Murder, theft and a Paris jewel hunt in a detective tale
A narrator recalls a Paris murder of the Countess de Marville with a ring bearing a chariot wheel. Detective Jean Mosqueau unmasked the culprit aboard a Dover bound steamer after a tense CDS rescue. The story shifts to a rural feud between Crickleys and Drakes and a trick involving a hunter and a false shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Mosqueau
Mosqueau
Calais
Dover
Windsor
Lady In Black
Black
Monsieur
Paris
Countess de Marville
Paris Gambler Held Guilty Adopts A Notorious Pseudonym
Proofs established the prisoner's guilt and identified him as Louis Rousseneau a devoted adventurer and gambler who moved easily among Parisian society using a winning address cool audacity and good looks to blend with elites before his execution
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Louis Rousseneau
Wild Horses of Chincoteague Island Maryland
The Baltimore American describes a pony herd living wild in salt marshes near Chincoteague, Maryland. About five hundred ponies are organized into herds led by a dominant male, with maneuvers called penn ing to brand colts before August. Islanders dress in scarlet and white, and take part in this long standing, festival like practice with a beach pen on Assateague and a hotel pen at the Atlantic Hotel.
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Baltimore American
Chincoteague
Maryland
England
F. F. W. Fort
Assateague
Atlantic Hotel
Assateague Beach
Chincoteague Island
Branded Colts Gathered in Shore Herding Scene
The description follows horse and pony brands along the shore as riders pursue a herd into a pen. Colts remain with dams during the chase and are branded on the hip with initials or simple marks by a man with a looping rope. The process continues as another herd is driven in, with some colts escaping to two or three years old before capture.
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Drake
Sam Barstow
Sam
Old Roan
Roan
Harry
Nast on Caricature and Its Role in Art and Politics
A Springfield Republican summary describes Thomas Nast's lecture on caricature, its history and costs, and his career from aspiring historical painter to prominent sketch artist. It notes his speaking style, illustrated examples, and references to figures like Johnson, Butler, and Tweed, ending with remarks on public reception.
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Thomas Nast
Mr. Nast
Great Britain
Harper’s Weekly
Illustrated Daily
Burton
Toodles
New York
Butler
Andy Johnson
Johnson
Tweed
Springfield Republican
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Warren Mail
Pupieuep Barry
E. Cowan
R. B. Stewart
Lutheran Church
Warren
Sextus Keller
Smith’s
Second Street
Scofield & Nooker
Liberty Street
G. W. Scofield
Hooker
D. I. Ball
Shaffer
Carver House
Warren, Pa
Ludlow
Market and
Second Streets
RE. W. Dalrymple
Johnson & Lindsey
Johnson's Exchange
Warren Pa
S&s. P
W. M. Lindsey
Dinsmoor
WM. V. Hazeltine
Verback
Oen
J. R. Harris
D. D. Fassett
Harris & Fassett
Titusville
Crawford
Tenango
G. C. McDermott
M. D
J. A. Partridge
Sto
A. M
Buurgess’ WaccVtet Homeopathist
M.D
Ry. M
Juilius R. Clark
Mas
I. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Ffice
Allen & Thompson
Tidioute
Warren County
Central Block
G. W. Allen
C. C. Thompson
Brown & Schnur
Attorneys
S. Burgess
First National Bank
J. N.schnur & Son
Merchant Tailors
Russell House
George Reig, JR
George Ball
Brown & Stone
H. E. Brown
R. Brown
W. Stone
Greenland Brothers
Keystone Block
Wilbur & Allen
Attorneys At Law
Scofield’s Block
Over Post Office
W. W. Wilbur
S. T. Allen
R. D. Bartlet & Son
J. F. Wells & CO
Jacob Gray
Penn’a
Savings Bank
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmth
Presid
A.J. Mazestine
Cashier
Culverwell
Er Umi Ais
A . Simmons
Regulator
Simmons
Liver Regulator
Macon
Philadelphia
WH. MacDonald & CO
People's Low Price Store
Boston
Burt
Viena Exposition
Tuat
J. F. Wells & 63
Hoffman & Clark's Block
Ss. Burcess
Methodist E. Church
Conrad Lesser
W.H. MacDonald & Co
Model Drug Store
KING
Vichy
Kissengen
Congress
W. H. MacDonald & CO
W. H. MacDonald
George P. Orr
Snyder & Wood
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Sheffield
Hemlock, Whitewood, &C
T. J. Ayata Warren, Pa
Australia
West
Col. Crickleys
Crickley
Drakes
Old Drake
Mark Crickley
Der
Jed
Jim
Lord Harry
Wild Horses
Wheaton Seminary
Norton
Mass
Nilsson
Caudle
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