House of Mystery Intrigue Deepens Near Powhatan Club
Ralph Van Vechten witnesses a man slain near the House of Mystery at 1313 as Paige Carew’s whereabouts loom. Tom Phinney is seized then freed by a sweet voiced girl. Max Willard controls a secret yacht mission with a new explosive and a plot to set right a great wrong.
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Ralph van Vechten
Gore
Powhatan Club
Epojten
House of Mystery
Seva
van Véchten
Tom Phinney
Paige Care
van Vechten
Tom
Finnteg van Vechten
An Vechten
Theodore van Vecchten
Big Man
Wall Street
Paige Carew
London
Miss Carew
Mrs. Devereaux
New York
Temple Bonner
Compton Schuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Bonner
Willard
John Cally
Brownlow
Dela
Iard
A Passionate Confrontation Between Jessie and Van Vechten
Van Vechten confronts Jessie after a tense reunion and declares his love. She reveals a guilty history and agrees to marry him only if he accepts her conditions, then kisses him and hints she could learn to love him. He is left in a daze, ordering Barnicle to fetch a cigar.
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van Vechten
Barnicle
Glia
Tam
Tose
Jessie
Basta
Requital
Abereed
Mr. Rudolph
Doctor Pottle
Coffin-Shaped Box Chapter Faces Strained Reunion
Captain Tom Phinney reunites with Jessie Willard and Delia after a tense separation as mood shifts appear among the group. Jessie’s optimism clashes with Tom’s gloom while Delta notes his strange calm before a dinner stop. The scene ends with teasing lines and a future continuation.
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Tom Phinney
Jessie Willard
Delia
Jessie
Tom
Delta
Decline of Good Reading at National Education Conference
At the National Educational Association convention in Salt Lake City the central theme was reading. Wisconsin librarian Rice described rural book lists and discounts, while U.S. education chief Caxton praised literature as the top school subject. He argued thoughtful reading of four good books yearly yields a well educated person, noting the need for careful study over mere skimming of texts.
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National Educational Association
Salt Lake City
Str. Rice
Wisconsin
Sribes
Alice
Caxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Needed a Change in Country Town
Mrs. Mason visits the country town where she once lived and meets a former schoolmate. He notes her father, near eighty nine, is not well and that his health has drifted since goose farming stopped suiting him.
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Dunco
Meaning of Intensive Fruit Culture
The article argues that intensive fruit culture, with small, highly managed plots and focused labor, yields more fruit than extensive methods. It advocates close tree spacing, row planting with currants and strawberries beneath, heavy fertilizing, and diligent weeding, predicting intensive culture as the future of fruit growing.
Re clear fields of scrub timber
Ao Legg describes methods for reclaiming old overgrown fields. He suggests hacking down brush, drying it, burning it, and using cattle and sheep to graze regrowth. Fire kills dense briers and pines, while grazing keeps sprouts in check until roots rot and land can be plowed.
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Ao. Legg
Suggestions and Notes of the Garden
Garden tips on cabbage worm control with dust mixtures, saving tomato seeds, selecting perfect potatoes, hoe upgrades, burning rusty melon vines, wilt and borer hints, cabbage manure needs, moisture, weeds, fall radish turns with turnips, storing winter radishes, plot size for a family, and red tape for bunching vegetables increasing appeal and cost.
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Charles Fedmonds
Se. Wa
Educational Association
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