Fleeing a Brutal Stepfather Myrtile Finds Escape in Monte Carlo
Myrtile, a unhappy French girl escaping a harsh home and a proposed husband, meets two Englishmen, Lord Gerald Dombey and Christopher Bent. They rescue her, take her to Monte Carlo, and shield her from returning home. Gerald becomes entangled with Pauline de Poniere, while Lady Mary, Gerald’s sister, disapproves of the guardianship.
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Myrtile
Lord Gerald Dombey
Christopher Bent
Monte Carlo
Gerald
Pauline de Poniere
Christopher
Lady Mary
Chris
Ciro’s
Lenore’s
Mary
Two Young Men Clash Over Myrtile in Monte Carlo
Gerald Dombey and Christopher dispute how to dress Myrtile the working girl as they sponsor a daring makeover. Madame Lenore pushes a plan to make Myrtile a sensation while Christopher urges modest attire and a plain future. The pair drift toward a lunch with Myrtile and a tense, evolving relationship unfolds across Riviera scenes.
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Madame Lenore
Gerald
Christopher
Paris
Madame
Mademoiselle
Chris
Myrtile
Monte Carlo
Milord
Monsieur
Moncleur Christopher
Clio's
Buld Gerald
Two Women on a Terrace in a Luxurious Italian Villa
A scene on a wisteria shaded terrace shows Madame de Poniere and Pauline, her reputed niece, amid luxury. Fine Sevres china, lace, silver, and a rose centerpiece set a refined mood as a solitary servant stands nearby, hinting at wealth and controlled atmosphere.
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Wisterba-Covered
Madame de Poniere
Pauline
Avery
Aotion
Wood as Polisher in Swiss and French Watches
An 19th century note describes using rotten wood to polish high grade Swiss and French watches. Machinery and benzine largely replaced this practice, though hand polishing of escape parts and small screws remains common. Annual rotten wood value in Switzerland is about $4,000, with top quality at $1 per pound, seeking a yellowish white silky soft spongy material with visible growth rings.
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Switzerland
History of the Tomato A Love Apple to Commercial Crop
The tomato likely originated in Peru and Mexico in ancient times and was grown ornamentally as the love apple until about 1830. It began commercial development around 1870, with A W Livingston of Columbus, Ohio marketing Trophy. Early cultivation appeared in England by 1696 in hothouses and in Italy by 1812.
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Peru
Mexico
A. W. Livingston
Columbus
Ohio
England
Italy
Daughter Wonders If She May Laugh At Vaudeville
A father promised his small daughter a vaudeville evening if she behaved well. She kept a subdued demeanor all day and asked before leaving if there would be a joke she could laugh at, showing her cautious curiosity about permissible laughter during the show.
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Gerald
Pauline
Riviera
Berkeley Square
Gerald Dombey
France
England
Nice
Poor Innocent Label Seeks Faith in a Naturalist
The Youth's Companion recounts P F Bicknell's note on Fabre the French naturalist. While observing a digger wasp, Fabre remained still from dawn to sunset and three grape-pickers misread his devotion as folly. They crossed themselves, calling him a poor innocent or an idiot, believing he was marked by God.
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Fabre
P. F. Bicknell
Languedoc
Persian Rug Declared Real Art Piece from Persia
A 16 by 11 foot multicolored rug titled Corona tion portrays 160 Persian shahs with meticulous accuracy. Made between 1906 and 1923 by 27 master weavers, it features 1,000 knots per square inch and 25.3 million knots on the linen warp, depicting rulers from ancient times to the World War era. The work was begun for a royal coronation but diverted to New York.
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Persia
Ahmed Mirza
New York
Bagdad
Roosevelt's Arena Credo Inspires Courage Amid Strife
The passage echoes Theodore Roosevelt praising the credit due to the person in the arena not the critic. It extols grit, perseverance, and willingness to risk failure in pursuit of worthy deeds, celebrating zeal over detachment.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Romance of brick towers fascinates Italian legends
The New York Herald Tribune notes bricks shape history while Bologna preserves two medieval brick towers out of about 180 once standing. Legends tell of knights wooing ladies by building taller towers than rivals.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Bologna
Lost Pleiad Stars in Taurus Myth and Light
The Pleiades are a cluster in Taurus prominent in winter skies about 24 degrees north of the equator. Traditionally seven sisters were named Albeyone Merope Celaeno Electra Sterope Asterope Tuygetu and Mala, though six are clearly visible today.
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Taurus
Atlas
Plelone
Albeyone
Merope
Celaeno
Electra
Sterope
Asterope
Tuygetu
Mala
No Change in Status After Neighbor's Wife Elopes
A man’s wife elopes with his neighbor’s husband. The clergyman consoles the deserted husband who remains cheerfully resigned, noting the betrayal by his best friend who persuaded his wife to run away. The husband confirms the friend was the same man.
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Tasband
New Amsterdam Led to New York’s Big Story
The 1624 Walloon led settlement of New Netherland spurred a 1928 bill authorizing 50 cent coins to honor the 300th anniversary. Fort Amsterdam, Fort Orange, and Manhattan’s growth trace to Dutch, Walloon, and Huguenot settlers plus Henry Hudson’s voyage. The narrative links New Amsterdam to modern New York with figures like Jesse de Forest and Peter Minuit.
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House of Representatives
New Netherland
Middle States
Walloons
Dutch East India Company
Anna Curtis Chandler
St. Nicholas
New Nederland
Dutch Republic
Henry Hudson
Holland
Jesse de Forest
Avesnes
France
Robert D. de Forest
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New World
Nieu Nederland
Hudson River
Fort Orange
Albany
Delaware
Connecticut
Manhattan Island
New Amsterdam
Amsterdam
New York
James, Duke of York
Stuart
van Dyck
East India Company
East Indies
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
India
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Manhattan
United New Netherland Company
Bowling Green Park
Fort Manhattan
West India Company
West Indies
Peter Minuit
Peter Stuyvesant
No, sir I quit patronizing the Petunia tavern
Old Riley Reziden declares he will no longer frequent the Petunia tavern complaining the establishment is not kept up to date and that the Palace lumber yard has installed a fine base burner stove in its office attracting a higher grade clientele.
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Myrtile
Milord
Petunia
Old Riley
Tunket
Rile
Palace Lumber Yard
Kansas City Star
Mrs Mildred Melville Mallison Speech Sparks Echoes
Eugenics advocate Mrs Mildred Melville Mallison spoke in Council Bluffs asserting gender double standards. She argued men age and gain weight yet expect wives to stay youthful and attractive, and challenged the fairness of roles when wives snore while men do not.
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Mildred Melvile Mailison
Eugenics Fame
Council Bluffs
Grender
Copper in Africa The last year in copper production surges
The Union Miniere du Haut Katanga in Belgian Congo rose to the top as the leading copper producer with monthly output exceeding any single mine. Further growth is expected with new metallurgical plants planned. Other African copper deposits are also reported.
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Union Miniere du Haut
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Sit
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Villa d’Acacia
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Polisher
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