The Squelette Cabaret Mystery Unfolds in Paris Boulevard
Bernardet and Dagonin pursue a gray hat young man through Montmartre after a chilling stage illusion. The crowd witnesses a death reimagined on stage as the man in the sombrero vanishes, while Bernardet traps the suspect Prades in a police post, where he reveals he is Charles Prades from Sydney seeking fortune in Paris, with ties to Buenos Aires and Revere’s murder case.
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Akeleton
AQ Suvolette
Alsters
Cho Vid
Henry
Hernardot
Bernardez
Tal
Ian
Ghia
Mt Valles Leal
Bernardet
Nic
M. Revere
Bedy
Lernardet
Wenner
Rovere
Tran
Ike
Bernadet
Havinas
Hernardez
Cage
Mehta
Tramways
Dagonin
Berhardet
Makeuver
Place Pigalle
Revere
Paris
Montmartre
Une
Hermardet
Dagonia
Gemin
M. Bernardet
Uim
UN Police
Bernantet
Quivkly
Au Squel
Prades
Charles
Charles Prades
Rue du Paradis-Poissoniore
Paria
Bernardt
Bok Tt
Rue de Paradis
New York Cigar Store Window Damaged in Disorder
Crowd gathered at W. W. St. John's Madison Avenue cigar store to read a large placard after the front plate glass was smashed. Amid the debris of destroyed display items including women’s apparel a dramatic scene emerged with placards labeling items like comb and directoire dress pieces.
The Philosophic Brakeman Delays on the Canadian Line
A passenger train, The Flying Bluenose, is held for an hour or more due to a boiler issue delaying until a relief locomotive arrives. Most passengers, mainly Americans, wait in town or on the platform while crew handle the delay with courtesy. The brakeman jokes about preferring delays to dinner, enjoying the sense of being busier.
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Tig
Unclear excerpt hints at names and a meeting claim
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Grace and Abe with a supposed win or meeting. It references Miss Waaple's company and a venue with unclear place names. The passage is garbled and reads as a damaged historical note.
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Grace
Itiss
Abe
Misa Waaple
Enue
Calming Nerves By Silence Solitude And Sleep
In Harper's Bazaar a writer notes a Dresden physician labeled nerves as common among the learned. Remedies suggested: silence, solitude, and sleep, with small daily doses of rest to prevent breakdown. The piece praises American nerve and restless energy as a defining trait since Julius Caesar.
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Harper's Bazar
Dresden
Egypt
Munich
Cairo
Wild cat from Colombia disturbs Hoboken saloon crowd
Customers at Charles Kaegebehn’s Hoboken saloon crowded to view Ferdinand Kaegebehn’s newly arrived oc é lot from the United States of Colombia for the New York Zoological Society. The crate burst as the wild creature rampaged, until Ferdinand’s keeper subdued it with prodding and nets.
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New York Herald
Charles Kaegebehn
Washington Street
Hoboken
Charley
Ferdinand
United States of Columbia
New York
Zoological Society
Gus Hogebohm
Meyer Goldberg
Idun
John
Gusart Meyer
Perdinand
Bronx
Gus
Diploma demand for after dinner guests in historic notice
The piece argues for requiring diplomas for after dinner speakers, likening it to doctors or lawyers, and extols training at college as beneficial for ambitious youths. It notes a surprising career calling may arrive and emphasizes the value of formal preparation, while briefly mentioning Cuba's molasses output this year at 49,000 gallons.
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Rator
Chitage
Lvense Hie & Plumber
Bem
Cuba
Taking Periodicals Jack London in San Francisco
Periodicals talk centers on Jack London describing crew desertion during a cruise to Honolulu. London notes crew boredom and expectation of peril, joking about periodic shipwrecks and pirate rescues. A cameo references Samson’s wife and a temperance question ends the fragment.
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Jack London
San Francisco
Mr. Landon
Honolulu
Mr. London
Ermus
Semson
Lance
Samson
Ancient Verse and Patent Medicine in One Bundle
A collage of verse and ad copy jumbles poetry by Alfred Noyes with a 19th century patent medicine pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure, featuring testimonials, price notes, and drugstore distribution. The text shifts to a backstage anecdote about a snare drummer and a railway age factoid, ending with a playful exchange about a new melodrama idea that would kill all actors.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Iim
Watpixg
Riman & Martin
Ohall
Then and Now. Recovery from Defice ls
A Louisville mother recounts her daughter’s recovery from coffee related nervous prostration. By stopping coffee, drinking Postum and Grape-Nuts, the daughter gained health and now heads several clubs and has five children.
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Louisville
Postum
Sve
Postim
Clarity
Latte Oprek
Wellwitte
Pkan
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