Mystery House and Abduction of Paige Carew Unfolds
Van Vechten and friend Tom Phinney chase clues to the House of Mystery across from the hatan club as a man is found dead. A sweet voiced girl appears in the crowd and helps Phinney escape while Paige Carew remains missing. Detective Flint follows leads to Europe as two women reportedly sail for New York with a $3500 reward offered.
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Eyndorah van, Vechten
van Vechten
Tom
Flint
van Vachten
Tom Phinney Roca
Myastery
Calita
Tom Fa Neleed
Jeaste
Theodore van Vechten
Tron
Paige Carew
Myster
Tom Phinney
Paige
Europe
Ondon
Miss Carew
Davereaus
New York
Rudolph
Josephine
Man of Iron
Mr. Fiftnt
Misa Carew
O'Neill
Haan Scotland Yard
London
Mr. Flint
Somerset
England
John Callis
The Uncle Theodore Plot Deepens in The Chase
In II Chapter VII Rudolph contacts Uncle Theodore via wire to confirm a theory about Fotheringill of Hirschfield & Sons. The elder Van Vechten learns messages are split for him and Rudolph, while a plan to reveal scandal involving Paige and the press unfolds as Uncle Theodore braces for fallout.
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Tom
Uncle Theodore
Tommy
Ngiil
Rudolph
Fotheringill
Hirschfield & Sons, Bankera
Dupilicate
van Vechten
Theodore
Paige
Veiled Lady Mystery Ties English Estate to New York Case
In a tangled noir exchange, Van Vechten, Flint, and Tom pursue links between a missing cousin, a Sunday murder, and a London treasure tied to Temple Bonner. A cable hints at Miss Carew and a house tied to old romances, while ONeill and Bonner loom as pivotal figures.
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Veechten
Concoutiget
Mr. van Vechten
New York
Temple Bonner
England
Jim O'Neill
Flint
Bonner
Josephine
van Vechten
Henrietta
Mr. Flint
Mrs. Devereaux
Var Vechten
Josephine Devereaux
Rhode Island figures in Perry’s Lake Erie victory centennial
The piece argues Oliver Hazard Perry’s success on Lake Erie was propelled by Rhode Island men, noting that Rhode Island supplied Perry and many officers seamen and crew, with a New England surge aiding the war effort. It frames the centenary celebration as tribute to the state’s naval role and emigration ties to New England.
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Perry
Lake Erie
Northwest
New England
England
Boston Herald
Oliver Hasard Perry
van & Ruode der
Narragansett Bay
Aberl Bile
Dent
Rhode Ialand
Rhode Ieland
Narragansett
Rhode Island
Lake Eria
Oficera
Saan
State's star witness testifies in Indiana arson trial
Miss Annie E. Katter, a housekeeper for Dr. D Wolfe, admits to burning animals under his direction as part of a scheme to insure horses. Perry Drake, A M Perkins, and Van Allen are accused of conspiring to purchase, burn, and insure livestock. Other fires linked to Dr Wolfe are described, plus a case of a warrant to capture a parole violator from the Philippine Islands.
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Washington
Dr. D. Wolfe
Perry Drake
van Allen
Dr. Wolfe
Allen
Philippine Islands
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Manila
Parole Department
War Department
Reformatory
Turtle marked in 1886 found on old farm
Lou Polk, engineer at Oaktown Milling, found a turtle marked with names and date July 6, 1886, carved by Polk and George Pierce. The turtle, located within twenty eight years and near the original mark, appeared the same size as then and was returned to its owner’s farm.
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Oaktown
Lou Polk
Oaktown Milling Company
Horace Polk
Mr. Polk
George Pierce
Tate
Agme
Miss Monticello Duck Sets Purdue Egg Record
At Purdue Lafayette May 22 Miss Monticello duck named for her home town laid 154 eggs in 167 days surpassing prior records set by Miss Purdue at the Purdue poultry farm. Hatched May 24 last year she began laying November 23 and belongs to Miss Lizzie Stephan aunt of William Stephan a Purdue agriculture student.
