Treasure Tale of Constantinople Hidden Vent Mystery
In New York veteran Hugh Chesby learns from valet Watkins that his uncle Lord Chesby died after a stabbing by Tou Tou. Hugh and Jack Nasa pursue a treasure linked to a hidden room called the Prior's Vent in Constantinople, aided by Nikka Zarenko and others, while Tou Tou and a female accomplice kidnap Jack but fail to stop the search.
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New York
Hugh Chesby
Constantinople
Lord Chesby
Hugh
Jack NASA
Watkins
Lord Chesly
Touton
Jack
England
London
Nikka Zarenko
Montey Blilger
Jack Norris
Betty King
Héef Ghele
Ian
Nikka
Toutou
Anton
Chapter VII Continued Adventure in Marseilles and Salonika
The narrative follows plans to meet Miss King discreetly in a guarded hotel, hide a copied Instruction, and employ a Poste Restante envelope. Nikka directs a perilous routing by French ship to Salonika, with staged disguises, staged goodbyes, and careful routing through ports as part of a gypsy-band operation.
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Lra
Jack
Hugh
Nikka
Wugh
Marseilles
Artcle
Seres
Fhenus
Constantinople
Nikko
Salonika
Ageun
British Conslate
Watty
Pangway
Napoleon
Europe
Lfe
Orient
Journey with Nikka to Kostahidjian in Albania
In a crowded compartment six becomes eight as passengers contest space. At a gateway the party meets Kostahidjian, Armenian broker for Nikka who explains delays due to a caravan of cartridges bound for Albania. Inside, Nikka confesses a split between his gypsy heritage and town life, revealing the tension within as they plan further steps with Wasso Mikali.
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Wwe
Seres
Nikka
Rostabidjian
Wostabidjian
Nikko
Toutou
Avalon
Mr. Nash
Monsieur Kostahidjian
Kostahidjian
Myth of the Sargasso Sea and its feared reputation
The Sargasso Sea lies off Florida with drifting brown seaweed Sargassum forming dense mats. Weighing on sailors' nerves, the weed was once thought to doom ships. modern expeditions show ships face no special danger from the floating masses.
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Sargasso Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
North Atlantic Ocean
Columbus
Man asked why he wed. reply leads to washing sentence
In a Brighton police court a husband explains he married for a clean shirt. The judge sentences him to a year of household washing and tells the wife to report if the work is lacking, promising, Now you will have clean shirts.
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Brighton
England
Finding Square by Summing Consecutive Odd Numbers
An old math note explains deriving a square by summing consecutive odd numbers. To square a number N you add the first N odd numbers starting from 1, yielding N squared. Example: six squared equals 36, the sum of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.
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L’uthfinder Magazine
Mean Brute Morning Paper Barring Wife From Bargains
A wry observation notes the husband who sends the newspaper to the office to keep his wife from seeing daily bargain ads. The line mocks domestic discretion and shopping habits in a lighthearted print era tone.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Gypsy Chief Arrives as Treasure Quest Moves Forward
The narrator meets Nikka’s uncle Wasso Mikali, a gypsy elder, who confirms a Balkan legend about a hidden treasure in an ancient palace near Stamboul believed to be guarded by a gypsy tribe led by Beram Tokalji. Nikka implies the uncle’s tribe will back the expedition, linking kinship to aid in pursuing the legendary hoard.
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Nikka
Nikki
Wasso Mikali
Constantinople
Hugh
Balkans
Stamboul
Uhen
Beram Tokalj
Tokalji
Road to Stamboul: Nikka Plans Knife-Ready Escape
Wasso Mikuli advises using thieves tricks to flee pursuit and reach Stamboul. Nikka and I receive Tzigane garb and a dye to darken Jakka for safe passage as a band seeks new leadership and travel in haste. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Wasso Mikuli
Nikka
Jakka
Buda
Mikal
Chicago Sanitary District bonds approved without referendum
The house committee on waterways reported out for passage a bill by Senator James J. Barbour of Chicago authorizing the Chicago sanitary district to issue 40 000 000 in bonds without referendum. The house passed a bill by Representative Homer J. Tice to appropriate 230 516.04 to the state department of public works for a bridge at Vermilion. A refund bill by Representative Charles L. Wood for Mt Vernon payments was passed. Senator Alber t H. Roberts’s bill was recalled to second reading with amendments by Representative Michael Izee to bar police officers from possessing machine guns.
