The Hypnotic Burglar Haunts Harney Town
A series of hypnotic burglaries terrorizes Harney as Detective Keene and the police hunt a mysterious con artist using a glowing mirror to hypnotize victims. The burglar escapes, but the mirror becomes a key exhibit showing the eerie method and the town’s fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth
Turner
Daily” Story
Abraham Martin
Keene
Martin
Detective Keene
John Keene
Skeene
Harney
The Secret Passage in Ancona and a Prime Minister's Vengeance
In a tale told as fiction, Ser Giovanni Strozzi, a shrewd Ancona prime minister, knows of a hidden passage from the royal residence to his wife. After decades of statecraft and a king’s abdication, the two plot a vengeance masking a quiet poisoner's hand and a fatal final act in the palace.
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Ancona
Carpathians
Almanach de Gotha
Strozzi
Giovanni
Italy
Giovanni Strozzi
Acona
Austria
Spain
Ser Giovanni
Machiavelli
Ser Giorvanni
Europe
Daily Story Pub. Co
The
Paris
Riviera
Lise
A Love Letter Deception Ends In Wedding
Walling struggles to confess love to Amy Martin as Barclay couriers a forged marriage proposal. Amy’s scheme, intending to push Walling toward commitment, backfires when Barclay reveals he wrote the letter. The couple’s plan culminates inWalling and Amy planning a wedding with Barclay as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Barclay
Walling
Lairy Story Pub. Co
Curlis
Robert
An Old Maid's Diary A Journey to Contentment
A reflective diary tracks a woman's life from sixteen to thirty six, detailing shifts from romantic longing to contentment as she navigates love, marriage, fashion, and social expectations. It chronicles vanity and restraint, ceding to the acceptance of becoming an old maid.
Cheap Courting at Epping
An Epping New Hampshire widower known for thrift allowed a weekly parlor visit by the teacher’s beau. After the term ended he told the young man they had incurred extra costs for heating and lighting. The man offered to pay a reasonable sum, and the old man replied with a request of about ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walling
Amy Martin
Amy
Robert
Walling
Barclay
Stock Exchange
Bob
Epping
N. H
Boston Herald
Waal
Mr. B
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of Machiavelli
Hines
John McNeill
Cardiff
Wales
McNeill
Cain
Ney
C. L. Medlar
Beeleigh
Maldon
Essex
England
Beeleigh Mill
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