Corsican Pursuit of Barnes in Love and Vendetta
Wealthy American Burton H Barnes rescues entangled lovers in Corsica from a deadly vendetta. He and Enid Anstruther plan marriage while evading pursuers, racing via Nice and Corsica to recover his kidnapped wife. Barnes threads dangerous trails, confronting Corsican foes as he hunts for Enid and Marina.
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Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Kingfish Leutenant
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Enid Anstruther
Leutenant
Ajaccio
Marseilles
Constantine
Loidon
Barnes
Dandy Chartris
Nice
Enid
Jin Belle Blackwood
Elijah Emory
Corregio
Laticeli
Hold
Vila
Anatruther
Warnes
Wald
Corasca
Crifeg
del Oro
Bocognano
Salfcott
Rotondo
Saliceti
Burton
Mountain chase ends with Corsican bandit shelter
Marina and Burton battle storm and cliffs to reach a mountain cabin. In a lit doorway a fearsome figure emerges, Tomasso Monaldi, Marina’s long thought dead foster father, alive and seeking refuge from soldiers while evading a vengeful past.
Glorious Bandits and a Corsican Reckoning
In a stormy scene Marina forgives Tomasso for a past murder as he helps reveal truth about Musso Danella and Anstruther. Barnes implicates a British officer’s gunfire at Alexandria, while Marina and Tomasso face danger and vow supper before the tale continues.
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Marina
Tomasso
Andonio
Barnes
Anstruther
Jyt
Danella
Antonio
Masso
Alexandria
Erlen
Old Monaldi
Coli
Change in School Methods From Country to Consolidated Schools
The article discusses a shift from old country schools to consolidated graded schools led by teachers focusing on fewer subjects. Citing James Tighe of Altoona, Pa., it notes longer travel for some students, lower local taxes, and longer home schooling, with expectations of improved outcomes as farmers’ children gain access to higher education. It also covers varying lifespans across animals, listing mosquitoes living about three days, fish and elephants often centenarians, chickens 12 to 15 years, dogs up to 15, and turtles and some birds surviving to extreme ages.
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James’ Tighe
Altoona
Washington Post
Practical Fashions Pattern No 2536 Ladies One Piece Skirt
Practical Fashions advertises Party Pattern No 2536 for a ladies one piece circular skirt in seven sizes 22 to 34 inches. Describes suitable fabrics, inverted box plait fullness, hip darting, and front trim with nar row soutache braid. lists yardage for various waist sizes and widths. pattern costs 10 cents and requires mailing to Pattern Department with size number.
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Pattern Department
Paris Pattern No 2503 All Seams Allowed Dress
Pattern description for a blue linen dress with blue and white trimming, yoke waist detailing, striped banding, and a white lawn guimpe. Five sizes from six to fourteen years. fabric estimates for a ten year old. price 10 cents to obtain pattern.
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Paris
Notes of Small Denomination Circulate Freely in Paraguay
Bank notes worth about half a cent circulate widely in Paraguay. It takes two notes to clean a boot, eight to mail a letter to England, and one note can buy in season 15 oranges, three bananas, or a watermelon.
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Paraguay
England
Fielding Mention Sparks Talk Among Boston Graduates
A Boston young broker visiting a Hub household recalls a scene where several young women graduates debated the English novel. Asked about Fielding, he quips that Fielding matters but only if one has good pitchers and hitters for the game of life.
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Boston
Fielding
Harper’s Weekly
Cure for Eczema Praised by 55 Year Sufferer
An operatic testimonial describes Hale Bordwell of Tipton Indiana claiming relief after eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for chronic eczema that covered his body causing severe pain. Nelson R Burnett corroborates the account. A later anecdote notes a rural visitor’s hotel confusion over royal names in Toronto.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Druggiet Claims Marine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes
An ad touts a marine eye remedy that supposedly cures eye ailments strengthens weak eyes and soothes pain for 50c. It contrasts with cheap cigars from Lewis Factory Peoria and includes a moral quip about ingratitude and arguments by women.
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LE Po
Mr. Barnes
Apcibald Clavering Gunter American
Wes Cane
MR Barnes
New York
Rei
Rochini
Romano
Madra Mia
Janeee
Tomasso Monaldi
de Belloc
N&ame
Peeane Bieeee Siseee
Guimpe
Cuthura
Toronto
King Edward
sir—Thomas Cox
Eramosa
Mountfort
Lewis
Deatee Or
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Europe
California
Sou Watti
Paxton Toilet CO
Mase
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