
James Lanning
Hemly
Ebort
Janie Lawsley
Ional
Abedil Sor
Wan
Vale
Ile
Thorne
Kim
Hlim
Satia
Life Bank
Kowae
Ilin
Hitle Bank
Grodne
Fleet
Hannah Lancing
Lottery Temptation Ends in Ruin and Redemption
James Lanning bets on a lottery, loses twenty dollars and becomes obsessed with winning. He funds the gamble with mortgage money, hides the risk from his wife Hannah, and after repeated losses discovers the truth. He confesses, mortgages foreclose, and with Hannah’s support they recover, repay the debt, and vow to remember the dangers of the temptations that nearly ruined them.
Japan’s Emerging Journalism Gains On War News
The piece notes how war reporting spurs sensational extras on Western style papers in Japan and abroad. It highlights swift growth of journalism, English columns, and rising newspaper circulations near 100,000, predicting Japan’s journalism will keep pace with national progress.
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Mogushta
Japan
What He Took Comfort In
Noah finds solace as the ark lands and recalls there is one comfort left no wall can erase the memory of the storm thirty years ago. He unships the cargo in New York Tribuna.
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Rothachild
Monalour
Monsieur
Madeline
Sona
Noah
New York
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By Emile Gaboriau
M. Faevel
Anselme
Proeper
Mademoiselle
Crowper
Inily
M. Fanvel
M. Fannferrot
Artful Jane
the Living Landmark
May
Rowse
Young Lanning
Hanoah
Ilaviah Lanning
Theowae
Llere
Hut Howe
Tim
Ban Banda
Waverley Magazine
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