Mystery of House 1313 Entangles Van Vechten and Crew
Ralph Van Vechten and friend Tom Phinney track the notorious House of Mystery across Powhatan street. A man is found dead after being ejected from 1313, while Van Vechten pursues clues to Paige Carew and the Devereaux circle. Tom’s yacht mission uncovers hidden identities as Jessie Willard vows marriage if love lasts a week.
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Ralph van Vechten
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Tom
Flint
House of Mystery
Mr. _ Calis
Theodore van Vechten
Wall Street
Tron
Detective _Flint
Paige Caréw
London
Miss Carew
Mrs. Devereaux
New York
Tomma Bonner
Mysery
Temple Bonner
Compton Bchuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Bonner
Willard
John Callis
Callis
Brownlow
Jessie Willard
Mystery on the Kohinur Shadows Tom Phinney and Della
On the Kohinur Captain Tom Phinney wrestles with secret plots and Willard’s dealings while Della hints at her true identity. A midnight cargo reveal and budding romance push him toward a dangerous choice as Paige Carew’s name surfaces.
Ancient Dentistry Revealed In Gold Fillings Findings
Professor Saville of Columbia reports pre Aztec skulls in Ecuador with gold and cement tooth fillings. Gold bands held loosened teeth, while interior gold edges suggest utility and ornament. Natives north of the equator used gold and platinum in decorative dental work to preserve teeth.
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Herodotus
Galen
Saville
Columbia
Ecuador
Mexico
Equator
Opéra Season Opens as Briggs Friends Comment
Briggs notes season opening with relief. Griggs remarks he never attended but his wife and daughter do, hoping the club can bring a quiet, friendly atmosphere.
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Briggs
Griggs
Reverend Bradley Shapes Missouri Baseball Tradition
The article profiles W F Bradley 06 a Missouri Valley College graduate and Presbyterian pastor who joined a college baseball practice squad and became a key pitcher for Lock Spring His preaching and leadership nudged the team to Saturday games illustrating the influence of Christian Endeavor on local youth and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Spring
Maryville
W. F. Bradley
Bradley
Missouri
Missouri Valley College
Mr. Bradley
Christian Endeavor
L’rank Lowe, Jr
Christian Endeavor World
Enduring Words From Jesus On Humility And Truth
After-dinner wisdom from Jesus contrasts with worldly vanity as he urges humble seating and honest speech. The piece notes the timeless value of truth spoken with grace, citing Sir Edward Grey on diplomacy and the biblical claim that truth is often unheeded by listeners.
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Jesus
Christian Herald
Edward Grey
Foreign Affairs
Court of Heaven
Suffragette Blasts Wedding Service As Obedience Demand
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw denounces the wedding ceremony as a poll parrot affair and calls for remodeling of the rite. She says she will not officiate at a marriage where the bride pledges obedience to a husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anna Howard Shaw
Horse Kills Father and Son in Nelsonville Incident
Brewer Carlton died from a fractured skull after being kicked by the same horse that killed his father two years earlier in Nelsonville. The tragedy involved a man and his son, with local authorities investigating the equine incident.
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Nelsonville
Carlton
Tango as cause of crime in Brooklyn youths
County Judge Fawcett suspended sentences for two youths who pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and blamed “white lights and tango nights” as incentives to crime. John Culver and Carlton Chapman, from modest families, admitted stealing from Adelaide Wist on. they promised to reform, Chapman to return to school and Culver to work, while wearing tango pumps and silk shirts at arraignment.
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Fawcett
Brooklyn
John Colver
Hancock Street
Carlton Chapman
Jefferson Avenue
Adelaide Wiseton
Chapman
Culver
New York Sun
Marble light by thin marble plates from Hamburg engineer
A Hamburg engineer W Engle has devised a process to transmit light through marble plates three millimeters thick, usable up to 20 millimeters. The plates pass more light than frosted glass and offer a reddish violet tint. Marble is treated with oil under high pressure to fix the effect, claimed superior to stained glass. Also notes Arctic Circle first electric plant at Point Hope with windmill power and a one toed human race theory by Dr Clement Lucan.
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Hamburg
W. Engle
Arctic Circle
Point Hope
Alaska
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Charles Edmonds
IGHI
Clarg & CO
Atand Og Brownlow
Toman
Della
Delia
Arcady
Charaterer
Claremont
Claremont Landing
Alf
Ubill
Phinney
Atone
Cickens
Old Willard
Buddy
Captain Phinney
Naptha
Lil Grocerso
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Wright
Pearl St
Clement Lucan
England
Bright
Doan
Ohio
Margaret Cook
B. Hunter
Logan
Doran's
Avy
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
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