Vendetta Drama of Corsica Rescue and Marriage
Wealthy American Barnes rescues English lieutenant Anstruther and his Corsican bride Marina from a vendetta. They sail to Marseilles aboard the Constantine before a note sparks danger. Amid kidnappings and pursuit, Barnes and Enid wed, then race separately to save their loved ones in Corsica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Paolis
Enid Anstruther
Leutenant
Ajaccio
Marseilles
Constantine
London
Barnes
Enid
la Belle Blackwood
Elijah Emory
Corregio
Saliceti
Count Corregio
Nice
Ride
Anstruther
Garnes
Helparnes
Felix
Monsieur
Maarina
Graham
Darnel
Villefranche
The Corsican Vendetta Plunges Barnes Into Rescue
Barnes reads a torn note from his kidnapped wife Ivy revealing Corsican captors plan to lure him aboard a yacht for a deadly vendetta. She warns he must pursue to prevent her death as the yacht sails near Corsica during a perilous pursuit.
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Barnes
Monsieur
Signore Barnes
New York
Bocognano
Leboeuf
Madame
Burton H. Barnes
Corsica Honeymoon Mission Amid Vendetta Threats
Barnes and Marina flee along Corsican coast after Enid's coded plea warns of Salicet's vendetta. They plan to reach Bocognano with local ponies, avoiding Corsican troopers and signaled pursuit as Enid's peril grows. The couple navigate mountain paths, fearing ambush in a dangerous vendetta climate.
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Marina
Tomasso Monaldi
Sagone
Vica
Monte Rotond
Monte del Oro
Barnes
Signore Saliceti
Corsica
Bonaparte
Enid
Universal calculating machine proves profit in farming tale
A merchant tests a talking calculating machine with a farming example. He buys chickens, builds a coop, spends on feed, then raises produce while the machine computes profit or loss. The device concludes a loss of 126.86 dollars, prompting the merchant to keep the tool busy with chickens and celery ventures.
Beautiful Eyes and the Law of Vision in Portraiture
The piece contrasts eye shapes and movements, noting how straight gazes reveal wide peripheral vision while head turns uncover limits. It contrasts open honest eyes with ferret style detective eyes that glance sidelong from the ground.
Emperor Francis Joseph and the village butcher encounter
A village tale tells of Emperor Francis Joseph riding in on horseback and asking directions to an inn. A butcher, hoping for a glimpse, asks if the Kaiser has been seen. The emperor jokes he has shaved him often, then reveals he is the court barber, leaving the butcher awestruck.
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Francis Joseph
Secretaries urges county papers to pool publishing work
Jefferson City Secretary of State Swanger sent letters to Republican country newspaper publishers urging them to form a county pool for printing the eighth constitutional amendments. He plans to allocate patronage later and notes publishing costs will be about 175 dollars per county, with state total around 20,000 dollars, excluding major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Swanger
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Move to form Hallsville Septuagenarian Club
Hallsville plans a Septuagenarian club led by Judge W F Roberts to organize an annual reunion for locals over seventy. An incomplete census counted 31 residents above 70, with 11 aged 80 or more, reflecting a small town seeking social renewal.
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Hallsville
the News
W. F. Roberts
Boone County
Burglars Hit Potosi Post Office In Overnight Theft
Burglars entered the Potosi post office blew open the safe and carried away 65 dollars in money and two registered letters. No stamps were missed. The safe was demolished and entry gained by prying doors with a chisel. A clock over the safe stopped at 1 07 a m as a dynamite blast was heard.
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Potosi
Prisoner Shot by Guard in Jefferson City Penitentiary
John Huesaun a St Louis convict serving nine years assaulted guard WW II Pouldware in the Priesmeyer prison shoe shop and was shot twice by the guard. Huesaun arrived six months ago on three burglary charges and has caused trouble for officials since arrival.
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Jefferson City
John Huesaun
St Louis
Priesmeyer
Hinegan
Judge Thomas H. Bacon Dies at 69 in Hannibal
Judge Thomas H. Bacon died at Levering Hospital aged 69. A soldier jurist historian and poet he sustained injuries in the Confederate army. At a Missouri Bar Association meeting resolutions lauding his character and life were adopted.
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Thos. H. Bacon
Hannibal
Thomas H. Bacon
Levering
Missouri Bar Association
Earle Case Sparks Fatal Stabbing in Kansas City
John C. Carroll an electrician aged 20 was fatally stabbed at a boarding house 152 Virginia Street following a dinner table talk about the Ferdinand Pinney Earle case. George Knowles a close friend of Carroll is in jail.
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Earle
Kansas City
John C. Carroll
Virginia Street
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
George Knowles
Carroll
Candidates Must File Campaign Expenditures in Primary
Jefferson City candidates for state or district offices who filed for nomination at the recent primary election must, whether nominated or defeated, submit sworn statements of campaign expenditures to the secretary of state. This ensures compliance with the anti corruption practices act.
