Monte Carlo Gambler Dawes and the Riviera Tragedy
Gentleman Dawes, a Colorado merchant turned retiree, arrives in Monte Carlo with no prior gambling history and loses four hundred eighty five thousand dollars in eight days. After years of ruin he returns to the Riviera under a new name, James W. Squire, seeking recovery and revenge against luck’s cruel turn.
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Rivlera
Monte Carlo
Reak House
Dawes
French Riviera
Danwest
Gerry
Galch
Riviera
Hermann
Hig
Fide
Carlo
Desire
Brook & Square
Darrow
Angie Falla
Keotak
America
Europe
Gontes
Deauville
James WH. Squire
Blue Coast
Squire
States
Nice
Cannes
No Tame Rooster Match for Ringneck Pheasant
Detroit News notes the ringneck pheasant outclasses domestic roosters in combat and field behavior. It highlights the pheasant’s longer spurs, aggression, flying ability, and sturdier build giving it the edge even against Plymouth Rock or Rhode Island roosters. The piece cites cannibalism accusations and cautious boldness around humans during nesting season.
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Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Detroit News
Moravian Bride's Trousseau Displays Regional Craft
Moravia, a small principality in the Czech region, shows in its bride’s trousseau notable frills laces and embroidery. Once independent, it has long been part of various European powers and before World War I belonged to Austria. The mountainous Little Principality’s people are mainly Moravians and Slovaks.
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Moravia
Republic
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Heights of Abraham Name Origin in Quebec History
The article explains that the Heights of Abraham in Quebec derive their name from Abraham Martin a Canadian pioneer of Scotch descent who worked as a pilot on the St Lawrence during Champlain s era Champlain issued a deed granting Martin a homestead on the heights and cattle and sheep grazed on the tableland along the St Lawrence Martin was beloved by locals and is noted as Maitre Abralaw Alberto.
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Abraham
Quebec
Abraham Martin
Martin
St. Lawrence
Samuel de Champlain
Champlain
Modern River Ark Coal Haulers On Erie Gravel River
River men built ark shaped boats to float coal from Pennsylvania mines to the Atlantic coast. These craft cost about $5 a ton and carried about 90 tons each. They flooded the river and could not be pulled back upstream, so they were sold after use.
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Noah
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
Rattles the Kingfisher Sparked Island Gossip
Jenny Wren and fellow Old Orchard birds mock Rattles the Kingfisher for living in a hole in the ground and using fish bones for a nest, while others defend his choices as peculiar yet sensible. Johnny Chick notes the group dislikes him for not following their norms.
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Rattles
Kingfisher
Mrs. Rattles
Bunny Southland
Stattles
Rattles A
Skimmer the Swallow
Jenny Wren
Birs
Blacky the Crow
Sammy Jay
Robin
Goldle Tha Oriole
Jenny
Johnny Chuck
Rattles the Kingfisher
Mr. Blacksnake
Cresty
Chatterer the
Red Squirrel
Johnny Chick
T. VW. Burgos
WNU Bervice
Using Sour Cream In Breads And Cookies
An old recipe note explains substitutions with sour milk and sour cream in breads and cookies. It covers fat replacement, liquid balance, and leavening using soda and baking powder, plus guidance on texture and handling for rolls and sugar cookies.
Think Twice Before You Write a Letter
Poem urges care before writing letters to avoid harming others. It cautions against gall and cruel words, noting that kind, considerate correspondence can preserve friendships and avert needless pain. The dated piece attributes authorship to Douglas Malloch.
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Dougina Malloch
J—Wnt Service
Fragmented coinage of ad hoc trivia and errors
A garbled OCR item lists humorous tidbits and misstatements about education and history. It mentions DRIERS and BONERS as exam items, epistles as wives of apostles, and Shakespeare with a misquote about Nine peers. It also notes Roman Britain in 55 B C and Stevenson’s travels.
Warriors of Gideon Seen As Scriptural Band of 300
According to scripture Gideon led three hundred men each armed with a sword a trumpet and an earthen pitcher holding a lamp. The detail recalls the biblical account of a surprise attack that leveraged unconventional weapons and timing.
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Gideon
Dot and Ruche Create Clever Red Dress Frock
A frock in red features a clever use of dot and ruche detailing. The design blends bold fabric with delicate trim to achieve a striking vintage look.
Artificial silk's rise from theory to rayon
The text traces the search for artificial silk from 1855 when George Andemars patented a collodion and liquid rubber filament method in England to the 1899 Paris exhibition by Hilaire de Chardonniet. His cellulose yarn sparked practical development, leading to rayon's modern form.
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George Andemars
Switzerland
England
Hilaire de Chardonniet
Paris
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WNU
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Themeslvers
Misa Alice Wearne
Los Angeles
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Gareth
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St Paul's
Britain
Spain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bell
Wwng Servics
Warriors of Gideon
Dot and
Ruche
NN Ag. Cen
Dennis Benoland
Second Corps
Big Star
Mitchel
Long Island
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