Mystery at Ostrander House Drives Debates of a Widow
A veiled woman gains entry to Judge Ostrander's gated, double-fenced estate where she disappears and the judge is found in a trance. Deborah Scoville, seeking exoneration for her husband, learns more about Oliver Ostrander and past accusations as Miss Weeks reveals village gossip and hints of a possible witness.
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Hdoe
Judge Ostrander
Miss Weeks
Deborah Scoville
Algernon Wtheridge
John Scoville
Dark Hollow
Oliver
Mrs. Scoville
Bela
Nol
Misa Weeks
Algernon Etheridge
Ostrander
Deborah
Reuther
Oliver Ostrander
Migs
Etheridge
Old Etheridge
Mr. Etheridge
Missa Weeks
Satsuma
Miss Weeka
Mkes
Anonymous Letters and a Chamber of Doubts
Deborah revisits a shadowed past twelve years after a fatal incident as she confronts letters and a troubling algebra page. She weighs her reputation and Reuther's future with Oliver, wrestling with fear, guilt, and questions of suitability in a tense, unnamed setting.
Bargain ten cent pan tale and a Marlborough quip
In a light kitchen chat Mrs. Brown boasts a perfect ten cent cake pan bought by her husband John who visits Bargun's daily. Mrs. White notes the bargain and compares it to quarter priced pans, while a separate Marlborough anecdote recalls a soldier earning fourpence for fame after Blenheim.
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Bargan
Mrs. White
Mrs. Brown
John
Robert
Bargun’s
Big Pan
Jones’ Hardware
Blenheim
Duke of Marlborough
Pansive
Women Testify to Lydia E Pinkham Remedy in Change of Life
Westbrook Maine resident Mrs Lawrence Martin reports relief from back and side pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recommends it to friends. In Manston Wis Mrs M J Brownell describes night sweats and hot flashes alleviated by one bottle with long term health benefits. the ad notes the product is made from roots and herbs and invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Westbrook
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lawrence Mar
M. J. Brownell
Manston
Wis
Playful dog strangles boy in tenement yard tragedy
Thomas Santerano five and Angelina seven played with a cloth dog when a stray real dog joined. The rope tangled around Thomas neck during a tug of war on a cellar door and clothesline. He died before help could reach him as neighbors removed the dog and alerted his mother.
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Thomas Santerano
Angelina
Thomas
New York
Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness
A British officer questions a sentry in Flanders who replies he would report anything unusual. A Boston Globe piece on wealthier friends helping the poor, followed by an ad narrative about Grape-Nuts aiding a nervous, undernourished girl to health, study, and a stable home, crediting Postum Co. with the product and suggesting reading The Road to Wellville.
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Flanders
Boston Evening Transcript
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Janey
Algona
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Kevefick & Borner
T. Kenapice
J.F. Ronnes
Oartimey Patrician
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North Toon
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Dr. Deveraux
Langdon & Long's Grocery
W. E. Kain
Laws
County Savings Bank
B. Bayer
R. J. Laird
Opera House
Lewish, Smith
YHBO
Chrischilles V-Prea
Joe W. Wadsworth
Cashler
J. B. Hist
Asst
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona, Iowa
Capital
Lewis BH. Smith
Theo
Chrix Iilea
Bi. E. Sayers
Tt. A. Wadsworth
H. J. Or Yoy
A. Hi. Rist
Jos. W. Wadsworth
K. Faracsor
Prealdan
Swerring
E. E. Conner
Oaahter
E. L. Viscest
Ua U Ny Capital and
Surpiue
Lowa
United States
Savings Department of
First National Hank
Savings Deposita
Beuking
Hooma East Court
Bouse Square
Owa
Fate
P. Chubb
Adama
F. W. Dingley
C. H. Beardsley
Tgrau Avery
Board OF Directors
T Obubb
C.C. Obubb
Geo. L. Galbraith
Myron Schenck
F.W. Dingley
C. Adunts
Max Hordes
the County Savings Bank
Carital
FE Oa
Hutenius
Dodda
J. Gilmore
Andrew Petereos
Bpear
McMahon
A. W. Sullivan
Maptain Hang
Jos Raunt
E. F. Rane
Peoples Savings Bank Capital
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Algernon
Algernon B
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