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House Committee On Waterways
Seyator
James J. Barbour
Chicago
House
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Vekin
Charles L. Wood
Keenes
Department of Public Works and Buildings
City of
Mt Vernon
Adelbert H. Roberts
Michael Izee
Illinois
Arthur Roe
Vandalia
H. V. Teel
Rushville
Illinois River
James HL. Foster
Macomb
State Department of Registration and Education
William F. Propper
Dalton
Legislature Honors Former Senator William Mounts
Representative Whitley offers a resolution on the death of former state senator William Mounts who died February 1. The resolution passed by a rising vote in the House. The session also notes actions on tax bills and highway planning with officials urged to collect costs and report progress.
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Robert Whitley
Canlinville
William Mounts
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Emmerson
Highway Department
Lincoln Menerhd
Beardstown
Hodgensville
Pay Roll Publication Bill Reported to Senate
The bill introduced by Representative J. W. Harris of Chicago to publish Cook County pay rolls has been reported to the Senate for action.
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J. W. Harris
Chicago
Cook County
Senate
Springfield Executes Several Legislation and Grants
Tive T Sullivan of Springfield is reported to the senate judiciary committee with favorable notes on blue sky law exemptions. Contracts for Camp Grant Rockford construction awarded by Adjutant General Carles E Black. Mrs Mary C McAdams Quincy bills prohibit candidates from election official roles, passed House sent to Senate. Senator John Boehm Chicago malt liquor bill may reach Senate before adjournment. Over five hundred Sons of the American Revolution members convene in Springfield for their fortieth national congress.
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T. J. Sullivan
Springfield
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Camp Grant
Rockford
Carles E. Black
Mary C. McAdams
Quincy
House
Senate
John Boehm
Sons of the American Revolution
Mary CC. McAdams
Bill Funds Normal Schools As Assembly Near End
Governor Emmerson signs a 4 262 746 appropriation requested by Florence Fifer Bohrer to support state normal schools for two years. Senate committee led by Henry W Starr plans to report on Chicago Sanitary District expenditures. About 1800 bills have been introduced to date with 1400 expected by adjournment, as the Fifty sixth General Assembly nears a June 8 finish.
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Emmerson
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Thomington
Senate
Henry W. Starr
Chicago
Chicago Sanitary District
Senate kills McCauley prison work bill on public grounds
The senate rejects the McCauley measure that would have allowed prisons to operate on public grounds and roads. The house appropriations committee reports Bohrer’s bill to let Lincoln Association discuss visitor rules with the public works department for Lincoln's Springfield home. Secretary Stratton replaces brass cuspidors in the statehouse with large earthenware urns filled with white sand.
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Senate
William R. McCauley
Olney
State House
Willam J. Stratton
Clinois Senate passes appropriation bill for Illinois
The University of Clinois biennial appropriation bill by Sen Henry M. Dunlap from Savoy would allocate 12 030 000. The senate sent to third reading Weeks bill for Chicago to issue water bonds without limit.
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University of Clinois
Henry M. Dunlap
Savoy
House
Senate
Calvin T. Weeks
Chicago
Illinois House Passes Eight Hour Bill for Women and More
The Illinois House moves to pass an eight hour bill for women led by Mrs. Lottie Hulman O Neill. It concurs on Senate amendments funding an experimental agricultural station in Cook County. The body approves flood relief appropriations, road naming for the American Legion highway, and several state improvement measures across normal schools and parks.
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Lottie Hulman O'Neill
Downers Grove
House
Senate
Anna W. Ickes
Winnetka
Cook County
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G. Ray Senift
Fulgen County
Eige
Fifty-sixth
General Assembly
House Committee On Appropriations
Bloomington
Lincoln Association
State Department of Public Works and
Lincoln
St. Louis
Henry Sonnenschein
Frederick W. Rennick
Aurora
Kane County
Richard J. Lyena
Mundelein
Charles E. Lee
Decatur
C. Herrick Hammond
Ilinois Farms
A. C. Everingham
Department of Welfare
George Huskinson
Clarence F. Buck
Division of Agriculture
WLS
Secretary of
William J. Stratton
United States Bureau of Mines
Ihiness Department of Mines and Minerals
Charles H. Thompson
Harrisburg
Reed F. Cutler
Lewistown
Ilinois Coal Sales Association
Union Electric Light and Power Company of
Frank A. McCarthy
Elgin
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