The Precious Trust in a Saturday Train Mixup
Will Merrivell, manager of the cloth department, plans a quiet afternoon with Iona Wray at the North Western depot when a mysterious woman entrusts him with her baby. A dramatic scene ends with a poodle in the basket and a mistaken kidnapping scare, but all is resolved as the truth emerges and Merrivell and Iona grow closer while Bobby the chaperone earns a few coins.
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Ska
Frank Dempeter Sherman
Twist & Taffete
Will Merriwell
Yona Wray
Mall
Toni
Merrivell
Iona
Courtessen
Uving
Arizona
Ione
Northswertern
Bobby
Otll
Merrizell
Melrose
State Street
Masism
Cahall
Merriwell
Snowflower
Tona Wray
Ted
Agate
Mertivell
Ache
Will
Savaja
Walnut Dye for Hair from Walnut Husks Method
A 19th century recipe explains making a hair dye from walnut husks. Break husks, cover with water in an earthen jar, heat gently without boiling, stew three days, strain, then add a third alcohol for deep brown or equal parts liquid and alcohol for reddened shade.
Demane and Demanza Cannibal Tale In North African Cave
A crude fairy tale from Forth Africa recounts Demane and Demanza living in a cave. Demane warns his wife not to cook while he’s away, but Demanza cooks anyway. A cannibal arrives, is rejected, and swears revenge. The story ends with a violent twist as the cannibal is pursued and his fate unfolds.
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Demane
Demanga
Forth
Demansa
Cannibal Feast Ends in Escape and Wealth Seizure
A fragmentary fairy tale recounts a cannibal chase inside a cave ending with a man leaping into a pond, the theft of wealth by De Mang and Demansa, and the couple living happily afterward. Other bizarre tales in the collection explore unusual fruits of desire through odd adventures.
Kansas Old Capitol Ef Eforts To Preserve Ancient State House
Kansas efforts aim to save the old state house near Fort Riley once used by lawmakers from Pawnee township. Built by settlers and boomers, the two story stone building hosted a brief 1859 session before moving to Shawnee Mission, now a ruin with the roof gone. Local groups urge purchase to preserve this relic of early territorial government.
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Kanzsa
Topeka
Pawnee
Kanaan
Fort Riley
Jefe
Fawnes
A. H. Reider
Kansas
Prairie -Echooners
Parnes
French Vine Growers Fire Cannons Against Storm Clouds
Southern France vine growers deploy 52 cannons over 3500 acres to bombard approaching hail clouds. 104 gunners and officers man the pieces as storms trigger salvoes in a bid to protect vineyards. Government, the National French Agricultural Society, and wealthy vintners help fund the unusual defense.
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Cosnes
Hallstones
France
Turly
Experimenta
National
French Agricultural Society
Portuguese Inventor Patents Lamp on Dog for Fox and Badger Hunts
A Portuguese inventor patents attaching an electric lamp to a hunting dog’s collar to light the descent into burrows and illuminate the den. The light would be colored to frighten prey and drive it toward the hounds. A patent has been granted for the scheme.
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Dena
Noam
Fear of Death Grows with Wealth in Odd Tales
A fragment recounts how riches breed terror of mortality. An Englishman John Inlfp, who profited in Mexico from silver, built a swinging cliff-side cabin on Brychil, Ireland, then died fearfully three years later. Another fortune seeker froze in bed, fearing any movement would end his life.
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John Inllp
Mexico
London
Daland
Brychil
Pitlara
Atlantic
Klefe
From a Monastery to War in China New Army Aite
Fra Stanisling Koor once a novice at Gethermane Kentucky monastery now Privie Buchstetz in the U S Army Hospital Corps. Enlisted for three years for service in China or elsewhere. He is the son of a wealthy Austrian maker and plans to return to Gethsemane after his term ends.
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China
Oscar Bochstets
Spain
Jacksonville
Alexian Brothers
Kentucky
Getheemane
Gethsemane
Bie Fife
Indictment of Pennsylvania Law Impacts Workhouse
The New York Post notes a report from Allegheny county workhouse criticizing the Muehlbronner law of 1897. It claims thousands were harmed by idleness, malady spread, and increased taxation as machinery was banned in prison workshops, turning the facility into a refuge for vagrants and a school for idleness.
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Pennsylvania
Alingheny County
New York Post
Almont
Allegheny County
Labor Agitatora
Contuest of Modern Faintings and Prices Mentioned
The piece cites Melmonier’s 1814 painting and MIL’s The Angwing as modern titles. Mr. Chauchard bids 550000 francs or 170000 dollars for L014 and 754000 francs or 150000 dollars for the unnamed work.
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Melmonier
Millet
Chauchard
France
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Fairy Story
Demanza
Bo Demans
Demang
Kansas’ Old Capitol
Efurta
Wes Bulls
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