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Jefferson City
Secretary of State
Fire destroys $25,000 property in Jefferson City
A fast fire in Jefferson City destroyed a three story brick building and frame sheds tied to the city bridge and transit company. The blaze, visible within an hour, risked nearby property as transfers barns were buried and other structures endangered. Authorities investigate the cause and assess total losses.
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Capiital
Jefferson City
Bne
Theefferson City Bridge
New Franklin Saloon Closes Leaving Two Open
New Franklin now quite dry as the sole saloon in New Franklin shuts its doors. This leaves two saloons open in nearby Pargette, the county seat with 2,500 residents, which did not participate in the local option vote.
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New Franklin
Leoward Calmty
Pargette
Fire Destroys Relient Hotel in Excelsior Springs
Fire consumed the Relient Hotel and Sanitarium in Excelsior Springs, a landmark built in 1883. The total loss to structure and contents is estimated at 10,000 dollars, with 5,500 dollars of insurance coverage.
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Fellef
Excelsior Springs
Relient Hotel
Reunion at Hallsville Missouri Brings Boone County Leaders
The Boone County Mutual Aid Society held its annual reunion in Hallsville. Representative Morton T. Pem berton addressed the gathering along with T. Searcy, the Democratic nominee for Prosecuting Attorney of Boone County.
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Hallsville
Kalisvile
Boone County Mutual Aid Society
Morton TH. Pemberton
T. Searcy
Boone County
Where the Pen Falls Narration Fragment
A fragmented dialogue contrasts the pen with the sword as two speakers debate influence. One dismisses reception or parade value while the other praises literary power, set in a cryptic, period voice.
Heredity Scene in Parental Study Introduces Suitor
In a quiet domestic moment the timid suitor William pauses outside the father's study as the daughter presents Lil I to the parent with hopeful intent, seeking due consideration for their union.
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William
Tariff Oppression Affects Most Wage Earners
The Chicago Journal argues the Dingley tariff harms the great majority of wage earners by imposing heavy duties on necessities and everyday goods. It notes only a small group in certain industries may gain higher wages under tariffs, while reform is needed to end broad-based burdens.
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Chicago Journal
High Wall Around It And The Treasury Dilemma
A July statement shows 250000 US cred it in banks and 363945460 on bonds due August 1 with 3 percent interest. Secretary Cortelyou reportedly plans to let 63900000 of these bonds run for ten years, keeping 3 percent interest instead of paying them. This would cut annual interest from about 1920000 to 1280000. The piece argues such moves favor banks and Wall Street over business prudence.
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United States Treasury
Cortelyou
Wall Street
Railroads and Politics and the Taft Dilemma
Railroad managers threaten a ten percent rate increase if wages are not cut to balance costs while Republican leaders push for Taft support. Business groups oppose rate hikes, fearing traffic declines, and labor unions threaten strikes to resist wage cuts amid high living costs. The clash threatens Republican prospects and highlights calls to separate railroad policy from party politics.
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Taft
Pestiferous Tariff And Republican Wisdom
A satirical note arguing Democrats should ignore tariff reform zeal and concede Republican control. The piece claims Democratic impotence in the Senate and labels the current tariff as a consequence of Dingleyism, urging calm and restraint rather than peevishness.
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Democraats
United States Senate
Senate
Texas Clergyman Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies that four years of misery from lumbago vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He prefers public endorsement to help others with kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
First Mountain Climber Achieves Timber Line Milestone
A boastful mountaineer rallies companions as they crest the timber line and anticipate government assistance or guidance soon, signaling progress toward the summit in a rugged expedition.
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Fellows
Gummit
Three Cures of Eczema and Cuticura Invaluable
A woman relays her brother’s three summers of eczema suffering and his cure with Cuticura Ointment. She cites another Ohio case where Cuticura Remedies helped a toddler recover from severe eczema, with a Michigan testimonial dated August and September 1907.
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Indiana
Sarah E. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
Boy Grades the Clergy at New York Dinner
Bishop Potter hosted an ecclesiastical dinner in New York where a Coopers town schoolboy read an essay titled Clergymen. The piece lists two kinds of clergymen bishops rectors and curates. It humorously notes curates are thin married men and curates become fuller as rectors to preach longer sermons and become a good man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
New York
Cooperstown
Washington Star
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Help for Women
A promotional notice cites thousands of women suffering female troubles and endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It claims long standing use, lists conditions like displacements and pain, and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia E. Winkham
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Archibald Clavering Gunter
Mr. Barnes
Dead Mead & Co., BM
Thompson
Danela
Foo
Syme Salleeti
Salicet
Madame Anstruther
Edwin
de Belloc
Gravona
del Oro
Leboour
Madame Arstruther
Oes
Machine
Merchant
Missouri News
Piladelphia Record
Fallaciocus Finance
Texas
Grassville
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