The Man Who Fell Through the Earth
A London gauger O Connor vanishes while en route to work. Inspector Fox traces a lover’s triangle with Swiss mistress Marie and rival Samuel Manning. Manning and wife Mrs Manning murder O Connor for his money, with letters found and both condemned to death.
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Pans O'Connor
London Bridge
O'Connor
London Docks
Police Department
Inspector Fox
Scotland Yard
Fox
O’connor
Raux
Duchess of Sutherland
Samuel Manning
Great Western Railway
Marie
Manning
O'Conner
Mannings
Minerva Place
Bermondsey
Gauger O’connor
Mrs. Manning
First Use of Shrapnel through History
The shell was invented in 1784 by Lieut Henry Shrapnel of the Royal Artillery and called the spherical case shot. After delays it was adopted by Britain and first used against France at Rolica in 1808. In 1852 the British army adopted the name shrapnel.
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Lieut
Henry Shrapnel
R. A
Rolica
Petticoat Lane's Origins and Market Heritage
Petticoat Lane in London traces to the seventeenth century when French weavers settled there, later known as Middlesex Street from about 1830. It runs north from High Street Whitechapel to Widegate Street Bishopsgate and long served as a Jewish quarter famed for its second-hand clothing market.
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Petticoat Lane
London
Hog Lane
Middlesex Street
High Street
Whitechapel
Widegate Street
Bishopsgate
Literary Digest
Peter Discovers Linnet the Purple Finch Family Ties
Peter meets Linnet and his mate in Farmer Brown's yard and learns they belong to the Finch branch of the Sparrow family. Linnet, with rose red plumage, explains how sparrows are distant cousins and introduces Cousin Chicory as they discuss feathered kinships and identity.
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Peter Rabbit
Farmer Brown
Peter
Linnet
Linnet the Purple Finch
Cousin Chicoree
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Prize Dishes and Household Tips from Prize Recipes
The page lists recipes including A Prize Salad Almond Soup Prune Dressing and Piquant Cocktail Sauce with instructions and ingredients. It also features a humorous sign painting anecdote and a reader letter exchange about helpfulness, opportunity, and a joke about a five dollar gold piece and a missing gate.
First theatrical entertainment dated to Garden of Eden
A schoolgirl asks about early theater and is told the first entertainment occurred in the Garden of Eden with Eve appearing for Adam. The writer then seeks help crafting a sensible sentence using the word and five times in a row, with an example about a sign painter reading Silks and.
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McClure
WNU Service
Ima Thespian
Garden of Eden
Eve
Adam
Beneft
Anne Nagel. navy silk crepe turban with nose veil
Actress Anne Nagel debuts a navy silk crepe turban with a sheer navy afternoon frock. The turban’s draped dhic and removable veil frame the eyes and can be worn turned back for a lacey face frame.
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Anne Nagel
Petunias Recall a Grandmother's Garden Memory
A nostalgic verse cherishes petunias as a link to grandmother's garden and childhood. The speaker recalls annual hummingbirds, brown bees, moss roses, a hollow log, a locust tree, and the feeling of home, ease, and familiar friends.
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Petunias
WNU
Indian Car and Pot au Feu Recipe Notes
A dietetic writer notes rising male interest in cooking and shares recipes for pot au feu and Indian curry. The curry includes beef or lamb with onion butter, stock, garlic, almond or coconut, and lemon garnish. The pot au feu recipe details beef, vegetables, spices, and long simmering in broth with bread served in the broth.
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Brittany
Paris
Marseilles
Pilgrims Flock to Quebec Shrines During Quadricentennial
Quebec and Canadian visitors tour famed shrines as the church anchors a quadricentennial celebration of Canada’s discovery by Jacques Cartier. St Anne de Beaupre attracts over 1,000,000 pilgrims annually while Montreal’s St Joseph’s Oratory and Cap de la Madeleine shrine also draw devotees.
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Quebec
Canada
United States
Jacques Cartier
St. Anne
St. Anne de Beaupre
St. Lawrence River
St. Anne’s
St. Lawrence
St. Joseph’s Oratory
Montreal
Brother Andre
Cap de-la-Madeleine
Trois Rivieres
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. J. Kremer
Brooklyn Navy Yard
By Thornton W. Burgess
Mother Court Book
Western Newspaper
Unies
Mr. Wynn
Tage
America
Ireland
Opportunity
M. E. Grant
Dear Mr. Wynn
Chum
Associated Newspapers
WWNU
ED Wynn
Yours Truly, Stallian
Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Papa
Bell Syndicate
By Anne Campbell
Grandmother
Muscle Man
Uscle Man
Loud Voice
Tuscaroras
Old Fort Niagara
Niagara
Au’ Feu
Cap-de-la- Madeleine
Mediu Peraeenee
Costa
Coleman Lamp and Stove Co
Wichita, Kans
Chicago
Raymond Knight and
The
Cuckoos
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