The Baroness of Ritz and Calhoun Scheme in Montreal
Senator Calhoun seeks the secretary of state post to push Texas and Oregon into the Union and engages Baroness Von Ritz to learn England’s Mexico plans. Nicholas Trist pursues the baroness through Montreal as intrigue deepens with a midnight return to Washington and a planned wedding in a web of spies and political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Trist
John Calhoun
Tyler
Dr. Ward
Calhoun
Texas
Oregon
England
Mexico
Baroness von Ritz
Pakenham
Nicholas
Elizabeth Churchill
Elizabeth
Montreal
Great Britain
Nicholas I
Meeks
Value for value and a wandering Hungarian in Washington
A poised conversation unfolds between a bold Hungarian woman and a gentleman in a Washington home. She boasts of five homes worldwide and probes his marriage status while narrating her own past, motives, and belief in America as a beacon of hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur
Monsieu
Washington
Paris
Vienna
London
Prince of Orleans
Louis Philippe
Austria
Europe
America
Painful finger nails cured by Cuticura Ointment
Mrs I J Horton of Katonah New York describes a long battle with painful inflamed nails and recurring infections. She details relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting nails grew out clean, no further suppuration, and no relapse by September 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Horton
Katonah
N. Y
Greatest Baseball Play Heard by Governor-Elect Tener
Washington correspondence recalls an amateur game at Charleroi on a wet field. An outfielder in a derby hat chased a high fly and jumped a pond, the ball struck his hat crown and lodged there. The runner was out and the fielder did not touch the ball with his hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tener
Charleroi
Washington
Pittsburg Dispatch
Lord's Advertisement and Bazaar Purchase
Willie recalls his nurse's vivid scripture texts and asks for a Lord's advertisement like Mary has. His aunt gives a dime for a bazaar purchase while a Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup ad promotes teething relief and wind colic cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Mary
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim with Laxative Tablets
An advertisement touts a cold cure in one day using Zeke Laxative Bromine tablets with E W Gee’s signature on each box. It promises a refund of 25 if the cure fails and ends with a note about the difference between making oneself good and making others good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke
E.W. Gee
Florida
Pensacola
Pensacola Realty Company
Moon Ahoy Prank Sparks Navy Watch On San Francisco Cruise
A Massachusetts Naval Reserve member on the San Francisco on cruise is startled at sea when he shouts Light ahoy then mistakes the moon for a distant ship. The officer questions him as the moon, not a vessel, is observed rising over calm waters. Moon ahoy is finally yelled to correct the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Naval Serves
San Francisco
Moon
It Wasn’t a Fire at East Side Night School
A New York East Side night school principal enrolled a new pupil Tom Dugan who wore a brand new suit and claimed seven fifty was paid for it. He denied any fire, saying the engine sounds were unrelated and part of his new attire purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York East Side
Tom Dugan
Tommy
Old Pennsylvania German Walks To Mountain Destination
An elderly Pennsylvania German man endured a dusty three hour hike to reach a mountain location. An automobile, likely the first along that road, gave him a lift and they arrived in about twenty minutes. He thanked the driver in his dialect, noting he would have slept longer if not for the ride.
Where He Made It in the Chicken Business
Wobbles greets Binks and learns he made ten thousand dollars from the chicken business. Binks confirms the income as profit, not revenue, surprising Wobbles with the amount. The exchange showcases a casual front about success in a poultry venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binks
Wobbles
Harper’s Weelly
The Cannibal King Sketch Prompted By Lunch Debate
A humorous sketch centers on a cook and a cyclist with royal humor about a burnt dish. The Cannibal King complains of scorch and the Cook retorts that the cook was scorching when caught.
Boasting of Saying What You Think Is Excuse
A concise aphorism notes that claiming honesty is often a shield for unthought statements. It argues clear thinking should precede sharing thoughts rather than masking weakness with candor.
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Rosseau
L Hudson Bay Company
Notre Dame Street
Ami
Chateau
Nage O’clock
Feuce
Helena von Ritz
Threlka
la Prairie
Emerson Houghton
Magnus G
Jiagnus, Corres A
Brown
Walker
Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Phil
N. UL
FT. Wayne
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Surgical Institute At
Buffalo
Worzp
Menphat. Association
N.Y
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