The Million Dollar Mystery Contest Opens at Princess Theatre
Mary launches a weekly mystery feature with a 10 pound prize for the best solution over 100 words. Run by Fuller’s Ltd and the theatre, submissions will be judged by a three member panel. final dates and rules to follow.
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Mary
Canscroity
Fuller's Ltd
Bray Ben Sade
Wtors
Princess Theatre
Harold Mudératin
Bnit
Hargrave
York
Ake
Taformalian
Anya
Florence
Norton
Olga Ferigoll
Stantley Hargrove
Orient
The Illion Million Dollar Mystery
Harold MacGrath presents a story of a famed thief escape and a tangled search for a missing million dollars. Higreave, once allied with the Black Handred, returns home to plan escape while others pursue a concealed fortune. A journalist Norton thwarts the plot, but uncertainties linger over the true location of the funds.
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Staley
Iuulliona
Kyaway
Black Handred
Fife
Haargreiv Mgt
romisieraMt
Higreave
Bess
Ibis
New Jersey
Masence Gray
Florence Margreay
Ain Jones
Wadler
Himelf
Wartime ramblings and protests in a faded lament
The fragmentary OCR combines jumbled lines on British resolve, political critiques, and wartime sentiment. It references Lloyd George, Balkans, and anti-German tones while noting appeals to unity and endurance amid fatigue, with scattered mentions of newspapers and hospital topics. The text preserves period voice without graphic detail.
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Mary
Albee
Paul
Guvnniv
Bering
Sant Eliatiens
Anaslelan
Florener
Grannis
Hansl
Lain
Fragmented wartime miscellany echoes in a busy column
The piece blends European politics, labor strain, and cultural notes with parodied phrases and garbled OCR. It reports Austro Hungarian fears of war, French countermeasures, a burglar incident, and employment worries among stonemasons, carpenters, and university staff, all amid a sprawling, jumbled survey of contemporary life.
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Canille
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Mala
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Ste
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Mars
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Nate
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Watky
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Trent Harr
Neether
Tio
Turkey
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Picardo
Bir
Shakespeare
Jan
Lowe
Walt
Hess
Yorkd Fewstoni
Lloys-Georges
Eperare
Taghtimie
Balkans
Wittman Green
Geuspin
Wadswork Juyt Uty Daily
Valiant Valdem
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Aasay Petrograd
Ste Fe
Wwe
Amennest Mlesto
Yiportes
Children's Hospital
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Webi
Times
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Stoke
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Sedna
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Worth
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Alex McCallum
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Victoria
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Ater
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