Inevitable intrigue on a convict ship at night
On a mail ship, Captain Blunt grows wary of Sarah Purfoy a mysterious maid. Maurice Frere and Purfoy share guarded affection as a fire light reveals a distant ship in distress Frere orders boats to aid captives while Pine suspects Purfoy of secret intent. Sarah heals a sick prisoner in the lower deck amid tense loyalties.
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Pine
Captain Blunt
Sarah Purfoy
Blunt
Vickers
Phineas Blunt
Mr. Frere
Maurice Frere
Sarah
Maurice
Frere
Mrs. Vickers
Sylvia
Mr. Best
Rufus Dawes
No. 10
Miles
Man Lives on Ten Dollars a Year Near Mirror Lake
Civil War veteran George Skinner has inhabited a Wisconsin log cabin near Mirror Lake for forty years on ten dollars yearly. He fishes daily, stores vast barrels of salted fish, cans garden produce, and survives winter from the previous harvest. He travels by a self made boat nicknamed the flying machine and spends his remaining funds on tobacco hooks and clothing. Six thousand people sleep in London each night.
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Mirror Lake
Wisconsin
George Swinner
St. Louis Republic
Skinner
Delton
In Memory of the Lost at Sea at Plonbarlanec
In the coastal village of Plonbarlanec near Paimpol a churchyard wall named le mur des disparus bears wooden memorials for drowned fishermen never recovered. White tablets mark unmarried sailors, black mark married men, as women pray after mass for their lost husbands brothers or sons and the hardships of a fisherfolk life.
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Plonbarlanec
Paimpol
St. Brieuc
Iceland
Early 20th Century Scientific Notes and Art Fraud Tale
The report surveys a French wood preservative and ship lubrication ideas, ant recognition via antenna, ballooning safety stats from Germany, an ice age projection, a pendulum throttle device, mountain sickness research in Mont Blanc, avian longevity and a Vienna vulture, acetylene and oxy hydrogen flame temps, and a Paris art fraud case where false Chapin and Ziem paintings were exposed after a bogus receipt linked to Count del Drago.
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H. Peiron
Germany
Robert Ball
Europe
America
Guillemark
Moog
Mont Blanc Observatory
Humboldt
South America
Zoological Gardens
Vienna
England
Osity Shop
Rue de
Provence
Cosmopolitan
Chapin
Henner
Ziem
Boucher
Louvre
Count del Drago
Fresnes
Paris Picture Trade Tricks Swindle Art Buyers
A London Standard report says a tenth correctional court case in Paris centers on falsified pictures in the Paria market. A Frenchman with a Spanish name and an Italian with a French name allegedly ran a curio scheme, deceiving buyers in the art trade.
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Paria
London Standard
A Young Lawyer’s Pride And A Fiery Earl In Debate
A Washington Post vignette shows a middle aged lawyer leaving a firm after a tense confrontation with a boss who dismissively warns him not to slam the door. It closes with Lord Wemyss in the Lords striking the Prince of Wales’s hat with his fist amid a heated speech.
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Washington Post
Earl of Wemyss
Prince of Wales
House of Lords
Duke of Cornwall
Lord Wemyss
Lord Elcho
Pearson’s Weekly
One Two Three Four Cake adapts to Lee in New England tale
Mrs Greene recalls the old One Two Three Four Cake with butter sugar flour and four eggs. Grace Lee’s Chinese cook changes the name after Lee learns to bake by watching. Lee’s simple method and cultural clash spark a grandmotherly laugh and a quick title change.
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New England
Lee
How the Chef Is Trained in Ten Hard Years
A Philadelphia Bulletin account outlines the chef’s path from apprentice to master. Starting as a vegetable cook, then raw meat study, then range work, the trainee learns soups, sauces, and desserts over ten years. Wages rise from board to 25 dollars weekly up to 150.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Harness trade idea sparks local reflection on mail order
A newspaper man from a neighboring state suggests mail order firms disrupt local business. An associate recalls a Chicago house sending harness by freight, prompting debate on advertising and keeping profits in town. The reader notes the town has no harness shop and laments limited local retail exposure.
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Chicago
House
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Brittany
Paris
King
Hearts and Spades
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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