Adventures Abroad of a Painter in a German Town
An American painter and Sebastian Roch are swept into a political disturbance in a German principality. After a crowd supports the princess, soldiers arrest the pair and escort them to the Castle of St. Michael. They escape at dawn and share coffee with Roch, whose enigmatic manners and odd beard unsettle the narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle of St. Michael
Christendom
Tam
Arthur Wainwright
Eeard
Sebastian Roch
England
Mathilde
Hoyden
Nero
Saya Nero
Conrad
Europe
Sebastian
Kelmer
Cultivation of Beets Report on German Practices and Costs
A detailed report from United States Consul Washburn in Mudgeburg, Germany, outlines beet cultivation from sowing in April to harvest in September, methods of harvesting, field work, and field storage. It compares German and French varieties, explains soil and climate effects, and discusses labor costs, wages, and an itemized German cost table per morgen with a note on seed and seedling practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washburn
Mudgeburg
Germany
Ken
Echldren
France
Austria
Sime
Soffennigs
Acre
Bunco Steerer Bamboozled All Not Green That Looks So
A green young man in a New York bar unravels a bunco plot when he recognizes the elder con man as Harold Smith’s old associate from Scranton and foils the scheme by paying a vanished debt with his own money. The elder offender is left dazed as the younger warns that bunco works both ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bischofsplatz
Mar Bf
Otto
Mawe
Franz Victor
Conrad
Conra
Fen
Mathilde
Bitiarsen
Fe Weenie
Company of
Parry
Bierhaus
Jove
Harold Smith
James Wilson
Wilson & Bangs
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Court House
Wilson
New York
Broadway
Mr. Wilson
Bunco
Bunco-Steerer
New York Tribune
Musical Toys and a Skipping Rope That Plays Music
Inventors present a novel toy a skipping rope that generates music as it turns. A small musical box is fixed to a rope handle, promising delight for children. A light exchange follows about drinking habits with a punchline about milk and blood.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Artist Wainwright
America
Castle of
St. Michael
Fiji Islanders
Terra del Fuegans
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