Spectral La Tulipe Recalls a Paris Homeward Tale
Anatole France frames a late night visitation by a tiny leaden soldier who recalls a 1793 Paris tale. Julie hides letters from a hunted writer as guards search for treachery, a suspenseful flash of courage amid revolutionary peril. The old story connects to an imagined baron, a gendarmerie colonel, and a doomed exile.
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Anatole
France
Tanagra
Myrion
Uberty
Alck
la ‘Tulipo
Louia XVI
la Tuupe
Paris
Agin
Flnes
Julie
Sidney
Citoyenne
Versailles
Les Annalee Politiques
Nicteraira
J. Twitabell Madison
Wis
Negritos and Igorrote Legends On Luson Island History
Fragment from a colonial-era account describes Negrito people as a primitive, headhunting group on Luson. Tales recount Tokong’s raids, beheadings, and the belief that carrying heads preserves souls. Igorrotes govern in rancherias and practice head taking, ritualized warfare, and matriarchal myths.
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Luson
Malay Archipelago
Istand
Tokong
Sihops
Diamonds In United States Share of World Output
The United States uses more than five eighths of world diamond production. In two years the total advance on small stones has been 90 percent, and no large stones 6 percent.
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United States
Uncle Jerry’s Pretty Well Praise God Prank
A Millville tale finds Artful Drummer challenging locals with a bet over Uncle Jerry’s greeting. Seven villagers raised sixteen dollars, wagers covered when Jerry arrived, delivering his usual greeting and earning a dollar an hour for his two hours of posing with the line.
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Uncle Jerry
Millville
Jerry
Crawford
Yass
Yans
Sugar as a Stimulant Advises Its Liberal Diet
A Madison Square Garden physical culture show aims to prove sugar’s value as a powerful stimulant and nerve builder. A New York Press report quotes a teacher praising sugar for flesh gain or loss, noting miners, Swiss mountaineers, and harvesters who rely on sugar, while downsizing initial concerns and urging exercise to counter any downsides. The piece also includes unrelated items on wealth, corruption, and a vivid salmon-hatchery scene near Mill Creek with millions of eggs and free fish for spawning visitors.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Klondike
Mill Creek
Redding
San Francisco
New Bed Lift and Horse Control Inventions Featured
A German windlass bed changer would lift and suspend a patient for linen changes, keeping the body level during transfer. Seattle inventors promote a curb and hub mounted device to curb runaway horses by pulling the head down with a corded reel. Also notes on sedges and grass-like plants with triangular stems and sharp edged leaves.
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August Galser
Oberndorf
Germany
Samuel W. M
George L. Kollock
Seattle
Wash
Conaluta
Ines
Carex
Yale
Washington Star Quote on Humour and Trust
A Washington Star quotation notes that the American people dislike being humbugged. A sturdy patriot responds with a wry admission that when someone clever enough to fool others appears, people tip their hats in acknowledgment.
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Saint-Germain Fair
Obs de Chambre
Jule
Brichaut
Christian Petrie
Floral
Kop
Frog
Cupid
Te Nedka
Alwaye
Frances
Hank Spink
Boston Herald
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