Legacy of a Gallinagh Squire Ends in Cold Blood
In Ballyoran country tale a jovial squire of Gallinagh is found dead at his chestnut chair, shot in broad daylight. Captain Hanna and Dr Terry uncover a long buried feud while Dennis O Gorman becomes a suspect as the rifle crime narrows to a fixed sight and a cottage near the lake.
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Pyrtats
Richard Hanna
Gallinagh
Donegal
Casantry
Ail Quadry
Robert
Mar- Rob
Royal Rifles
Mag
Fing Hs
Rifles
Dr. Terry
Army Service Corps
Father
Ren
Gelack
Mike
Terry i
Alet
Aves
Terry
Val
Dennis Voorman
Millar
We Lake
Sporsmen
Dennis O'Gorman
O'derman
Lee-Metford
Hanna
O'Gorman's
Ballyoran
Denny O’garmen
Denny
America
O'Gorman
Upton
Cgck
Squire Hanna
Kathleen
Sir Henry Halford
O’gorman
Root
Margaret
Galheart
Birkin
Addressing Convicts on Washington’s Birthday
Representative Charles T Towne recounted an Irishman in the Birchigan state senate who spoke to Michigan penitentiary inmates in striped garb on Washington’s Birthday. The speaker confessed he could not address them as gentlemen or fellow citizens or friends, given their loss of citizenship and status, pleading mercy on their souls.
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Charles T. Towne
Birchigan
Montezuma's Well in Arizona a circular abyss of mystery
The Yavapai County feature Montezuma's Well sits 500 to 600 feet in diameter with vertical sides plunging to 80 feet and a circular pool below. Local lore claims a bottomless shaft, while Professor William P. Blake suggests a cavern roof collapse formed the basin and water drains through a subterranean Beaver Creek channel.
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Arizona
Yavapai County
Montezuma's Well
William P. Hlake
Owser
Beaver Creek
Hollanders Greatest Smokers Match Across Europe and U S
A survey of tobacco use reports per person consumption in Europe and America. Holland leads Europe with seven pounds per person annually, followed by Hungary, Denmark and others. The United States exceeds all but Holland with about 4.44 pounds per inhabitant.
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Norway
France
Sweden
British Isles
Spain
Russia
Balkans
United States
Holland
A Ridiculous Horse Tale Ends in Tragedy
A dealer praises a thin horse as useful yet notes quirks like tying its tail and using a sack to keep hay in. He recounts a drive with his wife and mother-in-law, begging that the rattling bones didn’t spook the horse, which bolted and killed the elder woman.
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London
A Cure for Styes and Home Ointment Formula
A remedy approach notes opening styes when pus forms to allow healing. It describes a vaseline base with precipitated sulfur and a warming tip, plus a lid and lash pomade mixing white vaseline, white precipitate, and oil of tar.
Mary Won Feather Joke From Goose On Dress
A young man prepares to propose to Mary but notices a feather on her dress. She reveals she spent the night sitting by a goose, turning the moment into a humorous misunderstanding. Life.
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Mary
A Solar Wrinkle Freckles Span a Vast Daylit Spot
In a playful scene a sun personified orb complains to a scientist about a visible freckle-like spot across its surface. The orb laments being exposed and asks for a complexion remedy for the enormous 3,600,000 square mile mark.
Natural Sequence Joke About Marriage Under the Rose
Towne and Browne exchange quips about a couple s marriage in a brief humorous dialogue. Browne expresses surprise at the marriage while Towne notes it was under the rose, to which Browne quips that such a union yields only thorns.
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Towne
Browne
Parable with a Sting in a Washington Senate Attack
Bart Kennedy, English novelist and sociologist, mocked the senate in a Washington attack. He told a tale of Mary Miles and her soldier husband in India, saying her thoughts stay true to Charlie as she imagines his kiss when men kiss her.
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Bart Kennedy
Senate
Washington
Mary Miles
Mary
India
Chariie
Charlie
Chicago Chronicle
Will Dated 1745 Discovered In Bank Of England Leaves Windel Heirs Wealth
A will from 1745 deposited at the Bank of England bequeaths 25,900 to the Windel family of Fuerstenberg near Baden. The funds accrue as compound interest and now total 7,250,000. Windel descendants in Fuerstenberg have sent agents to London with papers claiming kinship from the Windel line.
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Bank of England
Windel
Fuerstenburg
Baden
Fuerstenberg
London
Fey
He Who Keepeth His Tongue Sermon Exchange
An elderly minister visiting his son in New York attended a fashionable church for Sunday service. The young pastor delivered a cultured yet underwhelming sermon. On the walk home the son praised it, while the father replied that it could not have touched a spot more precisely.
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New York
The Life of Service and the Mercy of Duty
A Montreal Herald passage reflects on the virtue of service and health through discipline. It argues that labor, temperance, and ardent piety forge strength and purpose, citing Nehemiah as a model who refuses distraction and embraces a great work for God and humanity.
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Nehemiah
Montreal Herald
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and Remedies Promoted
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a trustworthy cure for indigestion mucous membrane diseases and chronic coughs. It claims ingredients printed on bottle wrappers, attested formulas, and natural roots, with Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a complementary treatment. The text notes the product treats stomach liver and bowel disturbances and cautions it is not effective for advanced consumption.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
de. Pierce
Sage
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