A Detective Unmasks a Husband's Suspicion
Richard Balderston confronts a suspected affair involving his wife Mrs. Balderston after a detective tailing leads to a dramatic confrontation. The chase through Madison Avenue and Lexing ton Avenue culminates in a tense sitting room reveal as truths emerge and a troubling note about a past encounter comes to light.
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Balderston
Belderston
Aness
Fering
Mr. Turbot
Breker
Shiek
Doron
Portlyth Street
Bowers
Tady
Throsah
Fihe
Lexlacon Avenue
Ft. Br
Balderstone
Madison Avenue
Baldersten
Quistir
Mra Balderston
Turbot
Balder
Von
Clara
Marie
Rivets in Modern Steamships
The Cunard liner Caronia, the lightest ship built in Great Britain, used no fewer than 1 800 000 rivets weighing about six hundred tons. Most rivets were installed by hydraulic power.
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Cunard
Caronia
Great Britain
Feast of Kisses in Roumania’s unique festival
In Halmagen Roumania a town of 1200 people hosts a rare annual fair drawing visitors from eighty villages. Fouux Women in wedding gowns offer housewives wine and a kiss as their godmothers look on, a custom said to honor safety from Turkish abduction with communal joy at the homecoming.
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Halmagen
Roumania
Fouux
The Black Spot and Hidden Will in a Creole House
A narrator recalls a house with a haunting black spot linked to malaria and a hidden will. Amelia and Aunt Cilla guard family secrets about Jean and Pierre, revealed through old portraits, hoodoo lore, and a nursely Doctor Jean aiding recovery as truth surfaces about a long-buried testament and a shifting inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Amelia
Cilla
Amelie
Melia
Missy
Pierre
Jean
Ol Marster
Barrow Street
Canal
Reid
Tittle Shop
Ian
Walthers
Cifla
Madsemeiselle
Lora
Terre
Mersier
Marster
Allus
de Libr
Pierra
Marsie
Ol’ Marster
Secord
Mademoiselle
World Champion Speller Quirk Claims Defeats
A long profile sketches Prof. David Jones a Missouri teacher who proclaims he is unbeatable at spelling. The article vents on spelling proficiency, printers and stenographers, and argues for sharper spelling standards in the work world, with quirky anecdotes about apples, fruit prices, and street mirrors in Suffolk.
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Missouri
David Jones
Here
Cme Dlusg
Theriot
Lancaster
Eber
Wilts
Jones
London
Zanzibar
England
Natural Barometers Predict Weather Shifts
The piece notes signs from plants animals and trees that foretell rain and storms. It mentions chickweed scarlet pennyroyal bees squirrels and buds indicating approaching severe winter or rain while describing the old belief in barometers like camphor oil and Theumatics bones as guides.
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SaTs
Arsin
Iodar
Floating Targets of the Sea Off Newfoundland Coasts
McClure's describes ice masses driftling past St Johns as foiling patrols by French and British warships. Ice serves as gun practice targets for the fleet during the fisheries season, with large pieces drifting by daily and sometimes blocking harbor entry.
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Sen
Newfoundland
McClure
St Johns
St. 35
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Tewenty
Richard Balderston
Mr. Balderston
Cood
Overford
Brtoas
Balderw
St. Balderston
Peg
Iswenke Eee
Sakainax
Stanker
Tepe
Suffolk
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