Impostors, Diamonds, and a Ballroom Chase Unfold
At a New York club ball, Richard Cornstalk probes a jewel theft linked to Alice Hawthorne. Haggerty the detective and Chief of Police close in as Hamilton confirms the impostor’s identity, while Mrs. Hyphen Bonds supplies an alibi. The situation grows tense as a Irish enforcer arrives with a warning and a new robbery claim surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Haggerty
Richard Comnstalk
Haggerty
Pollanterd
New York
Daniel Witherspoon
Gaid
Friard’s
Hamilton
Cousun
Hagerty
Ricky Comnstalk
Mr. Hamilton
Teddy
Dicky
Blankshire
Pmidrantos
Alice Hawthorne
Germany
Princess of Hesse
Hyphen-Bonds
T .Am
Vautrin
Cuticura Remedies praised in medical letter
A family crediting Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for curing eczema running sores on a girl and poison oak sores on a boy notes relief within weeks. The letter from Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Walden's Ridge Tenn dated Oct 13 1905 ends with author Arthur Stringer described as a farmer at Cedar Springs Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden's Ridge
Tenn
Illiteracy Among Paris Conscripts Noted by Figaro
The Paris Figaro reports that among conscripts sent to French regiments 160 are illiterate, with 90 unable to read or write. It questions how Paris could harbor so many ignorant people after 25 years of compulsory education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Ville Lumiere
Figaro
Somnambulism as a Hysteric Manifestation Highlighted
Johns Hopkins lecture by Prof Pierre Janet links somnambulism to hysteria during mind and medicine discussion. He describes case histories of a young woman, a 35 year old, a man with palsy, and a despairing girl, each displaying trance like acts and deliberate self harm while asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Janet
Paris Sorbonne
McCoy Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Travel notes on Oh yes in Nazareth and Provence
A correspondent describes a habit of saying Oh yes in Nazareth Palestine and along the Rhone valley Provence and the Rivera. He notes locals including women and children learning a little English and using the phrase as a universal response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Palestine
Rhone
Provence
Rivera
Some Wives Are Different
A man notes that some wives prefer quiet cynicism to loud quarrels. He cites Dave Potter’s wife who calmly dismisses a letter from a rival as revealing her husband’s flaws. She tells the girl she would doubtlessly be unhappy living with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Potter
Dave
Pink Pills credited with curing Mrs Robbins and aiding daughter
Mrs Josie Robbins of Decatur Illinois says after weak, thin, and painful years she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and was cured gaining strength and ability to work. She also notes her daughter improved from anemia and pallor after treatment. The pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Robbins
Clar St
Decatur, Ill
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Harold Macgrath
Man On
Box
Harrison Fisher
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Post -Office
Rascal
Card
Arthur Stringer
Cedar Springs
Ont
Pauline
Aha
Ely
Catarr
I i
Bly Brothers
Warren Street
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