Mysterious Robbery of a Well Known Authoress
In a Swiss town a spinster visiting Vevey hovers near a dubious cottage industry of jewels and a missing mother. On a New York voyage the girl Claire de Ravenol and Mrs Delario clash with a police scare over smuggled diamonds. The spinster, fearing for her safety, hides the gems as she seeks shelter and begins a tense chase across cities with danger from Claire’s domineering father and the unknown thief.
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Vevay
Claire de Ravenol
United States
Monaleur de Ravenol
Claire
Mrs. Delario
de Ravehol
Philadelphia
Billy
Billy Rivers
Fauntleroy
Mater
George
Mystery in the Hyacinth Room and the Missing Diamonds
An authoress hides five hundred dollars and fears a burglar has taken diamonds. A look around reveals a staged mess with hyacinths untouched and a window open. Billy Rivers helps guard the scene as the narrator grapples with trust and peril.
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Billy
Paris
George
Monsieur
Slzth
Mr. Rivers
Cascarets Ad Promises Quick, Gentle Cleansing
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight laxative that cleanses the system of fver and bowel poison. It claims Biliousness and headaches disappear, with no sickening effects or harsh pills, and notes low cost and overnight action.
Angers veteran defends service and calls neighbor a slacker
A veteran who served as a private in Angers base hospital voices strong scorn for a neighbor who avoided the war. He condemns the neighbor’s postwar life as an airplane test pilot for Curtiss, arguing he did little beyond keeping a job to test aircraft safety for aviators.
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Angers
Curtiss
Aspirin Introduced by Bayer in 1900
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous aspirin prescribed by physicians for eighteen years. It notes the Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging to deter imitators and lists uses from colds to rheumatism. Small 12 tablet tins cost only a few cents with larger packages also sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Daub leigh Canvas Priced At 100000 In Scene
An art dealer promotes Daub leigh’s Portrait of a Lady to a newly wealthy oilman. The buyer gasps at the $100,000 price, amused by the notion of paying so much for a portrait of a woman he does not know.
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Daubleigh
Christopher
Green's August Flower promotes digestion and liver function
A vintage advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion from stomach to intestines, cleanses the alimentary canal, and stimulates bile. It claims wide use for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, fatty food, palpitations, and constipation, sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
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Green
Danish homogenizer preserves milk for two years
The London Daily News reports the Danish homogenizer keeps milk fresh for two years or more without preservatives. It uses pressure of 2000 pounds per square inch as the preserving force.
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British Dairy Association
London Daily Newa
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By Jane Bunker
Broadway
Clitton Springs
Puria
Daily News
Hilly
Fletcher
Adam
Mae
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