Return of Joseph Blake Reveals Gray Sulphur Springs Mystery
In a Cincinnati finale Joseph Blake reunites with his mother Myra Blake and Vivette. The long lost Joseph, now Joseph Blake, inherits and shares the Gray Sulpher estate with his uncle Sam Blake as the family saga ends with a nine days wonder and a new Walnut Street home for Myra.
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Joseph
Joe
Sam Blake
Cincinnati
Mr. Gust
Molier
Vivette
Gray Sulphur Springs
Myra Blake
Father Burky
Cedars
Myra
Liza
de Caidge
Rivette
Mas
Sam
Mammy
Bress de Lo
Little Joe
Joseph Gust
Joseph Blake
Myre Blake
Thomas Blake
Samuel Blake
Gray Sulpher
New Orleans
Walnut Street
Mary Gust
The Plumbers Cap Dispute at Highgate House
In Highgate a plumber and his son visited an ex Balliol fellow to clear a bath stoppage. They kept their caps on, prompting a householder rebuke. The father argued the trade custom. the cap was thrown out the window and both men left capless. The justices fined the ex-fellow ten shillings for his rude teaching.
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Highgate
Balliol
Bath
Trade mark interferences limited by DC Court decision
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia ruled that appeals do not lie from the commissioner of patents in trade mark interferences. The decision notes that interference refers to patent disputes, not trade marks, under the governing act.
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Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Commissioner of Patents
Tale of a traveler first drummer to the West recalls old trade routes
John B. Curtis of Curtis & Son in Portland recounts his 44 year old first western trip and searing memories of canal boats, stagecoaches, and early Chicago life. He contrasts slow, arduous journeys with modern fast travel and reflects on the rough pioneer era of drummers.
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New England
John Bb. Curtis
Curtis & Son
Portland
Maine
Pacific Coast
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Ohio
Mississippi
St. Paul
Falls of
St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Falls
Chisago
Curtis
Buffalo
Mr. Curtis
Lake Street
Old Fort Dearborn
Millions of Mice Haunt Kharkoff Province in Czarist Russia
Russian papers report Kharkoff province overrun by millions of mice. Cats ignore the pests as provisions, furniture, and books are eaten. Sleep is disrupted. beds are moved to centers of rooms with basins of water to deter mice. Wealthy proprietors flee to St. Petersburg as wheat is destroyed and fields swarm with rodents.
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Kula
Kharkoff
Australia
St. Petersburg
Adorable Jacques-She Lauded as Intellectual Poem
A playful exchange highlights Jacques praising Jule for her charm and intelligence. He calls her an adorable presence and a perfect poem while she is admired for deep intellect, sparking a light, metaphor rich dialogue.
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Jacques
Jule
Sunday LInes Of Business And Odd Notes
A digest of brief items notes German restaurants using paper plates, Italian villages wrecked by earthquakes, and Russian engineers lining routes for a White Sea Baltic waterway. It highlights a New York stock broker Berthold Neumagen who collected 100000 butterfly specimens, cargo mislabeling practices, a Rockland lime fuel study claiming 75 percent efficiency, and a Paris pipe theft case ending with eight months for Mme Bide. Vermont maple syrup gains reputation after a law against counterfeit sugar, allegedly backed by pure sugar dealers to block rivals using beef sugar.
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Italy
White Sea
Baltic
Berthold Neumagen
New York
Rockland
Paris
Mme. Bide
Vermont
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