Revelations of a Bank Job and the Neville Street Rescue
Ella Rayne saves Harold Baxter from a bank thief during a covert plot linked to the Occidental bank robbery. Detective Inspector Baxter, aided by Ella, captures the criminals Jim Riley and Francis Jes, while Ella’s role remains scarcely publicized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Occidental Bank
Harold Baxter
Ella
Lombard Street
Baxter
Parr
Ellie
Francis Flies
Brent Street
Oxford Street
Little Boy Blue Keeps Eyes Open in Sleepy Fields
Fragmentary verse recalls the nursery rhyme with a shapeless scene of a sleeping shepherd and roaming sheep. The speaker notes mischief and the need for vigilance, urging the boy to wake and guard the flock and fields. The poem hints at responsibility when one slumbers.
How to Massage a Talking Machine
A woman in a rush orders a balanced gift for her husband avoiding sports, trashy novels, history, and biography. The clerk offers a playful selection titled How to Massage a Talking Machine, implying a humorous or offbeat present in a cautious shopping moment.
Better Part of Valor
Two Irish friends argue about honor and pride. One says the other is a coward if he does not defend insults. The other calms the debate by noting he’d rather be seen as brave than be mocked for looking natural next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perlove
Ella
Harold
Eila
London
Haverstock Hill
Cricklewood
Neville
Harold Baxter
Ella Rayne
Neville St
Flaherty
Nighttime painting mood left by red dawn glow
Fragmentary line suggests introspection after painting at night and waking to a reddened morning. The fragment hints at mood shifts between night creation and morning perception.
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Pesc
Ralph Enderly
Great Britain
Perved
Mr. Iles
Detective Baxter
Iles
Jim Riley
Riley
Elia
Francis Jes
Billa
Little Boy Blue
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
Mutual
T. L. Rice
Keating
W. BE. Harriman
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Kooser’s Grocery
Ames, Lowa
J. Fenton
M. D
Stultz
Cc. G. Tilden, M. D
Cc. L. Waltmire
Sorenson
C. H. Pasley
Ames, Iowa
M. J. Adams
Ames
Owa
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At -Law
Story County Bank
A. W. Crary
Crazy Bros. Hardware
Story Street
Boone, Low
Union National Bank
Iowa
W. M. Greeley
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
T. A. Dodds
Nelson & Nible
Rower & McCartney
B. J. Shelden
A. Keenan
Parley Sheldon
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Fire National Bank
Marshalltown
Judisch Bros
Green
New Smoke Consumer
A. L. White
Prank E. Morris
Ieading
Flowa
Onondaga ST
Ames, Ilowa
Chamberlain's Co
K. F. Posegate
Kennedy
Pineule Medicine CO
U.S
A. Gamble
Amos
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