Pauline and Dick Escape in Paris Night Affair
In a vivid Paris sequence, Miss Pauline of New York wields a snail revolver as danger swirls around Dick Denver. Dora fears for Pauline and the Mexican heroine Trinita while Dick plots escape with Colonel Bob. The party evades capture, reaches the Grand Continental, and a bank check seals a Paris maneuver as they press toward safety.
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Pauline
New York
Diani
Jock
Mr. Denver
Rae
Dorn
Mixes Pauling
Dora
Misa
Ashe Dick
Dick Pateh
Miss Mulino
Arie
Misa Pantine
Bob
Stont
Last Hope
Eld
Dick Haw
Trinita
Colmel Bob
Paris
Macninite
Dek
Aeain
M. Francolé
Turmirs
M. Francois
France
Worsening Clay Eater Habit In West Indies And Americas
An 19th century report describes clay eating among populations in the West Indies Honduras and regions around the Orinoco. It notes onset around age 12, compulsive ingestion of four to six pounds daily, water intake, and eventual death. Some clay is whitish gray yellow orange.
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West Indies
Honduras
Orinoco
Made the Marriage Sure. Glasgow Riot Case Ends in Joke
In Glasgow Southern police court a man and woman charged with riotous conduct on Main Street were described as husband and wife in the indictment. The magistrate pressed them to confirm their marriage status. Each answered affirmatively, and the judge quipped that whether married before or not, they are now husband and wife in law.
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Heras
Francois
Monsieur
Girard
Aml
Anii
Helen
Chin Iain
Mide & Privoner
Holt
M. Girard
Tall & Stead
Paris
Wek
Eréa
Glasgow
Scotland
Main Street
Ballie
Remarkable Memories in a Tangled Musical Tale
A fragmentary reminiscence claims Mozart could recall the Sistine Miserere after hearing it twice, a lore recounted by Sir W Hamilton. It cites Muretus via Mure tus about a Corsican youth who could recite 36 000 names by alternating direct and reverse orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfgang Mozart
Tina Hamilton
Muretus
Courtroom Comedy in Brookline Overcharges a Fine
In Brookline Massachusetts a brief court appearance ended with Wotan charged with intoxication. She paid a $1 fine and quipped to the judge that he needed the money to paint the house. The judge agreed and added a satirical reminder about further funds, raising the total collected to $15.
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Brookline
Mass
Reo
Wotan
Courtroom Parody Surprises with Baffled Jurist
An unfamiliar language scene shows a hardster pleading for his client for nearly an hour. A colleague mocks the effort, saying the other side did not understand a word, while a comic line blurs into a play on words about law and truth.
Quiet Tolstoi Colony on Whiteway Hill in Gloucestershire
A remnant of Tolstoyan followers clusters on Gloucestershire's Whiteway Hill near Stroud. They live by hand on an acre plots under trustees, welcome workers, avoid taxes, and pursue simple, vegetarian lifestyle with modest homes, a cow, and children who help with chores.
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Cotswold Hills
Gloucestershire
J. Lt
England
Jal
Equite
Pardon
Gloccester
Chreencester Am Strand
Fein
Stroud
Atullon
Jadomer
Aylmer Mande
Clare
Changes at the table in 1906 dinner talk
A couple discusses the new year noting promises to change habits including swearing and money management. The exchange reveals tensions over pin money and household control as they debate how to begin 1906 with altered behavior.
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Brown
Maude Plans Reform Through Marriage to Millyans
In a dialogue from Stray Stories Maude declares intent to marry Millyans to reform him, while Stella questions the mercenary motive and reveals his rumored miserly habit as a point of discussion about the forthcoming marriage.
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Stella
Papal Swiss Guard marks 400 years since foundation
The Papal Swiss Guard recently celebrated its 400 year milestone from its founding by Pope Julius III. It notes a curious link as the commandant's wife, Baron Meyer van Schawasee, hails from the Lante Rovere family, to which Pope Julius belonged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papal Swiss Guard
Pope Julius MH
Baron Meyer van Schawasee
Lante Rovere Hocee
Pope Julius
Handicraft Lace Revival in France Attracts 105000 Women
A few years ago handmade lace was fading in France. In 102 the government began rebuilding the industry and now an estimated 105000 girls and women work lace by the old hand process.
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France
Calumet Baking Powder and City Notices Stumble
A cluttered clipped ad page references Calumet Baking Powder and a chaotic string of notices from Santa Fe to Wichita. It includes traffic stopping distances at various speeds and a garbled appeal for selling rail or sea passage, plus political and social remarks about women on police forces and public health products.
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Santa Fe
Wichita
Kansas
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Beaver Herald
Pub
Beaver
Okla
William T. Quinn
Beaver County
Oklahoma
Albert Wellborn
Oshes
Hank
Mates City
Wil
Federal
F. P. Madison Beaver
L. S. Munsell
M. D
H. Loofbourrow
U. & Land Office
Dean & Laune
Territorial
U. S. Land Office
Woodward, Okla
Hoover & Swindall
Texas
Land Office
Department of the Interior
Ghee
Alazander
Don A. Taye
Alexander & Mayes Lawyers
Icomn Mil Courte and
Unitedites Land Office
Woodward, Ok
Briggs & Wybrant
Int Doorenat of Land Office
Woodward
Fred C. Tracy
R. Wright
Edberal
Beaver, Oklahome
Clyde H. Wyand
Woodward, Oklanoma
H. D. Meese
Geo. H. Healy
Wees
Riverside
Alexander & Healy
Woodward, Oklahoma
Streenguotes
Benor Lopes
Mane
Senor Lopes
Tek
Paria
Mttle
Joba
Tolstoi
Ope
Sao & Saunored
Pogland
Ansler
bin Whill
Whiteway
Miverden
Gloucester
Cirencester
St Aaid
Samuel Brown
Mary
Larkin Mason
Larkin D. Mason
Tamworth
N. H
Misson
Mason
Meredith
Mr. Meson
Toon
Charles Gordster
Bayou M. J
Gurden
Promians
Golden
Altcock
Gartelh Tea Co
Brook
N.Y
Vollage
Mother Gray
Chéidiemn
Haina
Etree
Irs
Winslow
Rene Tretree
Vollene Te Metin
Cela
Wild Coil
Mati
Law Barong Rouge
Fuatiase Cage
Syn'tyst
Thompson's
Eye Water
Billie Pretese
Embinka Fist Brand
Canada
Ottawa
Crewtont
Mine Street
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