Corsican Vendetta Drives Rescue Plot on Corsica
Burton Barnes and companions flee from Ajaccio to Marseilles with Enid Anstruther and Marina Paoli. A note summons Barnes to Corsica to rescue his bride while the vendetta tightens. Corregio warns, yet Barnes vows action. Marina offers to go to Bocognano to prove innocence and save Enid, while Danella stays with Lady Chartris in Nice. The pursuit continues as Corsican tensions flare and plans form for a dangerous reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Leutenaint
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Enid Anstruther
Ajaccio
Marseilles
Barnes
Ifarnes
Lady Chartris
Nice
Corresin
St. Tropez
Aid
Chauartris
Maud
Count Corregio
Chartris
Enid
la Belle Blackwood
Elijah Emory
Corregio
Madame Blackwood
Cipriano
Bocognano
Burton
Musso Danella
Mr. Barnes
Tomasso Monaldi
Edwin Anstruther
Bocagnano
Musso
Antonio
Museo
Hocognano
Monsieur Barnes
Marina Paoli
Danella
Prunella
Turton
Bernardo Saliceti
Etheria
Tomasso
Paolis
Saliceti
Edwin
Madame Anstruther
Horn Fly Threat to Dairy Cattle
Detailed account traces the horn fly from Europe to North America, its life cycle, and the damage it causes to cattle. It debunks fatalistic rumors of cow deaths, notes rapid multiple generations in summer, and outlines practical, inexpensive preventive remedies such as greasy coatings and axle grease to deter bites and reduce losses.
Missing Fragment forces bridegroom toward Lady Chartris villa
In Chapter X the bereft bridegroom declares a mysterious visitor is in the house and hurries to confront him. He battles thoughts of his bride’s fate, aiming to stay steady to save her. Inside the supper room Lady Chartris urges Count Cipriano to drink and toast the bride once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marina
Corsica
Diablo
Cipriano
Signore Americano
Madame Paoli
Burton
Lady Chartris
Barnes
Maud
Graham
Size of Oregon Mosquitoes
The Portland Oregonian recalls Col. L. L. Hawkins and a Mosquito tale told to Mazamas around a campfire at the foot of snow mountains. Hawkins claimed huge mosquitoes at Skinner's Butte in Eugene at sunset weighing a pound each, yet he kept unscathed by the joke.
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Oregon
Col
L. L. Hawkins
Mazamas
Snow Mountains
Rodney Gilson
Skinner's Butte
Euzene
Col. Hawkins
Portland
Oregonian
Quick Changing Extraordinary in London Debut
Signorina Fatima Miris, a sensation on the Italian stage, will appear in London soon. She performs The Geisha solo, portraying 15 principal parts with 175 costume changes, lasting three hours with under ten seconds off stage. At 24 she sings soprano to baritone and draws comparisons to Siddons and Fregoli. Currently in Bologna she stars in La Grande Via with over 100 costume changes.
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Signorina Fatima Miris
London
Geisha
Signorina Miris
Siddons
Described Fly Life Cycle Hurting Cattle and Remedies
The article details the life cycle of a cattle pest, from maggots in fresh dung to the winged insect, noting their feeding on manure liquid and a stage that overwinters underground. It explains the fly’s ring around horns, compares size to common cattle and house flies, and warns against horn boring. A kerosene emulsion is proposed as an effective remedy, with precise preparation and usage instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Insect Life
Canada
Oshawa
Ont
America
Messrs
Riley and
Howard
Virginia
Handle Incubator Right in Regulated Machines Control
An incubator receives much blame when operators err and regulation missets. Correcting control and design limits can reduce faults and improve outcomes for users relying on reliable operation.
Oyster Shell for ODucks in Duck Yard Trough
A note requests a constant supply of cracked oyster shells in the duck yard troughs to aid digestion and calcium intake, ensuring ducks have access to shell grit at all times.
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Duck Yard
Truth and Quality in a Safe Laxative
Truth and Quality appeal to the well informed in every wall of life and are essential to permanent success. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is one of many reasons why it is the best laxative for personal and family use, cleansing and relieving internal organs without debility or increased quantities. It acts pleasantly and naturally, with known and approved component parts and no objectionable substances. Buy only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Looked for Other Two in Rural Gossip
A farm summer scene shows Catherine misreading a thrifty neighbor praised for being fore-handed. She studies a man at the farmer’s table and asks if he is sitting on his two mitt hands, revealing a child’s blunt misunderstanding of adult slang.
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Catherine
Katherine
Cure for eczema achieves relief for baby in three months
A mother recounts a severe eczema case on her infant niece, with relentless itching and sleep loss. After failing with doctors, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, reporting a cure in three months and praising the products. The note is signed by Alice L. Dowell of St. Louis, dated May 2 and 20, 1907.
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Alice L. Dowell
Easton Ave
St. Louis
Riding without hawses and telegraphing without wires
Cholly extols wonders while Maude comments with sarcasm about lacking brains as they joke about impossible feats and silly modern marvels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholly
Maude
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Relief Claim
The ad cites Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia reporting kidney pain relief from Doan's Kidney Pills first in January 1903 then again in June 1907, stating no kidney trouble since. It notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by all dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
James M. Long
N. Augusta St
Staunton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
One by the Colonel
A humorous tale features a colonel dismissing hot weather as nothing. He recalls heat so extreme in the south that popcorn pops on the stalk and cane juice turns to molasses, mixing to form a sweet snack.
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Archibald Clavering Gunter
New York
Dodd Mead & Co
N.Y
Downstair
Division of Entomology
Europe
J. B. Smith
New Jersey
Bulletin 62
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Hoard
Dairyman
Cutiura
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