Vendetta Sends Corsican Returns to Rescue Bride
Burton Barnes and companions flee from Ajaccio to Marseilles with Marina Paoli amid a Corsican vendetta. Aencrypted note warns Barnes he is marked while Corregio Danella warns of danger. On a yacht near Nice a hijack attempt unfolds as Marina hints at loyalty. Barnes vows Corsican action to save Enid Anstruther, while Marina volunteers to travel to Bocognano to clear their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton H. Barnes
Corsica
Ling-lishieutenant
Edward Gerard Anstruther
Marina
Paplis
Feward
Enid Anstruther
Ajaccio
Marseilles
Constantine
London
Marvin
Barnes
Lady Chartris
Corregio
St. Tropez
Jinid
Nice
Maud
Count Corregia
Saliceti
Corregion
Kim
Madame Blackwood
Cipriano
Bacognano
Burton
Musso Danella
Mr. Barnes
Tomasso Monaldi
Edwin Anstruther
Bocagnano
Musso
Antonio
Bocognane
Monsieur Barres
Marina Paoli
Graham
Chariria
Cipriano Danella
Edwin
Danella
Martha
Bocognano
Danelle
Monsieur Barnes
Chartris
Prunella
Bernardo Saliceti
Etheria
Tomasso
Pab
Madame Anstruther
Mosquito Tall Tales From Oregon Campfire
Late Col Hawking recalled a Mazama camp story about enormous mosquitoes at Skinner's Butte Eugene. He claimed the biting insects were so large some weighed a pound, as his companion Rodney Gilson listened while sunset vanished behind a cloud of pests. Portland notes add local color to the tale.
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Oregon
L. L. Hawking
Mazamas
Snow Mountains
Rodney Gilson
Skinner's Butte
Eugene
Col. Hawkins
Portland
Despairing debt collector corners debtor at Hoffman bar
A debt collector tried shaming a man at the Hoffman house bar in front of friends. He tapped the debtor and asked when the small amount would be paid, prompting the man to retort that he was no prophet as the crowd laughed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman House
New York Times
Tennis Perversity Quip Echoes In Washington Star
A witty exchange frames tennis as a symbol of human perversity. The active man proclaims it great exercise while the Insolent person notes the paradox that people seek to idle when busy and work when idle, highlighting human nature’s quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Deneen Begins 20 Town Peoria County Tour
Gov. Deneen and Peoria party left Peoria at 7 30 AM in an automobile train to visit 20 towns and villages in Peoria county. The party included leading Republicans and a newspaper representative in each car. A bugler announced the train at each stop where the governor gave brief addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneen
Peoria
Garrard Dies After Lingering Illness at Home
G Garrard longtime secretary of the Illinois state board of agriculture died at his Springfield home after a lingering illness caused by fright's disease. He leaves a widow and two daughters Caroline and Coburn. Garrard was well known to exhibitors at the state fair and to politicians across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Garrard
Springfield
W. C. Garrard
Ilinois
Springfield man commits suicide in lodge room
Springfield Erwin Withey a prominent Odd Fellow and lodge secretary killed himself in a lodge room by drinking carbolic acid after placing his clothing at officers Stations. The incident followed a late night visit to the room and a ritual tableau around the open Bible.
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Kills Self
Springfield
Erwin Withey
Withey
Daring Dives for Dying Lad Ends in Tragic Death
A one legged tramp James Lyons attempted to rescue 12 year old Ralph Platt at the San Gamont waterworks dam but perished after diving in to save him. Lyons saved nothing and the boy’s body was recovered two minutes later. Meanwhile boilermakers in the Big Four shops strike on order from Kansas City Grand President Franklin affecting about sixty workers. The dispute centers on pay by the piece across the New York Central system.
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Hobo
Decath
James Lyons
Ralph Platt
William Platt
San Gamont
Lyons
Big Four Boilermakers
Malloon
Franklin
Kansas City
Big Four
Weil
New York Central
Death ruled accidental in case of Carbolic acid mix up
Chester official report clarifies that Wright died from taking carbolic acid by mistake, not by her own action. A July dispatch had wrongly claimed suicide, but the coroner's jury verdict attributes death to an accidental ingestion mistaken for medicine.
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Chester
Wright
Arcola Clean Up Sweep Proclaimed By Mayor Monahan
Arcola declares weekly sweep day with merchants cleaning frontages. council asks merchants to assume pavement upkeep due to city funds shortage сус.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Monahan
Bed-Bound for Months Hope Abandoned Before Cure
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington details how years of weakness swelling and sleepless nights followed by four months in bed ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Doctors said no cure but she recovered and returned to normal life. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Shearer
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Child pleads for help as bathtub floods
A suburban family tells of five year old Bobby flooding a tub by turning on both taps. With the stopper in place the water rose alarmingly as his sister overheard his tearful prayer and stopped the flow, sparing him from maternal wrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Itching Humor On Boy
Mrs Frank Donahue describes a severe itchy skin outbreak on her boy starting on his hands and spreading across the body. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly and reports full recovery in four days at Kokomo Indiana on September 16, 19ye.
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Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Sweet Things and a Courtship Mixup
A humorous exchange on romantic letters and poems ends with a father’s dilemma about how to handle a hopeful suitor. The tale parodies poetry sending and a pirate Shakespeare quip, concluding with a cheeky adline from a cigar dealer.
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M @ Barnes
Emma
Barnest
New York
Diablo
Signore Americano
Madame Paoli
Tompson
Enid
Downstair
News OF Illinois
Duquoin
Evening Herald
Fr. W. Crear
David C. Grear
Perry County Press
Denvenaitie
Ta Rear Tras
Yayigus Sob. Een Utinois
Murchyshure Ladepenicat
Gulesbarg
Threlines
State Vetserpinary Association
Gov. Dene
Chicago
Veterinary College
The
State University
Taylorville
Edgar Sharp
Murphysbore
Simeon Dilday
Murphysboro
Warner
Bloomington
Isabel Warner
John Warner
Maude
Marielle
Lady Fair
Shakespeare
Lewis
Bruyera
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