The Mystery of the Wyckhoff Heiress Entanglement
Lord Wilfred Vincent and Archibald Terhune meet Agatha Wyckhoff at Wyckhoff Castle in England. Several Agathas appear, each shadowed by a hidden identity. The stepfather’s will forces a succession plot to wed the real heiress while chaperone Mrs Armistead guards secrets.
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Wilfred Vincent
Archibald Terhune
England
Agatha Wyckhoff
Wyckhoft Castle
Agatha Wyckhoft
Agatha Wyckhofta
Agatha
Wye
Agathas and Secrets at Castle Wyckhoff
A narrator recalls Mrs. Armistead's talk about the Agathas at Castle Wyckhoff, noting their American manners, gifts, and mercenary marriages. He discovers a portrait linking Agatha Sixth to the last Baroness Wyckhoff, while Vincent flirts with Agathas First to Fourth, revealing rival interests and a planned courtship of twenty million dollars.
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America
Enchanted
Murray Brancepeth
Agathas
Kay
Wyckhoff
Baroness Wyckhoff
Pletcher Boyd
Agatha
Vincent
Tom
Wilfred
Agatha Sixth
Arch
Clunto
Amitha
Archbald
Miss Marsh
Substitution for the Criminal In Oriental Justice
The article explains a practice in which aged prisoners are blamed for crimes by relatives to shield the actual thieves. Judges and people argue that someone must be punished, so age or relation justifies shifting guilt. It notes a cultural tendency to punish one person to satisfy legal demand without targeting the true offender.
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Falls of India
Abe
H. W. Byers
the Savery
W. P. Whipple
Benton County
W. J L. Harding
Woodbury County
Messrs
Whipple
Harding
New York
Tellave
Men Carry the Pins
A tall woman boards a cart with a torn skirt and asks for spare pins. Neighbors search pockets. four pins are found and contributed by passengers. Men remark they rarely notice such pins, while women pass them by, though most carry them.
State Capital Gossip Tests Pure Paint Law Case
A test case from Justice Cone's court in Des Moines questions a 30s Iowa law forcing paint makers to disclose ingredients. Kansas City producer Eberson was found guilty and fined $10 with $200 appeal bond, after arguments that ingredient secrecy protects assets. Also reports on legislative lunches, public safety measures, caucus maneuvers, railway orders, and upcoming conventions.
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Des Moinesy
Towa
Thirty-second General Assembly
Eberson
J. C. Tate
State Feed and Dairy Commission
Tate
Cope
Cane
Hamery
Department of Public Safety
Des Moines
Palce
Red Light
Kidney Trouble Relief Promoted By Personal Testimony
A reader endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney trouble, claiming fast relief after a short time. The testimonial notes the author's reluctance to use his name publicly but urges sufferers to profit from the experience. Sold by Foster-Mulburn Co. Buffalo, N.Y. at 50 cents a box.
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Ob Gray
Dean
Foster-Mulburn Go
Buffalo
New York Faster in Berks County Tells His Own Tale
A New York fast man allied with a coal firm narrates his misadventure in Berks County Pennsylvania. Lost on a country road he stops at a farmhouse to ask directions from a German woman in a poke bonnet. Her evasive reply leaves him more puzzled as he drives on, wiser for the encounter.
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New York
Sleep Walking and Tiresome Preacher Mentioned
A Cleveland Leader tease mocks a tiresome preacher and notes that the vee try men advertised to act as ushars in a humorous fragment.
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Cleveland
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Iowa
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Sioux City
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London
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India
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