The Filigree of Death in a Paris Vault Funnel
In a Paris house near the Arc de Triomphe, Dacre and I explore a leather funnel linked to the Marie Madeleine d Aubray case. A dream sequence and a chain of artifacts reveal the Marquis de Grimvilliers torture tale and the initials on the funnel prove the murderess's link to the relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacre
Albertus Magnus
Quais
Rue Mathurin
Nicholas de la Reynie
Louis XIV
Nicholas de la Reynia
Fes
Areame
The Bull That Defied a Colorado Corral Night
A Texas bred white bull in Colorado provokes a dangerous chase. Hired cowboy Lew Kizer and the narrator trap the beast in a barn as a blizzard rages. A muzzle loader pistol misfires but the narrator calmly shoots the bull with a reliable old pistol, ending the danger and saving themselves from a deadly encounter.
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Lew Kizer
Texas
Bacon
Jim
Crockett City
Colorado
Kizer
Elzer
Emphi
Cime
Olay Randall
Falo
Randall
Sam Hertsel
Ramdall
Barr
Great Britain
Chartley
Chillingham
Wales
Ito Kizer
Browning and Browning Sonnets in Pisa Mystery
Edmund Gosse recounts Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Pisa early 1847 as she slips him a secret packet of Sonnets by E B Browning He recalls their policy of writing privately and her influence on the print issue later titled Sonnets from the Portuguese Browning praised the sonnets as finest since Shakespeare eventually permitting publication under Miss Mitford's care
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Pisa
Browning
Portugi Ag
Edmund Gosse
Mrs. Browning
Solomon
Shakespeare
E. B B
Catarina
Silent Watches Inspire Great Deeds Across Time
The excerpt praises enduring vigils and solitary effort as the forge of art and science. It credits silent, brooding patience and toil with producing immortal achievements and celebrated works, beyond pleasure and noise.
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Herven
Atrife
Santa’ Wilson -Smith
Susan Ae Wezine
Actors Turn Ventures: Wealth From Real Estate and Business
The article profiles actors who diversified into real estate farming and other ventures to secure wealth. Sol Smith Russell built land wealth as earnings rose. Thomas Wise touts prize poultry profits. May Irwin and Elsie De Wolfe expanded into real estate decorating and furnishings. Others invest in hotels, restaurants, or startups, demonstrating finance beyond acting.
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Sol Smith Russell
Thomas Wise
Mr. Wise
James Stoddart
New Jersey
Daniel Bandmann
Northwestern
Harmon J. Wolfe
Medicing
Elsie de Wolfe
Annie Irish
Sallie
Fritz Williams
May Irwin
Hetelle Clayton
May Sylvie
Busin
Eddi Foy
Man and Wife Reunited After Charleroi Mystery
Paris dispatch reports Mrs Seraphin Demersman identifying a miner's body as her husband from whom she had been separated for months. The corpse was buried with a death certificate issued. The wife unexpectedly received a visit from her husband, revealed to be alive, and the pair reconciled in a striking countermove of fate.
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Kizer
Scott
Kiger
Bilsgard
Great Plains
Washington Post
Paris
Chartero
Montignies
Seraphin Demersman
Othex
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Lionel Ore
Avenue du Wagram
Arc de Triomphe
England
British Museum
Fontainebleau
Che
Jove
Aer
Grand Chambers
Tournelles
Parliament
Dreux d’Aubray
MM. d
Place de Greve
Quita
Marie Madeleine d'Aubray
Marquise de “Grinvillers
la Reynie
Marchioness
France
Dacr
McClure & Co
Mberty
Kiser
Truy
Ois
Hattie
Pastries Ag Cape of
Abolition
Ninners
Ber
Agnes Booth
chester-by-the-Sea
Charles Ross
Mabel Fenton
Jersey
Eugene O'Rourke
New York
West Forty-fourth Street
George Fortescue
Amelia
Summerville
Raymond Hitchcock
Charles Stevenson
United States
Jameson Lee Finney
George C. Boniface
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