The Cipher in the Book A Parisian Antiquarian Cipher Mystery
In Dijon a collector Eustache Loriot and his wife spar over an iron mask rumor and a cipher hidden in a copy of Daphnis and Chloe. The key is found using red hyphens and yellow dots, revealing letters that spell a lovers telegram. The book is burned during an argument, erasing the cipher and crucial documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dijon
Eustache Loriot
Tribunal
China
St. Marguerite
Bastille
Hustache Loriot
Guartier Des Grangettes
Loriot
Frederic Simonnet
Des Armoises
Mme. Loriot
Fradari¢ Simornet
Simonnet
Leriot
Aod
Eustace Loriot
Moncieur
Daphnis
Chloe
Monsieu
Eustache
Andre Theuriet
Odds and Ends from the Nation and World
A roundup of curiosities and brief items: Cleveland reports 75 electric motor cars and Johnstown a 51 saloon directory. New York sees a real estate boom with over 193 million dollars in deals over the past six months. London laborers strike money, Australia sent 100000. Brady, two years in Auburn prison, invented cost-saving machinery for the state. The Lincoln assassination flag rests in the treasury, and the Polaris chronometer, recovered after four years in Arctic snow, keeps precise time. A Tom’s River farmer grows two bushels of potatoes from a single tuber’s seed. Capt. Cauldwell ties big fish to his boat. a seven-foot snake tows a boat during a chase. Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised by a mother for curing her nearly blind son’s scrofula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Johnstown
New York
London
Australia
Brady
Auburn
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Treasury Department
Navy Department
Ponletoren
Tom’s River
N. J
Jane
Capt. Cauldwell
Lake Erie
The Women and Their Ventures Across Homes and Cities
A collage of notices and anecdotes about women from Harriet Beecher Stone to Lucy Stone, Misses Morosini and Wilson, and the widow of Richard Proctor. Includes career milestones, lectures, appointments, travel plans, fashion acts, medical graduates, and a medical remedy advert. Also mentions a few domestic tips and a local dancing academy reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Beecher Stone
Lucy Stone
Henry S. Kimball
West Philadelpia
Emily Crawford
Paris
Baroness Content
Africa
Morosini
Wilson
United States
Saratoga
Richard A. Proctor
Miles Well
Czernovieg
Vienna Medical University
Joanna Baker
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
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Bean
Kissible
Gace Aeek
Muncey’s Weekly
Boston
Uncle Banabit
Himealine
Charley
Charles
Fred
Marie
Mamma
Freddie
Pana
San Francisco Chronicle
Browning
Odds and
Hood
Piedmont, W. Va
Bobby
wVeyvcols
Eagle
Washington-st
Sremamche
School For Dancings
D. B. Brenneke
Pennsylvania St
Neldiers
Columbia, Lud
Edmondson
Winslow
Grand Opera House
Grittan Donnelly
Amy Ames
Frank Deshon
J.H. Emmett
Tele Joe
Fritz
Fourteenth Street Theater
Pennsylvania-st
Mtg. Co
N.Y
Taz Sun
Iren
Traveler's Register
Union Station
South Illinois Street
Coaast and
West
Indianapolis Union Station
Daily City Licket
Jackson Place
Tue
Swift Specific Co
Drewer 3
Atlanta, Ga
Hdmondson Optical Association
Comstock’s Jewelry Store
Wast
Washington St
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit
Bost
Pennsylvania Lines
Indels
Panhandle Routh
Legge
Pittsburg
Cpm
Richlard
Columbus
Ees. Se
DAO Art
Pitts
Dally
Richin’d
Ste
Chicago
Chgo
Northwest
Soooth
Louisville
South
Southwest
Cairo
Vincennes
Pone
Wamdalia
ST. Louis
Leava
Arenta
B. Laring
Passargzar Anent
Whatstonish You
Carland
Isi
Indiana
Trisl
Bradley, Holton & CG
Has
NEW York Steam Dental Company
A. P. Herron
Marydor
Adays
Malydor Mfg. CO
Ward Bros
E.washingtor &J
C.h.shad &Co
Washington & Noble
Wilcox
Cincinnati
Wal
East
T. Wayne
Dayton
Rapids
North
N. Y
St, Louis
St Louis
Kan
Opt
Ants
Malloon
St. L
Haute and Mattoon
Pitt
J. H. Mantin
D. Pla Sa
F.M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia
F.C, Fowler
M Moodus
Gonn
Topsali
Sidon
Hopital
Address
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Browning & Son
E.wash-St
Midonty
The
Trans Chemical Co
Ohio
Incraham
Amsterdam
DR. Dyer & Co. A
TH Park
Drogvists
Ee Gun WA
Phydigan
Gun Wa
Gua Wa
Us N A
W. Washington ST
Alaska
Frank A. Blanchard
Undertaker
Pennsylvania
East Washington ST
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