Diamond Bracelet Mystery Deepens in Lady Sarah’s House
In CHAPTER IV a diamond bracelet vanishes from a locked Bramah case amid tense suspicions on Alice and her sister. Lady Sarah, Hughes, and Frances Chenevix search for clues while Alice doubts Gerard Hope, who is shadowed by guilt and anxious to prove his honesty.
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Sarah
Alice
Hughes
Gerard Hope
Frances Chenevix
Lady Sarah
Miss
Fanny
Frances
Thomas
Sir George Danvers
George
Gerard
Lady Frances
Mr. Hope
Tall Eskimos Of King’s Island Said To Be Among World’s Giants
Report from Popular Science News describes King’s Island Eskimos as unusually tall and strong. Women carry heavy loads solo, men and women outrun and outjump rivals, and dwellings are cliffside stone and driftwood huts. Diet is scarce, consisting of carrion fish and sea oil, with long treks between meals.
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Alaska
Innuit
Fraternal Drive and Political Skirmishes Highlight Washington Letter
The Washington Letter notes an auxiliary group forming to aid the McKinley Memorial with fraternal societies and churches aiding Afro Americans in fundraising. It reports a planned bill after Congress resumes to reimburse Pan-American Exposition creditors, and discusses Roosevelt’s interactions with senators, a jewelry fad among New York’s social set, and President Roosevelt’s may be contemplating matters with Speaker Henderson. It also covers Hon. Sereno E. Payne’s role, tariff views, trust questions, and the Hay Whitney wedding date set for February six with ceremony at the Church of the Covenant.
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McKinley National Memorial Association
Cleveland
Masons, Odd Fellows
Knights of Coed Pythias
New York
Senator Platt
Congress
Buffalo
McKinley
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Garfield
Roosevelt
Henderson
New York City
Metropolitan Club
Board of Governors
Sereno E. Payne
Hamilton
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Payne
Babcock
Nicaragua
House
Hay
Miss Helen
Payne Whitney
Church of the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Hamlin
Presbyterian Church
Alice Hay
Dorothy Whitney
Whitney
Rosa Bonheur Death Tale From Harper's Magazine
The piece recalls Rosa Bonheur from Harper's Magazine as she fell ill after braving Paris cold, returned to By where she died of pulmonary congestion. Jules Clarette mourns her loss and honors her life, noting her devotion to animals and the peasantry.
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Harper’s Magazine
Jules Clarette
Rosa Bonheur
Paris
M. Clarette
Milo
Rosa
Marriage status question at theatre audition
The theatrical manager asked an applicant if she was married or unmarried. She replied ununmarried, stating she had been unmarried four times.
New Use for Money and Health Tidbits
Nearly half a billion dollars in worn bank notes are destroyed annually by the government and turned into railroad car wheels. The note contrasts this radical waste with the claim that Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters brings health, promising cures for indigestion dyspepsia constipation biliousness and malaria. A jokey aside mentions a wife’s skepticism about a snowball misstatement.
The Earth’s Fate Under Kelvin and Hutton Debates
Lyell and Hutton's followers once viewed Earth as a perpetual motion under the sun. Lord Kelvin countered with the dissipation of energy, arguing the solar system winds down and the planet will become unfit for human life unless future impossible operations occur.
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Lyell
Hutton
Lord Kelvin
Taxes in European Cities
The piece notes that American life insurance firms in Berlin must invest part of assets in city property and pay taxes over a third of rental receipts, with Vienna taxes higher. It observes European capitals levy sizable charges on real estate, and that such rates are common in major cities, affecting landlords and leases.
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United States
Berlin
Vienna
Legation
Difference In Electric Shocks Sees Shoes Shift Risk
A writer argues that susceptibility to electric shock differ between horses and men mainly due to footwear. The human sole offers high resistance, while horses wear four iron shoes fastened with iron nails, increasing current transfer and danger.
Love letters and last messages placed with Empress died
The Empress Frederick received her late husband Emperor Frederick's love letters and final messages after his death. The letters were placed in the coffin over her heart before it was closed. The piece notes the haunting persistence of the man who could not tell a funny story.
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Frederick
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