Mystery House No 1313 draws in Jessure residents
Rudolph Van Vechten pursues the House of Mystery after a man is found dead on the street. Paige Carew is missing and a sweet voiced girl aids Tom Phinney’s escape while Detective Flint links the case to Temple Bonner’s English home. Messages to Europe seek Paige’s whereabouts with a $2500 reward.
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Rudolph van Vechten
Jessure
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Tom
Flint
Mr. Callls
Jessie
Theodore van Vechten
Wall Street
Tron
Van
Phinney
Paige
Europe
London
Miss Carew
Mrs. Devereaux
New York
Temple Bonner
Family scandal haunts the Schuyler Bonner saga
Van Vechten and Flint unravel the old Schuyler family’s decline from fortune to obscurity. Temple Bonner ties his fate to Max Willard in a curious twist as Henrietta Schuyler’s romance and Josephine Devereaux’s past loom large. The plot thickens with hidden motives and a possible break with tradition.
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van Vechten
Flint
New York
Schuyler
Josephine
Percy Devereaux
Henrietta
England
Henrietta Schuyler
Max Willard
Temple Ben
Compton Schuyler
Temple Bonner
America
Mr. Flint
Mrs. Devereaux
Paige
Chumes
Willard
Enfant Perdu opens a risky quiet night in a city
Van Vechten debates action after Tom Phinney plans yacht work. Tom seeks a berth and leaves word with Mr Flint. Van Vechten ponders a mysterious basement door at 1313 as he slips away from the club and hints at deeper danger ahead.
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Mr. Flint
Tom Phinney
van Vechten
Tom
John Callis
Maiden Lane
Brownlow
Hia
Payne- French
Buddy
Old Brownlow
Flint
Cablegram Troubles In Paige Carew Case
Reports show failure to deliver a cablegram to Paige Carew at Parla. The messages reveal a pattern of ignorance about Paige Carew's whereabouts, echoing earlier dispatches from the day that noted similar inability to locate the recipient.
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Paige
Parla
Paige Carew
Coming Star in Literature Shines Through Diary Notes
A Century magazine writer lauds a great man's daughter as a deep thinker and keen observer. Her diary reflects spring’s vitality with playful sketches of Mowgli the cat and Annabelle’s ducks, plus whimsical name choices and reflections on life and naming.
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Century Magazine
Plan Accepted for Five Man Provisional Mexican Government
Mexican mediators outline a five man provisional government representing all factions with constitutionalists in the majority. The United States pledges recognition and moral support, American troops will evacuate Vera Cruz once established, Huerta stays in power during organization, and a future election is planned with reforms to election laws and land reform urged.
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Mexico
United States
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Congress
Madero
Constitutionaliate
Mediations aim at provisional Mexican government plan
Reports from Niagara Falls describe a tentative accord transferring executive power in Mexico City to a provisional president and a five member cabinet. The plan envisions a neutral junta to oversee elections, U S recognition, and withdrawal of troops after a new government is installed.
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Ont
Mexico
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Congress
United States
Fragmented ad copy with odd phrases and lines
A garbled OCR style passage lists dubious ads and social chatter about clothing and a girl described as “game.” It includes stray fragments about a deceased man’s shoes, Red Cross Ball promotion, and medical cures, ending with casual dialogue about a girl’s audacity.
Cure Claimed After Severe Facial Eruption
Miss Caroline Miller reports a painful facial eruption spreading from a small pimple across her face. After three weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, she says the condition disappeared. The advertisement promotes Cuticura products and offers a free Skin Book from Boston.
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East Elm St
Streator
Caroline Miller
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Sizing Up Louse A Shopper Prefers Lower Louis Heels
A fashionable Chicago shoe shop reports a young woman, daughter of a recently wealthy man, testing a range of slippers. She rejects many stylish pairs before choosing two, noting Louis XV heels are too high and asking for a size lower, wondering if Louis XIV would suffice.
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Chicago
Harper’s
Novelist Mr 8 R Crockett Dies In Scotland
The Scottish novelist Mr. 8 R Crockett has died. A favorite anecdote among his circle recalled how he met his wife Miss Milner after Milner invited him to Manchester following an unsigned London review he wrote. Their marriage was described as one of happiness.
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Mowgli
Jane Hy
Okuma of Japan Praised for Courtesy After Assassination Attempt
The story notes Count Okuma's wooden leg after a bomb killed his servants and horses. Despite severe pain, he reportedly told a foreign statesman, Forgive me for my impoliteness in not seeing you to the door. The Pall Mall Gazette cites him as the best-mannered man in Japan.
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Japan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Pall Mall Gazette
Grape-Nuts Food Promises Strength After Nervous Breakdown
A Massachusetts woman recounts a serious nervous breakdown from overwork and dyspepsia. After trying remedies, a friend recommended Grape-Nuts and Postum, and she reports eight months of steady improvement, saying Grape-Nuts rebuilt her whole system and renewed her vitality.
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Battle
Mick
Wallvita
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