Murder in Granddeck: actress Daisy Lutan slain in her apartment
Clerk Spalding Nelson shadows a tangled investigation as Miss Lutan is found dead with a bullet through the heart in her Granddeck apartment. Superintendent Wick and elevator boy John help search while detectives question all, including Wick, about a possible burglar and a hidden wall safe. The case centers on who shot the actress and why, with police involvement near at hand.
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Granddeck Apartments
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Spalding Nelson
Who Shot Her in the Building Mystery
Spalding Nelson occupies his great uncle Rufus Gaston’s apartment as mysterious noises and whispers upset the Gastons before they depart. He befriends Barbara Bradford while suspecting the building super. A wall safe pearls theft, blackmail threats, and a hotel detective named Gorman. Nelson discovers a secret passage, confesses his love for Barbara, and then a shot rings out in the building.
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A New Style and Burps of the Midnight Roads
A fragment notes a new author and his effect on roads, with a playful line about burping the midnight and tolls. The passage contrasts the author’s style with roaming road imagery. No clear event or dated sources are present.
Poser for Mother and the Golden Rule Reflections
A Sunday school lesson centers on the golden rule. Little Anna is disciplined by her mother with a stick and chair for reflection. Anna reframes the lesson asking if mother would like to be whipped, challenging the action with a child’s perspective.
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Quote about two men in bed and sleep
A Hamilton Herald quotation notes a folk saying that when two men share a bed and one has a toothache while the other is in love, the one with the toothache will fall asleep first.
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Hamilton Herald
Pure Rich Blood Health Tonic Ad
An old advertisement touts 8 8 8 as a vegetable blood remedy and general tonic. It claims impurities in blood reduce appetite and energy, urging half yearly use to cleanse impurities and strengthen resistance, with a promise of vigor and health. The text mentions Swift Specific Co in Atlanta and lab details.
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