The Black Box by E Phillips Oppenheim
The Black Box by E Phillips Oppenheim features a mystery tale drawn from his prolific detective fiction. The excerpt hints at a dramatic plot set within a linked world of intrigue and puzzle.
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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
2
The Black Box by E Phillips Oppenheim features a mystery tale drawn from his prolific detective fiction. The excerpt hints at a dramatic plot set within a linked world of intrigue and puzzle.
Second installment unfolds with Benford Quest and Lenora amid a tense crowd outside a theater. The British professor Ashleigh introduces Quest to the scientist inside. Quest vows to study the skeleton from Gowih America and prove Darwin’s theory.
The scheming curator’s theft fears grow as Professor Ashleigh and Sanford Quest probe a jewel robbery at Mrs Rheinholdt’s party. A servant Craig is suspected, footprints are measured, and clues center on a back garden path and hidden exits. The story builds toward a tense confrontation and a new suspect emerges.
A sixteenth century iron grille around the tomb of Henry V in Westminster Abbey has been restored. The piece, once placed near Margaret Beaufort and Henry VII, features Gothic sculpture and finials. It was attributed to Torrigiano with possible English involvement, then bought by a London dealer and now held by the National Art Collection Fund.
A merchant skipper near New York sent a wireless gag to a fellow captain about a nearby warship. The reply revealed the joke involved a Portuguese man of war, a common South Atlantic fish, prompting the retort you go to the deuce.
A humorous dialogue contrasts bachelor vanity and a spinster’s scorn as they mock love and marriage while a German volley story interrupts with a peculiar rifle injury. The tale blends social sniping with a wartime anecdote about holidays inked in the rifle barrel.
Ohio aims to showcase agriculture livestock and poultry at the state exposition with a $25,000 appropriation. Two thousand dollars for poultry, plus joint state and Ohio Poultry association funding, and strict livestock transport limits set. Exhibitors pay freight. horses cattle sheep hogs capped. scoring to limit entries. officials named to supervise.
A humorous piece contrasts a skilled surgeon and a renowned plumber while recounting a home crisis. The story portrays the plumber as a trained scientist, diagnosing and repairing hidden house pipes and reservoirs during a night emergency, revealing the anatomy of the dwelling.
A fragment discusses Grape-Nuts made from whole wheat, claiming balance for rebuilding and easy digestion. It asserts the cereal is suitable for children and adults, quickly absorbed in about one hour, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
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