Dorotha Deane’s Plot Unravels in Ocean City Mystery
Kane reveals a tangled web linking Dorotha Deane to Richard Bailey and Nanette Le Roi. The motive centers on blackmail, murder, and a diary found at the scene. Dorotha’s actions include killing Bailey, Lillian Hull, and attempting to trap Le Roi, driven by fear and vanity.
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Chivington
Dorotha Deane
Lillian Hall
Lillian
Nanette
Dorotha
Kane
Lillian Hull
Miss Hull
Miss LeRoi
Mr. Holmes
Chief Lee
Evelyn Deane
Notable Early 20th Century Market Prices From Daily Ledger
Market page lists prices for produce and poultry by weight or unit. Geese at 100 pounds and ducks per pound, sweet potatoes per bushel, Irish potatoes new harvest, turnips per bushel, mustard greens and other greens offered in small bunches. Prices shown in cents and dollars reflect era pricing.
Birmingham Market Prices and Shipments Summary
Receipts at Birmingham include corn flour cotton seed cotton potatoes oranges onions. Carload hay prices show U S No 1 and No 2 values for Johnson hay timothy alfalfa with regional variations. Cotton seed quotes steady. poultry and egg prices held with small hens 7c large hens 7c No 1 white eggs 3c and fryers 10c.
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Birmingham
Johnson Hay
U. 8
U. S
Timothy
Alabama
Holmes Solves Case by Tracing Prowler to Dorotha Deane
In a dramatic turn Holmes identifies the intruder as Dorotha Deane. Miss LeRoi checks the former secretary's room and produces a suit of men's clothes. Kane clarifies that Deane fled from Richard Bailey’s home after a near entry and was later seen wearing the same clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Dorohin
Nanette LeRoi
Mr. Holmes
Miss LeRoi
Bailey
John Lee
Holmes
Mr. Kane
Richard Bailey
Nanette
Deane
Pate
Dorotha
Dorotha Deane
Night Visit and Unseen Gun Sparked Chivlington Case
In a tense finale, a second nocturnal visit prompts Chivlington to search for a gun after a murder. The gun is reportedly used to shoot a prowler, but its whereabouts remain unresolved. Kane notes an early morning train to New Orleans and plans to rest before departure. The group plans a farewell with a police band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
New Orleans
Nanette
Lee
Maner Family Notified by Death in Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maner and Mr. and Mrs. Onni Maner are called to Athens due to the death of their daughter and sister, Grace Richesop. The family mourns as funeral arrangements are pending.
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Caddo
Henry Maner
Onni¢ Maner
Athens
Grace Richesop
Alabama Public Service Commission Heavy Docket Listings
Heavy docket for January includes petitions for freight rate revisions and sales of telegraphic rates on sand and gravel from Selma Burneville and Cosby Spur to Browns Farnsdale and Demopolis. Hearings include R C Carr authority to purchase Oneonta Telephone Co January 9 Montgomery and rail rate revision actions January 12 Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Selma
Burneville
Cosby
Browns, Farnsdale
Demopolis
R. C. Carr
Oneonta Telephone Co
J. E. Oliver
Birmingham
J. F
H. ©. Whiteside
Ivan Pugh
J. W. Mizell
Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc
Brooks
England Motor Transfer Co
Goggin Truck Line, Inc
Baggett Transportation Co., Inc
Barnett Freight Lines
National banks report condition as of December 31
The comptroller of the currency issued a call of the condition of national banks at the close of business Saturday December 31.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency
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Murens Charles Winfield Smith Swen
Lucy
Thad
Canyon
Ghai
Stwine
Larry Weldon
Turner
Coal & Grain Co
the Commercial Printing Dept
The
Decatur Daily
Johnny and
Lupe
Hollywood
Johnny Weissmuller
Lupe Velez
Agua Caliente
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
New York
England
Majestic
Federal Reserve Bank
Comnish
Public Service Unit
Chesterfield
Rettes
Liggett & Myers
Lel
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