Portrait of Jacques Dantin Tainted by Bribed Bric a Brac Sale
Police inspector Bernardet traces a suspect through a Paris bric a brac shop after a portrait resembling Jacques Dantin appears in the window. The seller, Mme Colard, charges a hundred francs, while Dantin admits the artwork is his and was once given to Revere. A false lead to Charles Breton collapses as investigators press Dantin for truth.
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Bernardet
Jacques Dantin
P. B
Bordeaux
France
Charles Breton
Rue de la Condamine
Charles
Bernardez
Monsieur
Colard
Mme. Colard
South Americk
Kareros
Fordeaux
Ipernardet
Minera
Pnic
M. Revere
Bernaret
Paul Revere
Boulevard de Clichy
Breton
Batignolles
Paris
Avenue Des Bons- Enfants
Rendor
Lernardet
M. Leriche
Dantin
Mazas
M. Ginory
Valkyrie
Batlreath
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Institute
Revere
The Simple Life in Lamar Demands Morning Farm Routine
The Lamar Missouri Democrat column prescribes rural life chores from an autumn dawn to dusk. It describes leaving home early, feeding cattle, and stripping frost crusted shacks before unloading corn at night, explaining why some people stay in town without work.
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Lamar
Nubbins
Immense mum wins gold at New York flower show
Samuel Untermyer receives the best chrysanthemum prize at the Museum of Natural History flower show. The winner grew from a slip two inches high in a 20 by 30 foot conservatory at Greystone Yonkers. The huge mum measured 12 feet across in diameter and was exhibited by the Horticultural Society.
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New York
Wirst
Samuel Untermyer
Museum of National History
The
Horticultural Society
Greystone
Yonkers
Hired man writes Roosevelt on farming hours and life
A Maryland or Indiana farm hand writes President Roosevelt, urging reduced farm hours, better sanitation, and businesslike farming. The country life commission asks for more details, noting the writer’s eight to ten hour days and need for education and systematic work to keep workers on the land.
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Washington
Tailiain
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
L. H. Bailey
Indiana
Love's Glow in Irish Ballad at Catholic Standard
A verse by T Daly recalls courtship in Irish tones. The narrator speaks of youth, love, and memories of the past as the sun sets and the night’s glamour stirs romance across a rural setting. Frequencies of affection echo from dawn to old age.
Curing Pork Recipes From a Historic Household Guide
A 19th century instruction outlines curing pork with 10 pounds salt and 24 pounds brown sugar per 100 pounds of meat, plus soda and saltpeter. The process uses barrel packing with a weighted brine four to five weeks, then smoking and air drying, with borax to deter insects.
How to Cure Phalia Hams with Salt and Smoke
Instructions describe salting and curing hams using dry salt brown sugar saltpeter and spices. Hams drain for 24 hours then are brined with a cooled pickle and rubbed with pepper salt and bran after three weeks. They are smoked daily for months until dry and flavorful.
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B. Morganvilt
Comical Exchange Between Cocoanut and Pineapple
A playful exchange features Cocoanut urging calm and Pineapple advising to steady nerves. The dialogue humorously notes sea sickness risks from splashing milk and the urge to persevere through stuffy conditions.
Japan Builds First Home Ree Eee Eet
A fragmented notice indicates Japan is constructing its first home project amid unclear details. The readable text hints at a housing initiative and official involvement, but specifics such as location dates or agency names are missing.
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Japan
Poet Mery Classically Silent On Debtor at Bedside
A London Globe tale recounts French poet Joseph Mery confronted by a creditor early one morning. The creditor, finding no money in drawers mantel shelf table or pockets, pleads payment but Mery calmly asks how he can settle if none of those places hold coins or notes.
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London Globe
Paris
Joseph Mery
Mery
Tolstoi Expels Melikoff After Private Visitor Incident
A western magazine editor recalls a Volstoi birthday dinner in Chicago recounting Tolstoi’s confrontation with Melikoff. Tolstoi allegedly ordered Melikoff to leave Yasnaya Polyana after the visitor claimed to be private, prompting two mushiks to eject him from the estate.
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Volstoi
Chicago
Tolstoi
Melikoff
Thg¢ House
One of Tesla's Tales Reveals a Quaint Inventor
Nikola Tesla talks with an interviewer about inventors. He praises Smethurst as an inventor at heart despite becoming a grocer. On a seaside holiday Smethurst is seen with a bottle on the boardwalk claiming chloroform to deter a bully, Jones, who has threatened him.
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Nikola Tesla
Tesla
Smethurst
Jones
Why Joyner Left Home
A Judge narrates a grim warning as Joyner flees, urged by a bold spell. Tam commands a deadly series of actions, including drinking poison and exposure to boiling lead. Early the next morning Joyner’s clothing is found along the road to Pottsville, with reports he headed west toward Scrabble town sixty miles away.
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Joyner
Tam
Pottsville
Scrabbletown
Whale Harpoons Rogue Monster in Arctic Ice
A steamer Thrasher crew reports a monster whale with a harpoon embedded in its back trailing nearly a mile of rope after escaping in open water. The crew vows pursuit next season and notes the ice floe cut the line as the whale vanished. Madrid tops Europe in altitude.
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Arctic
Silva
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Rovere
Palais de Justice
Mme. Moniche
Paul Baudry
Baudry
Holbein
Edmond About
Oyal
Knight
Howell
Willie
Cmrysat
Samuel Untermeevee
Temendm
Country Fire Commission
Barney
Barney Ma Bouchal
Anny
T. A. Daly
Catholic Standard
Madrid
Europe
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