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...night of the murder a samovar of tea and a chocolate cake were placed on a small table. Dr. Lazovert, one of the conspirators, took some crystals of cyanide of potassium out of his pocket, crushed them, removed layers of the cake, sprinkled the poison, replaced the layers. The scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Death of Rasputin | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

Next came this Fall an almost Johnsonian smoke shop. Tiled floors and robins egg blue walls and a samovar lured still other aesthetes to these Olympian regions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cultural Center of Harvard at Mt. Auburn and Dunster Shines in Gaudy Dress as More Intellectuals Move In | 10/5/1923 | See Source »

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