Mosquitoes and old time house lore from Florida to Buckinghamshire
In Florida the mosquito problem seasons homes with screened porches and mosqiuto switches made from palmetto leaves while householders struggle to keep pests out. The piece tours grape varieties and fruit trends, Oliver Cromwell’s cradle attire, a curious London marriage stat, Sicilian fiber work, Himalayan lakes, and a tone of health ads praising Syrup of Figs and Hall's Catarrh Cure with antiquated remedies and marketing.
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Indian River
Florida
Countess Claire rises from Haute Lorraine to Paris
In Paris post Commune days a theater producer discovers Vivien a young Haute Lorraine girl with a dramatic manuscript. She becomes Countess Claire on stage, outshining all, but her triumph conceals a grim past. A fatal night reveals the true cost of ambition and love as Vivien and her mother are laid to rest, leaving the Countess an enduring legend.
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Paris
Rue Santierre
Monsieur Jadot
Monsieur
Pierre
Monsieur M
Tam Mile
Vivien
Ministeur
Claire
Monsieur Jadet
Haute Lorraine
Entif Lt
Mile
Mademoiselle
Vivien Noiles
Lex
Jadet
Rue Concorde
Vivian
Feafares
Thad
Jodet
Neorest
Countess Globe
Rue Bor- Inise
Parla
Pétroleuses
Haute Lormine
Butterfly
Lorraine
Pere la Chaise
Parie
Iim
Italian writers invited to thread romance through perfume
A long fragment outlines an Italian writing contest invited by a German perfume house to weave the spirit of German perfumes into short stories. Names like Signor Mantegiesa appear. readers note dozens of manuscripts sent, with emphasis on delicate depictions, amid unrelated notes on apples in Sandwich Islands and railway debates.
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Signor Mantegiesa
Female Students in Paris Medicine and Belle Lettres Faculty
A snapshot lists 155 women studying medicine in Paris with only sixteen natives of France and many Russians, and 104 women in belle lettres with 141 French. The note adds unrelated quotes and advertisements for Brown's Iron Bitters and Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve.
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Paris
France
Faculty of Belle Lettres
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Concord
Delaware
London
Sicily
Himalayas
Thibet
Bella
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
All's Family
Purmades
California Fig Syrup Co
O Vansten
Gov't
Rosewater and Homance
Sandwich Islands
Tomountain Siles
Brown
Karls Cinger
Tisawa Shawbow
Hanson
Gruggist
Dr. Pierce
J. CoLewal Mass
Pierce
Sargent St
Roxbury
Wwe
M. J. CoLrMan
St. Jacobs
Lairette
Paes
Ncfairbank Company
HILL
Pre
Dallas
WaskTorty, D.C Vet
Se College
Rae Ivurie de Miatos
Texas
Eas
Eia
Chicago
Enati
Jar
Avery Lawvhe
Mads
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