Truth About the Case The Paris Detective Chief Goron
Chief Goron recounts solving a Paris crime web by linking financier Charles Vernet to the convict Simon. The tale follows his search through past cases, Berger, and a Bertillon measurement demonstration at a Madame S host event, exposing Simon in a public reveal before Simon’s suicide in custody.
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M. Goron
Paris
Museum of Crime
A. K
Charles Vernet
Cape
Detective Police
M. Clement
Pantin
Moulin
Simon
Rue Des Abbesses
Aymard
Cayenne
Charle Vernet
Berger
Vernet
Karstena
Monsieur Goron
Madame
Ile de Re
le de Re
Missionary and snakes spark tale from Queensland frontier
A Youth's Companion excerpt recounts a Queensland tribe fearing the serpent from the Eden story. A missionary tells Adam and Eve to a camp, provoking the tribe to collect snakes as a test for the good man. The chief hints the snakes are the old troublemaker, promising inspection by the parson.
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James Francis Dwyer
Queensland
Garden of Eden
Adam
Woman on the Firing Line in Homs Prisoner of War
A Tripoli dispatch reports Italian troops in the Homs area captured a European woman in Turkish lines who stood by her wounded horse. She was armed with a rifle and about one hundred cartridges and refused to identify herself. She is being held as a prisoner of war.
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Homs
Tripoli
Mahogany Fuel in Mexican Copper Mines
In Mexico rosewood floods the region with timbering in copper mines while mahogany is employed as fuel for the engines. This unusual timber and fuel usage highlights resource abundance and industrial practices.
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Mexico
Meeting Recap: Two Ladies Speak at Mrs Bacon’s Event
At the gathering described by Mrs Bacon, the dialogue included two women delivering remarks while long speeches were not noted. The format implies a brief session with concise public commentary. The source highlights the participation of two female speakers.
Radio Weather Service Saves Great Lakes Navigators Time and Money
The Great Lakes radio weather service saves an estimated 2000 plus operating hours and about 150000 dollars in a season. It warns vessels of storms and guides safe routes reducing idle time and costly delays. Examples include Mackinaw and Detour cases with substantial savings in tug and ship operations.
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Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Lakes
Mackinaw
Mich
P.m
Early Icebox Invention By Darius Eddy In Boston
In the years before the Civil War Darius Eddy, a Boston theater stage carpenter, built the first airtight ice cooled box. John Lodge urged a way to preserve food, leading Eddy to design a box that kept cold air inside and a steady temperature. The device proved practical and Eddy began making similar boxes for friends and then for everyone.
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Darius Eddy
Boston
John Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eddy
Mr. Lodge
Parlez Vous Francais Scene At Chicago Bookshop
A salesgirl in a Chicago department store and a woman in a tent argue over finding a book that is risqué. The woman asks for something “a little off color” and the clerk apologizes noting they have no such title.
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Chicago
When a Feller Needs a Friend
A four year old son of a county Democratic candidate shows staunch party loyalty. Asked if he is a Republican he denies and clutches his father's hand saying I am a Democrat, ain't I dad.
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Carlin
Indianapolis News
The Wild Gentleman Seen In Side Show
The Kansas City Star quotes J. Fuller Gloom recalling a wild man in a side show last summer. He describes the disreputable figure and jokes about offering a bottle of soothing shup a club a book of etiquette a soap snake or a tack in exchange.
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J. Fuller
Thad
Kansas City Star
Talk of the Town Sunshine and cheeks spark town chatter
A Sunday school memory about sunshine making rosy cheeks prompts a nephew to joke about his aunt painting her cheeks red. The remark sparks widespread discussion about the narrator’s complexion across the town.
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Nephew
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Albert Keyzer
J. B. Lippincott Co
Karstens
Rue Des Saints-Peres
Samson
Delilah
Httle
Saint-Andre-des-Arts
Belleville
Las Saint-Fargeau
Rue de Belleville
Masson
Gaillon
Camille
Durand’s
Paris’ Assembly
Madame §S
Madame S——’s
Ing
M. Bertillon
Anthropometrical Department
Ner
Rue de la Faisanderie
Madame S
Worden
Camille L
Pailleron
Lucien March
Alphonse Daudet
Meissonnier
Puvis de Chavannes
Lamoureaux
Francisque Sarcey
Benjamin Constant
Sardou
Sorbonne
Societaire
Comedie Francaise
Stock Exchange
Sarcey
Daudet
M. Vernet
Icebox
Stage Carpenter
the Wild Gentleman
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