The Witch of Monte Garlo Chapter Seventh
In a naval melee Jones and Merrick evade rough sailors on a moonlit beach. Merrick discovers Constance Dare aboard a steam yacht with Sir Lionel Dare posing as her guardian. Jones and Merrick plan to rescue Constance as intrigue and danger swirl around the Italian coast.
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Jones
Teuton
Nonce
Mark
Jackies
Jerusalem
Stromby
Leon
Constance
The
Dares
Sir Lionel
Jupiter
Sir Lionel Dare
Miss Millions
Constance Dare
Lionel
Widow Repurposes Funeral Firm Letter Into Insight
A Brooklyn widow, given an undertaker's advertising circular, responds with wit noting her brother died in Philadelphia last year and suggesting they write to his family. The item ends with reflections on plain duties becoming beautiful and a proverb about clarity.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wit and wisdom from a wedding present and views on women
A humorous column on marriage and women recounts playful maxims about wives and husbands. It notes women as walking dolls with pianograph attachments, jokes on proposals, and the idea that men blame or praise partners based on success. It concludes with reflections on love and perception.
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Supreme Court
Kate Thysen Marr ends witty advice column
A quirky prose piece counsels caution in marriage and romantic schemes. It frames dating as a mix of foggy sentiment and practical wit, warning against hasty unions and urging clear, level judgments in love.
Scraps of Reflection on Death and Troubled Minds
Fragment from a reflection on human troubles and imagined grievances. The author contemplates how real sorrow meets the moment of death, noting how possessions and small annoyances fade when a loved one passes and life’s true “troubles” are weighed against final farewell.
Fragmented Advice on Social Etiquette and Boundaries
The piece offers cautionary guidance on respectful interaction with women, noting manipulative tactics such as signaling interest through hints, offering patronizing help, and pressuring for payment. It contrasts respectful conduct with entitlement and mentions social dynamics among couples and colleagues.
White race found in Mindanao near 20,000 city
Lieut. L A De Clairmont reports from Pagbilao Mindanao that a wholly white, semi civilized tribe exists in the interior. He says the people are hospitable and skilled, but hostile to outside civilization. A Spanish surgeon allegedly found them 25 years ago and a white lawyer now rules as sultan. The tribal bureau will organize an expedition if health permits.
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L. A. de Clairmont
United States Army
Philippine Scouts
Manila
Mindanao
de Clairmont
Pagbilao
Taijabas
Manuel Castro
Castro
Europe
Government
Tribal Bureau
Philippines
Poor Lo as House Servant
Indian schools across the Southwest have adjourned for summer and students find swift placement as servants. Indian boys excel as cooks while trained girls become maid of all work or even hairdressers, blending native taste with civilized touches. Training fosters servility to paleface teachers, fueling a potential servant-girl solution. Among 45,000 workers from tribes, 3,000 serve in paleface households.
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Southwest
Chicago Chronicle
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims and testimonials hoax
A jumble of patent medicine claims with potential lawyer signatures and a mock testimonial. The text cites F J Cheney and Co of Toledo promising a hundred dollars for cured catarrh, notes on hall’s catarrh cure and hall’s family pills, and includes a dated notary line while mixing in a postal joke about extra stamps.
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Onio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney &Co
Hall
W.G
J. Cheney &Co
Ihe
The Better Half of the United States pamphlet excerpt
A fifty page pamphlet reprints the best portion of The Conquest of Arid America about the irrigated West. It urges western men to share it with eastern friends and offers details for obtaining a copy along with other literature about the San Luis Valley.
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West
America
United States
San Luis Valley
Zeph
Chas
Felt
Boston Building
Denver
Colorado
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