The Major's Duel Plan In Paris
While strolling the Tuileries I meet Major Bunt a confident, flamboyant gambler in debt to fate and women He declares three French rivals must be challenged to a duel to defend his honor I fear for his safety as he mails a drastic note and plans three morning encounters leaving me torn between friendship and the law.
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Tuileries Garden
Major Bunt
Major
Paria
Lognc
Boulogne
Indy
Dragoons
Chasseurs
Bunt
Jostanh Bent
Boot
Tecarcely
Wil
Rue de Rivoli
Deas
England
Jor
Duel, Widow Promise Ends In Wild Escapade
A narrator recalls a surreal scene where a major brags of “killing rivals” in duels and secretly marrying a widow. The major plans to flee to England while the narrator questions the outcome of the frontier duels and the fate of others involved.
The Marked Marksman of Guido Ventura
In Paris Doctor Noirot recounts the peculiar case of Guido Ventura, famed marksman who seemingly never misses his target. A gallery of events unfolds with his companion Misa Arabella and a lethal display where bullets hit a plaster head but never the mark, revealing a dangerous obsession and a volatile act of jealousy.
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Doctor Noirot
Amall
Diana the Huntress
New World
Guido Ventura
Paris
Misa Arabella
Arabella
Guido Venixs
Markaman
Alcazar d'Automme
Mysterious Fatal Elopement Sparks Paris Theater Scandal
Arabella, a performer in Paris, flirts with danger as Guido Ventura becomes jealous over her affection for an American. A dramatic confrontation unfolds in the Alcazar d Antomme foyer with a pistol and a fatal shot, ending in Arabella’s death and Ventura’s deranged obsession. The tale ends with the marksman boasting of his perfect aim.
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Guido Nemerece
Guido Ventura
Arabella
New York
Paris
America
Feri
Qantas
Coulisee Ft
Markeman
Coulisse
Miss Arabella
Mise Arabella
Guno Ventura
Honest Man Declines Pocket Tobacco After Mixup
In a humorous bartering tale a grocer accuses a poor old man of stealing a plug of tobacco. The man pleads poverty and integrity while the grocer apologizes and returns the item. The exchange ends with the man affirming his honesty.
Child Swallows Doll Survive After Operation in London
Liverpool story tells of a two year old who fell ill after months of struggle. Doctors failed to diagnose until a morning bath revealed a knot in the abdomen. Surgeons opened it to find a two inch china doll swallowed about a year ago. The child recovered and is now lively.
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Liverpool
London
No-nonsense matchmaker frees couple at last
A bashful farmer wooer gains courage after a stern father forces a quick betrothal near Horsham township. The father orders an immediate yes or no and marriages follow, ending months of anxious hesitation. Mary and John accept, teen love ends in practical alliance.
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Horsham Township
Mary Jane
John Henry
Mary
John
Drawing the Line in a Melbourne Dining Room
A steady restaurant patron and a waiter clash over decorum and violence in a tense confrontation. The patron draws a line at waiters, while other customers chant for a fight before the waiter douses him with a water bottle and the scene ends with a humorous aside about a train carriage encounter.
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Damme
A Page of English History by Our Colonial Romancise
A humorous sketch recounts William II noted for red hair and his era’s manners. It satirizes Crusade follies, the 11th century language, royal misadventures, and the accidental royal death at New Forest with Sir Walter Tyrrel and the bungled regatta aftermath.
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William Rofas
William
William Waa Meres
Ile
Normanby
Robert
Willie
Chaucer
William IT
Peter the Hermit
Jerusalem
Palestine
Myers
Fox
New Forest
Sir Walter Tyrrel
Walter
Carter
Tyrrel
Boulogne-aur-Mer
Purkiss
Royal
Winchester
Ried
The Bloodhound and the River Dare on a River Boat
Narrative recounts a Natchez riverboat yard scene where travelers bet on a ferocious bloodhound. A man dares fling the dog into the river, the hound calmly resists and retrieves to shore, while the boat’s pilot notes the dog has grit yet never bites.
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Natchez
Greenhorns
A Juvenile Millionaire Heiress in Boston
The seven year old daughter of Captain George H. Perkins gains a £1,400,000 inheritance from her grandfather William F. Weld. The bulk of Weld’s fortune, £5,600,000, was divided among four heirs, with £4,000 and a Boston home to Mrs. Perkins and £4,000 annually for the child until adulthood. Captain Perkins’s income rises to £8,000 in cash plus his salary and Boston residence rent.
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George H. Perkins
U.S. Navy
William F. Weld
Boston
Weld
Fragmented Aphorisms on Virtue and Society from a 19th Century Voice
A garbled collection of maxims on modesty, politeness, journalism, and virtue. It extols prudence and patience, condemns vanity, and lauds Christian living while critiquing worldly pretense. The text intertwines social advice with reflections on fate and leadership.
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Jesus Christ
Tornle
Champagne and the Glory of Wine
A lyrical ode to champagne praising its sparkle taste and noble origins in France. The speaker voices reverence for bubbles and praises various wines while confessing the lure and danger of drink and desire.
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France
Brandied Quince Preserves And Orange Paste Method
A vintage recipe fragment describes making an orange paste with Sevilie erenges pulp and magne, then baking in a shallow pie dish with custard. It also covers brandied quinces simmered in water, creating a syrup ready to jell, cooled, flavored with brandy, and jarred sealed with egg white paper.
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London
Quince Marmalade Preparation From a Historic Receipt
A historic kitchen note describes cleaning quinces and boiling until soft, weighing pulp, and using two pounds of sugar per pound of fruit. It instructs dissolving sugar with water, cooking gently to a thin consistency, then combining with fruit and heating briefly before glazing into jars and sun setting for crust formation.
Apple Marmalade Making From Old Recipes
Readable text details two marmalade methods using apples and sugar. The first method uses 3/4 pound leaf sugar per pound apples with water and spices, boiling to a smooth amber marmalade stored in pots. The second describes making a syrup from 3 pounds leaf sugar per pint of water to coat hard apples like russets, aiming for an orange marmalade look.
Fragmented anecdotes mix moral tales and petty crime
A garbled column blends moral maxims with comic vignettes and sharp, unnamed incidents. It cites a grandmother’s proverbs, a church baptism joke, a landlord dispute, a thief in the bakery, and a canary naming quip, all in a rambling, old‑timey voice.
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Abe
Ant ‘Benk
Solomon
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Genean Sench
Wiight
Lily
Bontesha
Sikcol
Simpson's Road
Advan
Wheeler and Wilson
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