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Newspaper
The Coeur Dalene Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
7
A fragmented report outlines the rise of the "gentleman dealer" in London, buyers and sellers of furniture, china, and paintings. It notes their discreet status, capital limits, and influence in securing access to rare pieces from Sevres to Chippendale, with anecdotes of auctions and aristocratic households.
A fragmentary column features a London Morning Standart piece praising the police whistle as a deterrent to nocturnal danger, alongside anecdotes on old snuff boxes, priceless keys, sphinx lore, a burglar portrait tale, and a playful reader quiz about pennies and money.
A whaling voyage up a river turns dramatic when a tiger appears on a tree overhanging the boat. The captain and crew watch the reptile and the tiger dives toward the boat as the narrator, Jack, shoots and narrowly avoids disaster. The episode adds peril and excitement to the captain’s voyage reports.
Fragmentary text describes thrones at Tuiparini palace and the Winter palace in St Petersburg and the Kremlin in Moscow. Gold plates, ivory plaques, and embroidered arms are noted with ornate settings and canopy. Mentions Persian tale origins and imperial symbolism amidst scattered phrases.
In a fragment from Pearson's, a speaker claims ivory dealers employ rats as inspectors, paid with cheese and bread, to test tusks. The rats gnaw tiny furrows proving quality, while experts insist only they can tell if a tusk contains the crucial gelatis substance, revealing the trade's hidden method.
Obscured text shows a man and woman discussing marriage and age, with garbled spellings and incomplete phrases about years, admission, and propriety. The readable portions point to a personal notice or social record rather than a full obituary.
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