The Lost Captain Sabron Mystery In Algiers
In 1900s Algiers Captain de Sabron is wounded in battle and loses contact with his dog Pitchoune. Julia Redmond and the Marquise d Esclignac seek news via a native messenger who reveals Sabron’s likely fate and the dog remains with a packet of letters. Julia clutches Sabron’s letters, hopeful for reunion.
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le Comte de Sabron
Pitchoune
Marquise d’'Esclignac
Julia Redmond
Algiers
Miss Redmond
Julia
Duc de Tremont
Sabron
Sabron Eta
Helrega
Pitchorns
Tremont
Marquise
Red Cross
Hammer Abou
Monsieur le Capitaine de Sabron
Monsieur
de Sabron
Dirbal
Excellency
Monaleur
Hammet Abou
North Africa
Marquise d’Esclignac
Mademoiselle
Sabton
Monsieur le Capitaine
Hammer
Monsieur de Tremont
Two Lovely Women at Villa Bougainvilleas
Music fills the Villa des Bougainvilleas as Miss Redmond sings. The Marquise d Esclignac observes the scene with the Duc de Tremont by Redmond’s side while Comtesse de la Maine muses, noting her own precarious position as a poor widow with a child.
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Sabron
Algiers
Marquise
Marquise d'Esclignac
Julia
Comtesse de la Maine
Tremont
Madame de la Maine
Mademoiselle
Monsieur
Miss Redmond
Villa Des Bougainvilleas
Hammer
Marquise d’Esclignac
Charles de Sabron
Duc de Tremont
Worth While Quotation by Emerson
A concise line from Ralph Waldo Emerson on honest speaking before trusted friends. It reflects the value of sincerity and open thought in intimate companionship. The quote foregrounds personal integrity and free expression in close relationships.
I do not like land fighting it isn t clean
The Youth s Companion recounts Vera Cruz and Mexico War era sailors who disliked dirt banks while Lee insisted on trench diggings. A ship captain apologizes but says dirt banks on shipboard are useless and prefers a clear deck and open sea. The tale ends with the captain admitting dirt saved some lives yet still disapproving of land fighting being unclean.
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Vera Cruz
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Sallora
Coal consumption in 1914 by use in America
The 610 million tons of coal used in 1914 split into 168 million tons for industrial power, 184 million for home and office heating and cooking, 97 million for locomotives and steamboats boilers, and 71 million tons for coke and gas plants.
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America
What are the two sexes Alec
A light quip from Woman's Home Companion has Alec answering the teacher with masculine and feline as the two sexes. The exchange showcases a humorous gender-pun style typical of early 20th century humor writing.
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Alec
EATS HIS WAY TO A JOB
Pal the brindle bull chewed through city life in Evanston and left a trail of costly damages from a $300 havenport to a $176 rug. Psi fraternity members report Pal may become a police dog as police plan and hunt along the Lower Colorado delta corridor toward the Gulf of California, touting hunting grounds and scenic river routes for expedition.
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Pal
Phi Kappa Psi
Evanston
Ill
Sigma Chi
Psi
Doak
Pestka
Bvanaton Police
Pat
Colorado
North America
Delta Country
Gulf of California
Mexico
Hume
Gulf
Yuma
America
Fragmentary Clippings Reflect War Era Social Snippets
Snippets mention a line about men feeling out of place after job loss and a Red Cross Ball Blue joke. A child questions a temperate zone while a speaker says not to discuss war or local options, reflecting era chatter and advertising tone.
Clear Your Skin With Free Cuticura Samples
A vintage ad touts Cuticura as a fragrant emollient for skin scalp and hands promising clear skin from pimples blotches redness and roughness for the scalp relief from dandruff itching and for chapped hands. Free samples by mail with 32p postage to Cuticura Dept Y Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. Y
Boston
Ady
Broken window dispute at country hotel over airy room
A hotel guest complains of a broken window in the room he was given. The clerk retorts that the guest asked for an airy room, sparking a light exchange about the accommodations.
Women praise Lydia E Pinkham remedy for female troubles
Eldon Missouri woman describes years of displacement and pain and says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored strength. Ad claims the medicine helps with displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache and nervous prostration after other means failed. Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass promotes widely.
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Eldon
Lydia E. Pinkham
T. Harvey
Missouri
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de Kalb Ave
Broeklya
Dandrud
Cleveland Ley Hospital
Cleveland
Obi
Wiss Frederika K. Gaiser
Itl Hoertal
Cincinnati
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