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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1934

Page

2

The Kennel Murder Case Continues at Coe House

Crime expert Philo Vance probes the Archer Coe death in New York. While Grassi is stabbed and a dog owner eludes detection, Vance tracks a wounded terrier to identify ownership. A kennel-trimming suspect, William Prentice, emerges as a key link as Vance pursues dog-show judges for ownership clues.

Philo Vance Archer Coe Markham Coe Wrede Signor Grassi Vance Doremus Brisbane Coe Archer Chicago Liang Brisbane Grassi Heft William Prentice George Wimberly Jimmy McNab Eliery Burke Steve Parton Wimberly Boston McNab Long Island Burke Parton New York Prentizo Mr. Prentice Haworth N. J Vale Prentice American Kennel Club Marguerite Kirmse Karl B. Smith Edwin Megargee William MacBain Morgan Stinemetz Robert D. Hartshorne Van Hartshorne MacBain Karl Smith Megargee Marguerite Kirmie Cole Mr. Stinemetz New England South Coa

Slip That Fits the Figure Pattern 1687

This sewing pattern promises a wrap around slip that crosses to the back, adjustable and fit for changing figures. It highlights wash satin crepe or rayon, available sizes 34 to 44, with illustrated instructions and a 15 cent pattern price sent to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in New York City.

Sewing Circle Pattern Department West Seventeenth Street New York City

Dagger Bloodstain Deepens Coe House Mystery

In Chapter VIII, the dagger lies on the library table with undried blood, hinting it as the weapon used on Grasiel. Vance and Markham discuss motives and consistency of the stabbing, while Heath presses for answers from Detective Sullivan and Burke about who entered or disrupted Archer Coe’s room that night.

Heath Burke Miss Lake Mr. Grassi Gamble Vance Markham Liang Lisng Ta Tao Huei Mr. Liang Signor Grassi Grasel Grassi Archer Brisbane Coe Cerberus Doughty Archer Coe Coe House Mr Vance Sullivan Coe Tective Burke

Vance Tracks a Dog Clue for a Missing Owner

Early, Vance and Markham discuss tracing the dog’s ownership to identify a suspect. Vance notes the show circuit reveals recententries around New York, focusing on puppy and novice classes for a young Scotch terrier bitch. The plan prioritizes ownership history over other leads.

Vance Van Markham Doctor Scottie New York Syracuse Cornwall Camden Westbury Englewood

Coast Guard Duties Across the Service in Brief

The daily routine of Coast Guard personnel spans assisting distressed vessels and saving lives and property, removing wrecks and hazards, conducting North Atlantic ice patrols, aiding deep sea fisheries, protecting customs revenue, preventing smuggling, serving as navy support in war, suppressing mutinies on merchant ships, protecting Alaskan fisheries, enforcing maritime laws, handling immigration quarantine, neutrality, and ceremonial regattas.

Coast Guard North Atlantic Ocean Alaska

Confederate White House becomes Richmond Confederate museum

The Confederate White House in Richmond Virginia is now a Confederate museum with a memorial room for each Confederate state.

White House White House of the Confederacy Richmond

Snoop Truth and Slink Might Be Stranger Than Fiction

Pathfinder Magazine notes that truth and fiction blur as strange ideas appear rarer than imagined. The column ponders how reality can exceed fiction in curious ways.

Pathfinder Magazine

Camel's Hump Tale From Noah's Ark Joke

A playful exchange recounts how the camel supposedly gained its hump after lagging at Noah's ark. The line set a humorous origin for the camel's distinctive feature.

Noah

Do You Enjoy Politics Question Sparks Sardonic Exchange

In a candid exchange Miss Cayenne notes a shift in attitude toward politics. She recalls a time when women could mock men in public, while now seriousness seems required. The remark highlights gendered perceptions and social expectations of political engagement.

Miss Cayenne

Two of a Kind line exchange in play orColumn

A brief dialogue exchange conveys a character admitting folly in marriage as one says I was a fool when I married you and the other concedes being infatuated at the time, failing to notice it.

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