The Cases of Alice Clement True Stories of a Sleuth
A memoir style collection presents Alice Clement recounting her most notable cases as a pioneering woman detective. Courtly Cooper frames Clement’s investigations, emphasizing acuity, moral resolve, and executive agency.
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Courtney Riley Cooper
The Invisible Clue and a Chicago Crime Story
Miss Clement narrates a Chicago safe robbery tied to a deserter from the United States army. The investigation traces a blood clue to plasmodium falciparum, linking the suspect to the Philippines and Fort Leavenworth. The pursuit leads to Newark and Gramercy Park before securing Tom Barton.
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Fort Leavenworth
United States Army
Philippines
Clement
Tom Barton
Chicago
O’leary
Bertillon Room
Barton
Miss Clement
Coney
Sam Hill
Prepared Plays with Care in Sardou's Method
In Jerome A. Hart's study Sardou and the Sardou Plays the author outlines Sardou's disciplined process. He collected memos and notes, filed dossiers with engravings maps and documents, and annotated histories. Embryonic plots rested in dossiers until inspiration or timing prompted full writing.
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Sardou
Jerome A. Hart
Fabienne
Labassiere
Coquelin
Theodora
Crisis of Transition Between Old and New Eras
Ferrero reflects on the collapse of a world and the rise of a new order. He notes life’s tragedy in times of upheaval when the old resists the new and the new is not yet strong enough to replace it. Confusion and conflict test unity and purpose.
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Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth
Third Avenue
Gramercy Park
Ferrero
Elections immensely Costly in New York City
The article details the high cost of elections in New York City with figures showing substantial expense per vote and per polling site. It notes budget strains and calls for reforms to reduce spending while maintaining turnout and integrity.
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New York
New York City
Perfect Jewel. Mistress You Have Excellent Letters Of Recommendation
A terse, archaic note reads like a jumbled message from a person named Puck, claiming to depart a house after obtaining a certain item or approval. The fragment hints at a personal exchange and unfinished business.
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Puck
Remarkable rapid growth in seeds and fungi reported
The article notes extraordinary growth rates from tiny seeds to vast biomass. Turnip seeds allegedly multiply many millions of times their weight in months, peat ground growth, puff balls expanding overnight, and Lindley cites rapid cellular division. It cites diverse germination timelines from two days to a month for various plants.
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Lindley
Lucky Enough Poultry Escape Leads to Breakfast Joke
A city woman bought six chickens from a farmer to provide daily eggs. She sent them to town with a note to her husband. He found the flock had escaped after the basement door was left open, sparking a three hour hunt and only ten found. The wife reveals she bought six, making him oddly lucky.
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Newark
N. J
Tom
Clement
Chicago
Central Office
Agnes Sexton
Harper’s Weekly
Argentina's Rapid Advance in Wheat Exports
Twenty two years ago Argentina faced import needs for its grain. Now it exports wheat globally with annual harvest value surpassing 500 million dollars.
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Argentina
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