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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
3
John Burton, a steel mill worker, suddenly inherits a grand title and ten million dollars. He vows to spend his fortune to pursue the mystery in humanity’s grip of evil. Each episode presents a standalone tale chronicling his search for truth.
John Burton, a wealthy Castleton magnate, is lured by Grace Coe into a trap set by the Hell-Cats, a ruthless gang led by Two-Gun Jake. Burton and Blanche Griffin visit a slum tenement where henchmen seize him, but a quick recoil by Burton and a counterstrike by Reilly disrupts the mob’s plan.
Burtons escape hinges on Reilly the former criminal who aids in a tense police intervention. Grace Coe defends reform, while Grace's actions challenge Burtons bleak view of humanity as villainy and virtue collide in a dramatic conclusion.
In a gossipy aside, a traveling salesman who visited the town recently is said to have proposed to three different girls in a single evening. The remark questions the wartime traveler’s motives and claims he used the crisis as an excuse to showcase affection.
A fragment from London Tit Bits features a quick quip about buying flowers for a wife with a humorous twist about being unmarried and celebrating a sack. The brief exchange highlights newspaper style humor and social observation of the era.
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