Coast and Blackstork in a fatal card party feud
Garrett Coast travels from New York City to Katharine Thaxter’s home to confront a love triangle with Douglas Blackstork. A quarrel at a card party ends with Blackstork killing Van Tuy, Coast’s arrest and conviction for murder. Dundas reveals Blackstork as culprit and Coast gains freedom, fleeing uptown to a quiet hotel and a solitary road into the unknown.
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Garrett Coast
New York City
Douglas Blackstork
Blackstock
Katherine Thaxter
Coast
Const
Dundas
van Tuy
Van
Forties
Broadway
Warburton
Cross
Brainerd West
Earth
Sixth Avenue
Breck
Longacre Square
Settlement at Fairhaven Shipyard Sparks Quiet Tension
Garret Coast recalls a tangled chain of marriage, money, and exile after Mrs. Gresham’s death. Rumors point to Biryou’s remarriage to Blackstock and a Germany departure. Huxtable, a ship-chandler, sits amid a cluttered desk as Coast leans in at the doorway, probing for truth.
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Sodmes
Huxtable
Fairhaven
Acushnet River
Garrett Coast
Germany
Huxtable and the boat yard wager on a center-board craft
In a dialog heavy scene Const suggests buying a boat as Huxtable, notorious for taciturnity, contemplates a change of course. The pair head toward the boat yard as Huxtable waveringly admits a possible vessel may be within reach amid a long tradition of shipbuilding wit.
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Huxtable
Const
New England
Ike & Ship
Coincidence in Deaths of Great Comberton Rectors
A curious pattern links the deaths of Rev J H Hammond of Great Comberton near Pershore who was killed while dismounting from a horse, with the two prior rectors of the same parish meeting their end similarly.
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Hammond
Great Comberton
Pershore
Eng‘ Land
Dry Roots Fire Warnings and Drift Pile Cautions
Report notes dry roots create an intensely hot fire with no smoke. Cautions readers to watch drift piles as they are likely to appear. The analogy likens drift to cork and sponge porosity, warning of rapid spread.
Lure of Lost Inheritances in Bavaria Draws Two Groups
In Rheniah Bavaria two associations formed to claim a 1676 inheritance left by Dutch Field Marshal Karon von Ornholm. They aim to gain about $17,600 from a bank deposit said to have funded the fortune. The confession ties the inheritance to a defunct fortune scheme.
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Rheniah
Bavaria
Karon. von Ornholm
Fragmented old kitchen recipe fragment with multiple dishes
A long, faded excerpt details several rustic dishes including smothered chicken, fried corn, and preserved cantaloupes. It lists steps for browning meat, simmering stock, thickening gravies, and serving with biscuits, plus notes on sausages, rice milk, and flavorings in a laborious, unclear sequence.
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Atx
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Homcehcr
Joseph van
Tim
Jimita
New York Sun
Atstress
Mary
von Halde
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