The Circular: A Night Train Deception and a Mysterious Girl
Lawrence Blakeley, a lawyer, travels to Pittsburg to secure a deposition from John Gilmore using forged notes. On a Pullman trip he encounters a girl in blue who saves him after a wreck. Amid thefts, disguises, a murdered man, and a gold bar, Blakeley uncovers clues as the case spirals through intrigue and danger.
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Lawrence Blakeley
Pittsburg
Bronnon
John Gilmore
Blakeley
Carter Place
Alison West
Blakeley & Man
The Shadow of a Girl at the Dallas Dinner Scene
In a tense social dinner at the Dallas house, Blakeley recalls a wreck and a brilliant unseen woman, as conversations drift from fish eggs to a past that haunts him. The evening ends with hints of secrets, a purse, forged notes, and a shadow over his relation with Alison West.
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Dallas
Fish Commission
Bill Long
Miss West
Yellow
Mrs. Dallas
McKnight
Blakeley
Richey
On the Farm House Run Near Baltimore
McKnight visits the farm house once more as the narrator recalls the journey to Baltimore. They stop at a small station near the wreck site, where a young, shrewd agent directs them to a nearby place. The scene evokes memories of Alison West and the earlier attempt to comfort her, with maple trees framing the lane.
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Mok Knight
McKnight
Harnelf
Washington
Jonah
Baltimore
Alison West
Helief
Texas Governor probes Rodriguez lynching and Mexican riots
Governor Campbell of Texas began an inquiry into the November 3 lynching of Antonio Rodrigues, prompted by Secretary Knox. Reports say Mexicans rioted across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, stoning American residences including U S Consul Luther Bilsworth, with no injuries. Ambassador Wilson notes Mexican authorities guard the embassy and 51 Mexicans are jailed for vandalism. Mexico City imposes bullfight ban to avert further anti American violence after riots in Guadalajara with attacks on American property and consular areas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hagia Pass
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
United States
Luther Bilsworth
Washington
Knox
Campbell
Texas
Antonio Rodrigues
Rock Springs
State Department
de la Barra
Mexico
Wilson
Mexico City
Mex
Guadalajara
American Bank
Manonic
American Candy Company
American Drug Company
West End Realty Company
Charity Work by Mrs Storrow Aids Girls
Mrs Janes J Storrow wife of a Boston banker supports several charities including a girls bowl shop. During leisure the girls craft pottery items to sell and fund education. She leads a girls library club and sends 14 girls each summer to the country.
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Janes J. Storrow
Boston
Blast in Mine Kills Five at Shoal Creek Panama
Five miners die and eighteen injured in an explosion at Shoal Creek Coal Company's mine in Panama Montgomery County. About fifty workers in the affected section were rescued, with 300 of 350 underground workers deemed not in danger. Cause unknown. Deceased unidentifable due to mutilation. officials dispute reports of remaining men.
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Hillsboro
Shoal Creek Coal Company
Panama
Montgomery County
G. A. Murray
Convict Attacks Prison Officials With Knife
An life convict at the state prison attacked two officials with a knife wrested from a trusted inmate. Deputy Warden Frank R. Bailey was critically wounded and Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, prison physician, was lightly hurt. Doe was overpowered by guards and trustees and placed in a solitary cell.
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Concor
N. W
John Doe
Lfe
Frank R. Bailey
Ralph 2. Gallinger
Jacob H. Gallinger
Doe
Liberty
Second Posse After Outlaw Faces Larger Army
Lexington Kentucky report that Jake Noble, entrenched in the mountains to evade arrest for murder, will confront a second posse of fearless men who began pursuit Friday, seeking him dead or alive.
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Lexington
Jake Noble
Women’s suffrage setback in Arizona convention vote
A constitutional convention in Phoenix Arizona defeated the Connally proposition to submit the women’s suffrage question to a referendum ballot. The move undermines efforts to put suffrage to a public vote and signals continued resistance within state leadership.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Connally
Itching scalp relief through Cuticura remedies
Miss Lillian Crown of Liberty Maine describes a two year battle with a severe scalp condition. After trying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for six weeks the symptoms largely vanished and have not returned. She credits the regimen with preventing total baldness and hopes to help others.
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Cutburg
Lillian Crown
Liberty
Tea and Sale Ads Spark Society Success Doubt
An old issue humorously notes that a young man’s path to society hinges on his appetite for tea and sale ads. The grainy text promotes Marine Eye Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as health aids while jabs at conventional manners and laziness echo through the ad laden page.
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Altrations
AT. G.icetiner
Leten
Alison
Blakeley and McKnight
P. B. HL
Bram
Andy Bronson
Mr. Gilmore
Seal Harbor
Cresson
Rich
Rafferty
Carter's Mill
Carter Twins
Sullivan
Russia
France
Stone U. S, Consul
Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz
Amerisans
Lynch
Rodriguez
Ili
Gallinger
Dr. Pierce
Winstow
Humana Ion
Sewin
Carter
Ry Ital Pauiltve
Sean Hiagt Algan
Egtse
Beaver Ter
Ing Olting
Cule
Stampa
Clayton, Hastie & McNair
Lnc
Broadway
New York
Perce
Cole
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