The Company’s Announcer and a Personal Tragedy
In a railroad town a dedicated announcer Tom Nolan delivers fatal news to families, and Mary Maloney fears a wreck before learning her husband Pat is alive. A later shift brings Florence Nointon as the new announcer.
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Thomas Nolan
V. R. and
Patrick O'Rourke
America
Ireland
Mary Maloney
Mary
Pat
Tle
St. Mary
Tat
Tom Nolan
Maury
Darlin
Florence Nointon
First Case for a New Detective Ends in Farce
I met Billy Sweetzer who recalls his early days in a detective agency. He traps a staged elopement at Wetmore for jewelry theft. A station master exposes the setup. the real culprits are a mistress, her lover, and a decoy agent. The jewels amount to $20,000.
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Billy Sweetzer
Billy
Paul
Wetmore
Tom Green
Green
Miss Ditmar
Wetmore Place
Chauncey Wardwell
Trial of Bigamist Sweetword Seen Through Female Jury
A diary fragment recounts a sensational trial where Thomas Adolphus Sweetword faced bigamy charges before twelve women jurors. The narrative details jurors adjusting hats and hair, testimonies of wives, and a defense that blamed wives, ending with a not guilty verdict amid public skepticism.
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Herbert Ringland
Thomas Adolphus Sweetword
Twioe
Ruthel
Ife
Sweetword
Anyie
Rapid Rise of a Conscript Turned Imperial General
Alexis Niedturhoff, drafted into the Russian army during Peter the Great’s reign, defies death and social limits to become a captain and then a colonel of the czar’s guards after a palace encounter with Minister Menschikoff. His rise, sealed by the czar, leads to a reunion with Olga Saniu and a celebrated family life in Russia.
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Alexis Niedturhoff
Olga Saniu
Peter the Great
Alexis
Olga
Emperor
Prince Menschikoff
Sam
Menschik
Menhoff
Menschikoff
Tir
Thut
Palace
Ezur
Teter
Ife
George Disney Mills
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