Little Miss Millions and the Yacht Intrusion at Nice
In a tense yacht scene at Nice, Merrick defends Constance from Count Leon’s plot with force, seizing an advantage and escaping aboard a Corsican boat. Merrick then ferries Constance to her hotel, where their mutual attraction grows as he recounts his Monte Carlo scheme to expose gambling’s evils.
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Count Leon
Merrick
Sirocco
Sahara
Villebois
Sir Lionel
Jones
Africa
Constance
Mark
Nice
Monte Carlo
Miss Millions
Europe
Jones’ Eyen
Monte Carlo prowlers and the Jones raid begins
In Monte Carlo during the season Jones and Merrick observe a glittering scene of europhile elites. Jones quietly plans a bold raid at the trente et quarante table as Merrick watches and awaits a signal to strike when Constance and other social figures loom nearby.
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Baden Baden
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Jones
Merrick
Constance
South Africa
Bengal
Tropics
David
Goliath
Trente Et Quarante
Quixote
Europe
Count von Zeppelin Ruined by Aeronautical Ventures
Count von Zeppelin, builder of the largest airships, has been financially ruined by his experiments. At 67, he sells aluminum from his old airship frames to fund new projects. He served as a military attache in Washington during the 1860s and led the cavalry raid in France in 1870.
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Count von Zeppelin
Zeppelin
United States
France
Airship to Cross the Sahara by Tunis to Niger Flight
French aeronaut M. Deburaux promotes a Sahara crossing by balloon using regional winds. He says the journey Tunis to Niger is feasible if funding, estimated around $160,000, is raised to build and equip a balloon with passenger capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
France
M. Deburaux
Tunis
Niger
Bishop Offers Gold Chariot For Charity Sale
Dr Theodore Kohn ruler of Olmutz offers his gold chariot and eight horses for sale to raise funds for the poor. The carriage has long been held by the bishopric of Olmutz for centuries.
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Philanthropie
Theodore Kohn
Olmutz
Austria
All Told in One-Syllable Words
A wife burns her man's corpse and hides ash in an urn on the best shelf. She remarries while an ice storm makes the steps slick. She sprinkles the ash on the path to curb slips, then she loves again as she frees one man to earn his keep.
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Heston
New Jersey Board Deliberations Delayed by Long Permit Note
A Boston hotel fire anecdote is tied to a Jersey seat in a tale about Senator Evarts and Secretary Payne of the New Jersey board of riparian commissioners. Payne grants a conditional permit for a 0-foot extension, writing two sentences totaling 288 words, far exceeding a typical word-per-foot ratio.
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Jersey
Boston
Senator Evarts
Payne
New Jersey Board of Riparian Commissioners
Definition of Absent Mindedness in a Will Case
In a will contest a counselor asked a witness for his view of absent mindedness. The witness, noting the decedent was very absent minded, said a man who thinks he left his watch at home and checks his pocket to see time is a truly illusive form of absent mindedness.
Feet as a racial trait and foot shapes across peoples
The article lists various foot shapes by nationality and ethnicity. It describes the French narrow and long foot, Spanish small and arched, Arab high arch, Scottish high, Irish flat, English short and fleshy, and notes differences among Athenians, Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Americans, Russians, and Tartarians, emphasizing racial characterizations.
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Athens
The Better Half pamphlet reprint of arid West classic
A notice praises The Conquest of Arid America and its fifty page reprint The Better Half of the United States urging readers to obtain copies for four cents in stamps through Zeph Chas Pelt 102 Boynton building Denver Colorado The ad also touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as a superior household product with more value per package.
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West
America
United States
San Luis Valley
Zeph
Chas, Pelt
Bovton Building
Denver
Colorado
Wooden Chimney Stack at Mapimi Mexico
A wooden chimney stack 160 feet high operates at Mapimi in Durango Mexico. The interior is lined with corrugated iron and has platforms at intervals to throw water on the wood if it catches fire.
