Detective Tom Oakley Reveals a Skilled Burglar Case
In a club parlor Tom Oakley admits he is a consulting detective. He narrates a burglary at brewer Weltwerter’s house where a priceless Amati violin and manuscript music reveal the thief. Oakley pieces clues from a phonograph record, a musician’s voice, and safe access, leading to a confession and his emergence as a full fledged detective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Tom Oakley
Jonathan Wild
Tom
Harwood
Weltwerter
Lselty House
Iris House
Bedford Avenue
Westwerter
Lelsine
Leila
Amati
Mr. Weltwerter
Weltwerter House
Central Office
Nottle
Elmer Molesworth
Weltwerter's
Molesworth
Bill
Thig
Court Street
Germany
Nikko Bridge
Nikko River
Chance
Nikko
Kipling
Freehand Lettering Mastery and Script Styles Explained
The article discusses becoming a top alga painter with natural freehand drawing ability and keen eye, emphasizing practice and instruction. It notes that shading and sizing rely on eye measurement, warns against mechanical methods, and explains script lettering is hard, less common now, with bold styles in demand and few masters remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Deceivers and Quacks Stirred by Claims of Superior Machines
A New York Herald piece recounts a customer accusing a sewing machine agent of deceiving her with boasts of world’s best machines and medals won. The column then shifts to a critique of quack remedies and talismans, noting their appeal to the unhealthy and hopeful, and ends with a New York Press notice on Rothschilds, Baring wealth origins, and Anne Bingham’s marriage connections to the Barings.
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New York
Agrippa
Gadbury
Rabbi Solomon
New York Herald
Atlantic
Germany
Barlugs
Anne Bingham
United States
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Maine
Anne
Alexander Baring
Main Matilda
Secn
Henry Daring
Alexander
Count de Toty
Marquis de Blassel
New York Press
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H. Goat
W.H. Denny
J. B. Merriken
W. EF. Pennington
Eugene Lyngh, R. T. Carter
W. HH. Anderson
H. C. Hobbs, W.R. Peters
M. L. Blanchard
W.5s. Lord
I. T. Baker
J. Colver
BE. W. Ingram
Wye
Wiloughby, Queen Anne, Hillsboro
Downes
Tuckahoe
Denton
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Lewes
Queenstown
William 4. Conn
WM. Hopps & CO
Baltimore
THE
Americas
Americus Royal
Caroline County
Hughe Lumber and Coal Company
Maryland
Lehigh
Rock Bottom
Hughes Lumber and Com
Railroad Ave
J. W. Wheatley
TIE Music
Nealer
Dover ST
Easton, MD
Mathushek
Ludwig Bush
Gerts
Columbia
Queen Zahers
Boston
Wheeler & Wilson
James T. Coophrer
Undertaker
T. W. Smith
W. Smith
J.N. Rickards
Ridgely,md
Colston's Pharmacy
Coletun
David Maram
Richard Carvel
Robert Tar’ Dly
Phillip Strong
Peck
Uncle Ike
Red Meade Loy
Soldiers Phree
Squire John
Dom Tenny
Virgina
Andrey
Alta Bruth
Charity Gil
Charles
Nerine
MAIN
R. J. Colston
Denton, MD
L. John Bloasom
Stevens Brothers
Produce Commission Merchants
S. Charles St
N. W. Cor. Camden St
Baltimore, Md
Exchange Aml
T.L. Day, Swing & Company,anufacturers OF
Fallowfield & Temple
Marydel, Md
W. W. Gonosporovair
Greensborough, Md
I. L. Day, Swing & CO
Riddely, Maryland
Jong Fa
Pittsburg
Seacoal
Sian
Tallsamana
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