Mystery of Dmitri Remsky and Petrof solved
A Russian immigrant Petrof Remsky journeys to America to join his brother Dmitri, who vanished after a store robbery. Petrof traces days and routes through blizzards and snowbound western hamlets, finds Dmitri’s body nearby, and uncovers a surviving thief who had broken into the store the same night, with $250 recovered from Dmitri.
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Petrof Hemsky
Ruedan
America
Dmitri
Mwttle
Petrof
Dmitri Remsky
John Mason
Mason
Russia
Big Brother
Isoof
Jacer
Petrod
Lis
Duskin
Dultirl
Meson
Srovad
Forgallen
Spencer Trowbridge
Referee Stops Play With Latch Key Gaffe
A London Answers report recalls a football league match where the referee, lacking a whistle, improvised by using a latch key to cue play. A sharp shout from a woman in the crowd exposed the device, leaving the official sheepishly awaiting curtain lecture as spectators laughed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fey
London
Training a Dog With Simple Clear Commands
A dog learns yes and no through simple, unwavering guidance. Keep commands plain and unchangeable, avoid harsh discipline, and use a light, steady touch to correct jumping and overfamiliar affection. Outing Magazine discusses practical kennel methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todea
Art Above Nature and the Human Craft of Beauty
A compact meditation on art as a human gift distinct from nature. It contrasts nature’s grotesque spontaneity with art’s disciplined rhythm and philosophy, noting music from birds lacks true musicality and praising art as a deliberate creation that binds to nature without being nature itself. It cites Dr Emil Reich on art shaping living experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Relch
A Cubic Foot of Gold Question
An old puzzle asks if a person could carry a cubic foot of pure gold a mile. It notes the lump would weigh about 1205 pounds and that a millionaire offering the weight would not risk losing the cube.
Doctore Latin Careful Note on Medical Latin Tone
Doctore Latin is described as dogsy and medieval by a distinguished professor. The British Medical Journal notes that its Latin, at times, appears more doggy than medieval and uses language that may obscure clear understanding in respectable practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Movstrum Borrendur
Morning cigar testing and taste judgment claim
A Pittsburg Press tobacconist warns that testing cigars or smoking samples in the morning before breakfast is not healthy yet is said to be discriminating. The advice urges smokers to sample brands early to rely on their judgment in choosing preferred smoke.
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Cligara
Pittsburg Press
Triumph of Art in Miss Peachley Bath Exhibit
The Chicago Tribune lauds Miss Peachley for a new bath arrangement that artfully hides its shape, praising the floral display as strikingly artistic and admired by observers.
Classroom quip echoes ten commandments joke
A brief cartoon style exchange in Punch features a teacher asking Sally how many commandments there are and Sally replying ten after a playful pause. The joke hinges on a miscommunication about breaking a commandment and the implied consequence.
Exhibition Image of Donkey-Drawn Cart At Ovened Up
In a remark from the event, Redé recalls a picture at the exhibition featuring a cart drawn by a donkey. Greene confirms the depiction, Yon kers Statraman notes he drew it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Yonkers Statraman
Hottest Desert Afelen Opposes Global Temperature Gap
A world temperature comparison highlights the Afelen desert as the hottest region, a vast 2000 by 1000 mile expanse with 150 degree B temps in peak summer. The fragment also includes an ad for Preventics cold remedy and a Goethe anecdote about a dying mother.
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Afelen
Pisin
Chamberlain's Colic Remedy Featured In Ad Copy
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted, thirty year tested cure, noting pleasant preparation when mixed with water and sugar. It is sold by Sexton Bros. The page also mentions spring fashion and Dr. Shapp's Ointment for piles, plus a joke line about a chicken and a boarder.
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Bob
Leo
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Chamberlain
Sexton Bros
Dr. Shapp
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Vedder
C. S. Vedder
Chat All
Marshfield Steam Laundry
South Central Ave
Normington Bros. Proprietors
Arshfield Iron Works
South Depot Street
Dr. Shoop’s
Night Cure
Hehr
Manta
Alwars Pn Kane
IGEO
H. Welton
Deming Building
North Side
Louie Baumann
Parker
Lupeheon
New Yorke
Racine
Wis
Fura
la Grippe
Sexton Bras
Goethe
Marty
Mae
It, Kuper, Lang & Schurmanc Co. Bus
Ovnen
T.altridney
Wein Direaser
Mines
Centine, Arene Nee Os
Drusmiity
Sumptreys' Medicine Co
Cor
William
John Bereta
New York
Dr. King
LaFranco
Hig Urice
Gare
Svar
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Incorporated
Wood County
Taylor & Scott Co., Wood County Abstracts
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
Vocalions
Steinway
Everett
Steck, Starr
Harvard
Richwond
Jewett
Edmund Gram
Farrand
Estey
Milwaukee
Retail Association
Association
Steinway Hall
Grand Avenue
Milwaulae
Maple City
Monmouth
Hinels
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