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Mapimi
Durango
Mexico
First colored Amherst graduate Charles H. Moore rises in education
Charles H. Moore, Amherst College class of 1878, has spent his post graduate career in education in North Carolina. For five years he has led the academic department for the colored race at the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Greensboro.
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Amherst College
Charles H. Moore
Moore
North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical College For
Greensboro
Defiance Starch Tops Quality and Value for Housekeepers
Sensible housekeepers choose Defiance Starch for one third more for the same price and superior quality. A vigilance committee leader asks if he has confessed, and the reply notes the confession is not yet given, with plans to string him up again.
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Vigiance Committee
Adam
Multiple Vintage Advertisements and Slogans Collage
A collage of early 1900s ad blurbs and quips including Hails Catarrh Cure price seven cents, Defiance Starch endorsements, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praise, Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets price two cents, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup teething aid, and a remark on earthquakes and hunting customs, with family reunion note from Peapack New Jersey.
Women Students Rise at German Universities
The number of women entering German universities grows with Berlin reporting 865 names signed for the summer term, up from last year. Last winter 611 women studied there, the highest figure yet, while male enrollments stay higher in winter.
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Berlin
French Workingwomen by Occupation Snapshot
More than 6.3 million French women work for their living with 2.7 million in forestry and agriculture including landowners. Industrial jobs employ nearly 2 million, the cloister 120 thousand, the theater about 12 thousand, and liberal professions 138,460.
Life Saving Costume Invented by M Probst
Geneva native M Probst debuts a new rubber life saving costume with a large center opening. The buoyant suit keeps nearly half the body above water when worn, making rescue and flotation easier.
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M. Probst
Geneva
Russian Women Nihilists Propagate Revolutionary Tracts
A spy, Lipyagin, claims over 500 young Russian women roam the country spreading revolutionary socialist ideas and distributing tracts printed on secret presses. They allegedly use disguises to avoid detection.
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Lipyagin
Russia
Kaiser’s American Stocks Holders Amid German Empire Influx
Kaiser owns American Stocks as the German Emperor is said to control almost 3,000,000 invested in Union Pacific and other American railroad shares. The article notes his German investments and the recent collapse of speculation and industry causing losses.
Decorate Lizzie Van Lew Grave with Massachusetts Boulder
The grave of Lizzie Van Lew in Richmond Virginia is reported decorated with a boulder from the Massachusetts statehouse grounds, honoring her remembered stance during the Civil War. The incident ties Virginia grave sites to Northern state symbolism.
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Lizzie van Lew
Richand
Shookoe Hill
Virginia
Maschusetts Statehouse
Cedric to be largest liner afloat on completion
The steamship Cedric, nearing completion at Harland and Wolff in Belfast, is set to surpass all rivals as the world’s biggest liner afloat. She is expected to register at about 21,000 tons.
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Cedric
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Mrs J E O'Donnell Praises Mrs Pinkham For Help
The speaker states she has never given a testimonial before but credits Mrs Pinkham with significant help and provides unsolicited acknowledgement in gratitude. The note underscores appreciation from a Dean Mrs O'Donnell toward the health adviser.
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Dean Mrs. Pinkham
Bicycle thief caught by meter reading in Lon mm
A bicycle thief was seized as a meter showed the exact distance between the theft site and the bicycle found with him. The device confirmed the route of the crime, tying the suspect to the stolen bicycle.
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Lonmm
Willing to Take Chances Tale
A little girl seeks more butter but is refused. She requests a wiser piece and asks to send for the doctor, highlighting a humorous moral about persistence and seeking help.
Scotland's Record Salmon Landed on the Tay
Scotland reports a record salmon caught from the Tay weighing sixty pounds with a length of seven feet two inches and a girth of twenty four inches.
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Scotland
Tay
Pigeon killed by trolley wire in Cardiff street incident
A pigeon on a Cardiff street was fatally injured after becoming caught between a passing trolley and a power wire on the street railway.
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Cardiff
Wales
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