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Lafayette
Miss Monticello
Purdue
Purdue Poultry Farm
Lizzie Stephan
William Stephan
Purdue School of Agriculture
Cement poisoned bait blamed for rat deaths
In Conneraville on May 20 farmers report rats attacking crops and even young pigs. The decline is linked to a new practice of mixing cement with meat and placing it where rats can feed. Once the cement hardens in the stomach, the animals die.
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Conneraville
Hamlet theatre owner stabbed by disorderly patron
May 20 in Knox Frank Learmon, theatre proprietor at Hamlet, was stabbed with a fish spear by James Chamberlain a young farmer ejected for disorderly conduct. Chamberlain fled into the Kankakee swamps as a posse searches nearby rural drenched by officers and citizens. Alexandria man is acquitted. Anderson May 22 Clarence Johnson of Alexandria was acquitted by a Madison circuit court jury on an attempt to murder charge against his brother in law William Sloan.
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Knox
Alexandria
Anderson
Clarence Johnson
Madison
Wilard Sloan
Jury Unable to Agree in Perjury Case
Frankfort May 22 The jury in the Charles Cohn perjury case from Lafayette, a hotel keeper, reported it could not agree and was discharged. The jury stood six to Ely.
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Sury
Frankfort
Charles Cohn
Lafayette
Ely
Unclear text fragment reports assault case and injuries
A disjointed account notes a man identified as Browning, 40, involved in an incident at the Hamilton home. Two shots were fired by Hamilton with a shell gun. One hit Browning but the wound was not serious. Browning is under arrest for assault and battery with intent to kill a year ago.
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Hamilton
Browning
Ring Found Near Lincoln City Believed Lincoln Relic
A fisherman near Lincoln City found an ebony ring engraved with T. A. Lincoln missing its stone. Locals think it belonged to Lincoln’s father and want it placed in a museum with other Lincoln relics for public display.
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Evansville
Lincoln City
Hear
Batt
Tt. A. Lincoln
Lincoln
Indiana News In Brief Local items from various towns
Madison rector resigns at Christ Episcopal Warsaw reports end of smallpox epidemic with quarantines lifted in four homes Columbus Scouts offer services to G A R post for Decoration Day Crawfordsville man guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill Muncie patrolman Farr seeks public hearing Anderson missing children thought near Newcastle Evansville cremation of attorney Ernest Owen New Albany will of Joseph Reed filed Colum-bus council plans Decoration Day bell tolls Connersville long council meeting stalls hiring a bookkeeper South Bend divorce remarriage ban Princeton forger suspect sought
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Madison
J. H. van Buren
Christ Episcopal Church
Warsaw
Columbus
Boy Scouts
G A. R. Post
Crawfordaville
Charles Ellis
Ellis
Allen Wilkinegt
Muncle
Oscar Farr
Board of Polices Commissioners
Anderson
Harry Fisher
Margaret Fisher
Florence Kelly
Mary Kelly
Newcastle
Evansville
Ernest Dale Owen
Chicago
New Harmony
Ind
Owen
Robert Dale Owen
Municipal League of Indiana
Edwin A. Cobb
League
Volland
New Albany
Joseph V. Reed
Indianapolis
Mary Jewett Reed
Jewett Reed
George Bradt
Havana
Cuba
Misa Josephine Reed
Comneraville
James Henry
Waterloo Township
J. & C. Traction Terminal
Henry
L. C. Moore
G. A R. Post
Connersville
South Bend
Princeton
H. W. Stewart
Seymour
Alva Levi
Indiana State Bank of Indianapolia
I, Hh
Power
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Synopsie
Schuyler
Mr. Bonner
Compton Schuyler
Rhody
Oliver Hazard Perry
Br. Walls
Ghe Sal
Indiana
Lincoln Belle
Indiana News
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