The Funnel and the Memorable Paris Poisoness
In a Paris mansion Dacre and I examine a leather funnel linked to Marie Madeleine d Aubray Marques de Grinvillers, using dream lore and a relic to reveal a famous 1676 murder case. The engraving bears her initials and a heraldic crown reflecting her rank and crime.
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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 Range Ends in a Narrow Shot
A tale recalls a Colorado winter plan to fatten a famed white Texas bull. In a blizzard and barn trap, the narrator and Lew Kizer face the bull’s charge while trying to shoot him. A risky, near-fatal struggle ends with a decisive single pistol shot and a heavy carcass.
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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
Scott
Kiser
Browning and Browning Sonnets Hidden in Pisa Papers
Edmund Gosse recounts Elizabeth Barrett Browning gifting Browning a packet of Sonnets from the Portuguese at Pisa in 1847. Their strict writing solitude gave way when she urged him to read and possibly destroy the verses, leading to publication later under their joint title Sonnets by E B B Reading Not for Publication 1847.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Pisa
Browning
Portugi Ag
Edmund Gosse
Mrs. Browning
Solomon
Shakespeare
E. B B
Catarina
Out of the Silent Watches Great Deeds Arise
A fragmentary poem by Santa Wilson-Smith and Susan ae wezine evokes how quiet vigil and patient toil forge immortal art and science. It contrasts silent hours with loud pleasures, suggesting enduring achievement comes from disciplined craft and perseverance.
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Herven
Atrife
Santa’ Wilson -Smith
Susan Ae Wezine
Actors Turn Real Estate Into Fortunes In Late Career
The article profiles actors who diversified into real estate and other ventures, turning earnings into wealth. Sol Smith Russell built land value, Thomas Wise bred prize poultry, Annie Irish ran a lodging house, May Irwin profited from rents, and Elsie De Wolfe and others expanded into decorating, hotels, restaurants, or manufacturing interests, with several sustaining profitable enterprises alongside 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 Montignies Death Tale
Paris report tells of a miner’s identified body found in the Sombre at Montignies. Mrs. Seraphin Demersman recognized the corpse as her husband, from whom she had been separated for months. The man later revealed himself alive, and the couple reconciled in a surprising twist.
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Lionel Ore
Avenue du Wagram
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Dacre
England
British Museum
Fontainebleau
Che
Washington Post
Chartero
Montignies
Seraphin Demersman
Othex
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Aer
la Reynie
Marchioness
France
Dacr
McClure & Co
Mberty
Truy
Ois
Meek
Hattie An Hs Shawn
Pastries Ag
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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