Countess Manola and Hotel Rats Hold Fast to Night Theft
A lurid portrait of Countess Manola and a band of hotel thieves who use perfume and chloroform to rob wealthy travelers. The piece recounts past exploits in Nice 1908 and warns readers to bolt doors as the so called hotel mouse roams. It contrasts gentle gouine methods with brutal male operatives and advises strict room security.
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Ratg
Manola
Hees Abbey
Clairvaux
Cairo
Vienna
Botzen
St. Ries
Filocheuse de Colis
Gou
Villa Des Fleurs
Nice
Monte Carlo
Countess Manola
Helena
Marchesa
Nyetalop
Hven
Jhmould
sJirmouich
Gennne
Mate
Baron Frandin
Algiers
Benoit
Monsieur Bower
Frandin
Henic
Paris
Stilettto
Firmouth
Spendthrift Wife Grilled in Chicago Court
A Chicago wife testified her husband earned 291 dollars a month and spent 4000 on a 2000 salary, but the judge discharged the husband. The Ohio State Journal notes the spendthrift label and urges the wife to regulate spending to the wage.
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Chicago
Sit
Holland Slowly Sinking Says Ingenieur Writer
In the Ingenieur, M ten Cate argues Holland is slowly sinking due to subsidence of old Roman edi fices and raised surrounding soil. He cites Roman streets and Notre Dame steps now below ground and estimates Zuyder Zee dam costs at 18.375 million dollars and drainage at 65 million.
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London
M. “Blaupotten
Cate
The
Ingenieur
Holland
Cheapside
Aosta
Italy
Via Praetoria
Notre Dame
Paris
Holland M
Ten Cate
Zuyder Zee
Gulf of Jade
Germany
Europe
Thrush Flies 1500 Miles in Six Months From Scotland
Aberdeen University researchers report a song thrush hatched in Skene Aberdeenshire in June 1910 traveled 1500 miles to Leira Portugal by November the same year. Similar ringed birds show migrations from Scotland to Holland Sutherland to Portugal and Sweden to Gothenburg. US Department notes Gulf of Mexico as a direct flyway for North American birds.
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Washington
Natural History Department
Carnegie Institution
Department of Agriculture
Aberdeen University
Scotland
Skene
Aberdeenshire
Leira
Portugal
Loch Brora
Sutherland
Holland
Gothenberg
Sweden
United States Agricultural Department
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Miracle of Slumber and American Nervousness in Sleep Debate
A New York Mail view argues chronic sleep deprivation from the modern social schedule fuels American nervousness. It cites Napoleon’s purported late sleep failures and urges a return to early to bed as a Puritan habit to restore clarity, reduce fatigue, and curb social unrest. It stresses the value of sleep over late social and political activity.
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New York Mail
Napoleon
Bunty blamed for stir in town and an Edinburgh kirk tale
New York reports from Cincinnati Times Star recount a tale about Bunty stirring up a Scottish mood in town. John Dunsmore recalls a Sunday in Edinbro where a sermon on hell fell flat as the church float lapsed into sleep except for a simple minded boy in the organ loft who curses the preacher.
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Bunty
New York
Cincinnati Times Star
John Dunsmore
Edinbro
Dunsmore
Kirk
Hell
Jaddie
Parrson
Castle myth in Duff erin estate story from Belfast ruin
An embassy aide recalls a tale from Dufferin estate near Belfast. Lord Dufferin marked a line with his walking stick to guide a protective wall, then left for the continent. On return the castle ruin had vanished, and steward Mulligan confessed he pulled it down to make the wall.
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London
Dufferin
Belfast
O'Neill
Lord Dufferin
Mulligan
Ireland
Germans Buy Nothing on Credit
William R. Steinway said before sailing for Germany that Germans spend what they can pay for in cash. He noted higher disposable wealth than in the U S and said there is no concept of living beyond means, with clear class distinctions recognized by the people.
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Germany
America
United States
William. R. ‘Steinway
Wedding Plot Sparks Moonshine Plan Behind Mountaineers
In the vicinity a wedding day plan sparks a feud as Bud Hightower hypes moonshine in a makeshift shoe still. Lin Beesley and Sim joke about hurling it at the groom, aiming to hit Snipe Tolliver instead, during preparations noted by Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Bud Hightower
Bud
Lin Beesley
Sim
Tolliver
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Believer Pinchot Replies With Characteristic Wit
Gifford Pinchot at his brother's Park Avenue home in New York laughs at a political reporter's story submitted for verification. He replies in the manner of an old Italian peasant who questions the claim that compatriots love birds too much to eat them, noting many would disagree.
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Gifford Pinchot
Park Avenue
New York
Fragmented text hints at a courtroom or editorial note
The readable lines describe a judge and a man dropping a magazine in mud. The rest is garbled, with scattered references to cooking art and impressionistic topics without clear context.
Coffee hurts one in three claims in Postum ad
An advertisement style letter argues coffee harms one third of people and promotes Postum as a cure. It cites a New York hotel man whose nerves and sleep improve after switching to Postum and notes another woman who gained weight and lost heart palpitations after quitting coffee. The letter appeals to readers with a testimonial voice.
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New York
Acady
Teuc
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Ohio State Journal
Zuyder
Zee
Holland Schoolgirls
Alabastine Company
Grandville Road
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York City
Water Street
Brown
Frost
Dawber
Snow
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