Rich Relatives and a Cunning Family Plot
In this Baltimore tale, Belle narrates her escape from a fortune-hunting aunt and a scheming cousin Tom. Tom fakes a marriage notice to ruin her with her money, while Arthur Lorrimer returns to claim his love. A daring escape leads to a lawful marriage and lasting happiness away from manipulation. The piece blends social critique with a cautionary romance.
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Thad
Thomas
Mme
Aiman
Cynthia
Tnere
Tom
Joe T
Tetie
Arthur Lorrimer
Mr. Lorrimer
Baltimore
Augusta
Everliegh Turner
Mapam
A. Arrirron
Belle
Arthur
The Sea Otter and Far World News Highlights
A column discusses the sea otter’s life and fur trade dangers, noting its habitat along Washington coast and hunting methods. It then surveys world topics from advances in advertising and Ferris Wheel tech to marriage rates in England, Egyptian museum needs, Italian crime law, and planned global cable routes and California canal schemes.
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Pacific
Alaska
Washington
Marten
United States
Charles H. Townsend
United States Fish Commission
ISO
of Washington
Gray's Harbor
Cape Flattery
St. Nicholas
A Pig Concert at Louis XI Court
The Abbott of Baigne built a curious instrument by arranging many dogs under a velvet tent and using a wood table with keys. When spikes pricked the hogs, they produced sounds forming a concert that entertained Louis XI and his court, a feat funded by the king's order.
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Baigne
Louis XI
France
The Doctor's Revenge
A Dexter man stopped a doctor to ask a trivial question, but the next morning the doorbell rang violently at 2 a.m. and the physician stood ready to answer any further queries.
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Dexter
Lewiston
Sailors and a Admiral’s bow legs linked by a dog trick
Captain S Wooden recalls a sea tale from the Southern yearterday about sailors bow legged like horses and a long service Admiral whose legs curved outward. A pet dog taught to jump through a jointed leg gap leapt at the Admiral, then encore leaps drew laughter from officers and the Admiral.
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S. Wooden
Yeaterday
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Egypts Smelling Festival Observed With Closed Offices
The Egyptian Gazette notes the Shemm en Neseem festival when government offices close and a national holiday is declared. Onions are crushed and aromas sniffed as part of an ancient custom, attracting crowds to smell the air for believed benefits.
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Egypt
Egyptian Gazette
Crow Observes Suspicion and Cunning in Food Experiments
A Century brief describes a crow's wary response to meat placed at a study window. The bird inspects suspended meat as a possible trap, then tests ground bone bait before a dog carries off the prize, ending visits. The tale contrasts crow wit with human reflection and notes fear as a driving instinct.
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Damocles
Boy Preserved in Vault Beyond Forty Years
A Maine journal recounts a Waldo County tale of a boy who died over 40 years ago and was found perfectly preserved in his family vault. A sexton and estate executor opened the coffin after decades and confirmed the body remained as if sleeping, clothing intact and hair combed, the eyes sunken yet the face unchanged.
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Ave
Waldo County
Sexton
Lewiston
Jests and Jars From Press Humorists
A mosaic of jokes and quips from various papers shows lighthearted jests about college failures, billiards and air, mistaken politeness, domestic life, and social quirks. Readers meet parlor gags about professors, wedding plans, perpetual motion, and mock interviews with humorists.
The Best Advertising Medium Rates
Advertisement seeks business customers with pricing to be furnished on application. The note promises tuning of the reach with tailored rates and media options. It presents no dates or locations and focuses on contacting for pricing details.
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Tommy
Tapa
Philadelphia
Womar
Chicago
Laws of King Ethelbert Name Dole Sums in A.D. 1816
The text outlines ancient English penalties for harming freemen under King Ethelbert. Fines were paid to kindred and the king for injuries ranging from loss of a foot to injuries like the loss of an eye or ear. The value of a shilling then is noted as much higher than today.
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America
United States
New Zealand
England
Germany
Navigator Islands
Samoa
Polynesia
Fiji
Paris
Ethelbert
A. D
Beginnings of British Bengal Occupation Cited 1662
Records note the start of British occupation of Bengal dating to 1662 while mentioning Togoland as a German colony exporting only palm oil and the British Mint producing twenty five tons of pennies annually.
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Bengal
Togoland
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