The Doom of Deanshurst Chapter XVIII Conthoned
Stephen plots to contest Sir Derek Denne's will with sworn testimony from Hirst and wife and a mock marriage angle. The defense calls Lady Denne Alice to expose Stephen's past treachery as witnesses frame the testator's mind. Jury finds sound mind but undue influence by Stephen taints the will. Stephen arrested for murder on Bow Street after victory.
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Stephen
Sol
Grabenthal
Strand
Hirst
Dog Deadly
Hey
Sir Derek
Deane
Norris
London
Hirsts
Bokl
Joseph Norris
Derek
Stephen Denne
Joe
the. Q. T
Oseny
Lady Deane
Tne
Stephen Deane
Pilchester
Sir Derek's Bank
Oscar
Derek Denne
Sir Derak
Alice
Brixton
Giel
Link
Roy
Tage
Oscnr
Lim
Year of Triumph and a contested will in Probate Court
The court upheld the marriage of Alice as Lady Deane, while the disputed will case attracted a packed Probate Court. Stephen’s counsel claimed Sir Derek Deane’s uncle Was in poor health and misled by others. Allegations of senility and manipulation were presented as motives for signing the contested will.
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Canterbury
Phchester
Alice
Deane
Stephen
Sir Derek
Bir
Derek
Lady Deane
Derek Deane
Sir Deres
Arigzen
Bir Dorel
The Deane Murder Case Dramatizes a Turn in Court
A sensational scene unfolds as Stephen Deane faces murder charges in a police court within an hour of leaving probate. Reports note the crowded reporters table and a ghosted suspect Brann’s arrest in Chicago. The trial’s next day remand hinges on Will Larkin’s statements and Brann’s allegations against Deane.
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Nemenin
Stephen
Luke Brany
Ashcroft
Brown
United States
Chicago
Central Bureau
New York
Scotland Yard
Brann
Stephen Deane
Deanshurst
Will Larkin
Bramhaw Village
Mr. Deane
New York World Quips On Fresh Air Exchange
A dialogue fragment from New York World shows a playful exchange about stepping out for fresh air and a caution not to return with a troog or trog derision, reflecting light literary whimsy and urban newspaper tone.
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Aix
New York World
Wheel causes her to leave
Detroit Free Press recounts a night matron’s attempt to win over a susceptible servant by constant praise and extra favors. After a month the worker demanded more pay and a right to keep her bicycle inside, or she would quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Preas
Bold Bank Robbery At Bank Of England Stuns City
A daring robbery occurred in the Bank of England’s banking department on a recent Saturday afternoon. Two Coutts messengers carried an order for 3000 pounds, with 1000 pounds in each of three bags. One clerk waited outside while the other fetched the money, but one bag vanished and a well dressed man was seen leaving with a bag as alarms rang and Old Jewry police were alerted. The thief escaped, and authorities suspect careful shadowing of the messengers.
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Svas Gyan
Stephen
Dio
Sir Derek
Testate
Nestors
Stephens
Stephen Deane
Samuel Ashcroft
Deane
Q. G
Bow Street
Alan
Bank of England
London Times
Messrs. Coutts
Old Jewry
Atolen
Distinguished Anudress Artists and Handless Painters Across Europe
A旧 Belgium artist Caesar Ducornet, arm less and leg impaired, won Lille prizes, Paris medals, and Louvre paintings by painting with a foot stump. Antwerp’s toe painter Bowell sold high merit works. England’s Bartram Hiles, 16, won Bristol academy exhibit and a 100 pound national scholarship. New York’s Adam Stepen toed brushes, Swiss artist Aimee Rapin with no arms uses her right foot, German “foot artist” married four years ago with ring on toe and signed with foot.
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Watteau
Caesar Ducornet
Lille
Paris
Louvre
Antwerp
Rubens
Hanis
Bowell
England
Bartram Hiles
Bristol Academy
Herr Adam
Stepen
New York
Aimee Rapin
Ana
Algner
Northwestern Inventors and Their Inventions
A list of inventors from Minnesota and nearby states including Austin, Butte, Minneapolis, and St Paul with devices such as washing machines, windlasses, bolster stools, locomotive heating apparatus, gate and cigar cutter, separable suspension hinge and other tools. Names include M Belding Rice Bunnelle Murray Pond Winter Murray and Marwin Lothrop Johnson. Public notice style item references patent or product disclosures.
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Northivwestern
Austin
M. Belding
D. A. Rice
Oswkls
Ming
Geo. Bunnelle
Red Walls
Minn
James
Merritt G.pond
Minneapolis
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Sun to Quit Easily
A vintage patent medicine notice promises easy tobacco cessation with vigor and nerve. It touts Te Bao as a wonder-worker, offers a free booklet and sample, and cites Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York as distributors, urging readers to improve life and health.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
New St Louis HQ Unite B and O Rail Lines
The Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroads plan a shared freight and passenger office at Broadway and Locust street in St. Louis. The ground floor Americ an Central Building offers a 65 by 36 foot footprint with offices for General Agent Orr and centralized ticketing.
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St. Louie
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Broadway
Locust Street
St. Louis
American Gentral
Orr
New York
A Retort of Willis in reminiscences
Mr M B W Sherwood recounts a Washington dinner quip about Nat Willis and Mrs Gale. At a lively gathering Brie and Campbell are invoked as the quick witted couplet unfolds with playful banter about “don’t flit so with Nat Willis” and “don’t strain at a Nat while you swallow a Campbell.”
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Nat Wills
Brie
Mr. Campbell
Willa
Tramimiel
Nat
Campbell
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Grabent
Hookum
Nesbitt
Q. C
Wheel
Mistress
Edmons
Hood
America
St. Alx
Detroit Journal
Hall
Catargh
Prive
Zoe
Mra
Mulligan
Plumstead
Kent
Hutland
Wits
Walter Baker
O'S
Hada
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Estasissitxn
Isionwesenep
Arateg Utes
Atty Siuex
Tor
Thompson
Sand & Cente
Agi
Willis
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