The House of a Thousand Candles Continues
Glenarm heads toward Lake Annandale to begin a year long stay at a secluded estate. Bates, a loyal servant, guides him by train and boat, amid foreboding and memories of his grandfather. The narrative follows friendships, wealth, and the pull of a family fortune.
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Jack Glenarm
L, D
Larry
John Marshall Glenarm
Mediterranean
John Clenarm
Vermont
Naples
Glenarm
Lake Annandale
Indiana
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Annandale
Chicago Express
Bates
Mr. Glenarm
Glenarm House
Pickering
Mehta
Theta
Wabana County
Goodby
Ming
Hates
Tailor and Debtor Duel Over Unpaid Bill
A famous perpetual non payer avoids bills, the tailor pursues payment, catching the man twice. In a witty exchange the debtor asks if the tailor owes anyone, implying it is his own turn to wait. The tale ends with a sharp twist about relationships and money.
Mas Querade Ball Costume Guess Sparks Banter
Gillimon says he will attend the masquerade ball as a clown. Miss Sharpe teases him about wearing a disguise, adding they expect playful theatrics at the event.
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Gillimon
Miss Sharpe
Hunters Defend Keara From Extinction Claim
A Chicago Journal humor piece quips that many sportsmen visit yearly yet jokes that Keara will not vanish. The reply notes hunters will, implying ongoing conservation or management efforts.
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Chicago Journal
The Water's Curls
A morning scene where Jane observes the sea's playful curls and asks who raises the waves at night in sprprreteet fashion.
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Jane
Bay
Needless Precaution Flings Laughs At Bankers File
A Westend banker recalls a socialite who asked him to stop payment on a cheque after admitting she burned it by accident. The tale highlights her lack of banking knowledge and the humor found in finance missteps.
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Westend
Humorous Exchange Between Professor And Maude
A witty dialogue snippet shows a professor lamenting looks while Maude retorts with flirtatious banter. Maude praises him and jokes about growing looks, prompting playful back and forth.
A Good Guess on Birds and Hats from Youth's Companion
An excerpt notes a bird’s wing being strong relative to weight, but argues a girl’s hat wing cannot replace a man’s arm. The piece reads as a speculative remark on physical strength and perception from a Youth’s Companion periodical.
Warship flarebacks fall out of style says readers
Mr Smith advises against flarebacks on warships while Mrs Smith agrees they are out of fashion. The Baltimore Sun quotes the couple and their newspaper stance on naval design trends.
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Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Baltimore Sun
Entomological Distinctions Echo in Courtier Talk
Fragmentary text shows a dialogue about fleeing and distinctions among insects, with phrases like fly sweetheart fly and time for entomological distinctions. The source reads as a playful or cryptic exchange possibly from a theatrical or literary page.
Inmate in Asylum with Strained Mentions of Theanliy-a
Fragmentary notes describe a person in an Asylum padded cell with unclear references Hut Sitth and Jones. The text mentions a padded brain treatment and a related medical term. No clear events, dates, or outcomes are provided.
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Jones
The Soubrette and Ingenue in a Shipboard Banter
An exchange on a shipboard setting features the Soubrette noting a fetching gown and the Ingenue recalling a seven dollar blot on a map. Homelike talk shifts to home on shipboard with Ebbert and others comparing state rooms and living spaces.
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New York
Puck
Ebgert
Yookers Statweman
Self Supporting Idiot Asylums and Wordy Woes
A clipped exchange mocks charitable asylums and self sufficiency. A bemused child jokes about misfit inmates being trained to write children's books in a light weeklies style.
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de Sense
Distinctions of Sex Delight in a Lady Manicure
Humorous quip contrasts masculine and feminine care as a playful remark about a girlicure for ladies. The exchange features Puck humor and social commentary on gendered grooming.
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Puck
Confession Read In Idaho Murder Trial Of Steve Adams
The court heard the confession of Steve Adams, a Western Federation of Miners member, to Pinkerton detective Jason McParland as defense lawyers argued it was involuntary. Adams described the July 1904 murder plan and the killing of Fred Tyler, detailing the abduction near Simpkins cabin and the subsequent execution.
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Wood
McParland
Darrow
Steve Adams
Idaho Penitentiary
James MccParland
Pinkerton
Mollie McGuire
W.B. Hopkins
Adams
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Steunenberg
Independence
Idaho
Haywood and
Simpkins
Sttr
Aes Mason
Tyler
Jack Simpkins
Simpkins Cabin
Merchants National Bank Closes In Portland
The Merchants National Bank of Portland did not open Tuesday morning. A posted notice says they could not meet heavy demand and suspended payment temporarily. The bank has liquidated about 1.6 million dollars of deposits since holidays began and expects to resume business soon after consulting the comptroller of the currency.
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Portland
Ore
Merchants' National Bank
Clearing House Association
Money does not transmit disease says New York official
New York health chief A. H. Doty contests the idea that money spreads illness. He cites bacteriological findings but says infection and epidemics arise from personal contact, especially with ambulance cases, rather than from handling money or clothing.
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New York
A. H. Doty
Miss Simonton Returns After Jungle Sojourn
Pittsburg report notes Ida Veronica Simonton, once cited in Harry Thaw cases, has come back after eighteen months in Africa. She says she will travel to New York and testify in the Thaw trial if summoned, promising to alter the case’s complexion with her testimony. She recalls Mrs. Holman’s London desertion tale as part of the surrounding story.
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Pickering
Africa
Dublin
Naples
Mr. Pickering
Jack
Lont
Larry Donovan
Pittsburg
Mises
Ida Veronica Simonton
Hiarry K. Thaw
Misa Simonton
New York
Charles J. Holman
London
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