Bianca Morelli and Rex Haywood Love and Escape
A country churchyard tale follows Bianca Morelli a seventeen year old engaged to her cousin and Rex Haywood organist as love at first sight sparks rebellion. After Bianca fakes death Rex and her loyal maid Maria rescue her from a forced marriage and flee with ministerial aid to marry, later planning to reclaim her fortune from the Italian cousin.
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Bianca Morelli
Signorina Morelli
Reginald
Rex
Brangpone
Blanca
Rex Haywood
Italy
Marla
Maria
Signorina
Parsee Towers of Silence Examined as Death Towers
The article describes the towers of silence used by Parsees in India as open-air burial structures on Malabar Hill near Bombay. It details construction, bone disposal wells, and the three concentric burial rows for men, women, and children, noting sanitary precautions and theological rationale. It also mentions the bubonic plague spreading toward Europe and a note on ocean liners with lifeboats and balloons.
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India
Europe
Kamaran
Red Sea
le Monde
Bombay
Malabar Hill
Sea
Dakmas
Towers of Silence
Zoroaster
The Storm at Sea and The Prise Fight Up-to-Date
A Cincinnati Enquirer item blends comic verse and a rural quip. A stormy sea ambience opens with playful imagery of rain and thunder. The tale centers on a line about a daughter and a farmer, ending with a sharp punch about the narrator’s lack of a daughter.
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Prise
Prize Fighting Up-to-Date Slugger Banter
In a playful Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt two sluggers haggle over profits and shares from ventures around vaudeville style ventures and bottling stands. They joke about peanut privileges lemonade stands and fight profits before ending with the note that the fight is off.
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Vitascope Pictures
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cause of the Shock and the Bible Cinea in Verse Gossip
Dialogue hints at sudden distress and a punchy street-side exchange. A doctor seeks cause to aid a spouse while a misfired timing line is offered. The Bible Cinea and The Dominie pieces loom with cryptic questions, plus a warning satire titled Lite Tommy directed at prize fighters.
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Dominie
Tower of Babel
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Val
Bianca
Darling
Parsee Towers
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hood
Concord
Wisconsin
Hest
Ieep
Owers
Storm
J. Tower
Boston
Hall’s
Texas
Kansas City
Mitteuwig
Port Arthur
Lasess City
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