Dark Hollow The House of Mystery
A town gathers at Judge Ostrander’s secluded Shelby home after a gate is found ajar and a mysterious woman enters with a child. Bela the feared gatekeeper is found inside in a struggle as the crowd discovers catalepsy bound to the judge and faces a shocking, unfinished tale.
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House of Mystery
Judge Ostrander
Shelby
Bela
Algernon Etheridge
Ostrander
Pellmell
Harry Doane
Miss Weeks
Whale trapped in New Zealand sawmill fight ends stranded
A whale wandered into Whangaparapara Harbor and the logs shed area of a local sawmill. It fought furiously inside enclosed water, tossing logs aside before charging toward open sea and colliding with a pier, stunning the creature and leaving it stranded on the beach.
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New Zealand
Whangaparapara
Dominion
Worth the Dressmaker
The Parisian designer Worth rose to fame thanks to Princess Pauline de Metternich of the third empire. Her patronage and flair made his styles sought after at Napoleon III and Eugenie’s court. Worth, an Englishman born in Bourne, England, died in Paris in 1895.
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Bourne
England
Paris
Baltimore Star
Carbon From Gas
Harry Beacom of Wilsonburg Harrison County West Virginia announces a new method to produce carbon from natural gas that yields a ash free black material and greatly reduces gas waste compared with older processes.
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Harry Beacom
Wilsonburg
Harrison County
W. Va
New Jersey Sees Railway, Fire, and Education Moves
A wide range of local activity across New Jersey unfolds as steamboat lines cut stops at Riverton, Pitman opens a children’s church, Sea Isle City builds a new school with upper floor kitchen facilities, and Gloucester to Woodbury areas pursue reforms. Also noted are prison terms, police resignations, strongword community efforts, and several fires and deaths affecting towns like Glassboro, Passaic, and Plainfield.
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Sea Isle City
Gideon Called and Tested in Judges Six
A compact study outlines Gideon’s call by the angel of Jehovah in a hidden threshing scene, his doubt and reassurance, and his cautious faith. It notes the urgency of obedience, the demolition of Baal, and the balance of courage with humility in leading Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Gideon
Heaven
God
Lord
Jesus of Nazareth
Abraham
Jesus
Hewer
Baal
Joash
Spurgeon
B. B. Meyer
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By Anna Katharine Green
Dodd, Mead & Company
New Jersey
J. L. Foreman
Pitman
Riverton
Albert Barber
Glassboro
Rackway Reform School
James van Dyne
Boonton
van Dyne & Powers
Passaic
John J. Donnelly
Benton
Ferry Street
Peacock Inn
Princeton
Harrison M. Stiles
Swedesboro
Gloucester City
Burlington County
Georgia
Woodbury
William A. Hann
Robert Mead
Burlington
J. Charles Righter, Jr
Salem
West Point
Haddon Township
The
Salem Business Men's Association
Walter Rogers
Juliustown
Mount Holly
Minotola
Herbert C. Doughty
Hammonton Board of Trade
Mount Ephraim Pike
Sallie Williams
Camden County
Moorestown
Pitman Board of Trade
Haddonfield
George F.white
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Plainfield
International’ Sunday School
E. O. Shin
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