The Night of the Red Lamp and the Shadowed Stair
A group gathers at a lodge to test a reputed haunting. Suspicion falls on Livingstone and Hayward as a séance unfolds with a moving table, a hidden wall opening, a dramatic blackout, and a tense pursuit ending with a violent discovery and Greenough’s shocked arrival.
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Livingstone
Cameron
Halliday
Jane
Hayward
Edith
Greenough
Porter's Journal Reveals Secrets of a House Seance Plan
September entries detail Halliday and others plotting a staged seance to uncover incriminating evidence left at a manor. The narrator weighs risk to Jane and Edith while waiting Cameron and Greenough and preparing a nighttime entry through the kitchen.
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Jane
Cameron
Halliday
Horace Porter
Eugenia
Riggs
Livingstones
Butler
Edith
Bethel
Gordon
Greenough
Livingstone
Falliday
Skipper
Mrs. Livingstone
Iit
Hayward
Hemingway
Seance Under Way As Porter Joins Circle
Chapter II recounts the seance leading to a dramatic night. Livingstone Jane Cameron and Porter join the circle while Cameron sets conditions to reproduce prior sittings and notes potential exclusion if Porter's presence disturbs the ritual.
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Livingstone
Jane
Cameron
Peculiar Way Deadly Curare Poison Works
An explorer recounts how curare poisons only kill when injected into blood. He describes Tucano practices of ingesting curare safely by biting off small balls from a pouch and swallowing them with monkey meat and manioc. The piece notes that curare-tipped arrows kill via injection, not ingestion.
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Amazon
Kimin
Springfield Union
Purist objects to quoted line about a scorned woman
A St Paul purist denounces a prominent Oregon attorney for using a quotation attributed to William Congreve. He argues the exact phrase does not appear in Congreve or anywhere else and cites variations that persist in popular usage.
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St. Paul
Dear Girls Amelia Gingham Dies Brightly at Dinner
Actress Amelia Gingham spoke at a Riverside Drive dinner about modern women being valued by money. A Greenwich Village scene followed with a millionaire's son debating his monthly allowance, a racing car, or asking the sculptor out.
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Amelia Gingham
Riverside Drive
Greenwich Village
Funeral to honor a fool who thought he was smart
A New York salesman, in San Diego for the weekend, asks a grim question in a local hamlet setting. The doorman of a San Diego hotel hints at occasional funerals passing by, implying comeuppance for those who overreach.
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Hamlet
New York
San Diego
Los Angeles Times
Castoria: A trusted remedy for children and households
Castoria claims reach five million homes and frequent use for infants and children. It advertises gentle relief for colic constipation and diarrhea, warning against stronger medicines for babies and urging mothers to keep Castoria on hand for nightly or daytime fussiness.
Absent-Minded Indianapolis Businessman Loses Car
An Indianapolis businessman found his car missing from the garage and learned from his wife that he had driven downtown to work that morning. He then rode a streetcar back to retrieve the vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Milks Emulsion Credited With Health Restorative Powers
A testimonial from W A Cluck of Greenway Arkansas praises Milks Emulsion for rapid relief from chronic bowel trouble malaria related wasting and weight loss. He reports prior purgatives caused severe stomach issues but after using Emulsion since November 1920 he regained appetite and weight and now sells the product in his store. The ad notes availability from Milks Emulsion Co Terre Haute Indiana and a money back guarantee.
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W. A. Cluck
Mer
Globe Mercantile Co
Greenway
Ark
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Ady
Fragmented quotes on manners and disposal of textiles
A collection of remarks on social behavior and morality. Ady notes about Red Cross Ball white fabrics and a remark on will while Disraeli’s line stresses that all things hinge on will.
Denison Woman Praises Pinkham Medicines For Nervousness
Mrs Emma Greao of Route 3 Denison Texas says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Sonative Wash and Pills for Constipation cured her nervousness and restored her energy enabling her to do any kind of work. She recommends the medicines to others and welcomes letters seeking information.
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Denison
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Emma Greao
Route 3
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