The Veiled Butterfly Eludes A Royal Fortune
In a tale set in New York and Central America, Marcia captivates society with her beauty and silver butterflies while a Spanish proprietor and a hidden mine drive a cryptic plot. Robert Hayden pursues a gold mine linked to a lost Spanish family as a fortune teller hints at Marcia’s secret ascent.
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York
Africa
Marcia
Robert Hayden
America
Noma
Robert
New York
Howard Chandler Ty
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Ashers
Duchess of Marlborough Lives Quiet East Kent Life
The Duchess of Marlborough has moved to Dunkirk near Canterbury to live among hop growers and farmers for two years at Berkeley on Boughton Hill. She keeps early hours and spends days driving walking and reading, accompanied by Lord Ivor Churchill. Locals and hop pickers who recall her past charity greet her presence and visit the hop gardens.
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London
Dunkirk
Canterbury
Faversham
Duchess of Marlborough
East Kent
Boughton Hill
Berkeley
Lord Ivor Churchill
East End
Codex Medicamentarius Revised by French Doctors
A French medical commission unveils a revised Codex Medicamentarius listing official medicines. The edition cuts many old remedies while adding few new ones, raising questions about cures declared obsolete since 1895.
Roosevelt to bequeath vast program in farewell address
The article argues President Roosevelt may issue a broad legislative program in a farewell message, touching on inheritance taxes and income taxes, aiming to curb wealth concentration. It notes the treasury deficit and looming need for revenue, suggesting Congress will face a heavy agenda.
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Ralph Whiteside
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Roosevelt
Legislative
Twelve Men Take A Laughing Plunge In Paris Dining Room
In Paris a private dining room scene ends with twelve well dressed men ordered wine and a note to the police. After long revelry they wake in a police station believing champagne caused the blackout and the artists depart with sore heads.
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Paris
Rambuteau
Cannibal Claims From Africa Journey
Lieut.-Col. R. G. T. Bright reports from a two month trek into Africa that Ppigmy tribes along the Semliki River are cannibals who refuse to eat their own children and instead threaten neighboring families for food.
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London
R. G. T. Bright
Africa
Semliki
Bavarian Lithographic Stone Rivalry Prompts Kentucky Quarry Claim
A Meade county Kentucky firm touts a true lithographic stone quarry with a 914-foot ledge, claiming worldwide demand and potential 80 to 500 percent dividends. The ad asserts expert endorsements, recent production for Courier-Journal, and stock offered at par to fund plant expansion while warning against false finds elsewhere.
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Bavaria
Kentucky
Meade County
United States
Joseph A. Kapp
Robert Mayer & Co
New York City
Louisville
Albert Scott
South
Mexico
Cuba
Canada
South America
Courier-Journal Job Printing Company
Homestake
Amalgamated Copper Company
Amalgamated
Solnhofen
Brandenburg
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Aughess
Lark Shoge Paris
Tellmate
W. R. Waters
German Lithographic Stone Co
Kenyon Building
WM. R. Waters
WM. Robt
Lee Johnson
D. L. Billings
W. T. Durrett
Louisville Trust CO
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