Poor Englishman Uncovers Family Secret in Tower Quest
Richard Exon befriends elderly Matthew Gering who claims to be Rudolph Virgil, Count of Brief. Exon inherits wealth and, with allies, pursues the hidden family secret in a remote Brief tower to thwart a forged lineage and rescue Elizabeth, the disowned heir, as they locate a secret doorway in a sliding panel.
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Richard Exon
Matthew Gering
Gering
Rudolph Elbert Virgil
Brief
Ferdinand
Exon
Percy Elbert Virgil
Inskip
Winter
Percy
John Herrick
Gerines
Herrick
Brefda Revoke
Raven
Percy Virgil
Elizabeth
Virgil
Max
The Tower of Brief Unseals a Hidden Chamber
In a moonlit descent the party discovers a concealed hall beneath the tower. A counterweight system reveals a doorway to a fifteen by eight foot chamber with a carved oak stall and a relic-laden coffer. Elbert Duke of Austria’s fate and a royal scandal are unearthed in a chilling chronicle.
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Elbert
Austria
Carinthia
Hungary
Rudolf of Brief
Helen of Brief
Gaddi
Rudolf
Street Car Discharged Cartridge Wounds Pedestrian
A man named Christian Knoll was shot in the hip in a downtown business district. Police determined the bullet came from across the street but witnesses heard the shot from the opposite side. An empty carriage on a street car track, apparently discharged by a passing street car, provided the key explanation.
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Christian Knoll
William C. Dudgeon
Detroit News
Knoll
Carridge
The Northern Lights and Aurora Borealis Overview
The article explains auroras as atmospheric phenomena visible in the northern hemisphere in arcs rays and patches of varied colors. It discusses unknown origins with theories involving solar electrons gas interactions and magnetic disturbances and notes connections with magnetic storms sunspots and Arrhenius ideas of solar corpuscles guiding along Earth's magnetic field.
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Arrhenius
Earth
Peace Bought by Pieces of a Nation
A Western Newspaper Union column argues the European peace is fragile and may last only a while. It blames Versailles' failures, German demagoguery, and Allied policy, urging caution about Hitler, Mussolini, and Czech tensions while noting rising military mood across Britain and France.
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Washington
Europe
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Hull
State Department
Hitler
United States
Versailles
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Clemenceau
France
Orlando
Italy
Mr. Wilson
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Central
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Dr. Goebbels
Prague
Reich
Mussolini
Romania
Ethiopia
Stalin
Britain
Chamberlain
Daladier
Munich
Union
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Dornford Yates
WNU
Brenda
Otto
Gollanx
Innsbruck
Gabriel of
Littai
Rudolf OF
Lords of Brief
Richard
Harriet Vincentia
Duchess of Whelp
Old Harry
Countess of
Brackart
Washington Digest
William Brackart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
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