Evangeline mystery unfolds in family saga and rescue
In a long historical tale, a son traces Evangeline's fate after a cruel abduction. He reveals inheritance schemes, travels from France to England and the United States, and vows vengeance on the kidnapper. Ralph confronts a hillside past as Imogene Trenholme reappears at home.
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France
England
Genie
Atlantic
Evangeline
St. Cyril
Maghand
Hin
Assamia
Portlen
Providence
Ralph
Ridph
Raph
Hans Cordally
Miss St. Cyril
Imogene
Imogene Trenholme
Wheel of Fortune on the Reef House
Ralph Trenholme confronts Helen Fulton about a near crime while the Trenholme family greets the St Cyrils at the Reef House. A dangerous ride ends with Guy St Cyril and Helen racing to cross a broken bridge as the horse plunges.
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Anrin
Eben Budfon
Elso
Phatman
Portlea
Goad
Imogene
Mr. Trenholme
Trenholme
Ralph
Reef House
Miss St. Cyril
Guy St. Cyril
Helen Fulton
Quito
the Rock
Agnes
Jove
Guy
Trelen
Helen
Arditi's Fiftieth Year In Public Career Promises Memoirs
Stenor Luigi Arditi, famed conductor and composer, reaches fifty years in public service and plans to publish reminiscences. His anecdotes include a Mapleson company incident where, lacking ID, he tricked a cashier by asking if the man attends opera, proving his identity with a familiar silhouette.
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Stenor Luigi Arditi
Signor Arditi
Mapleson Opera Company
Her Majesty's
America
Arditi
Mr. Arediti
Treating Chapped Hands and Hair Loss Remedies
Practical home recipes for Laureline salve using glycerine alcohol tragacanth rose water and water. Steps include soaking tragacanth two days straining and mixing ingredients, with optional extra water to adjust thickness. Also recommends brushing hair and using pure grease nightly to aid hair growth and dandruff removal with tar soap wash.
Hills and City Gossip Spur Missing Woman Tale
In a terse social note from New York World the chatter asks about Ethel and mentions Marie heading off on a new wheel. The exchange hints at a desperate mood and a missing person scenario within a city social circle.
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Hills
Ethel
Marie
Tsche
N. Y. World
Snake in Indianapolis Cops Diphtheria Threat
A bizarre item notes a boa constrictor in Indianapolis carrying diphtheria and jokes about the snakeship’s gargle, reflecting a quirky Chicago News line.
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Indianapolis
Chicago News
Outdoor fashion in a bustling urban season
The piece surveys women’s gowns and styles, highlighting a snuff brown tailor made suit with a unique bloomers skirt attachment, a pale tan braided gown, and a navy serge street dress worn by Miss Grace Wilson. It notes costs, home sewing tips, and the era’s dramatic color pairings with Persian silk accents.
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Grace Wilson
New York
Fashion Notes From The Chicago Chronicle Gown Styles
The piece details current dress silhouettes with Norfolk styled blouses, pleated yokes, and horn buttons. It notes militaresque influences in gowns and capes, extensive black braiding on colorful gowns, and luxurious Persian silks with bows and jeweled-like trims, including mutton sleeves and stiff collars.
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Chicago Chronicle
Responsibility of teachers for pupil behavior in schools
A mother describes her eight year old daughter facing persistent bullying at school and asks what to do. The response urges teachers to monitor students during school hours and enforce discipline, punishing quarrels and rudeness, and protecting weaker children. It adds that teachers unable to curb violence should resign.
Too Young for Ladies Society Question Answered
A seventeen year old young man is not too young to join ladies society. Social contact with refined young ladies improves manners more than etiquette books. Their merry good natured banter helps him avoid social awkwardness and learn proper behavior early.
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Robert
Duty Or Reckoning In Town Debate Over Two Enemies
In a Detroit Free Press recount, Col Green and a gray haired judge debate Abe Singleton and Tom Waters, foes ready to shoot unless a peaceful settlement emerges. The judge faces a moral puzzle about his duty as双方 consider warning or letting events unfold.
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Col. Green
Detroit Free Press
Jess
Abe Singleton
Tom Waters
Abe
Tom
Jones’ Store
Scott’s
Salaratus
Man skips family to attend convention on the 20th
A husband tells his wife he must attend a convention on the 20th for his political future. He scorns her request for a country trip and recreation, then leaves angrily after breakfast and heads to the convention.
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New York World
Tina
Bishop's chessboard remark irons out royal rift
The Archbishop Laud, close to the king, chided him for a hasty move. The king retorted in anger before Laud soothed tensions by comparing a bishop's check in chess to the situation, reminding the monarch of the game.
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Archbishop Laud
Laud
New York Mercury
Mohammadanism Praised for Unity and Prohibition
The article quotes Rev. S. C. Bedickian praising Mohammedanism for its strict belief in the unity of God and for banning intoxicants. He notes there is not a single saloon in the world run by a Mohammedan.
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God
Mohanmedan
S. C. Bedickian
So You Were Thrown Out By A Crooked Nail
A dialogue fragment features an ash barrel and a nail blaming a woman for its crooked path, quoted in a streetwise exchange from the Indiana polis Journal. The overheard quip implies personal fault and social commentary in a concise scene.
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Indianapolis Journal
Yankees Versus Greeks Tug of War
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption frames a clash between American and Greek rivals as a tug of war. The humorous line pairs Edwards and Jonathan to highlight cross culture competition in sport or humor.
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Jonathan
Edwards
Yank
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hotels at Home and Abroad
Major Edgar A. De Hernales of the London Hotel World says American hotels waste food and overprice meals. He claims London and Paris hotels offer cheaper, higher quality meals with less waste, noting American practices discard tons of edible meat and bread daily. He cites Paris restaurants serving better meals for 30 to 40 cents versus $1 to $1.50 at leading American hotels.
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Edgar A. de Hernales
Lodon Hotel World
London
Paris
America
England
Dr Kay’s Renovator Praised by Railway Clerk
Mr F E Cosgrove of the C B and Q R R Buda Illinois writes of eight years illness with kidney liver malaria and digestive troubles. After trying medicines for eight years he found relief with Dr Kay’s Renovator and reports improved appetite digestion and vitality. Sold by druggists for 75 cents or one dollar, or mailed by Dr B J Kay Medical Co Omaha Nebraska with stamp for sample and booklet.
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F. E. Cosgrove
Buda
Niblack Undergoes X Rays to Locate Revolver Bullets
John W. Niblack of Wheatland Indiana has traveled to St Louis for X rays to locate revolver balls lodged in his body since a duel with burglars over a year ago. If found he may consent to an operation to remove them.
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Auvergne
John W. Niblack
Wheatland
Ind
St. Louis
Niblack
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Ladies' Society
Dilly
Yankees
Llood
Emma M. Hooper
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
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N. Y. City
Swan
Dr. Kilmer & Co
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
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Niagara
Adirondacks
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Thousand Islands
Hudson
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Western P. A
Chicago
New York Central
Book of Travel
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
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Elehart Carriage & Hardness Mfg, CO
Elehart, LB
Pratt
Louisiana
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Lils
Patrick O'Waskell
Washington, D C
B. WM. Woolley
Atlanta
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