The Closet Skeleton of Beverly Westlake
Beverly Westlake, prominent Lakeville merchant, confronts a past enemy when Jack Lecen, his former employe and prison escapee, returns threatening his home and wife Alice. Loyal officers corner Lecen after a chase through the frosted night. Lecen dies, leaving the Westlakes to seal away their family skeleton and endure the aftermath.
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Boverly Westlake
Lakeville
Jack Becom
Jack
Grand Street
Beverly Westlake
Hium
Jaci
Fidre
Mr. Westlake
Alice
Beverly
Jack Lecon
Efe
Sheldon
Jansen
Holden
Liu
Jack Decan
Pleasant Dinner Turns to Embarrassing Defeat
A prosperous man and a well dressed companion dined at a fashionable restaurant. The guest left to discuss with the proprietor and fled the scene when the bill revealed he could not pay. The waiting friend learned the “unpleasant little detail” was that the drawers had no money to cover the charges.
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Plittsburg Gazette Times
Daily and Sunday newspaper publication terms
The notice lists subscription options including daily only for one month and three months, daily with Sunday for one month and three months, daily with Sunday for six months, and daily with Sunday for a year, indicating various combinations and durations for readers.
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Swift Thinker Exchange Sparks Swift Discussion
Swift Thinker and Bluffwood exchange cryptic lines about deep study and rapid thoughts. The dialogue hints at a quick wit contest or mental sparring, with one speaker offering a penny for thoughts and another noting rapid thinking with a count of 600 thoughts.
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Harker
Bluffwood
Prompt unclear purchase of a hat as a gift
A speaker questions a vow bought hat as a present. The remark contrasts the hat with prior gifts, noting it was not costly and calls it the best hat ever owned. The fragment reflects casual, humorous memory of a thoughtful purchase.
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William IT. Smith
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Baltimore American
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Felix Agnus
Chas. C. Fulton & CO
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Henry T. Nuttle
Thos. F. Johnson
William H. Nuttle
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Sherman E. Hignutt
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Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
Thomas L. Day
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George S. Raleigh
Frank P. Covey
Paul Holsinger
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Peoples National Bank
Easton’s Best Store
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Harry N. Hackett
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Denton Journal
Elactric Company
A. W .Houchin
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Fred R. Owens
Caroline County
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Charles W. Edgely
Arbtur
John Andrew
James T. Earle
Susan L. Smith
Samuel N. Smith, Sr
J. Fletcher Rolph
John Bishop
Samuel N. Smith, Jr
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Frank Seward
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Leslie Walls
Persave
W. L Keefer
Roy Longfellow
Killard H. Thawley
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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