Mystery House Across Street Draws Death Chronicle
Rudolph Van Vechten, a young man, witnesses a man enter the long-closed House of Mystery near a Powhatan club. After a strange sequence of arsons and a death in the street, Van Vechten and friend Tom Phinney pursue clues, including a fashionably dressed woman, a yacht trip, and sightings of Mr. Caltig. Detective Flint links a gold purse to Paige Carew, deepening the ever unfolding intrigue.
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Rudolph van Vechten
Istire
House of Mystery
Sevarsons
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Go Carew
Tom
An Vechten
Flint
Mr. Caltig
Jessie
Authoruy
Theodore van Vechten
Wall Street
Man of Iron
Paige Carew
Gold “Freeh
House of Mysery
Van
Ye Carew
Midnight Escape from Dark House Sealed by Promise
Tom Phinney awakes in a dark room to an unseen intruder, a mysterious woman. She guides him to safety after tying and blindfolding him, guiding him through the night as they exchange anxious vows and a quiet, hopeful farewell. He begins counting aloud in the road toward Rocky Cove, inspired by a newfound purpose and the enigmatic girl he has yet to meet again.
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Tom Phinney
Tom
Honor Bright
Fiint Advances a Theory on Cousin Paige
In Chapter IV Mr. Fiint’s calm demeanor contrasts with Rudolph Van Vechten’s mounting concern over Paige’s missing purse and suspected link to a murder case. Van Vechten questions Paige’s whereabouts as Flint softly pivots, noting a new, serious lead from an encounter with T Jenkins at the Sphere. The scene ends with suspense as the investigation deepens.
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Mr. Flint
New York
van Vechten
T. Jenkins
Sphere
Paige
The Earth as a Humorous Definition From Pulitzer's Magazine
A playful essay defines the earth as a ball in space with sun and moon adoration, two certain poles, an imagined equator and axis, inhabited by people and bacteria. It parodies science and society, noting its ego, travel ships, and appeal as a summer and winter resort for the well off.
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Earth
Space
Pulitzer's
Speech Reveals Little About Man Says Balle
A dialogue on how speech hides character. Balle notes Charlie’s stutter and impulsive proposal, while contrasting the later, more loquacious man encountered in a different time. The exchange highlights perception versus reality through clipped, period voice.
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Spesch
Polly
Balle
Charliie
Waeld
Lime Sulphur Spray Safer Than Bordeaux In Orchard Trials
L M Bennington notes Everett Wallace reports heavy drenching of lime sulphur injures foliage less than Bordeaux. Arsenate of lead is the safe insecticide to mix with lime sulphur. Lime sulphur burns are worsened by prior scab injury and by sediment, but less so than Bordeaux under similar conditions. Cultivated trees resist foliage injury better than neglected orchards.
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L. M. Bennington
Bordeaux
Everett Wallace
Practical Hints for Chicken Yard and Poultry Profits
Practical guidance on maintaining flock health and profitability. Emphasizes full rations, draft control in the henhouse, dusting hens with coal ashes, avoiding distant markets, prioritizing eggs and poultry for table use, warm morning rations with wheat, feeding bran mashes at night, selling eggs at a premium, keeping pests and intruders out, ensuring doors stay shut, and using hot beds in farm gardens.
Start Tomatoes in Early Spring
Instructions for starting tomato plants in tin cans or shallow boxes for early fruit. Transplant at four to six inches tall, use quart cans with bottom removed, fill with rich soil, place one plant per can, pack tightly in hotbed, water well, and harden by removing glass. Transplant by lifting whole soil lump. preserve roots. Also notes moving plants with trowel. road to success with large poultry flock requires effort.
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Mawes & S Lf
Bultan
Turkey
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