Mary Robers in a Sleuthing Drama on a Wrecked Train
Lawrence Blakeley travels to Pittsburg with forged notes in the Bronson case to obtain a deposition from John Gilmore. A woman asks him to buy a Pullman ticket for her. He misuses funds, loses his clothes, and faces a murder amid a wreck. Alison West, his partner’s sweetheart, helps him escape. Investigations reveal Sullivan’s role, and Mrs Conway and Bronson perish with the forged notes found burned.
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Lawrence Blakeley
Pittsburg
Bronson
John Gilmore
Blakeley
Alison West
Sullivan
Conway
Alison
Blanche Conway
Carter House
McKnight
Washington
The Dagger and Necklace Point to Alice Curtis
In a Washington investigation the dagger, gold chain, and a cameo locket reveal the murder of Simon Harrington. Sullivan confesses the dagger and locket belonged to his sister Alice Curtis, unraveling the motive linked to a forged marriage scheme and notes of power.
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Sullivan
Alison
Mr. Sullivan
Simon Harrington
Alice Curtis
One Arm and a Tender Night at Dallas Club
In a tense Dallas evening, Alison and I confront love after loss as I struggle with my missing arm. She whirls a plaintive whistle on the balcony while I falter over a proper proposal. We resolve to marry, then I declare the challenge of loving her with one arm as we step toward a hopeful future.
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Alison
Mrs. Klopton
Johnson
George
Dallas
Ida
Sullivan
McKnight
Mrs. Dallas
Bermuda
Jamaica
Pungent Flavors and Curious Edible Cactus Leaf
A food expert claims cactus leaves are edible while a passerby questions the idea. The exchange reveals uncertainty and casual skepticism about unusual plant edibility.
Angels Listen as Children Pray at Day’s End
Poem portrays angels waiting at dusk to hear children’s prayers. Grandparented angels with gold halos and firelike wings reflect on the joy and sorrow of childhood, while younger angels echo even the dimmest word back to the children. The verse frames prayer as a celestial bond across generations.
Clock ends in vast building mark clever paradox
A man with twin wall clocks in a huge building hires a repairer. After fixing, he finds one clock five minutes slower. The fixer explains it is proper because the two clocks will agree only when you walk the five minutes to see the other, making the times align.
Don’t Go Too Near the Water in a Curious Exchange
A fragmented dialogue contrasts two men over a Blower figure who claims to know all. One insists he knows everything, the other says he merely tells it all. The scene shifts to a shore setting with waves and women in bathing suits, as a narrator questions the scene and self-reflects.
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Blower
Elope With Baron Sparks Society Scandal
A London mother writes in a mock earnest tone confessing an intended elopement by Miriam with Baron Amsterbazsy to secure a family title. The letter frames social pressure and ambition among the peerage.
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John
England
Miriam
Amsterbazsy
Train Schedules for Gulfport and Jackson Lines 1910
Passenger timetable shows southbound and northbound routes on the Main Line and Columbia Division with stop times for Laur el Laurel, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Gulfport, and Maxie. It lists connections at Gulfport Lumberton Columbia Hattiesburg Laurel and Jackson, effective December 11, 1910, with J L Hawley as G P A.
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Jackson
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Columbia Division
North Bound
Mendenhall
Maxie
Columbia
Laurel Branch
Laurel
Saratoga
Lumberton
J. L. Hawley
Miss
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Mary Rober Ceibank
Sen eyRetEae Pa Hilustrations
G.ieziner
Bobbs -Merrill Company
Hotchkiss
Qnlodier
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon
Mississippi
Henry & Henry
Attorneys At Law
Courthouse
S. L. McLaurin
Tally Heslep
J. W. Birdsong
Rankin County Bank
C. R. Garraway
J. H. Burnham
Rankin County Bank Building
Brandon, Mississippi
W. E. McIntyre
Brandon, Miss
Roy L. Fox
Brandon Bank
G. L. Todd, M. D
Cumberland Telephone Connection
Florence
May, Sanders
Stingily
General Passenger Department
W.G. Ellis
Loveless
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, Incorporated
Sam W. Taylor
P. UO
Fifth and
New Orleans Sts
Hattiesburg, Miss
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