Vendetta Chases Four Across the Riviera Seaway
Burton H Barnes and Edwin Anstruther plot a Riviera escape to shield Marina and Enid from a Corsican vendetta. They hire a villa at Villefranche, arrange a yacht, and outwit pursuers with a staged departure from Marseilles while plotting a future London wedding after the danger subsides.
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Burton H. Barnes
London
Marseilles
Manning
Barnes
Chartris
Enid
Marina
Lady Chartris
Villetranche
Edwin
Prunella Chartris
Villefranche
Beadog
Leutenant
Nice
Gurton
Anstruther
Emory
Playing the Enemies Game Amid Corsican Intrigue
Mr Barnes seeks safety for his betrothed as Emory reveals a forged check tied to Coerregio Danella and a mutilated note. A telegraph report from Ajaccio warns of Barnes’s arrival on the Constantine and a vendetta context as French politics loom and a deputy election nears.
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Mr. Barnes
Darling
Emory
Credit Lyonnais
Coerregio
Rue de la Republic
Bernardo Sallett
Ajaccio
Corregio Canella
Anatruther
Sulicefi
Barnes
Contini
Three Truths Endure Beyond the Bible’s Wording
The text argues that even without the Bible there are three universal concepts stamped on the human mind: the idea of God, moral accountability, and belief in life after death. It lauds the English Bible for expressing these enduring truths in a transcendent way.
Big Forks For Eskimos From Philadelphia to Point Barrow
HK. Tunnell Doey, formerly of Philadelphia, shipped six hundred forty silver plated forks as gifts to the Eskimo chiefs and tribes at Point Barrow Alaska. The forks weighed a pound and a half each, totaling nearly half a ton across 64 packages. Doey hoped to barter for walrus ivory on the trip north and planned to return in 1908 with more open water.
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HK. Tunnell Doey
Philadelphia
Point Barrow
Alaska
Philadelphia Record
Boey
Doey
Seattle
Question of Economy at the Seashore
In a brief exchange a man explains he will stay a month with his wife at the seashore because times are hard, and he cannot afford to remain in town. Chicago News
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Barnes
Gayboy
Chicagoa News
Paralytic on 22 Year Bed Rest Dies at La Salle Home
Valentine Jesiolowski a Polish German native died in La Salle after 22 years of paralysis that left his limbs immobile though his senses and hearing intact. He was bedridden since age 38, losing speech seven years ago. he communicated by eyebrow movements, with one wink for yes and two for no, while his mind remained clear.
Two Are Held for Murder in Pierson Case Indictment
Circuit court returns nine counts against Mrs Gertie Pierson and Blezear O Neal based on Drs Haines and Hektveen finding strychnine in James L Pierson. Pierson's wife, 33, is charged with dosing coffee to free herself for O Neal, age 8. Judge Philibrick denies bail.
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Champaign
Walter §. Haines
Ludwig Hektveen
Chicago
James L. Pierson
Gertie Pierson
Blezear O'Neal
O'Neal
Boy Kills Man Escapes Near Eleo D Three Miles South
Albert Dungeon, 17, stabs Woolard, who dies. the youth flees and remains at large. Woolard, married with two children, allegedly accused Dungeon of tormenting his son.
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Aun Creek
William TR. Woodard
Albert Dungeon
Eleo
Here
Woolard
Dunedin
Veteran Railroad Man Dies at 72 in City
J L Turner, long time roadmaster for Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific and Missouri Kansas and Texas lines, died at age 72 in Jefferson City. His son Joseph now serves as roadmaster on the Katy southern division.
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Jefferson City
J. L. Turner
Missouri Pacific
Texas Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Joseph
Katy
Affinity Agent Sentenced in Mail Fraud Case
Chicago and Elgin report a young woman named Marion Grey convicted of using the mails to promote a fraud. Judge Landis sentenced the matrimonial agency operator in Elgin to one year in the house of correction.
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Affinity
Chicago
Marion Grey
Elgin
Ill
Landis
House of Correction
Living Room Care and Color Harmony Guidance
An article on making the living room truly livable with harmonious walls and durable furnishings. It advocates rich solid colored alabastined walls, warns against rose wallpaper, discusses color choices to maximize light reflection, and notes lighting savings for north versus south and west rooms. It ends with a stray quote about a light lunch.
Cure at City Mission Improves With Cuticura Aid
A young woman brought to a city mission suffered from scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and hunger from exposure. After seven weeks with no progress a Cuticura soap Resolvent and Ointment were used. Five weeks later she could seek work and regained health. Laura Jane Bates New York March 12 1907.
The Old Man Reflects On Learning’s Risks
A man notes that a boy’s return from school with a lesson reveals that a little learning can be dangerous. The observation frames education as a double edged tool shaping judgment and caution.
Cure for hot and swollen feet by Allen's Foot Base
Cure for hot sweaty feet, with callouses and aching feet, sold by all druggists. Five cent price, trial package available. Allen Olmsted Roy N. Address Allen. Also notes Daniel Webster quote about duty.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy
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Jefferson Street
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