Corsican Vendetta Sparks Rescue in Bond and Flight
Wealthy American Barnes rescues English lieutenant Anstruther and Corsican bride Merna from a vendetta. They flee by sea to Marseilles then Corsica, where Merna’s note to Barnes reveals he is targeted. They plan a risky escape across rugged Corsican terrain aided by Marina as their ally and guide.
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Burton H. Bernes
London
Alarseilles
Merina
Barnes
Nick Chartes
Enid
la Belle Blackwood
Elijah Emo
Anstruther
Marina
Corsica
Marin
Hasband
Jonsieur
Signore Barnes
New York
Bocog- Bano
Bernardo Saliceti
Bemes
Volla
Madame
Jook
Mrr
Burien H. Barnes
Tedds
Derling
Thompson
Danella
Warres
Saliceti
Gery
Sato
Studner
Leboeuf
Wonsieur
Madame Anstruther
Edwin
Ajaccio
de Belloc
Bocegrano
Iroorers
Gragona
Bocagnano
del Oro
Felix
Monsieur
Graham
Villefranche
Tomasso Monaldi
Sagone
Vico
Monte Rotondo
Monte del Oro
Mandalina
Sisaere Saliceti
Poliing Booth
France
Universal calculating machines in a village shop scene
A merchant questions a salesman about a calculating machine's value. The seller demonstrates with a financial puzzle about leghorn chickens, coop costs, feed, and a claim of profit or loss. The outcome shows a loss of 3126.80, then the merchant agrees to buy two machines for farming calculations.
Vision and eyes in daily life and style
The article muses on eye posture and perception, noting how turning the head limits eye movement and describing varying eye types from open honest eyes to the small ferret eyes of a detective, highlighting how eyes convey emotion and intent in everyday scenes.
Butcher’s Inference From the Austrian Kaiser
Emperor Francis Joseph rides into a village and asks a butcher for directions. The butcher, eager for a sight, asks if the monarch has been seen recently. The Kaiser replies he should know him well as a court barber who shaves him. The butcher realizes the truth and reacts in awe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Joseph
Hutcher
Sensation in murder trial shocks Belleville court
Clyde Gant faced murder charges in circuit court as his would be wife testified she is not his wife, naming herself Cora Simpson. The bombshell undermined the defense’s unwritten law claim. George H. Sorman, polo player and gunboat Gloucester officer, died after surgeries and pneumonia. A rejected lover killed Bessie Graham and then shot himself in Minnesota, witnessed by children.
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Clinton
Snell
Lara Hamilon
E. A. Hamilton
Thomas Snell
Belleville
Circuit Cours
Clyde Gant
Henry Dickerman
Gant
Cora Simpson
Cervera
Boston
George H. Sorman
Brookline
Newport
Gloucester
Admiral Cervera
Corey Hill
Brockiine
Norman
Twiece
Park
Minn
Bessie Graham
Carserville
Here
Jover
Charles Soidh
Boldt
Trust Laundries Fined and Dissolved After Guilty Plea
Eleven Cincinnati laundries pleaded guilty to organizing a price fixing combine. Each was fined 50 dollars plus costs. The trust agreed to dissolve and indictments against laundry proprietors were nolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Newton Edmunds Dies Ex-Governor and Bank President
Newton Edmunds of Yankton South Dakota former Dakota territory governor and president of the Yankton National Bank died here Thursday of paralysis at age 82. His long public career included leadership in territorial affairs and banking in Yankton. The funeral arrangements were to be announced by local authorities.
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Newton Edmunds
Yankton
S. D
Dakota Territory
Yankton National Bank
Farm Home Grounds Beauty and Landscape Advice
Advice on planning farm dwellings and grounds emphasizing curved drives, grouped buildings, and gradual landscaping. Encourages long term view, fixed plans, and varied evergreens and shrubs to frame the home while preserving air flow and views. Advocates lawns, fruit trees, and screening for attractive, sustainable grounds.
Flea Control In Households And Pet Care Advice
Fleas spend their adult life on animals but larvae develop in bedding kennels and dusty spaces. Adults reproduce without blood meals. control by bathing pets with carbolic soap, dusting cats with pyrethrum, and cleaning rooms thoroughly. Use gasoline in cracks after floors dry, keep disturbed areas clean, and regularly expose pet bedding to sunlight to reduce larvae and pupae. Also warns against using milk strainers in pails to avoid contaminated milk.
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Mr. Barnes
Archibald Clavering Gunner
Mr. Ames
Jas, Potter
Texas
Boca
Machine
Merchant
Bial
Gol. Snell
Rouse
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