Dr Canamus and the Devil Weaving a Vienna Tale
A 30-year-old physician, Dr Canamus, engages Satan as a secretary to boost his science, wealth, and status. The pair drift through Brussels Vienna and Bohemia, the doctor wooed by Empresses and a noble heiress Emily of Knisberg, while a forged genealogy shatters pride. An escape to Rome breaks the pact. Canamus bargains to free himself by forcing Satan to wed his wife. Satan drowns, Canamus and Emily reconcile and abandon their grandeur for a humble happy life.
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Canamus
Empedocles
Apollo
Satani
Satan
Rome
Italy
Ile
Brussels
Belgium
Vienna
Austria
Emily of
Knisberg
Knisbergs
Emily
Tor
Cana
Palestine
Mus
Canemus
S. C
Canada
Canary Islands
Afghanistan
John Canaloya
Bohemia
Canarius
Nee Knisberg
Europe
Venice
Canamas
Canaloyas
Trieste
George Tucker
Louis Wilson
Decatur
Clara Morthland
William Cochran
John W. McGlasson
Minneapolis
John Parham
Homer
James Conley
St. Mary's
Chicago
Elliott & McNama
Ladonia and Martinsburg
H. ©. Turner
Michael Formhals
Ottawa
George Fidler
W. H. Fidler
Canton
Prophetstown
Cora Lingenfelter
Lanner Township
Lincoln Planing
Missing Man and Fateful Estate in Varna Case
Renewed interest surrounds the four year old disappearance of James Foster from Varna as his heiress claims 180 acres of improved farm land valued at $20,000. Foster, 36, described as florid and slight with a facial scar, remains missing and heirs face reversion if not found.
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James Foster
Varna
Foster
G. W. Jones
Danville
Bermuda Islands
William Ervin
Kendall County
Plano
Pratt County
Illinois
Bement
Savoy
Champaign
E. L. Dunlap
R. Messersmith
Charles Mooberry
Charles Hinshaw
Archer Township
Ralph S. Spriggs
Chester
St. Louis
Pana
Thomas Vaughn
Ella Vaughn
Gallatin County
Ridgeway
William Gavit
Mount Vernon
Edna Roger
Frank Smith
Frank Lockwood
Joseph Cartwright
Richmond
Canton
Salem
Chicago, Paducah & Meuphis
Altgeld
C. D. Ramsey
Dixon
Lee County
Alfred W. Ellet
Eldorado
Kaw
Macoupin County
St. James’ Catholic
Rockford
Maurice Hoar
Hartland
Ford
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago Milk Shippers’ Association
Jacksonville
Richard Randie
Owaneco
Will You Marry Me Prank In North London Church
A Sunday church service in North London features a young man who, intending to place a shilling in the collection plate, discovers a conversation lozenge instead. The lid of the plate bears the bold message Will you marry me in red letters while another lozenge cheekily adds Name the day, eliciting surprise and amusement among the gathered young women.
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The
London Telegraph
London
The Congressional Outlook for Action This Session
A New York Tribune outlook argues Congress is unable to accomplish meaningful work this session. It cites tariff flaws, the income tax fight, wildcat banking, and revenue limits as barriers. The piece urges bi partisan restraint, a general reversal of last session policies, and a low interest public loan to fund government needs.
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Congress
Treasury
Democratic Party
N. Y. Tribune
Sugar Tr
The
Carlisle
Sugar Trust
Trust
Ist
N. Y
Sugar trust and tariffs spark Democratic critique
A collection of editorials argues the Wilson tariff and repeal of reciprocity damage American trade, blaming the Democratic party and the sugar trust for lost markets abroad. It cites Germany, France, Spain, Austria Hungary, and Brazil events, with detailed Cuba export declines and calls for action to protect U.S. industry.
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Democratic Party
Sugar Trust
James G. Blaine
United States
Germany
Senate
Carlisle
Finance Committee
New Germany
Denmark
France
New France
America
Austro- Hungary
Spain
Republic of
Brazil
Cuba
State Department
Washington
Atlantic
Congress
West Indies
Chicago
Blaine
Wall Street
Albany Journal
Alarm Apparatus in the New York Wire Department
A descriptive look at the fire alarm system in use at the New York Wire Department. It explains the joker combination bell, the warning click, the falling weight triggering clock and horse release, the Morse instrument, telephones, and the loud central gong. The system coordinates station numbers with rapid rounds and arching signals as engines depart.
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New York
C. T. Hill
St. Nicholas
School Shoes Wear Out In Two Weeks Sparks Jibe
A reader complains that school shoes bought for a boy failed in under two weeks. The dealer jokes that the boy wore them outside school as the paper notes a lighthearted exchange. The item appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
Inconsistent Democrats in Gubernatorial Contests
The piece contrasts Alabama and Tennessee elections as Democratic forces challenge results and seating. It notes Alabama seated Oates amid alleged fraud and Tennessee Republicans, with Democrats delaying judgment, while Turney waits to potentially inherit the governorship. It condemns party manipulation and warns against repeating New York Democrats' mistakes.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Oates
Wolb
Gatrol
Evans
Turney
New York
Fun for the Children Making a Vig and His Pig from a Lemon
A playful craft guide from the New York Herald teaches children to make a lemon pig using a lemon, matches, pins, and cigar box pen. It details shaping a pig’s mouth, eyes, ears, a tiny tail, and a hinged gate for the pen, with measurements and step by step assembly.
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Papa
Pig
N. Y
Quips and Farm Facts From An Early Ledger
A collection of brief quips and rural notes includes a caution about speed versus haste, a cornball joke about cows chewing cud, a headline on Niagara waste of power, and a claim that farms can yield two hundred bushels per acre of berries.
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Dr. Canamuus
Prince Waldemar OF
Prince George
Greece
Prince Nicholas OF
Illinois State News
Zacharia Barnes
Henry Eaton
Pleasant Hill
Pike County
Freeport
Crabtree
Thomas Heverly
August Altemeier
Beverly
Mitchell
Madison County
Philip German
Andreas Welch
Louis Banker
Clarissa C. Wheeler
Lake County
Waukegan
Assumption
Congressional
McKinley
Cleveland
Iowa State Register
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Hill
Cincinnati Gazette
Wileon Sugar Trust
Atlanta Constitution
Cleveland and Carlisle
Jackson
Dolly
Tess
Curry T
Wggy Wilen
Speed
Hurry
Harry
Amos R. Wells
St. Nichola
Thetr Cods
Inter Ocean
Niagara
Niagara Falls
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