Disappearance Mystery Deepens at New Orleans Hotel
Felix Chaudron and Woodford Vance pursue a missing Mrs. Ashton after she and two young ladies left a pension in French Town. Chilling lead points to a possible hotel or house trapping, while an English detective arrives to investigate. Mrs. Ashton’s abrupt vanishing leaves Chaudron, Balfour, and Miss Cameron racing to uncover truth amid conflicting memories and hurried searches.
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Fitsgerald
Victor Labouisse
Fits
Mr. Chaudron
Usly House
Fitz
Felix Chaudron
Woodford Vance
Alice
Anita
Chaudron
Vanes
Gark
Cotners
Vance
Chandros
Mies Cameron
Rex
Chauéron
Mae
Duke
Baker
Louis le Grande
Henny” Baker
Buspense
Felizi
Joe
Noel Duke
New Orleans
Mrs. Ashton
Miss Cameron
Miss Ashton
Frenchtown
Miss. Cameron
Felix
Felix Chandron
Joe Balfour
Pride and vanity drive high food prices says official
Washington reports government statistician Dr Le Grand Powers of the census bureau ascribes higher food costs to consumer pride and vanity rather than rising raw material or manufacture costs. He cites demands for fancy packaging and home delivery as key factors. He warns that middlemen profit from ornate presentation and service, while urging prudent spending to sustain prosperity.
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Washington
le Grand Powers
Census Bureau
Dr. Powers
Edward Atkinson
Elopement Cures London Father’s Panic Disorder
A London father with agoraphobia reports full recovery after his daughter eloped with a lover. The Lancet recounts the dramatic shift from panic in wide streets and bridges to newfound ease in visiting Trafalgar Square and parks following the shock of the elopement.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Controversy Over Turkish and Egyptian Cigarettes
A debate in Europe on Turkish versus Egyptian cigarettes may be settled by a report from an American consul. The United States leads in cigarette production but imports exceed 3 million dollars yearly of foreign-made cigarettes. Turkey produces about 60 000 tons of tobacco annually and is described as a nation of smokers.
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Washington
Europe
England
United States
Turkey
Greeks Run Large Egyptian Cigarette Trade
Greeks dominate Egypt's cigarette industry with imports from Greece and production in Alexandria. Greek tobacco is used for Egyptian cigarettes due to Greece's costly cigarette paper under a government monopoly. Egyptian cigarettes target England and the United States as major markets.
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Greece
Egypt
Alexandria
England
United States
Turkey
It Was An Outrage What Was The Woman Wearing
A fragment from the Houston Post cites a courtroom tone asking for the auto number while another recalls the hat and coat color of the woman involved. The dialogue hints at a forensic detail capture in a crime inquiry.
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Auto
Houston Post
Has Mania for Eating Metal
A brief note reports a young man named Reee who developed an unusual compulsion to eat metal, described as a mania by local observers. Details are sparse and unnamed officials are cited.
Lincoln’s Miracle and the Eastward Lincoln Cabin Tour
Curiosity rose as the Lincoln log cabin traveled from New York toward its Kentucky resting place. Captain N. Bullitt and Company A, First Kentucky Infantry, led a detail of eight privates guarding the relic. The car carried the "real thing" as crowds speculated on Lincoln's presence during the journey.
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Lincoln
New York
Kentucky
Kean
St the Belvedere
Treacherous Indian official slain after plot to murder traveler
A Lucknow dispatch recounts a village crime where a police inspector conspires to kill a traveler for his money. The inspector is found hacked to death in a grave they had dug, as accomplices later kill the traveler and bury him.
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Lucknow
London
Balloon dare tale from a California powder mill supervisor
W H Gafrett, superintendent of a Holmes park powder mill, recalls a California episode. He watched a captive balloon rise 800 feet then descend. He confessed fear to the operator, who mocked and argued that a mill man should fear the mill more than a balloon. The anecdote ends with a sharp quip.
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W. H. Gafrett
Holmes Park
California
San Francisco
Kansas City Star
President Narrates Tale From College History
A college leader recounts a notable episode in the institution’s past, detailing events, figures involved, and the broader impact on campus life and policy. The narrative frames themes of leadership, memory, and institutional identity.
Prairie prosperity and Canadian West farming opportunities
The article discusses Canadian West growth attracting American settlers, noting thriving wheat and crops, cattle and dairy gains, and new railroads opening agrarian prospects. It cites J. Smith on population shifts, government homesteads, and comparative land costs attracting farmers from the United States to western Canada.
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Manitoba
Saska Bs
Alberta
Additi
West
Canada
Can West
Can
Gained 34 Pound By Williams Pink Pills Cure Claim
A Somerset county woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing long standing Anemia after other remedies failed. She describes extreme paleness weakness and colorless tongue and gums and says after starting the pills she regained strength and health.
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Dr. Will
Nathaniel
St. Albants
Somerset County
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