Real estate mix ups spark uproar in hometown
A humorous reminiscence recalls how a movable circle of friends chased housing amid scarce rentals near the station. Benight with bids and miscommunications, they recount bids on the Miller house, Churchill cottage, and a Dunham rental, leaving Hites and Spinks still in the city. Local wit Byron Williams closes with quips on life, health, and newspapers.
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William Wilson
Paul Hanks
William Hites
Abner Churchill
Hites
Spinks
Eph
Ricketts
Wil
Detective Murray and the Confederate Spy on Lake Erie
The article chronicles Wilson Murray a Ontario chief inspector who traced Confederate agent L C Cole on a Lake Erie chase from Detroit to Montreal Albany New York Philadelphia Washington and Sandusky. Murray exposed Cole’s plan to seize Johnson Island and free 4000 prisoners then strike Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo. Cole retired to Canada after capture and was held without trial.
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Chevalier Dupin
Edgar Allan Poe
Rue Morgue
Sherlock Holmes
Poe
Holmes
Dupin
Simon
Wilson Murray
Department of Justice
Ontario
Canada
Murray
Mississippi
Gulf
Jewett
Farragut
Mobile
Great Lakes
Michigan
U.S. S. Michigan
Johnson Island
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
North
J. C. Carter
United States Navy
Carter
Oni
Vallandingham
Windsor
L. C. Cole
Cole
Wallandingham
Montreal
Bt. Lawrence Hall
Albany
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Ing Cole
Philo Parsons
Sandusky
Ont
Amherstburg
Detroit River
Mr. Cole
Parsons
Kelly's Island
Sanducky
Richardson
Gull Island
Harrisburg
Charles Robinson
Sandusky, O
West House
Robinson
Bandusky
G. C. Beal
John A. Wilson
New Orleans
Wilson
U. S
Col
Hal
Hill
United States Army
Cern
Young Wilson
The
James Hunter
Jefferson Davis
Murray Wilson
Confederacy
Murray'a
Southermer
Sam Dusky
Durance Vile
Harbar
Seven-Mile
Johnson's Island
Point Pelee
Cnada
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Corfer
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Ephc Squires
Mra Dunham
Mirandy
Kansas
Byron Williams
George T. Pardy
John Wilson Murray
Whiple
Young Wibton
Psuedo Wilson
Debonaire
Thio
Bank of Montreat
Captain Carter
Tr.cole
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