The Burglar In Constance’s Drawing Room
Ez Timmins, a 40 year old bookkeeper, is thwarted by Colonel Pitvindo during a burglary in Constance Aldsworth’s house. The Colonel overpowers the intruder as Constance’s uncle, distracted by social schemes and fear of burglars, sits nearby. The burglar is captured, then freed, and the scene ends with the uncle recovering after rum.
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Argonaut
Timmins
Bacon
Ifv
Trumlus
Constance
Burslus
Thmins
Purelottes
Duutor
Bara
Conshuee
Tin
Pithiado
Roth
Traye
Howse
Hhen
Dancer
Conung
Flinaulns
Canale
Burglary Narrowly Foiled In Daredevil Rescue
A wandering burglar left a door open and a vigilant bystander intervened, driving the intruder away while a resident was rescued. The incident prompted a dramatic exchange with a local figure identified as Mr. Timmins and references to a Colonel Itblade.
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Timmins
Itblade
Russia’s shadowed rule and the cost of dissent
An edited excerpt recounts harsh realities of the Tsarist regime from a traveler’s tale. It describes secret police, arbitrary arrests, and disappearances used to suppress opposition, noting officials deny responsibility while purges target letters and papers and fear of persecution looms over travelers and spies.
Monkey Outwits Cook In Boiling Fowl Tale
A curious Englishman narrator recalls a monkey outsmarting a cook preparing a fowl for boiling. While the cook handles the pot the monkey seizes a crow and swaps the bird by emulating the cook's action, provoking the cook's fit of madness as the devil seems to intervene in the odd scene.
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We Ppeeti
Astory
Tudia
Preaching Monkeys Described in Brazil Folklore
The author Mc Maregiore recounts a Brazil story about a monkey species called preachers. Morning and evening the monkeys assemble in the woods and a dominant one signals with his fore paw. The others listen as he intones four types of cries then, after a pause, cues another call to resume. No other traveler confirms the preacher behavior.
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Hrenelling
Wiskee Barre Revord
Brazil
Mc. Maregiore
Cartage
Twonan
Unusual Handkerchief Collector Hits Philadelphia Court
A former wealthy baker pleaded in Philadelphia police court on a singular hobby that ruined him. He bought prized handkerchiefs for up to nine pounds, then stole to fund the collection. Police found 1,484 handkerchiefs in his rooms, each scented by a distinct perfume, with rent questions looming over the landlord.
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St Petersburg
Kuvad
Ble
Harper's Magazine
Lim
Solus
Lus
Bowlayer
Russia
Europe
America
Saul
Russky
Altairs
Attieho Hss
Tinss
Ppiadelphis
Yfienna
Wearch Delong
Polles
The Train Ride of Detective Trice in London
An unnamed narrator recalls a harrowing London train journey where Detective Trice confronts a deranged criminal. A tense struggle ensues aboard a morning express as a woman passenger aids the narrator, cuffs are applied, and the assailant is captured. The tale ends with the escape artist revealed as a former inmate of a private asylum and a recovered mystery surrounding the lady involved.
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St. Ges
Whitechapel
Hinself
Trice
Uy Wight
Wil
Sergeant Tree
Bowin
Urea
Leighton
London
Turist
Dirk
Malmon
Paris Awakens to Spring Light and Arts in Modern Athens
Paris, described as the modern Athens, greets spring with sunlit boulevards, gardens, and promenades. Theodore Child lauds its beauty, culture, and civic life, noting open temples, gardens, and the Seine’s bridges as citizens enjoy leisure amid art and nature. The piece extols Paris as a center of wealth, history, and civilized splendor.
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Baro Flaussmaann
Europe
Theodore Child
Barper
Paris
Victor Hage Bat
Ili
Athens
Byzantium
Happi‘hess
Che Winston
Min
Avennea
Seine
Tulllertes
Funec
Champs
Pigeon and Bees Race Distance From Hives
A Westphalia pigeon race and a bee race were run from the same distance. A pigeon falser wager claimed the bees would beat the pigeons to the core. The leading bee finished two quarters of a mile ahead, then pigeons and other bees followed, all finishing nearly together after a four pennree handicap for identification. The report appears from The Whole Family.
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Westphelia
Oddities in a Quirky Storefront Exchange
A collage of comic snippets from a bustling shop scene and street corner chatter. Jokes about barometers, misread weather notes, a streetcar driver’s boost, a housekeeper in a Trekind home, and a patient’s sly response to a diet urge.
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Coutier
Pilvindo
Pitblade
Lavi
Connie
George
Pyas
Pitlado
Steathey‘s Sake
Wud
Mandkerchield
Jones
Thas
Mellitus Jing
Langalte
Aristine
Wolfeean
Chen Timnd
Thich
Syde
Tence
Walter Contin
Reobby Smith
Patlag Tamlo Om
Jamie
Kate
March
Trekind
Corker
Devler
Carker
Briggs
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