The Luck of GhivBers Master in Nice Cart Game
A tale from Nice near Monte Carlo describes a master gambler and his servant La Fleur playing cards for wages. The servant builds luck, winning back money and finally driving the carriage while the master sits inside, ending with the servant in control of the ride. Also noted is the Cornish last speaker Dorothy Pentreath, buried at St Paul’s with a Bonaparte supported inscription and a biblical quotation.
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Nice
Monte Carlo
Casino
Ilustrazione
Monsieur
Bunker
la Fleur
St. Paul
Penzance
Doll
Dolly, Pentreath
Tleth
Dorothy Pentreath
Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte
John Garnett
St Paulune
London News
Chevreul Teaches Silence On Birthday Dinner
The aged French chemist Chevreul, celebrating his hundredth birthday, presided at a public dinner with his son, a justice department official aged sixty seven. After Chevreul told a tale and missed a beat, his son corrected him. Chevreul sharply said, Hush youngster, when I am talking, and the son obediently stayed silent.
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Chevreul
Department of Justice
An Odd Perquisite At Coronation Time
An old custom in English coronations granted the heir apparent bed and bedding on the night before the coronation. The bedding included richly embroidered coverlids of velvet or silk and priceless hangings of cloth of silver and gold, making it a valuable perquisite for the peer.
Ardent Adorer and Inevitable Decision in Court Ruling
The dialogue reflects a tentative engagement scene with promises to wait six months before commitment. A witty aside from Puck cites a court ruling that dealing in futures without delivery amounts to gambling, shaping the tone of romance and legal irony.
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Ardént Adorer
Darling
Puck
The One to Blame
A lecture prompts gendered views on marriage with a man urging twenty two as the norm and a skeptical thirty year old woman retorting that such claims are unnecessary. The dialogue hints at social expectations and personal attitudes in a casual street scene.
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Philadelphia
Sted R
Discoverer of Cripple Creek Bob Womack Dies in Poverty
Colorado Springs dispatch recalls Bob Womack the Cripple Creek gold hunter who struck pay dirt with the El Paso claim and helped trigger a gold rush yet died in poverty. His quest began in the 1880s, aided by friends like Winfield Stratton, and left a lasting impact on mining history.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert M Womack
Cripple Creek
Womack
Dorsey Womack
Bob Womack
Requa Gulch
Denver
W R. Myers
el Paso
Winfield Scott Stratton
Stratton
We Have Troubles of Our Own
A satirical note mocks national publishers as cranky with a mock Outlook Magazine editor Theodore Roosevelt. Readers complain editors undermine youth and push brutal views, citing too much Roosevelt. An unrelated ad promotes Zemo for eczema with druggist endorsement and samples.
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Outlook
Abbott
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Wild West Hold-up Grips Illinois Bank
A lone bandit dressed as a farmer robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Franklin Illinois last Thursday. He held the cashier and his brother at gunpoint, taking $1500 from the box and $1000 from the counter before fleeing through a rear door down an alley. An alarm was raised by the cashier’s brother who stood with hands up during the incident.
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Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Franklin
Ill
Alabama temperance law imposes sweeping liquor ban
The Alabama legislature enacted a strict temperance measure barring liquor sales and advertising, forbidding saloons as a term, raiding suspected places, and making internal revenue licenses prima facie evidence of guilt. The act also bans billboards and railroad cars from transporting liquor.
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Alabama House of Representatives
South
Internal Revenue
Guardian Sells Minor's Clark County Real Estate
By decree of the Clark County Court dated 1909 guardian Mary I Hutchison is authorized to sell 44.5 acres of Fenton E Hutchison’s real property in Clark County at the courthouse east door in Marshall on August 28 1909 at 2 pm Two thirds of the purchase price due at sale with the remainder in equal annual installments at 6 percent interest Purchaser may pay all cash Guardian Mary I Hutchison Hollenbeck and Connelly attorneys 324.
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State of Illinois
Clark County
Aubama Jeffers
Court House
Marshall
Ill
J. W Adams
Hollenbeck & Connelly
Attys
State of
Ilinois
Said
Mary I. Hutchison
Fenton E Hutchison
Said Minor
Clark
Imnois
Fenton E. Hutchison
Notles T chancery notices and Hyomei advertisement
Notices of publication in chancery court for Bessie Bond v Jay Bond and Pearl Burger v William Burger announce affidavits of non residence and summons returnable November. An advertising segment promotes Hyomei for catarrh bronchitis and related ailments with a guaranteed cure and drugstore sale details.
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Stete
Nealth
Adi Mee
Zemo
Keifer
Illinois
the Tightest Liquor Ltd
Guardian's Safe
Chancery
Circuit Court
Bessie Bond
Jay Bond
Bill Daniel Emerson
Sol Marshall
Dlay
Pearl Burger
Wiliam Burger
William Burger
Daniel Emerson
Davison & Bartlett
Hyomei
Australia
Keffer Drug Co
R. A. Mitchell
Scholfield Bros
Hamilton Street
Wabash
Cole Bros
Eastman Kodaks
Valer& Spas Tan
Pears Ma
Leeds-Murphy Optical CO
Seventh St
Trust Building
Terre Haute
Ind
Jay Swern
GEM City Business College
Quincy, Illinois
Addness
Musselman
Quincy
Cox
Square Lier
SY Strie
The
Dulaney
T. J. Golden
Pres
Harry B. Dulaney
V.P
T.J. Golden
E. ML Duncan
Europe
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