The Million Dollar Mystery in Thanhouser Drama
Harold MacGrath delivers a synopsis of The Million Dollar Mystery a Thanhouser film drama. The plot centers on Margresve and a gang of Blu Manders plotting a bank heist as a young woman faces peril while studying at a girls school and a reporter's trap unfolds. The tale moves from bank theft to pursuit along the riverfront with confrontations and escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banky
Margresve Wuollen
Eradne
Vie Blu Mandeods Krowing Uratne
Benin
Thy Orien
Wve
Beaine
Wu Wal
Cy Ri
Chele
Tandiwe
Thaah
al Hotter
Ritters Lavine
Jones
Andre Tere
Abduction and aboard ship ordeal unfold in shadowy harbor
Norton, a reporter, is captured by the Black Hundred after following Vroon to a tenement hideout. He fights back with a spanner during a shanghai attempt, while Florence, missing since an abduction, appears entangled with Blaine and the Princess Perigo as plans to smuggle her by yacht proceed.
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Jane
Boston
New York
Braine
Florence
More
Vroon
Norton
Perigo
Blaine
Jones
Connary
Viorence
Ore
Vroom
Bine
Florence Rence
Dhran
Black Hundred
Corrigan
Bannock
Norway
Bunnock
Mr. Norton
Hent
Mat
Matey
Mike Bannock
Jim
High Seas
Florence Ved
Hraine
Aehing
Ftaels
Barnes
Galler
Nine
Butler
Susan
Exes
Perigoff
Abduction, Rescue, and a Narrow Escape Aboard a Yacht
Florence is kidnapped by Blaine and taken on a chartered yacht aided by an ally. Norton, the reporter, finally locates her, while Braine and the Black Hundred scheme to seize control. A dramatic shipboard fire and a railcar crash heighten the peril before Florence and Norton elude their pursuers with help from Captain Bannock and a cunning plan.
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Barnes
Blaine
Florence
Barnes Cottage
New York
Pate
Mike Bannock
Bannock
Jim Norton
Perigoff
Braine
Boston
Florence and Braine
Hed Jones
Black Hundred
Orient
Ove
Norton
Stoker
Mt. Sett
Jones
Efficiency in loving and Queen Anne recruiting
The piece argues for applying efficiency to affection, urging thoughtful, practical acts of care from wives daughters and mothers alike. It then shifts to Queen Anne era recruitment where officers forced able bodied men to enlist, with parish officials paid for each conscript, yet voluntary enlistment remained dominant due to widespread desertions.
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England
Brute Offered $20 Bounty Then Discharge After Three Years
A bride recounts a heated quarrel with her husband after marriage. She fled to her mother in law's home two weeks later crying and saying they had quarreled. She recalls the husband threatening, claiming he would withhold support if things did not improve.
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Jones
Florence
Madrid
Susan
Fiorenre
Hit
Indu
Ywongirl
John
Bull
Humane conduct toward animals and responsibility in care
The item discusses humane treatment of pets and animals, urging owners to care for dogs and cats, avoid neglect, protect birds, and report mistreatment. It contrasts cruel acts with responsible stewardship and includes a stray anecdote about a train delay in a light exchange.
Cheap lodging houses harbor both criminals and high achievers
An article argues cheap New York lodging houses contain a mix of well mannered, educated men and criminals. It notes that many residents are not tramps but ordinary workers or even future judges, business leaders, or engineers, challenging the stereotype of the places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Bible Society
Ohio miners strike looms as open shop predicted after talks fail
Negotiations for a new wage agreement between operators and United Mine Workers officials collapsed ending with no new proposals. Officials said no further talks would occur, signaling a move to open shop mining and a wider impact on more than 15 000 idle miners. In Findlay Ohio voters approved a dry outcome after a heated ten day campaign led by local business leaders and detective Owen O Wiard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talon Sewe Service
Clend
Fig
Chin
Mise
C. E. Manrer
Comiittee
John P. White
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Opera
Pittsburgh
Drys
Findlay
Wete
Ohio
Owen O' Wiard
Chicago
Iseture
Ilegal
Hold Ups and Threats Across Ohio News Briefs
Reports from Marysville to Lima describe attempted robberies near Plain City and threats from a Blackhand representative in Dayton. Other items note a Canton man killed on railroad tracks, a Springfield child’s death from heart disease, a Cleveland women’s group meeting, a Portsmouth railroad detective killed in a confrontation, and a Lima fatality hit by a switch engine.
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Marysville
Lamar Smith
Findlay Wee
Columbus
Tim
Plain City Pike
Woods
Smith
Canton
Milton C. Crosby
Sandusky
Perrysville
Manfeld
Lima
Timothy Mahoney
Pennsylvania Railroad
Luxury and Mortality Rise Among New York's Rich
The piece notes a high death rate in Manhattan's West Side from Eighty sixth to One Hundred Twenty Fifth streets, a largely affluent area. It cites 18.70 deaths per thousand, higher than the national average, and links late hours, excesses, and enervating habits to the mortality spike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Fifth
New York
Bachalde
Grand Street
Red Sox Annoyed the Bull and Suffrage Debate Echo
A Jersey bull charged a man named Schrayer after a vivid red pair of socks drew its attack. He suffered three broken ribs and a facial wound until bystanders with fence rails stopped the bull. Separate scenes cover suffrage shifts and jokes about courtly matters in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
John Schreyer
Con Farmer
Schrayer
Foo
Klines Grove
Pao Dispatch
New York World
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Plovance
Tle
Delib
Copenhagen
North America
Documenta
Reatlar
Tran
Piorence
Captain Bannock
Sives
Batte
Princess
Slaine
Mark
Buckeye State
Dayton
Henry M. Waite
Blackhand Society
Red Hecht
Josph Sorter
Springfield
Akron
Hugh Knapp
Spencer. O
Baltimore & Ohio
Homer
Cleveland
Annest
Ohio Newspaper Women's Association
Hotel Southern
Portsmouth
James A. Barcus
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Fatima
William Gordon
Black
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Jinks
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