Sabron and Pitchorne in the desert beyond love and fate
In a romance set in North Africa Captain Sabron seeks to keep his motherless Irish terrier Pitchorne as he battles thirst and wounds. Julia Redmond, an American heiress, loves him and plans a perilous voyage to Algiers to ensure his safety and future, while family intrigues swirl around a match with Duc Tremont.
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le Comte de Sabron
Pitchorne
Marquise d'Esclignac
Julia Redmond
Sabron
Algiers
Miss Redmond
Pitchoune
Marquise
Julia
Duc Tremont
Dog
Master
Duc de Tremont
Parc Monceau
Rhone
Biarritz
Marquise d’Esclignac
de Puyster
Schenectady
Kron
Cavalry
War Department
Matante
Chateau d’Esclignac
Africa
Eugene
Robert de Tremont
Miss ‘Redmond
Nice
Mediterranean
Misa Redmond
Marquis
Tremont
Monsieur de Sabron
Allence
Marquise d’Escagnac
England
Melanie
Marquise d'Heclignac
Madame la Marquise
Monsieur Te Duc de Tremont
Novel indoor sport blinds gilded lobby crowds
Two society girls in Pasadena unveil a quirky pastime using a cane, thread, and bent pin with bread crumbs to lure goldfish in the hotel fountain. The sport, enjoyed from Morris chairs, aims only at playful near captures with no injuries reported. Miss Marion Landers and Miss Wana Walsh spearhead the activity.
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Pasadena
Morris
Izaak Walton
Marion Landers
Misa Wana Walsh
Chapter XIV An American Girl Reveals a Marquise Challenge
The Marquise d Esclignac faces an American girl with known temper and mettle. Julia Redmond is described as very young, signaling a pivotal confrontation and the potential for decisive action.
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Marquise d’Esclignac
Julia Redmond
Spectator Critics on Hospitals and Drug Treatment
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt criticizes New York City drug treatment as a farce. She says hospital release after ten days leaves victims nerve-shattered and unable to fight the addiction. Katherine Bement Davis cites that 85 to 50 percent of criminals are drug fiends.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
Katherine Bement Davis
Charities
Savannah man claims jet black cotton by chemical treatment
A Savannah resident asserts discovery of a chemical that blackens growing cotton and can produce velvet black roses. He believes this breakthrough will revolutionize plant cultivation worldwide.
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Savannah
Man Baa
Tragic Dream Ties Baltimore Sister to York Double Tragedy
Mrs Anna Miller of Baltimore recounts a dream that she said foreshadowed the York Pa murder suicide. She described a man with a revolver a policeman and two children. After the slaying her brother Miller died as police cornered him. B B Hibner aided the two Miller children to safety.
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George T. Miller
York
Anna Miller
Baltimore
Miller
B. B. Hibner
Sis Hops
Siegisy
Ig oMoer
Man Breaks Store Window Steals Corset Form
A well dressed man, after eloping with a corset form for a woman, broke a storefront window in the early morning at Hyman’s shop. He snatched a mannequin model as Private Policeman Mulvaney pursued him. the suspect escaped after a brief chase.
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Mulvaney
Hyman
Cincinnati Dispatch
New York Herald
Bouill Balad Soup Dice with Potatoes and Parsley
Cut boiled beef into half inch dice. Season with onion juice. Mix with cold boiled potatoes diced and parsley. Pour French dressing or mayonnaise. Garnish with hard boiled eggs and lettuce.
Embusque taunt sparks clash at French restaurant
A Manchester Guardian report notes two French soldiers on leave taunted cooks at a Soho restaurant with the chant embusque. Pots clattered and a slanging match erupted as cooks defended themselves, the phrase echoing as a bitter refrain.
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the &Mbusques
Soho
Manchester Guardian
Hands Like Velvet One Night Treatment for Hands
Retiring soak hands in hot Cuticura soapsuds then apply the ointment. Dry and rub into hands for several minutes and wear bandages or old gloves at night. A one night treatment for red rough and chapped hands. Sample free by mail with 32p Skin Book from Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Unlucky Henry and the Boston Love Rejection Tale
A New Englander tells of his son Henry who moved to Boston to work and fell in love with a suburban girl. He bought a fifty trip ticket to visit her, but was turned down at the second call and left with the unused ticket.
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Henry
Boston
Celluloid Watch Crystals Created In Wartime
At the outbreak of the war American watchmakers faced crystal shortages due to German supply cuts. Glass crystals were being made domestically, and an American inventor helped by developing a celluloid crystal with beveled edges and the look of glass, yet it is unbreakable.
The Sinecure Lunch in Washington Recalled
A government official at a luncheon in Washington said consular requests are repeatedly turned down. The consul service has been removed from politics, and a traveler asks about Smith’s reach for the post. Smith replies that the job is not hard work once obtained.
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Washington
Smith
Trav
Power From Food Claims Cure For Stomach Ailments
A Western town woman describes severe stomach trouble until trying Grape-Nuts. She reports relief from heartburn and gas, weight gain from 98 to 116 pounds, and renewed strength enabling housework. Pontum Co Michigan endorses the product with a reading suggestion and a slogan.
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Pontum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Xilil
Rouen
Plains
Marquise d’Osclignac
Marquisa d’Eaclignac
Hooke
Goldfield
Hotel Fountain
Vielon
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