Menial Diplomat Reveals Plot at Aden and Perim Island
A 19th century tale recounts British and French tensions at Aden during repairs of a French fleet. An Irish maid named Katie uncovers the plan to seize Perim (Perim Island) with a staged farewell banquet, revealing the secret that forces British occupation of the island. Perim remains under British control.
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Sokotra
Aden
Katie
Ireland
M’m
M'M
Maddagascar
Parim
Perim
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Perim Island
Red Sea
France
Laundry Praise From Coast To Coast At Grand Island Steam Laundry
A traveling man praises Grand Island Steam Laundry for excellent service noting shirts arrived without pins buttons or boards and no time wasted removing the dye or doling out care.
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Carl Maur
Sidney
Fritz Brauer
Frank Mitchell
Neb
C.F. Livoni
Grand Island
Lawyer Becomes Lover in Mme Dubois Real Estate Pact
Edmond Boyer of Twining and Twining handles a case with Mme Dubois, who mistakes him for her late husband. The meeting unfolds in French and pantomime as she hires him for property matters, then faces a paid engagement beyond legal duties. Numerous cultural and emotional misreadings propel a curious, ironic romance amid a real estate inquiry and a looming train departure.
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Flere
Mme. Dubois
Labout
Edmond Boyer
Twining
America
Dijon
Parla
Dubuis
Twining & Twining
Luad
Camblen
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Harper & Wright
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W. £. Swatzlander
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Kentucky
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American Press Association
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Grand Island Steam Laundry
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Chas. Kruse
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Stine
David Waters
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M. A. Shipman
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Schlitz Beer
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