The Black Pheasant Mystery at the Far Eastern Bank
Phil Manton, president of the Far Eastern bank in Shanghai, traps Wong Suong the night watchman, revealed as the Black Pheasant thief who stole gold and murdered Oscar Blaze. The hidden rear chamber holds a hoard of canvas bags. gold is recovered and Blaze’s death is explained.
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Phil Manton
Far Eastern
Shanghai
Manton
Far Eastern Bank
East
Craas Oees
Oscar Blare
The
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Wong Suong
Phil
Oscar Blaze
Blaze
Iere
Wong Sueng
Yonge Suong
Wong Suonge
Bawk
Oscar Bare
Manten
Rock of Gibraltar
Soldiers Read Browning Amid War Camp Use
The Boston Browning society plans a booklet of selections from Browning for American military camps and trenches. The piece cites a London Chronicle remark on Charlemagne describing him as a noble, scholarly figure with athletic build and keen eyes, noted for temperance, languages, and education.
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Browning
Boston Browning Society
London Chronicle
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Charlemagne
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Browning the Indispensable Companion of Endurance Voyage
In a reminiscence, F. Herbert Stead notes that both Sir Ernest Shackleton and carpenter McNich carried Browning as a key companion on their perilous Endurance voyage, with two copies surviving among personal volumes.
Happily Married Belief Sparks War-Service Debate
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a man claiming marriage will exempt him from war service. The snippet frames the social expectation and wartime attitudes toward duty and personal life.
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Detroit Free Press
Brontides Sounds Baffle Scientists Worldwide
Baffling explosive sounds known as brontides appear in many places. Belgium locals call them mistpoeffers while India’s Ganges delta reports Barisal guns. Italian locations name varied terms, Hayt desert sounds in Australia. Likely muffled detonations from underground or misattributed cannon blasts.
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Belgium
Popular Secience Monthly
Ganges
India
Italy
Hayt
Australia
Ruskin Era Wage Reform Aimed at Shared Power
The English firm manager Joseph Thomason J P pioneered Ruskin inspired social reform by setting a definite minimum wage and granting workers full voting shares in welfare. Both men and women enjoyed equal voting rights at meetings. Ruskin praised the model as foundational for equitable value relations between owners and workers.
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Joseph Thomason
J. P
Ruskin
Christian Science Monitor
Mr. Thompson
Moline-Universal
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