Branford Mystery in 10 O Clock Meeting
Rank Cluyord and uncle Duncan Cluyord loom large in a Branford NJ case. A late night walk leads to a murder discovery in a millinery store run by Esther Warren formerly Esther Wilson. Captain Ford questions reveal a web of secrets as the townsfolk watch.
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Rank Cluyord
Duncan Cluyord
Rank
Branford
N. J
Mr. Wilson
Tebacconist’s
Duncan Clifford
City Ministar
Captain Ford
Tie
Esther Warren
Poisoned cigar and a secret wife in a town mystery
In a tense shop confrontation, Esther reveals her marriage to Clifford and the motive behind pressure from Edgeworth. Clifford bursts in, the marshal questions suspects, and Dan Ford edges toward arrest while clues about a poisoned cigar surface and a volatile confrontation unfolds.
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Ford
Clifford
Ttle
Edgeworth
Duncan Clifford
Mr. Clifford
Ife
Frank
Captain Ford
Esther
Edgeworth’s deadly cigar contrivance and Branford tragedy
In Branford, Edgeworth used a cigar cutter and a poison syringe to murder Duncan Clifford. The trap failed when ice blocked the canal, Edgeworth fled, and he later died in a Wilmington hospital after being captured. Frank Clifford revealed the rest of the tale, including a secret marriage to Miss Warren and a fight over the fortune after Duncan’s death.
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Ford
Frank
Myself
Edgeworth
Edgeworth's
Sam
Clifford
Esther
Wailmington
Del
Frank Cliford
Miss Warren
Branford
Duncan
Electric heating turns Stockholm homes warm via power grid
Stockholm, the Venice of the Baltic, now relies on electrical heating. Hot water tanks in buildings are heated by electricity from a nearby power plant, delivering steam-like warmth through pipes by morning. Night activation avoids coal furnace smoke and ashes, favoring a cleaner, centralized heat system.
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Stockholm
Baltic
Sweden
Venice
Memphis
Can You Judge Songs A $100000 Job Awalta You
An American Magazine note claims a vacancy in Songland offering at least 100000 dollars annually to the person who can reliably pick songs for mass appeal. The job requires no special training and promises high pay, with emphasis on understanding shifting tastes of young women and the fickle nature of song popularity.
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Songland
E. MM. Wickes
Song Publishing
Bongland
United States
Preparedness on the Farm
A Farm and Fireside excerpt urges farmers to adopt tested seed corn and thorough gear checks before the rush season. It calls for spare parts, such as bolts taps lap rings and doubletrees, to save labor and time when fixing equipment.
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Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
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Johnson Pharmacy
Denton and
Hillsboro, Md
Wood
Vwwood
T.w.wood
Kryptok
UV. Smith Co
Optometrists and Jewelers
Carter Block
Denton, MD
Maxwell
Detroit
Den-Mar Mobile CO
Main and
Third Streets
Denton
Maryland
Home Insurance CO
N. Y
American Eagle Fire Insurance Company
the Grangers’ Mutual OF
Middletown
Nutile
HOPE
Goldsboro Bank
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Boro Bank
J. J. Garris
Preston, Md
State Bank of Md
Bayard, Son & CO
General Commission Merchants
Camden Street
Baltimore
Rhe
Frantz Bros
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
CLARK
Case
Easton
Tare Company
Spapfra Achive
Hillsboro
Burrsville
J. Virgil Moore
Denton, Marylaz
Christian
Henry G. Budd
Dover
Delaware
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Hnton, Marylan
West Denton
L. B. Towers
BLISS
John Howard Denton
Singer Sewing Machines
M. K.newnam
Greensboro
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