Alpine Escape Ends In Avalanche Tragedy
A Italian guardian pursues Theresa Attanasio and her lover Giovanni Fabioni across the Alps from Lake Como to the St Gothard pass. As they reach a Swiss pocket, an avalanche buries Rizzu to a fatal end while the couple marries at Theresa’s home.
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Alps
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Como
Milan
Lake
Signor Attanasio
Theresa
Signor Rizgiuto
Rizguto
Giovanni Fabioni
Rizzuto
Switzerland
Giuseppi
Elena
Locarno
Lake Maggiori
St. Gothard Pass
Giovanni
Disturbing Albert Never Stops Pianist From Playing
A pianist moves into a new apartment and a tearful woman begs her not to play until a dog named Albert recovers. The janitress reveals Albert is not a boy but the dog, yet the pianist resumes playing, showing her kindness endures.
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Albert
New York Press
Humankind and Animals and Odd Historical Snippets
A collection of short items: Burroughs on animal behavior and cruelty. a 1650 English law fining swearing by social rank. London life quotes on keeping up appearances. a humorous exchange about proposals. and a note on a vividly colored South American vulture.
Diggs Praises Wife Performer Then Tells Dramatic Stage Joke
The dialogue shows Biggs urging Diggs to leave, Diggs praising his wife as a wonderful vocalist who can hold an audience for hours. He says she would cradle and rock a baby to sleep after a strong performance. A manager and dramatist banter follows about lifelike action and killing off characters.
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Diggs
Biggs
Fond Mother Confirms Son’s Smoking Permission Questioned
A humorous exchange as a mother asks if her son’s father forbids smoking. The boy replies that his father allowed only a little and once told him not much. The vignette captures youth attitudes toward smoking with a dated, witty tone.
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America
Sensitive Conscience Between Carries and Wilkins
In a terse exchange, Carrie-Goodness avoids addressing Wilkins. Belle-No refuses to spin a tale yet notes Wilkins has not returned, leaving the situation unresolved and tense.
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Carrie
Wilkins
Belle
A Woman's Vengeance in Venice's Sixteenth Century
Bianca Mancini seeks vengeance after her brother is slain by Leonardo Donadio. She uses a staged fencing encounter to draw Donadio into a duel and kills him, avenging her brother with a blade that seals her choice to strike and vanish.
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Mancini
Venice
Bianca
Leonardo Donadio
St. Mark’s Square
Grand Canal
St. Mark's
Signorina
Rialto
Donadio
Naples
Signor Donadio
Bianca Mancini Donadio
Rome
Donacho
Donadlo
Milk in the Cocoanut Explained by West Indian Sailor Custom
A New York Sun correspondent cites Captain Marryat to explain the saying This accounts for the milk in the coconut. In West Indies practice bumboat women bring coconuts as sailors board ships. A coconut set aside for officers contains milk, while coconuts for sailors had their milk removed and replaced with rum, a pattern observed in all such coconuts.
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New York Sun
Marryat
West Indies
Placing of Building Stone and Quarry Planes
The article explains three fracture planes used by quarrymen the rift grain and head and how bed inclination affects stone placement in building. It notes that stone blocks may not align with natural bed due to inclined beds and imperfect rules.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Softening the Blow in a Virginia Household
A Virginia woman, ill and distressed, is told by her colored servant Cora that her mother’s cousin endured the same illness and died easily. The mistress rebukes the servant for sharing such tales. Cora, frightened, tries to soften the report by noting the cousin died “mighty easy.”
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Cora
Austrian eagle joke and rifle shooting tips from old papers
A six year old confronts a father over an Austrian eagle label in a zoo, insisting the bird has one head. a compilation of period anecdotes and guncraft advice follows, including rapid firing rifle technique and a mother's quip about pardon efforts for a murder convict.
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Zole
Papa
Gwan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Headstrong and Extravagant Family Quips
Dialogue and quips unfold a domestic comic scene with Mrs Homer and Mrs Neighbor debating headstrong husbands and nourishment habits while a child dreams of extravagance. A humorous pairing ends with a pun about choosing between two evils or goods.
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Homer
Neighbor
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