The Castle of Cartillon and a Soldier's Secret Return
A soldier recalls the fall of Rouen during the Wars of Religion, the murder of family by Guise followers, and a perilous escape led by Pedro Ortez. He recounts an encounter at Chateau Cartillon with a madman claiming ties to the dArtin line and a fateful ride home to safety amid rioting and bloodshed.
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Cartillon
Serigny
Dieppe
Dauphin
Biloxi
Europe
America
Mica
France
Sceaux
Vesir
Meyer
Mar
Monsieur
Charles
Madame
Mim
Jank
Henry
Duke of
Mayenne
Michael
Chateau
Chateau Cartillon
Henri d'Artin
Trnonsieur
Saint Bartholomew
Yestermoon
Gaston
Rouen
Paris
Duke of Guise
Guise
Holy Church
Rue St. Croix
Vieux Merche
Rue de Crosne
Pedro Ortez
d’Artin
Rue Corneille
Ortez
Inducing Sleep by Electrical Currents in Animals
Scientist M S Leduc described a method using interrupted low resistance current to induce sleep and anesthesia in animals. A 150 to 200 hertz intermittent current at 12 to 30 volts, with cathode coppered cotton and sodium chloride solution, caused convulsions and temporary apnea, then sleep upon reducing the current, with recovery of consciousness and no apparent ill effects.
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Scientific American
M. S. Leduc
Academy of Science
Paris
Leduc
The Honest Office Boy and the San Francisco Tale
A merchant praises his office boy for honesty and wit after a fibbing test about a trip to San Francisco. The boy explains he told a caller the merchant started this morning and would return after lunch. Also note: thirteen new theaters costing eight million dollars are under construction in New York City.
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San Francisco
New York City
Development of Korea's Commerce
The 1904 monograph from the Department of Commerce and Labor surveys Korea's commercial development since 1876 when Gensan and Fusan were opened to Japanese trade. It cites trade growth, treaty ports, and key import and export figures through 1902, with emphasis on rice exports and cotton goods imports.
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Korea
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
State of
Kansas
China
Peking
Japan
International Postal Union
Gensan
Fusan
Shufeldt
United States Navy
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
France
Austria
K Korea
Washington
Chemulpo
Wonsan
Chinampo
Mokpo
Kunsan
Masampo
Song Chin
Seoul
Utah Social Item Echoes Telegram Humor
The Atlanta Constitution shares a playful social item from Utah featuring Elder Brown on the telephone. He explains to Sister Brown that he ordered a grocery store, sixteen dozen coops of chickens, and four dressed cows sent to the house. He adds that he invited Elder Smith and forty-two of his children.
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Utah
Atlanta Constitution
Elder Brown
Tabitha
Sister Brown
Hiram
Elder Smith
The Wrong Man Hung
A London area tale recounts William Harlow a lover of Deal with a bedfellow murder and wrongful execution. The rival sailor later reveals innocence via a surviving letter and a missing coin proving a forgery forged to save him. The tale ends with clemency too late.
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Lawrence Leslie
New York Weekly
William Harlow
Kent
England
Deal
Harlow
Young Harlow
Marta
Mary
George
Hiv
Mocha Coffee in Continent Says True Article Rare
Thillglis a St Louis merchant tells a Globe Democrat representative that genuine Mocha coffee is extremely scarce in America. He explains the finest Mocha is limited and mostly goes to governors and sheiks, with cheaper grades reaching citizens and even Constantinople rarely receiving any.
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Thillglis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ceylon
Java
St. Louis
Constantinople
Rockefeller
Tales From Irrance With a Punch Line on Tombstones
The Los Angeles Times recounts Thos A. Janvier sharing a French peasant vignette. A physician in Province teases a tombstone maker over inscribing obituaries, while the stonecutter explains he continues work when someone is ill.
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Los Angeles Times
Thos A. Janvier
Irrance
Adversity Tests McNabb-Dat Friend in Revelation
A cryptic dialogue hints at a figure named McNabb-Dat who supplied months, while a character named Rey and D. D. face a trial of endurance. The lines imply hidden identity and time references.
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Rey
D. D
McNabb
Poet Reaches Out for Stamp Backed Poem
Philadelphia Press reports a poet describes sending a poem with a two cent stamp. editor confirms approval and returns the poem this morning.
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Philadelphia Press
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Maine
Spain
Bastille
Orleans
Madame de Chartrain
Philip of Orleans
Duke of Maine
Moreal
Jerome
Madame de Chartraine
Malplaquet
Marshal Villare
Eugene
Valenciennes
Villars m
d'Ortez
Arabia
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