Shadow of the Garden Mystery Ends in Death and Capture
In a sunlit garden Joh Hendricks reveals to Grace Hillson that the real criminal has confessed. The dying Martin Frase names his daughter Grace, while Inspector Thorne corners Frank Burgon in the house. Frank Bilison is imprisoned. James Hilison loses his fortune. Dick Barnett learns his wife’s origin. Frase’s true past remains a memory puzzle. The tale ends with Frase’s death and justice pursued.
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Joh Hendricks
Grace Hillson
Job
Misa
Hls
Frank Ellison
Hendricks
Ellieen
Inspector Thorne
Frank Burgon
Hilison
Thorne
Martin Frase
Frale
Grace Bliison
Dick Barnett
Hs Dim Eyéa
Barnett
Rob
Grace
Frank Bilison
Bo Long
James Hilison
Oyster Packers of Norfolk and Portsmouth Form Association
A Norfolk dispatch reports oyster packers forming the Oyster Packers of Norfolk and Portsmouth to protect members and regulate oyster prices. Captain George Wainwright of Portsmouth is named president as the association plans to begin operations August 1 with leaders to guide market shipments and pricing strategies.
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Norfolk
Oyster Packers
Portsmouth
George ‘Wainwright
Postemouth
Schart
Cursed Coin Linked to Deaths in Carthage Tale
A Carthage resident recounts a $20 gold piece with a cross design that allegedly caused sickness and deaths to anyone who held it. The coin’s origin traces to Sam Hildebrandt and a Spanish stage robbery, with a pope cursed history cited by a Spaniard in Rome. The tale ends with a remark on the Salvation Army’s divorce record.
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Carthage
The
Press
Dick .GriMth
Jasper County
Grifith
Griffith
T Cal Davis
Davis
Holt
Sam Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt
Rome
America
Hoyt
Scotch banks reissue old notes amid germ concerns
A damaged OCR passage notes Scotch banks repeatedly reissuing old notes while showing little objection to the practice. A reference claims a note once contained an enormous microbial load, with germs of virulent diseases implied, though the text is incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Electric lighting of St Pauls Cathedral funded by Morgan
For three years J Pierpont Morgan has financed the electric lighting project for St Pauls Cathedral in London. The work costs around 50,000 pounds so far and 85,000 pounds more is needed to complete the ca dima ta.
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St Paul’s Cathedral
London
J. Pierpont Morgen
Mr.Morgan
Rural Village Feels Modern Convenience Strain
The article describes a village increasingly reliant on telephones trolley service and a central post office store, leading to reduced daily horse and wagon activity. Residents note loneliness as locals bypass the village shop for nearby towns, seeking social or educational attractions to counteract the losses.
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Durnal
Indianadalie
Quick Money Promise From Consolidated Mineral Co
An offer claims rapid profit from buying Consolidated stock at 10 cents per share. Investors are urged to send orders drafts and all correspondence to The Consolidated Mineral Co at 209 Lyceum Building Kansas City Missouri.
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Consolidated Mineral CO
Et 209
Lyceum Bidg
Kansan City
Indian Divorces Pawnee Wife in Oklahoma
The Chicago Evening Post notes a Pawnee divorce involving Spah Pah Bear and Maud Bear. The article mocks Pawnee customs and praises modern laws while implying cultural superiority, describing past rites and hinting at future women’s clubs and relief for the oppressed wife.
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Oklahoma
Spah Pah Bear
Maud Bear
Maud
Chicago Evening Post
Mysterious Teething Remedy Mentioned in Old Ad Narrative
A fragment recounts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a noted remedy for teething children. The piece then shifts to a Danzig journal anecdote about Heinrich Rickert describing George von Siemens facing a hired servant and a vendetta. Siemens dodges danger, returns home, and is greeted by villagers offering bread and salt, seeking friendship.
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Mrs. Winslow
Danzig
Heinrich Rickert
George von Siemens
Peraia
Siemens
Hall's Catarrh Cure Bolstered as Remedy for Blood Disorder
In an advertisement styled note Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as a blood and constitution treatment taken internally, with claims it reaches mucous surfaces and that local applications fail. Testimonials and testimonials requests are promised from FJ Cheeneby & Co Toledo, Ohio, alongside price 5 cents and bold claims by druggists. Farmers are reported as cheered by Homer Chandler of Aledo selling steers and hogs, total shipment valued at 6248.90 with mixed stock outlook and notes of market conditions in Mercer county.
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Hall
Cheeneby & CO
Props
Toledo
Homer Chandler
Aledo
Mercer County
Monmouth
Household hints on embroideries and home decor styles
Practical tips cover washing embroidery with lukewarm water and soap, drying on the wrong side, and avoiding sun. Advice expands to wall decor ethics using restrained tones, placement of photographs, and preserving broom straw with added care. Also includes small home crafts like eye washes and stuffed vegetables.
Bee Sting Said To Cure Rheumatism In Beekeeping Tale
A Harrisburg letter reports enthusiasm over a man named William Swively of Shady Grove cured of rheumatism after a bee sting. It cites other anecdotes, including Charles B. Kemp of Roland Park, who found relief after bee stings, and notes debates on whether the sting or its poison acts as an antidote.
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Harrisburg
William Swively
Shady Grove
Hfe- Jong
Riga
Swively
Charles B. Kemp
Roland Park
Baltimore
Kemp
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maeterlinck
Hla
Bruce
Point Well Taken on US Philippines policy and disease
General Lloyd Wheaton argued that American occupation saved lives by sanitary vaccination campaigns that fought smallpox and bubonic plague and likely prevented cholera, contrasting with Spanish rule. He noted the civil and military measures protected commerce and public health.
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Lloyd Wheaton
Philippines
Civil Commission
United States
Sam
Paul Pioneer Prega
Women on streetcars draw scorn in Chicamo Daily News
The Chicamo Daily News voices outrage at women riding streetcars, arguing they crowd and block others, including preventing a man from reading his pattern peace half the time. The piece frames female riders as disruptive and calls for keeping them off.
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Misa Gritam
Cruatlene
Chicamo
Daily News
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Mears
O. K. Washing Machine
Ning
H. F. Brammer Manufacturing CO
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N.U
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Reso Ri Co
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