Aurora Mystery of the Persian Knights Tragedy
Reporter narrator accompanies Carlton Clarke to Aurora where a mysterious lodge killing unfolds around Dr. Arthur Williams and rival Dr. Smith. Powder forged with black gunpowder used in an initiation pistol causes Williams’s death. Clarke, aided by chief Darling, uncovers a love triangle involving Mrs. Williams and drug clerk Wilbur Paget, with Mrs. Williams confessing to altering the powder while seeking to protect Dr. Smith.
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Imnois
Carlton Clarke
Chicago
Aurora
Order of
Persian Knights
Arthur W. Williams
Williams
Jodge
Homer Smith
The
Godge
Dr.Williams
J. Smith
Dr. Willama
Darling
Order
Royal
Lodge
Europe
Sherlock Holmes
Little Arti
Smith
Police
Chief Darling
Dr. Williams
Doc
Attif
Burpee
Wilbur Paget
Doc. Smith
Paget
Clarke
Dr. Smith
Williama
Mystery of the Aurora Lodge case ends in wedding
In a courtroom drama set in Aurovia, Dr. Homer Smith is cleared as a stammering Timothy Dolan and a brave drug clerk testify. The tale closes with Mrs. Lucile Williams marrying Dr. Smith, years after the Williams murder investigation and the errant stable boy.
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Dr. Smith
Clarke
Aurovia
Aurora Lodge
Lucile Williams
Homer Smith
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
New Orleans Firm Plans Sponge Fishery Near Yucatan
A New Orleans businessman organizes a company to fish for sponges off the Yucatan coast near Majorca and Cozumel. The group has secured the necessary lessons and preparations.
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WIII
New Orleans
Yucatan
Majorca
Cozumel
Propitiate the Agricultural Rite in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil districts mark the new agricultural year with religious rites led by a valluvan. On April 23 farmers gather camphor incense plantains and a coconut, worship the tree, and cut the first branch. A festival plow scene follows with offerings of jaggery water and grain as oxen plow fields.
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India
Madras
Valluvan
Hachryot
France Fears the Tromblon and a 200 Franc Fine
Travelers face bans on arma in France with the tromblon a listed weapon in the Bengal code. The old blunderbuss, trumpet muzzle and flint lock are explained, with France imposing a 200 franc fine for import.
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France
John Bull
Bank of France hoards gold as balance figures rise
Week by week the Bank of France reports rising gold holdings with gains of 94 million francs versus a year earlier and 49 million francs above the pre-1908 peak. Despite heavy imports in September and other banks hoarding, commercial discounts and loans continue to fall as the industry seeks liquidity.
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Bank of France
Paris
Lewson
Emerson on living sculpture and the witchcraft of art
Emerson declares that painting and sculpture are gymnastics of the eye and praise the living artist improvising at his block. He rejects academies and tools, urging observers to open their eyes to the ever changing air, attitude, and expression of true eternal art.
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Ito
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom of Experience in a Gritty Ragtime Chat
A dialogue shows Rastus proposing to Lisa with rustic vow and playful banter. He recalls past failures and boasts of luck with a rabbet foot while she rejects his advances, revealing a stubborn, humorous exchange.
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Rastus
Lisa
Mose
Yassah
Yabbot
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