Devoted Wife Helps Hide Bank Murder in Clever Scheme
Fosdick, fleeing after the Coolidge murder, disguises himself and sails to South America with his wife. She secures his alibi and later forces Carruthers to confess a $50,000 shortfall. Converse & Co covers the loss and proclaims Fosdick innocent, while the couple plans to stay abroad.
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Charles Poschek
Charile Fosdick
Converse & Co
Mr. Coolidge
Fosdick
Vosdick
Aouight
Josdick
Coolldze
Coolidge
Charlie
Teaven
Theo
Lkely
Mir Converse
Hinself
Low
Con Verse
Converse
South America
Carruthers Fosdick
United States
Blink
The Retort Caustic in London Telegraph
A witty exchange between Miss Rinkles and Miss Sharptung, noting high costs and plain speech in a light London Telegraph style. The dialogue underscores social humor and sharp observations on expenses.
Well Helped Ethel. How Kate Took the Plunge
The Buston Transcript notes that Kate nearly married after guidance from older relatives but was thwarted when three younger sisters forced a change of plan. The item frames the social irony and family dynamics surrounding a tentative marriage in a brief local notice.
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Ethel
Kate
Marie
Buston Transcript
Man's Great Faults Noted by Richter Quotation
A compact quotation attributed to Richter notes that the greatest flaw of man lies in his abundance of small faults. The line surveys everyday failings with pointed, moral undertone.
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Richter
A Merry Evening and Warnings on Humility
A near sighted man recalls his friend restoring a bead bag to a portly dowager after a mishap at the opera. The piece meditates on worth while efforts to aid others, war with brotherly kindness, and the hazards of mockery, drawing on Joaquin Miller and a Kansas City Star quip from Dr. A R Taylor.
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Benedick
Carrie
Othera
A. R. Taylor
Kansas State Normal School
Emporia
Dr. Taylor
Ben
Kansas City Star
I cannot make a clock or a will
A London Opinion quips about legal craft through a tale of Lord Grimthorpe drafting Dent's will for the famed London clockmaker. Dent aided by funds for his scientific work, but a 1853 death revealed drafting flaws, triggering litigation. The barrister mocks the witness with a wry line on clocks and wills.
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Lord Grimthorpe
Dent
London
Will
Quotations from Law and Laughter on Judges and Golf
A selection from Law and Laughter highlights Baron Kenyon’s flamboyant summings up and a Scots golf yarn. It includes Lord Kenyon’s verdict on a butler stealing wine and a curling anecdote about an inexperienced player reacting to defeat.
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Baron Kenyon
England
Lord Kenyon
Europe
Mr. Macpherson
Toronto Globe
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Cedar Mount
Poultry Farm
James J. Ross
WM. Dinny
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Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
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Preston, Md
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Caroline County
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Court of Common Pleas
Circuit
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Ames Temple
Orphans’ Court
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Gootees. Todd
Alva B. Todd
Francis S. "Todd
Best Store
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Wba
Smith & Wallis
Law Building
Wilkie
By Esther Vandeveer
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