Mustrations at Codman Estate in a Web of Deception
Orphans Louie and Laura navigate society, romance, and a tangle of theft at the Hazard country place. Hap Hazard falls for Louie while a series of jewel robberies, a detective, and a French thief unveil the truth as Jo is rescued and loyalties prove true.
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Codman
Louise
Louie
Loulie
Hap
Natalie
Hazard
Laura
Winthrop Abbott
Duc de Trouville
Hazard Place
Winthrop
Mrs. Flazerd
Louiie
Winthrops
General Schuyler
Inthrop
John Crowninshield
Thomas, & Foniman
John
Louile
Loulle
Duck Aurfeny
Henry
Thomas
End of the Jewel Heist Confrontation
In a tense confrontation, Mrs Hazard dictates terms to the duke and his accomplices. D'Aubigny and two others are under arrest in the city, Mrs Cutler detained upstairs, and the Duke faces possible prison or escape by surrendering the stolen items. John and Hap pressure for a resolution with risk of further trials.
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de Trouville
Thomas
d’Aubigny
John
Duke
Europe
Secrets of a Jewel Heist Among City Inhabitants
A narrator and Thomas discuss how Mr. Abbott owned the jewels police found and how the thieves were watched. Thomas reveals his method to misdirect suspicions and his careful tracking of Abbott from the boat to a distant window as the crime unfolds. The dialogue hints at the gallery phase of the theft.
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Mr. Abbott
John St In
Thomas
Burrows
Hidden Diamonds and a Dart of Truth at Lone Oak
In the Lone Oak mystery wrap up, Natalie exposes Winthrop as the thief linked to Mrs. Cutler and others while Count von Brunner criticizes copied masterpieces. John and Detective Thomas recover a trove of jewels, revealing Natalie's misidentifications and Hap's and Louise's budding romance ending with a hopeful engagement and a shared ring.
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Henry Dykemann
Count von Brunner
Lone Oak
Natalie
Winthrop
Mrs. Loring
Town
John
Hap
Old time place in the ruined hostel explored by guide
In a narrative voice, the visitors enter a decayed house described as a old south mismer house. A gray haired guide leads them through moldy corridors where peeling papers resemble stalactites and the mood shifts from discomfort to haunted reflection on figures like Washington and Jefferson. The guide gestures to a dome room and slave market site with cold reminders of history.
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Victoria
John Galsworthy
Scribner's
Aerror
Old South
Washington
Hamilton
Jefferson
Davis
Lee
Divorce Prompts Public Interest In A Kansas City Club Porter
A Kansas City club porter who had just been divorced told a reporter that no line about his divorce appeared in the paper. He noted the public concern lies in personal news as it affects his social life with many ladies who now refuse to speak to him.
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Kansas City
Rastus
Stout
Jes
Kansas City Journal
High Men From Three Regiments Named for Indiana Guard
Sergeant Lewis B Jarrett led the Second Regiment marksmen at the Crawfordsville rifle range as they scored well across 300 to 600 yard slow fire events. The top fifteen will represent the regiment at Evansville and later the national Camp Perry shoot in Ohio. Indianapolis units provided most high scorers.
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Crawfordsville
Lewis BR. Jarrett
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
State National Guard
Evansvile
Bloomington
Warsaw
Camp Perry
Ohio
Jarrett
Irigh
Lewis B. Jarrett
J. W. Hurt
George E. Bailey
H. 4
J. Perry
Albert Myers
R. P. Youngman
Mattalion
H.B. Ball
Harold Hendricks
A. B. Kilmer
Frank Rodean
Clifford Pruitt
Negro Sentenced for Life in Monroe County Killing
Bloomington June 13 Life imprisonment was imposed on Hill Williams a black man for killing W. H. Fielder a railroad construction subcontractor at a Bloomington Southern Railroad camp on May 31 The seven hour trial was the shortest murder case in Monroe county history witness accounts say Williams after robbing a peddler killed his captive Fielder before officers arrived.
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Bloomington
Hill Williams
W. H. Fielder
Bloomington Southern Railroad
Monroe County
Fielder
Miner Killed and Injured in Vandalia Mine Slide
June 13 Linton report: John McAtee age 47 was instantly killed while Charles Shepard suffered critical injuries after a slate fall at Vandalia mine No 9. McAtee had married just last week.
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Linton
John McAtee
Charles Shepard
Vandalia
McAtee
Vine Grows Through Tree Near St Paul Farm
A freak vine is found on James H Martin’s farm a mile south of St Paul. The wild crane vine grows through the trunk of a walnut tree and measures about six inches in diameter.
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St. Paul
James H Martin
Homecoming at Earlham set for June 24 on campus
Ten thousand people including Earlham college students are expected for a homecoming on Tuesday June 24. Former students will register by period with a post event lunch and a baseball game against the 1912 team followed by the evening play The House of Rimmon. Elizabeth Lear frantic after gasoline stove explosion destroys house in Brazil causing about $700 loss.
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Richmond
Earlham College
Allen
Ola
National Road
Barham
Leveth
Chevy
Eartham
Earlham
van Dyke's
House of Rimmon
Steve
Brazil
Elizabeth Lear
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Local Cases and Events
Petersbore Mrs Margaret Peyton, 72, Otwell, fell and broke her leg. Martinsville case against WIE Timm Redwine for murder set for trial but continued. Franklin Jester Winkler, 13, broke his arm climbing a cherry tree. second fracture at same place. Brookville workers on Hig Four railroad repair assault a woman named Hunk. serious condition. Greenfield meetings Sunday push against saloons with Anti-Saloon League speakers from thirteen church pulpits. Anderson William Casey, 48, pleads guilty to burglary for stealing dentists instruments from Dr Ralph Gephart. Richmond Hempleman family reunion at Glen Miller Park. L B Hempleman elected president, O M Hempleman secretary. Columbus Dr John Owens notes sanitary survey of Bartholomew County halted due to lack of cooperation. South Bend Samuel P Schwartz, Notre Dame law graduate, to be deputy prosecutor for St Joseph County after bar admission petition. Bloomington Eller family reunion near old homestead attracts 100+. Addresses include Rev Jones, Joseph Knox Barclay, and Dr Breeden. Cannelion City Council funds benches for park around library and installs electric lights. Lawrenceburg Mrs Margaret C Vieese sues Bernard F Moemke for 25900 breach of promise. case details brief.
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Petersbore
Margaret Peyton
Otwell
Martinsville
Wie
Timm Redwine
Frankin
Winkler
Brookville
Hig
Hunk
Greenfield
Simday
Anti- Saloon League
Anderson
William Casey
Coan
Casey
Ralph Gephart
Richmond
Hempleman
Glen Miller Park
Lb. J. Hempleman
Indianapolis
Reunion Association
O. M. Hemmpleman
Connersville
Columbus
John Owens
Bartholomew County
Owens
South Bend
Samuel P. Schwartz
Notre Dame Law
St. Joseph County
Schwartz
Bloomington
Eller
Monroe County
Old Homestead
Jones
First Methodist Church
Joseph Knox Barclay
Owen
Monroe
Breeden
Stanford
Cannelion
Lawrenceburg
Margaret C. Vieese
Dearborn
Bernard F. Moemke
Keefe
Moemke
Mary. Kreeger
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Bobbs-Merrill
W.l.barnes
Mrs. Hazard
Loulse
Mia
Trac
Detective Thomas
Mrs. Hasard
Mrs. Dykeman
North Shore
Alice Peabody
Harvard
Indiana
Colbie Kitts
William J. Gardemas
Wezge
Fnally
Gardeman
Mr. Gardeman
Richmond High School
Mold
Indiana News
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