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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1891
Page
7
The serial mystery Saved by Death drew 11 659 reader solutions as juries rendered a verdict. The finale reviews the case, notes human nature under crisis, and praises reader theories while highlighting three winners and many strong submissions from The Girone readers.
In a Cambridge room the inspector reads a confession by Dr. Karl Schiler detailing his role in Craige's death and the tangled motives of Vernon Farringford Mona Mantelle Rosalie Dartmouth and Virginia Craige Amid sudden truths Ned M Question Giles Farringford and others face the aftermath as vows of marriage and new futures emerge, while the mystery resolves with Schiler s admission and a public reckoning.
A feature on fashionable comic songs led by Maggie Cline and George Thatcher, praising and lampooning recent tunes like Paddy Flynn and I Was on It. The piece notes rising sales, the era’s vulgarities, and the push to copyright a popular number while cataloguing several popular verses and performers of the time.
A mosaic of oddities and quick reports spans oceans and eras from a pirate ship near an English river entrance to a Kansas editor under attack. Stories touch Persian armies, Babylonian relics, Egyptian women, and curious science finds from telegraph to earthquakes, with quirky human tales of beggars, horse cars, and unlikely romances across cities like Boston, Sacramento, and Bath.
The first prize of 200 goes to Paul R. Jenks of Concord for an ingenious solution. Austin Craige was murdered by his friend Dr. Schiler for an unexplained reason. Farringford Virginia Rosalie Jacob Vernon Mona were not accessories. Farringford climbed the trellis and entered Craige's room just after the fatal blow.
London hosted 12 entries in the Great Britain amateur weight lifting championship. Edward L. Levy of Birmingham won the cup after feats lifting 56 84 112 140 170 and paired 112 84 weights with both hands. Rabbit’s Foot Luck diary excerpt and brief notes follow.
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