Keppel Darke confronts Olympia murder mystery in New York
In a convoluted tale spanning New York and a Long Island estate, Keppel Darke pursues the Trent murder amid secret treasures and disguises. Olympia Raven awakes, Sallie Matchin dies, and Darke faces revelations as a mysterious stranger completes a daring escape and rescue.
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Trent
Raven
Olympia
Darke
Sing Sing
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Maurice Solange
America
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Solange
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Keppel Darke
Long Island
New York City
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Count de Lisle
Olympia Raven
Newark
Trent Mansion
Mrs. Trent
Garcia
Earrings Through the Ages in Greek Roman Style
The Detroit Free Press notes that Greek and Roman women wore plain and later gem set earrings in gold or silver. Roman matrons owned costly pieces, some valued in thousands. Popular motifs included asp forms and miniature portraits as pendants, with lotus and Bengal rose designs admired in Egypt and India.
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Egypt
India
Detroit Free Press
Buffalo in the Sea Coast Park Debate Ends Fatal
The San Francisco Alta argues that buffalo cannot adapt to coastal climates. Four humpbacked animals were brought to Golden Gate park. three died during acclimation. Only one remains in a field not meant for them, with the others expected to join the park fence.
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Golden Gate Park
Hakluyt
Great Plains
San Francisco Alta
Strict accounting keeps rare coins from sub treasury
The sub-treasury, under Captain Walters, maintains strict accounting of every penny handled. Coin handlers confront many rare coins aimed to deceive the treasury, but rejected coins are never returned to senders and become targets of fraud detection.
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Sub-Treasury
Walters
Philadelphia
Watch that winds only every forty five days from Russia
An employee of the St. Petersburg postal telegraph offices has devised a watch that needs winding once in forty five days. It was tested by the Mechanic Technical association and found to perform as claimed. The inventor seeks a patent but lacks belonging to a mechanical guild, a hurdle the interior minister must decide.
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Russia
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St. Petersburg
Mechanic Technical Association
Minister of the Interior
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Sessen
Judas Iscariot
Simon
Judas
Jesus
Israel
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Peter
Eden
Aaron
Ezekiel
Paul
James
Christ
Washing of Feet Teachings and Commands for Believers
A devotional study on John 13 1 17 and Philippians 2 5 focusing on Jesus washing disciples feet to illustrate servanthood. It links Jesus actions to atonement symbolism and urges humble service, mutual admonition, and obedience to God’s will.
Irrigation Congress Pleads for Western Land Reclamation
The Salt Lake City irrigation congress closed its sessions by memorializing Congress to provide funds for irrigating arid lands in Montana the Dakotas Wyoming Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma to transform desert areas into fertile farms.
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Irrigation Congress
Salt Lake City
United States Congress
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Army tactics outlined by General Schofield
General Schofield approves army tactics awaiting secretary of war approval. Main change is skirmish drill with no retreat at first attack. Skirmish line will hold ground and be reinforced from the rear as enemy pressure grows until the entire army engages.
The Great American Novelist Demand
A long critique argues that a flood of American writers publish novels and stories while most are amateur and unworthy of print. It notes a rising demand for purely American fiction and asks where the native storyteller who can captivate thousands with original American tales will appear.
Money as a Commodity: Ashley Proposes Gold and Silver Standards
Charles S. Ashley argues for ending political control of money and retooling contracts to pay in coins of fixed weight and fineness. He cites gold clauses in bonds and bank reinvestment agreements as precedent and suggests government minting only and certifying metal quality.
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Charles S. Ashley
Ashley
Mr. Ashley
Toledo and North Michigan Railway
John Warner
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