Love and Intrigue in Algiers and the Desert
In a vivid tale set in Algiers and the Sahara, Comte Sabron rescues his dog Pitchoune and reunites with his American mistress Miss Julia Redmond. Tremont and the Marquise pursue Sabron amid romance, desert trials, and two intertwined love stories as peril and longing test loyalties.
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le Comte de Sabron
Pitchoune
Arquise d'Escagnne
Misa
Ju- Na Redmond
Algiers
Miss Redmond
Marquise
Julia
Duc de Tremont
Babron
Sabron Rola
de Duc ‘de Tremont
Red Cross
Sabron
Tremont
Hammer Abou
Marulae
Hammet Abou
Fatou Anni
Comtesse
Bois de Boulogne
Madame de la Maine
Therese
Gherese
Azrael
Gene
Monsieur de Sabron
Sahare
Moncleur de Sabron
Tremont and Sabron Ride Desolate Desert Trek
Tremont travels toward the north with a weary burden as Sabron rides in a mules litter. The pair endure a harsh desert journey under sun and stars, while Sabron remains gravely ill with coma and delirium as Tremont consoles him.
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Tremont
Sahara
Hammet Abou
Charles
Algiers
Sabron
Things Condemned Across Diets Through The Ages
A humorous list notes how many foods and practices have been condemned by reformers over time. Quoting Henry Labouchere, the piece recalls movements against meat tobacco alcohol soup starch bread potatoes salt tomatoes bananas strawberries bath buns and broader lifestyle bans.
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Henry Labouchere
Wasted Hours Lose 125 Daily To Polite Calls
A Philadelphia mathematician calculates that telephone companies lose 125 hours of work daily due to the word please used by operators and customers. A Newark News quip notes other odd wastes from daily habits, from beer froth to inhaled cigarette smoke.
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Philadelphia
Newark News
Scandinavian housekeeping and fireless cooking methods
In Scandinavia peasant women long cooked with fireless methods. While breakfast cooked, the dinner stew pot was set in a second pot and tucked between feather beds to stay warm. Some households used a loosened hearth stone with a hole beneath for heat retention.
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Scandinavia
Hunting With Moussa-el-Hawy at Karnak Temple
George Renwick chronicles a snake charming expedition with Moussa-el-Hawy near Karnak. The group follows chants to gather 78 reptile varieties, captures venomous cobras and a scorpion, tests the charmer’s powers at walls and temple gates, and witnesses a sunset descent on the Hypostyle Hall as serpents are housed for display.
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George Renwick
London Chronicle
Karnak
Egypt
Luror
Moussa-el-Hawy
Thals
Awad-El-Halla
Moussa
Mousea
Rameses the Great
Nile
Establishing Relations Among Neighbors
Mrs. Scrimpins describes calling new neighbors to offer help with items. Her husband notes generosity and urges reciprocal sharing as their belongings are worn, and they observe neighbors who may value things when it is their turn to borrow.
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Mrs. Scrimpins
In the Wheat Belt Farmers Question Actor Hire
A farmer asks if actors are hired to help harvest and challenges a touring actor’s work ethic versus a twenty minute sketch performer. The exchange contrasts vaudeville experience with practical field labor.
Noah's Ark Sailors Tout Transcontinental Shipping Advantage
Noah notes satisfaction as the ark launches. He claims the line wins the argument since transcontinental carriers will have no chance.
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Noah
Pedestrian Talks To Officer After Auto Incident
A man who had been struck answers a policeman’s questions and asks for the vehicle’s number. He cannot recall the car’s number or model, explaining he focused on locating the victim. The exchange appears in a Life magazine fragment.
The Real Spenders and Skids Skits Exchange Names
A humorous dialogue features Skids offering to sell lists of people earning three, four, and five thousand dollars a year while Skittles asks for lists of those earning three thousand and spending four thousand. The exchange highlights satire on money and consumption.
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Puck
Duel of Warships Off Gallipoli Goeben Fights Queen Elizabeth
Allied base at Mudros reports a naval duel between the Queen Elizabeth and the Goeben near the Dardanelles. An aeroplane observer directed fire over the ridges as 16 inch shells struck, prompting the Goeben to retreat toward Chardak after heavy expenditure.
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Louis Edgar Browne
Chicago News
Mudros
Dardanelles
Maitos
Gallipoli
Gulf of
Saros
Oficer
Chardak
Weds on a dog license case linked to graft trials
Frank a con man once freed from Joliet prison testified in police graft trials that he used a dog license to wed a blind woman and then stole her money. He admitted the scheme, claiming it happened only once after paying police for protection.
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Chicago
Frank
Joliet
Nealato
Manhattan's Only Farmer Dead at Fort George Farm
Manhattan's only urban farmer, who drove a daily truckload of garden produce to market from a four block plot near Fort George and Audubon avenues, is found dead on his farm.
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Manhattan
New York
Fort George and
Audubon Avenues
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Monieur de Sabron
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Comtesse de la Maine
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Alish
Robert
Bob
Comtésse de la Maine
France
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Comte
Dardanellee
Frank” Telle
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