House of Mystery Haunts a City Street
Rudolph Van Vechten witnesses a stranger enter the long quiet House of Mystery across from Powhatan club. A man is found dead in the street and Van Vechten and Tom Phinney pursue clues to the missing Paige Carew while detectives query witnesses and a yacht trip unfolds.
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Rudolph van Vechten
Fuure
Powhatan Club
House of Mystery
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Mysgr
Tom
Flint
Mr. Cal
Co We
Jessie
Theodore van Vechten
Tle
Wall Street
Tron
van Verhten
House of Mysery
Van
In the Dark on the Water Tom Phinney Encounters a Mysterious Woman
Tom Phinney, waking after rough captivity, senses a hidden woman in his room. A whispered plan to escape unfolds as she guides him by touch, binds and blindfolds him, and leads him from the house into the night toward Rocky Cove. He vows to meet her again, while she warns of a future that will separate them.
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Tom Phinpney
Tom
Tom Phinney
Honor Bright
Oime
Lence
Mr Flint Probes Paige Mystery Amid Suspected Murder
Rudolph Van Vechten questions Flint about cousin Paige as Flint reveals blank denial on her whereabouts. The purse incident deepens the mystery while Van Vechten links Paige to a murder probe and a Sphere encounter, signaling a turning point in the unfolding case.
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Mr. Filnt
Rudolph van Vechten
Paige
Flint
Mr. Flint
New York
Reunson
van Vechten
T. Jenkins
Sphere
Definition of Earth by a Humorous Pen
A playful essay defines Earth as a ball in a region called space. It compares size to a baseball, star, and charity ball, noting two certain poles and an imaginary equator and axis. The piece features references to Christians, scientists, and mathematicians in a light, satirical tone.
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Spaca
Bettles: a fragment on life and satire from Pulitzer’s
The excerpt portrays Bettles as uninspired yet inhabited by people and animals, connected to space by waves and prayers. It notes eccentric ego boosts via aeroplanes, recommends Earth for the affluent, and includes a Polly dialogue about judging a man by speech plus Cholile’s stutter anecdote.
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Pulitzer's
Polly
Cholile
Jeck
Use arsenate of lead as insecticide in lime sulfur
The lime sulfur spray era prompts tests by Everet Wallace. He warns heavy drenching injures foliage and that leaf scab boosts burn. Arsenate of lead is the safe insecticide with lime sulfur, while Bordeaux and lime sulfur mix burn less in cultivated trees than neglected ones.
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L. M. Bennington
Bordeaux
Everett Wallace
Practical hints for chicken yard and poultry care
Practical hints stress ample feed and clean conditions to profit from eggs and poultry. Keep drafts out of the henhouse and provide dust space with coal ashes if needed. Feed warm wheat, limit bran mashes to night, wipe every eye, keep visitors out, and ensure doors stay closed until air is warm. Every farm garden should have its hot bedas.
Start Tomatoes in Early Spring for Early Harvest
Instructions for starting tomato plants indoors using tin cans or a shallow box. Transplant when plants reach four to six inches, use quart cans with bottom modded for easy removal, fill with rich soil, and keep moist in a hotbed. Alternative is a one by two foot shallow box three inches deep, with four inch plant spacing.
Road to Success
A short, moral note contrasts the road to success with a large flock of poultry, warning that laziness prevents steady progress and achievement. The proverb-like tip emphasizes discipline and perseverance as keys to goals.
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Charles Fedmonds
Ili
Estes Ese
Bultan
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