The Girl in Green on a Paris Night Train
In a December night mail to Paris a sharp reader notes a green dressed adventurer suspected of pursuit by a wealthy old man with a sable coat and a diamond. A bag held for a thief leads to a Scotland Yard reveal and a mug escapes with the scheme.
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George Pentland
Somerset House
Albany
Paris
Boulevard Haussmann
Dover
Calais
Charing Cross Station
Parvenu
Giles
Cannon Street
Shorncliffe Camp
Scotland Yard
Mustaci
Brugesels
Securitrs
New York
The Salmon's Return and Nesting in Rivers
The article explains the autumn spawning cycle of salmon, noting debate over their instinct to return to native rivers and the possibility of mixing streams. It describes the nesting trench or redd formed in gravel, fertilization by males, and covering with gravel. A mother salmon is said to lay about 900 eggs per pound, with eggs about a quarter inch in diameter and 25,000 eggs per gallon.
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Bonar Bridge
Frank Buckland
Chambers
Two Cunning Rogues Deceive Marseilles Nobles in 316 000 Theft
Two oily tongued adventurers posing as English nobles won trust in Marseilles. They befriended the Sub Prefect and arranged a marriage engagement, then vanished with 316000 after exploiting resident confidence and investments.
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Marseilles
Lord Douglas
Oscar Wilde
sayings on faith and conduct from a religious text
A sequence of aphorisms on faith discipline and moral conduct urging prayer humility and service. It emphasizes small steps toward God self mastery forgiving others generosity and living by gospel principles over mere religious talk. It warns against hypocrisy doubt and hoarding wealth.
Laugh and Grow Well A Monkey’s Comic Medicine
A patient with fever improves after a monkey drinks the rejected rhubarb syrup, triggering a fit of laughter in the patient. The nurse intervenes as the man’s condition advances to convalescence, while a press agent questions the size of the diamonds as the actress jokes about chestnut sized gems.
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Norman
Ayer
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Allway
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Hall
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Ard Street, New York
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