Diamonds, Poacher, and a Village Secret Endure
A narrator recalls a 19th century village diamond heist at Squire Venne’s hall. Poacher Ned Foster and accomplices are caught after a night in Croomley Wood, with Foster transported and Martha released. Decades later the detective recounts a second scene in a ruined cottage as two men search for the gems, a Jew guiding and probing Foster’s memory. The diamonds vanish into a complex past of crime and social intrigue.
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Martha Foster
Ned
Missus
Ned Foster
Mateat
Venne
Alpha
Squire Venne
Vennes
Officilala
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Bette
Ned Foater
Jew
Tia
Tyo
Comte
London
Shen
Bedouin Wedding at Earl's Court Draws Crowds
The London Chronicle describes a recent Arab wedding from Assouan Egypt at Earl's Court. Groom Hamdun Salah, twenty one, bride Halima Muhamel, fourteen, wore blue velvet and gold, with a white veil. A Bishari priest officiated after mothers arranged the marriage settlement amid a gathered crowd paying six pence each.
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Earl’s Court
London Chronicle
London
Hamdun Salah
Halima Muhamel
Assouan
Egypt
Earl's Court
Hamdun
Halima
Illamdun
Souan
As Company
Unification of Australian Forces Aims for Large Mobilizable Army
Melbourne correspondent reports Government assent to a unified Australian military system. It outlines a peace organization of 13 811 field force and 11 899 garrison, both volunteers under professional direction, plus rifle clubs totaling over 30 000. On mobilization Australia could field about 68 000 trained troops, expanding toward a potential 500 000 in invasion scenarios.
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Cronica
Specia
London
Ian’ Soice
Hazlitt
Melbourne
the Chronicle
Hutton
Australia
Soma 1
Sigtty
gare_ rison
Er Forte
King Edward Visits Vienna Hearst Heart Vault Tale
The London Chronicle reports on King Edward's Vienna visit and a Capuchin vault display of 152 crystal heart vases. Hearts of Habsburgs, begun in the 13th century, are preserved after death, with Ludwig’s heart spared by his will.
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Edward
Vienna
London Chronicle
Jiapsburg
H Burgs
Archduke Ludwig
Dodd's Kidney Pills Restore Work Ability in Canada
Simon V. Landry of River Bourgeois, Quebec, testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his year long weakness and back problems after three boxes. He reports now able to work again, praising the remedy as a proven kidney cure across Canada.
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Pierre
Mr. Hazlitt
Anothet
Ife
Simon V. Landry
Dodd
Rom
Canada
Too Much Success The gingerbread scheme of Exeter philanthropist
An elderly Exeter philanthropist helps a maimed sailor start a gingerbread business by supplying him with a street cry. Her careful coaching yields rapid sales but warps his chant from kindness to vanity, with the plea looping through increasingly mixed phrases as profits climb.
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Exeter
Eng
Lao
Doctors Prescribe Kola-Tonic-Wine in Toronto Ad
Poised as a tonic for the weak and nervous the Kola Celery and Pepsin mixture is claimed to ward off fevers bilious headaches restore appetite aid digestion and serve as a cure for dyspepsia It is advertised as manufactured by The Hygiene Kola Co at 84 Church St Toronto with testimonials from F W McLean and notes of a February 24 1903 date.
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Dominion
The
Hygiene Kola Co
Church St
Bays
Toronto
Hygiene Kola Company
F. W. McLean
Queen and
Church Streets
A Flattering Choice and Funeral Distress
A Baptist minister was astonished to be asked to minister to a dying churchman. He learned the wife avoided her own clergy because the doctor said the case was infectious. Lifebuoy soap disinfectant is strongly recommended by the medical profession as a safeguard against infectious diseases.
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Westminster Gazette
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