The Great French Conjurer and Palmer’s Curse
A sprawling tale contrasts the feats of Robert Troudin the French conjurer with Palmer’s curse. It recounts Houdin’s Algerian tests, the marabouts’ fears, and Palmer’s perilous East missions, ending with the legend of a deadly curse that blighted lives and remains remembered in the East.
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Palmer
Robert Troudin
Tule Ta
Algeria
Algiers
Outin
Fleur
England
East
Houdin
Bookman
Infernal Machine disaster at Bremerhaven 1875
A man using the name Thomas and possibly Alexander plotted an insured shipping event in Bremerhaven. An inertial device exploded at the dock killing 128 and wounding 56 as the Mosel prepared to sail to New York. Thomas then shot himself aboard and died days later after confessing.
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Bremerhaven
Thomas
Bremen
America
Alexander
Germany
Harmer
New York
Southampton
A Crater Town and Other Odd Tidbits
A mixed set of curiosities and anecdotes. Salt on the Windward island of Saba is described as a crater town atop an extinct volcano with Dutch inhabitants who speak English and craft ships hauled from the rim into the sea. Also recounted are pygmies of Africa and humorous misstatements about judgment, bridge, time, and a boy named Johnny being whipped.
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Saba
Holland
Bottom
Windward
It Depended Chappy Would You Marry a Woman
A quip from a club fellow debating marriage to a woman who sued another man for breach of promise. The remark notes the outcome would hinge on the jury award and reflects social attitudes of the time.
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Leicester Square
Property value drives sale of mer it
The statement asserts that no more can be obtained for property than others, yet any item of merit may be sold if priced at real value. It frames value as fair price and market-driven feasibility.
Nervous Collapse and Dr Miles Restorative Nervine
A Maine reader describes long term nervous collapse and sleeplessness. After two nervous prostrations travel ceased and doctors failed. Dr Miles Restorative Nervine is praised for rebuilding the nervous system and restoring organ harmony. User advised to buy from a druggist and take as directed with money-back guarantee.
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Miles
A. G. C. Libby
Wells
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Stanley County Land Company
Choice
Hinesteaders
Cotton Wood
South Dakota
Philip
Cullen’s Store
The
Iowa
J. P. Murphy
Clarence M. Sageser Fler
Tatettate
Jos. Roberts
Wokama Drug Company
Wokama
Harry
Graham
Morgan
Stanley
Meade
Graham Land Co
North-Western
Lindsay & Orr
Northwesern
Stanley County
Metropolis
Pluce
Washington
Lincoln
Douglas
Lars
Euclid
Mar
Africa
Guy Burrows
Robson
Cleveland
Plunkville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Johnny
London
F.H. Arnold Real Estate Exchange
Philip, S. D
Ergrasas
P.O
F. H. Arnold
Real Estate Exchange
Bessie Kennedy
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Houtieran Davo *F
Madison
Wis
Golden Grain Belt
John Gund
J. E. Taggert
Commissioner's Office
C. H. Webster
Henry Hoffman
Prop
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