Uncle Jim Returns Home and His Hidden Treasure
A Connecticut farmer’s uncle James returns after 80 years in China. He mocks family, seizes control, and causes arrests and quarrels before moving to a mill and dying. Years later a ghostly night visit leads to the discovery of 80,000 in gold hidden beneath a tree, recovered by the family for a prudent use.
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Charles B. Lewis
James
Jim
China
Father
Mother
Uncle Jim
New London
George
America
Connecticut
Atil
Meeting an Old Friend at the Jardin de Paris
The Marquis de B a noted sportsman, meets a stylish guest at a restaurant. The stranger charms the party and asks the Marquis to pledge eternal brotherhood with champagne. On a drive, the Marquis admits he cannot recall the man’s name until he learns he once shaved him in Nice.
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Marquis de B
Jardin de Paris
Jean
Nice
Marquis
Paris Temps
Living skeletons arouse capital in London
A London speculation on exhibit shows Macdonald Gordon of Healey Australia weighing 84 pounds despite being 6 feet tall. Agents sought to ship his skin to Britain for profit, but the man arrived weighing 141 pounds, ruining the plan as sea air and diet altered him. The tale comes from the St. Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wea
Macdonald Gordon
Healey
Australis
London
Mac
St. Louis Republic
Varying Seasons For Fruit Ripening Differences by Climate
In Mead Meehan's Monthly the Bartlett pear ripens differently by region with Philadelphia fruit reaching maturity at the end of September while in much of California the same variety ripens by midsummer or even in June.
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Philadelphia
Bartlett
California
An Undoubted Surprise At The Marriage Preparations
A witty exchange between a young man and his lady friend about giving the intended a surprise before marriage. The lady suggests humorously that the groom should not wear his false teeth just this once, provoking a lighthearted tone and playful banter.
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Odi Giotto
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M. Quad
U.S
Washington
C.a.snow&ca
Patent Office
Washington, D
Bloy
Tyler
Tyler Office Fixture CO
ST. Louis
Vitalis
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Siegfried & Co
Laura HE
Patterson Newton
Iowa
Fane
Arriso
Polia New
Wuebe
Columbus
ANN & CO
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
Broapway
Frazer Axle
Homes and Hearths
Elegant Household Monthly
Homes and Hearths Publishing CO
Century
Warren
Pac
Alee
Aes
Santa Claus
N. Greenland
August Morck
Morckeros
Warren, PA
Warren Mills CO
Graham
Seed Agency of American and
Anchor Lines of Ocean Steamships
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
B. Ensworth
Cashier
M. B. Dunham
L. BR. Freeman
L. B
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