Sensational Scoop Turns on Chicago Murder Plot by Journalists
Aleck McLean faces rival Evening News as Charlie Hughes engineers a fake murder story to boost sales. Basil Murdoch, an aging miser, is drawn into a deadly scheme ending with a manhunt, river blood, and a courtroom confession that exposes the ruse.
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the Telegraph
Telegraph
Associated Press
Aleck McLean
Daily Telegraph
Evening News
McLean
Charlie Hughes
Trate
Denny Morrison
Horace Greeley
Harry Temple
Morrison
Basil Murdoch
Basil
Hughes
Charlie
Chicago
Christian Endeavor
George
Police Department
Peruna
Evening Telegraph
Helo
Dickson
Maself
Mr. Hughes
Nervous Exhaustion Warned By Early Symptoms
The ad warns of nerve stress leading to paralysis and mental collapse and promotes Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a vitalizer and tissue builder. It cites improving a paralysis case in Manitoba, claims restoration of sleep, headaches, indigestion, and heart action, with a Toronto dealer.
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W. R. Southerland
St. Andrews
Man
Dr. Chase
Edmanson
Satee & Co
Toronto
Lever''s Y Z Wise Head Disinfectant Soap Powder
Product advertisement notes that Lever's Y Z Wise Head Disinfectant Loap Powder dusts the bath to soften water and disinfect. The line ends with a code 38, suggesting a catalog or price reference.
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Lever
Wise
Cross-exam exposes maid of dishonor in breach case
An English lawyer cross-examines the plaintiff in a breach of promise suit. The defendant’s seriousness is questioned as the plaintiff reveals the vow was uttered while she wrung clothes in a washhouse, not in sincere intent.
Pale feeble girls urged to take pink pills
An old advertisement argues mothers must prevent anemia by using Dr Williams Pink Pills to build rich blood. It cites a Halifax case from Mrs Johnson of Hemford Nova Scotia, claiming rapid recovery after two years of illness and noting pills cure headache neuralgia and other blood related ailments.
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Ellen
Aeak