Mardi Gras Mystery Saunters Through London Carnival Basin
During the New Orleans carnival season Jachin Fell and Dr Anstey discuss a series of robberies by the Midnight Masquer who wears an aviator guise. Lucie Ledanois, the Columbine, is tied to the Maillards as tension over funds and romance build toward a bank heist at a ball. Gramont plots to return loot and top the scheme.
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New Orleans
Jachin Fell
Dr. Anstey
Joseph Maillard
Ell
Ansley
Columbine
Fell
Lucie Ledounois
Bob Maillard
Yfe
Prince Gramont
Lucie Ledanois
Kel
Henry Gramont
Prince de Gramont
Lucie
Gramont
Tiamimond
A. FE. F
Hammond
The Midnight Masquerade Ends in a Loot Disposal
Gramont and Hammond sort a cache of stolen jewelry and money into labeled boxes. They plan post delivery to return items to owners while weighing risks from Jachin Fell and Maillard family schemes, amid a tense chase and possible police scrutiny.
Nervous and half sick women cite successful cure
Letters from Mrs. Elmer Heasley of Youngstown Ohio praising Vegetable Compound for easing back pain cramps insomnia and low spirits after months of illness She reports finishing eight bottles and urging others to try Lydia E Pinkham medicine Mrs L E Wiese of New Orleans also writes of nervous fatigue prompting requests for the companys private text on ailments peculiar to women and a free booklet offer from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elmer Heasley
S. Jackson St
Youngstown
Ohio
L.E. Wiese
Louisa St
New Orleans
Fresh Baby Clothes Care Ad With Ball Blue Dye
Fresh, sweet, white clothes for baby with Red Cross Ball Blue dye. Never streaks or injures them. All good grocers sell it. The ad features homemaking lines and a note by Mrs I Croly on devotion to home and children.
Clergyman Quarrels Over Swearing While Plowing Field
A Massachusetts preacher recalls telling a Workman he never swore as he plowed. The field grew rough and the preacher chased the plow, panting. The Workman counters that the preacher lied more than once about not seeing the like while he watched the process.
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Massachusetts
Grandfather and Betty Share Strawberries During Visit
In a rural scene the grandfather and Betty visit a strawberry patch. He picks small berries for himself and feeds them to the girl. Betty then tells him gravely she can eat the large ones too.
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Grandfather
Betty
Fragmentary Life item hints at social standings
A clipped Life magazine line questions if Alice-Did Gladys joined the gay social set. Virginia notes she cannot reconcile the fact that she and Jack have been married 11 years.
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Alice
Gladys
Virginia
Jack
Fijian Cricket Craze Spurs Odd Uniform Tales
A London TitBits tale recalls early Fiji cricket scenes with long matches in remote villages and humor over bare legs in pads. It notes a house boy Esau with a one sided haircut styled as a team mark for Lomaloma A, due to shortages of matching sashes on store shelves.
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Fiji
Vilages
Esau
Lomaloma
London
Belgian Bond Winner Receives 200000 Franc Prize
A rural Belgian man visiting Antwerp for the first time in years learned his 1908 bond had drawn in 1907 state lotteries. After checking records at the Caisse Communale, he was told he was entitled to a bonus of 200000 francs, about 40,000 dollars.
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Antwerp
Caisse Coramunale
Joke Test for a Dyspeptic Audience
A quip suggests testing humor on a difficult crowd to gauge reception. The line plays on stomach discomfort as a metaphor for skepticism, inviting readers to consider how mood affects punchlines.
Beautiful Tribute to Mothers
A meditation on motherhood as solace and eternity in love. The excerpt honors a mother as solace amid loss, invoking a timeless bond and the idea of immortality through maternal devotion.
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Louis M. Notkin
Dead Shot Worm Remedy Advertises Quick Relief
An advertisement at 372 Pearl Street New York urges readers to obtain Dr Peerys Dead Shot to rid the system of worms with a single dose. The 50 cent bottle promises time money and convenience for worm treatment.
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Dr. Peery
Pearl St
New York City
Nothing Worse in Prospect on a Branch Line Banter
W S Inglis, a notable coal operator, recounts a Scranton railroad banquet story about a 12 mile branch line famed for its bumps and dirt. A late train passenger jokes that the worst part of the journey is over as he brushes off. Another man asks about going far, and a humorous exchange follows.
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W. S. Inglis
Scranton
Fong Kong
Chia
Landor the Explorer Henry Savage Landor's Vast Explorations
Henry Savage Landor earned a renowned record as an explorer. He reportedly reached both sources of the Brahmaputra in India and mapped them in Thibet. His Himalaya journeys yielded much information, followed by a year studying the Philippine islands and a 3800 mile trek through Korea. He later pursued Africa and South America, traveling almost continuously until 1914.
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Landor
Henry Savage Landor
Brahmaputra
India
Thibet
Himalayas
Philippine Islands
Mr. Lando
Corea
Atrica
South American
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Xou
Lester Eberhart
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Winona Lake
Irwin Myers
Doubleday, Page and Company
Trammond
Jachin
Boaz
Gramant
Granant
Tie
Thurmond
Cap
Maillard House
Cap’n
Buhl
Perel
Gramout
John Simith
Bayou Teche
Southland
Grumont
Miss Ledanois
Maillard the
Tim
Memphis
Izzy Gumberts
Jammond
Youngstown, Ohio
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Indiana Daily Imnes
Sam
Elizabeth Reinbold
N. Pine St
Indianapolis
Indiana
New York Herald
Putnam
Life Partners
Union of
Nature, Science and
the Farmer
Partnership For Life
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Western
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Columbia
W. S. Nethery
East Rich S. Paints
M. J. Johnston
Monument Pi, Nee Cits
Ind
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Lincoln Inn Court Bldg
Cincinnati
Ohto
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