Dead Men’s Section mystery ends with Ranger’s Rest poison plot
Henry Fortune, Middle Division superintendent, battles a deadly curse on a 150 mile freight line from Gregson to Warm Springs. Investigations reveal Dummy Carlos poisoned crews with loco weed whisky at The Ranger’s Rest, causing hallucinations and fatal falls. The culprit is declared insane and committed to a state asylum.
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Lone Star State
Red River
Rio Grande
Henry Fortune
Folger
Gregson
Warm Springs
Gregaon’s
Carlos
Texas Plains
Menti
Ranger's Rest
Templeton
Chicago
Great Plains
Baling
Carios
Gregson’s
Texas
State Asylum
Ife
Maori Volcano Cooking Turned Potatoes Into Earth Oven
Maoris in New Zealand use volcanic heat to cook vegetables by digging pits five to six feet deep and lining them with straw and earth. They cover the pits and let volcanos heat the ground then retrieve the food as needed, turning the earth into stove and storehouse.
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New Zealand
Detroit Free Press
Washington Letter Highlights Mrs McKinley and Capitol Notables
The column notes Christmas gifts from Mrs McKinley to Cabinet women, Keckly memories of Lincoln era, a new White House chef, and Helen Hay’s engagement to Payne Whitney. It covers James D Richardson’s leadership in the House minority, Casini gowns, Senator Peffer’s visit, Cullom-Elkins room dispute, Pickhart’s arrest, Uncle Joe Cannon on tax repeal, and Kentuckian James La Barre’s 600 mile walk to Washington seeking a pension appeal.
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Capital
White House
President Lincoln
Elisabeth Keckly
Father
Tad
Keckly
Lincoln
Sinclair
William Pinckney
Cassini
America
Peffer
Kansas
Senate
Senator Burton
Senator Cullom
Steve Elkins
Cullom
Tom Platt
New York
Elkins
Adrian C. Pickhart
Plainfield
N. J
Washington
Doubtlees Pickhardt
United States
Joe Cannon
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Mr. Cannon
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Sam
Appropriations
James la Barre
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
Warrington
Shattuce
la Barre
Covington
Imperial Barbers Serve the Czar in Grand Court
The Caeics Barbers and No Nihilist provide grooming to the Russian autocrat with careful beard trimming by scissors. Among four Grand Masters, one always attends the Czar during barbering. The Guelaboyski family has long served as barber to the Romanoff dynasty since Czar Paul.
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Russia
Guelaboyski
Imperial House
Romanoff
Paul
Emperor William's Vast Court Employs Thousands
In the German emperor's many palaces some 3,500 servants are employed, about 2,000 of them women. The vast household costs require a huge income and the emperor's total expenditure is estimated at around 25,000 dollars daily.
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William
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Daily Story Pub. Co
Britain
England
Great Britain
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John Bull
Lord Milner
M. Raffelovitch
Louisville Courier-Journal
Paris
Channel
Florida
California
Pacific Coast
Jas. DD. Richardson
Miss Hay
House of Representatives
House
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
Richardson
Fifth
Kansas City
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