A Fortunate Overdose By FR. A. MITCHEL
A long tale of Alice Douglas aiding Robert Morrison’s escape from a Philadelphia prison during the Revolutionary War. Morrison pretended illness, feigned death, and escaped with careful planning and invisible ink signals. He reached Trenton and sent word that an overdose of Alice’s medicine helped him break free.
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Philadelphia
Cornwalls
United States
Robert Morrison
Lileutenant Morrison
Alice Douglas
New Jersey
Morrison
Lessot
Alee Douglas
New York
Howe
Alice
Jover
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M. Chaud
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Trenton
Early reference to underwater craft in piracy
In 1555 Olaus Magnus bishop of Upsala notes skiffs and leather vessels used by Greenland pirates who can travel above or below water and pierce merchant ships. Pall Mall Gazette notes this as an early mention of underwater craft.
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Olaus Magnus
Upsala
Greenland
Pall Mall Gazette
Unhappy Endings and Compliments Quote
A Houston Post quotation notes unhappy endings in every story written, while Newell D. Hillis reflects that perpetual compliments injure a person, as a sharp social observation. The exchange contrasts literary fate with social praise.
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Houston Post
Newell D. Hillis
A Forgotten Promise in a Park to a Church
Mrs Fairbanks schemes to flee with $20000 from her husband and enlists Crawford. They plot a coast trip to a whaling town, crash at a church wedding site, and witness a couple’s ceremony, stirring Mrs Fairbanks to recall a broken vow and beg to return home at once.
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Crawford
Bob
Poe
John Fairbanks
Mrs. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Alice
Harry
Mr. Crawford
Detecting Erasures in Ink and Paper
A test using iodine vapor reveals erasures by darkening roughened areas of paper. Lightly rubbed marks reappear in minutes as iodine absorbs more into rough fibers, restoring visible writing within about three minutes after alteration. Exchange notes the method’s quick effectiveness.
A Veritable Scheme in The Seattle Star
A brief Seattle Star quips about using a phonograph to coax a daughter's guest to leave early. The dialogue jokes that songs aired at 10, 10:15, and 10:30 will nudge the visitor home, reflecting lighthearted domestic humor.
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B Jones
Johnny
Seattle Star
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J. L. EVERNGAM
DENTON, MARYLAND
GRIFFO
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J.J. EVERNGAM
DENTON, MD
T. C. WEST
Cashier
HARVEY L. COOPER
OFO
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE DINTON, MD
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE
Telephone Building
The Peoples National Bank
ALBERT G. TOWERS, Prest
T. F. JOHNSON
FRANTZ BROS
M. KR. FRANTZ
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FR. A. MITCHEL
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