An Affair of Honor by Thomas R. Dean
Peter Briton, a seventeen year old Civil War veteran, pursues a duel abroad. After insulting a Rome fencing master, he is drawn into a dangerous code clash. His friend Gunter engineers an asylum ruse to save him, culminating in an apology from the famed Castelli.
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Peter Briton
Peter
Europe
London
Paris
Italy
Rome
America
Pater
Gunter
Castelli
Ganter
Kent
Hia Teste
What Gold Beaters Can Do
Gold beaters hammer gold leaves to extreme thinness. 282 000 leaves give an inch thickness, and a single leaf or 40 ging, laid on a surface, appears solid. A book of 1 500 leaves would fit on one common paper leaf, and an octavo volume with 1 600 volumes of 200 pages fits in an inch of book space.
The Wrong Market Joke Quips On Slumps
A light comic exchange features Mrs Newlywed asking about slumps in the market and a butcher’s puzzled reply, illustrating a pun on market terms in a Philadelphia Record cartoon-like joke.
Secret vows linger in married life tale
A couple debates secrecy as they plan to begin their marriage. The bride questions a hidden element, while the groom reassures there is time to decide. The exchange hints at deeper consequences for their future together.
Apes of Gibraltar under Martial Law Protecting a Dwindling Band
The article depicts the Barbary apes on Gibraltar as a highly prized, protected group under martial law. Major leads the tribe and only about twenty survive. Apes relocate with weather, throw stones at soldiers, and avoid human conflict while being beloved by locals.
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Major
Rock of
Gibraltar
Africa
Europe
Focal
New York Press
Pies for the King in England A Royal Gloucester Custom
Gloucester preserves a king presenting pie tradition with lamprey pie sent to Balmoral in 1897. The twenty pound pie featured truffles prawns aspic jelly a crown and scepter with blue streamers. Yarmouth and Norwich share a hundred herrings baked in twenty four pies for the king per ancient custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gloucester
Yarmouth
Norwich
East Clareton
Harper'a
City Council Plans Assessments for La Grande Improvement
An 1911 La Grande notice outlines the south side of Jefferton Avenue improvements from Chestnut to Fourth, with the north half of block 114 in Chaplin’s addition affected. It states a special assessment to fund the project, estimated cost 200 dollars, hearing set for September 20 1911 at 8 pm in the council chamber.
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Jefferton Avenue
Chestnut Street
Fourth Street
Chaplin
la Grande
Oregon
Galtey
la Grande,régon
A Link With Primitive Times
The article discusses ceremonial staffs and maces as descendants of primitive fighting clubs. It notes chiefs carried carved clubs symbolizing prowess and authority, with mentions of the Australian boomering and the Irish shillalab.
Rexall 03 Hair Tonic Promises Hair Recovery
Advertisement for Rexall 03 Hair Tonic claims to repair hair loss through a germicidal antiseptic formula that cleanses, stimulates circulation, nourishes follicles, and removes dandruff. It notes pleasant use, two sizes at 50c and 1.00, with a money back promise if unsatisfied, exclusively at The Rexall Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
City to Proceed With Jefferson Avenue Improvement District
Notice states La Grande Oregon City Council created improvement district No 17 to lay cement sidewalk on Jefferson avenue within the district. After service on affected property owners the council will order the improvement to be made per resolutions adopted in 1909 and 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
la Grande
Oregon
Jefferson Avenue
Ald
City of La Grande to Improve Sixth Street District No 16
Notice of street improvement names resolution dates in 1911 and describes a plan to lay bitulithic pavement on Sixth Street from K avenue to Washington avenue. It lists affected property in Chaplin's addition to La Grande and sets a notice period of ten days for property owners to be served.
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Common Council
la Grande
Oregon
Sixth Street
K Avenue
Washington Avenue
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Thomas R. Dean
Ty Armerida Press
Union County
Apes OF
City Council
C. M. Humphreys
City of
O'Connell
Observer's Coast League
Bae
Corner Depot
Jefferson 8
Galves
George Palmer Lumber Co
Baker Business
Baker Business College
Baker, Oregon
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