Rouletabille Master Detective Arrives in French Mystery
The feature presents Joseph Rouletabille, a boyish Paris reporter-detective famed for keen observation and deduction. Known for solving the Mystery of the Yellow Room and the Stangerson enigma, he rises to national literary prominence.
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Sherlock Holmes
Martin Hewitt
Dupin
Lecogg
Vidocq
Joseph Rouletabille
Rouletabille
Yellow Room
Paris
Stangerson
France
The Yellow Room Mystery Haunts Paris in 1902
A lengthy Temps note recounts the Chateau du Grandier crime in which Mlle Stangerson lies dead after a night assault in the yellow room. Witness Daddy Jacques tells of a locked door and window, a missing killer, and two gunshots as investigators seek how the assailant fled.
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The
Temps
Chateau du Grandier
Sainte Genevieve
Epinay-sur-Orge
Stangerson
Miles Stangerson
Mile. Stangerson
Paris
Mme. Curie
Professor Stangerson
Mlle. Stangerson
Daddy Jacques
Chateau
M. Stangerson
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Yellow Room
Pavil
the Matin
Grandier
Monsieur de Marquet
Corbeil
Donjon
Mother Angenoux
Sainte-Genevieve
Frederic Larson
London
First appearance of Joseph Rouletabille chapter title
The narrator recalls meeting Joseph Rouletabille as a young reporter while both frequented magistrates corridors during his early days at the bar and newsroom. The memory anchors Rouletabille’s early presence in the investigative pages.
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Joseph Rouletabille
Rule-ta-bee
Rouletabille The Young Sleuth of the Press
The narrator recalls Rouletabille, a sixteen year old reporter nicknamed for a round head like a marble, who rose to fame solving the yellow room case in Paris. He mixed bold detective work with humor, earning admiration from editors, police, and lawyers at the Bar cafe.
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Mazas
Saint-Lazare
Rouletabille
Paris
Seine
Oberskampf
Sainclair
Jacques
Mlle. Stangerson
M. Stangerson
Stangerson
Isaid Rouletabille
Bryan Declares He Will Not Dictate Nebraska Legislature
William J. Bryan states he will advise but not direct the Nebraska legislature this winter. His sole aim is to see platform pledges kept, including state and national pledgesable, while he plans to spend winters in Texas but remain Nebraska resident. He notes no current bid for governor and hints at possible senatorial plans in two years. He will spend most of the winter at Fairview among Democratic legislators.
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M. Stangerson
Bernier
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Lincoln
Dee
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Texas
Fairview
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Safer Cold Sore Cure
Leo I. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports DT cured his worst cold sore using Bucklen's Arnica Salve applied once daily for two days erasing all traces of the sore. The product heals all sores and is sold with a guarantee at I S Shriner's drug store for 25 cents.
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Leo I. Zelinski
Gibson St
Buffalo
N. Y
Bucklen
I. S. Shriner’s
Fragmentary Wordplay Exchange Beyond Help End To End
A clipped dialogue shows a character lamenting luck and seeking assistance, while the other retorts with a paradoxical and truncated line about having nothing to be down on. The exchange reads like a dialect tale fragment with missing context.
Family medicine claim for Dr A W Chase Liver Pills
A letter from Mr Wo Central Falls endorses Dr A W Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills as a top family medicine for biliousness and constipation. The writer asserts many diseases stem from neglect of liver and kidneys and stresses keeping the pills at hand. They note price 25 cents a box and availability at local dealers and Thoma's Pharmacy Fairfield Iowa.
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A. W. Chase
Bright
Summer St
Central Falls
R. J
A. W Chase
Notice to heirs of Jefferson Harris regarding land claim
Charles Harris petitions to establish title to the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 18 in Township 72 North Range 11 West Iowa on 40 acres. He alleges heirs of Jefferson Harris may claim, seeks estoppel against adverse claims, and orders publication in The Fairfield Tribune for four weeks beginning December 17, 1908 with a February 2, 1909 defense deadline.
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Jefferson County
John Harris
William Harris
Andrew Harris
Jefferson Harris
Township Seventy-two
Range
Charles Harris
Iowa
Wpairfield
I. D. Jones
Leggett & McKenney
Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield
M. A. Roberts
Sheriff's Sale Notice of Jefferson County Real Estate
A special execution in favor of J. M. White against Ellen White VanNice and Charles C. VanNice leads to a public auction of 2 15 of the west half of the southeast quarter and southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 6 and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 7 in Township 73 Range 9, Jefferson County Iowa. Sale set for January 6, 1900 at 2 pm at the courthouse front door in Fairfield to satisfy debt of 467.37 dollars plus 45.30 dollars costs and accruing costs to the highest bidder for cash, W H Neibert sheriff.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
J. M. White
Ellen White VanNice
Charles C. VanNice
Towa
Fairfield
W. H. Neibert
C. O. Carter
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W. O. Pool
Main St
Junkin
Kate M. Jones
A. G. Jordan
Attorney AT Law
Square
James P. Starr
Fice
Kerr-Pettitt
R. J. Wilson
South First National Bank
E. R. Smith
Lawyer
Ans
Brth Side Park
J. A. Huglin
Jefferson County State
Theo. Hochuly
Fairfield, Ia
Short Sloan
Keosauqua
Sloan & Hochuly
Attorneys AT Law
Stubbs Block
East Side
E F. Simmons
W. Cor
T. L. James, D. D. S
Ralph M. Irwin
D. D
Edwin C. Bock
Shriner’s Drug Store
C. A. McCelderry
Lee Over South Side Clothing Store
Frank Fourt
N. P. Work
Wilson Block
Kinney Building
Paul Reed
Higley
Durg
Stubbs
Lora D. James
M.D
Ours
Cele
Fon
Papa
M. Staungerson
M Stangerson
eTheir
Fairfield Gas & Electric Company
J. A. Spielman
Frank Light
R. F. Wilson
Anton Carlson
First National Bank
J. C. Thorne
B. S. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
L. J. Marcy
Southeast Corner Park
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