The Funnel of Dacre in a Paris Mystery
In a Paris lodging Dacre and I discuss a leather funnel linked to the Marquis de Grimrvillers and the extraordinary question. A dream sequence reveals Marie Madeleine d Aubray, Marquise de Grimrvillers, as the case's central figure, with initials and heraldic crown on the artifact.
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Dacre
Albertus Magnus
Quais
Rue Mathurin
Nicholas de la Reynie
Louis XIV
Nicholas de la Reynia
Fes
Areame
Grand Chambers
Tournelles
Parliament
Dreux d’Aubray
MM. d
Place de Greve
Quita
Marie Madeleine d'Aubray
Marquise de “Grinvillers
White Bull on the Colorado Range in a Winter Butchering Scene
In a blizzard to corral and butcher a white Texan bull, the narrator and Lew Kizer trap the beast in a Colorado barn. A pistol misfires, they scramble across stalls, the bull charges, and the narrator finally shoots the animal as fear and peril peak. The tale blends frontier danger with cattle lore and Texas lore.
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Lew Kizer
Texas
Bacon
Jim
Crockett City
Colorado
Kizer
Elzer
Emphi
Cime
Olay Randall
Falo
Randall
Sam Hertsel
Ramdall
Browning and Browning Sons: Sonnets Gift in Pisa 1847
Edmund Gosse recounts the private Browning household in Pisa in early 1847. Elizabeth Barrett Browning handed Browning a packet of Sonnets to read privately, urging him to tear it up if he disliked them. He praised their quality, while she eventually allowed publication under Miss Mitford’s care as Sonnets by E. B. Browning, Reading, Not for Publication, 1847.
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Lionel Ore
Avenue du Wagram
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Dacre
England
British Museum
Fontainebleau
Che
Aer
Kizer
Kiser
Scott
Truy
Kiger
Bilsgard
Great Plains
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Pisa
Browning
Portugi Ag
Edmund Gosse
Mrs. Browning
Solomon
Shakespeare
E. B B
Catarina
Life's Silent Watches Inspire Enduring Works
A fragmentary poem by Santa Wilson Smith and Susan ae wezine meditates on quiet perseverance. It speaks of souls forging conflict into art and science, toiling through lonely vigils to craft immortal deeds and worthy praise.
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Herven
Atrife
Santa’ Wilson -Smith
Susan Ae Wezine
Actors Invest to Build Wealth Beyond Stage
The article profiles actors who diversified into farming real estate and business ventures. Sol Smith Russell built wealth via land, May Irwin prospered from real estate rents, Elsie De Wolfe and Annie Irish branched into decoration and lodging, and others like Elsie De Wolfe, May Irwin, and Agnes Booth show earnings from hotels, restaurants, and product interests boosting income 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 Mystery Montignies Find
Paris reports a striking case from Chartero. A miner’s body was found in the Sombre and identified by Mrs Seraphin Demersman as her husband from whom she had been separated. After burial a death certificate was issued. The wife then received a surprise visit from her husband alive, and they reconciled.
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Washington Post
Paris
Chartero
Montignies
Seraphin Demersman
Othex
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McClure & Co
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Mberty
Ois
Hattie
Pastries Ag Cape of
Abolition
Ninners Pen Brerive
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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