Disappearance case draws private investigator into danger
Aaron Glasner enlists private investigator Motherwell to locate Mrs. Crandall White, a wealthy man's young wife who vanished after warning her husband not to call the police. Clues include a Medusa onyx globe, a pearl necklace, a taxi cab, and a planned meeting with a doctor. The plot follows cryptic exchanges, coded messages, and a dangerous scheme involving potential blackmail and mysterious associates. The trail leads to Doctor Wentzel and a Hoboken rendezvous as efforts to locate Mrs. White intensify.
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Crandall White
Aaron Glasner Angrges Motherwell
Spoons Through Time From Shell to Apostolic Sets
References describe early spoon design in the Paleolithic era using shell bowls and animal horn handles. The pearl shaped bowl with hexagonal handles ending in apostle figures, including twelve apostles and Christ, is traced through to the Tudor era and beyond with variants like diamond and acorn ends.
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Christ
Charles I
Maryland Named for Queen in 17th Century Letters
The Boston Post reports Maryland was named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. The article cites the charter granting provinces to Lord Baltimore and traces the naming to royal compliments in early colonial records.
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Maryland
Henrietta Marin
Charles 1
Boston Post
Lord Lalthmore
Mayle
The Three Hortons Enduring Family Vaudeville Act
The Horton trio fades as Winstead Morton rises to star with Yvette after Beatty and Alicia retire to a quiet New Jersey chicken farm. The elder pair face health decline as Winstead finds a new life with his partner, while Alicia and Beatty adjust to retirement and a distant stage past.
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Three Mortons
Three Hortons
Nice Friganga
Brice
San Francisco
Winstead Horton
Anmternal
Winstead
Beatty
Alicia
Allela
Watter
Rocalla
Her
Keatty
Hortona
Ilfa
Reatty
Prnna
Winatond
Besidioa
Mortons
Albein
Wingtead
Dogs With Titles The Aratory of Pellagese Tale
The piece recounts ancient reverence for small dogs linked to Buddhist symbols, detailing their rise to prince and duke status, vast revenues, and literary honors. It notes a brutal ritual called death by ten thousand slices and compares historical guarding with Tibetian practices, referencing a 1800 sacking of Peking and an English general delivering a “sleeya dog” to Queen Victoria.
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Mra. A. GC
Dixie
China
Tibet
Peking
Hig
Red Tape in Upper Tear Village Mirrors Government Folly
A humorous sketch uses Upper Tear between Uttoxeter and Stoke on Trent to lampoon British bureaucracy. It imagines officialdom stringing up tape to curb progress while red tape flows like cloth, piling across floors and heaping on parcels.
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Britain
Upper Tear
Uttoxeter
Stoke-on- Trent
Whitehall
Montreal
Dying Request Denied By Kneller's Westminster Burial
England produced famed painters yet Sir Godfrey Kneller, painter of Charles II to George I, died insisting he would not be buried in Westminster. He arranged his own monument, paid 15000 for stone work, and chose a Twickenham plot, but a dispute over rights forced his burial in the abbey.
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England
Westminster Abbey
Godfrey Kneller
Charles
George F
Kneller
Go d
Westminster
Twickenham
Pops
Thig
Aplte
Himaslt
California Fig Syrup praised by mother for child health
A testimonial from a Western mother, Mrs. Neal M. Todd of Oklahoma City, extols California Fig Syrup for relieving a three year old boy's constipation and general ill effects. The ad touts rapid relief, strength, and daily use, citing sales of over four million bottles annually and urging customers to request the syrup by its full name with the carton showing "California."
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Norsals
Neal M. Todd
West 27Th St
Oklahoma City
Olin
Weal
Iim
California
Diplomatic Three Year Old Maurin Visits Uncle Jim
A three year old named Maurin and her mother visited In Liome of Uncle Jim. The child, disappointed by events, decided to take matters into her own hands. As her uncle left home, she told him If she were a big man like him and he were a girl like her, she would give him some candy. He received the candy.
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Motherwell
Jewelera
Glaenzer
Coggeshall
Wentzel
Clelia
Thia
Hla
Brucca
Hunter
Sandy Mustache
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Brucea
Henrike
Agate
du Liebe
Hendke
Sandy
Maurin
Liome
Jim
Ike
Bowles Red Pepper Rub Offers Fast Rheumatic Relief
An old time remedy promises instant easing of rheumatic pains and stiff joints using heat from red peppers. The Bowles Red Pepper Rub is applied to the skin and reportedly relieves aches in minutes without burning. Sold by druggists with claims of safety and rapid comfort.
House Plan Complaints Hit Breakfast Room Glitch
A reader mutters about a home design critique noting the breakfast room misses the afternoon sun. The dialogue underscores dissatisfaction with the layout and light.
Kruschen Salts Claim Big Weight Loss Victory
A testimonial from Mrs Bao West of St Louis Missouri credits Kruschen Salts with dropping 26 pounds in four weeks. The ad urges taking one teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast and promises rapid results, energy gains, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Mra. Bao
St. Louia
Inkling Polly Dialogue Reveals Credit Habit Ties
An Inkling Polly piece shows SMojly noting her husband’s growing debt as he opens another charge account for her this week, illustrating domestic financial strain and recurring credit uses.
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Polly
Frantic claims for Dr Pierce tonic target women
A garbled ad noting a nervous McCook Nebraska resident who cites sleepless nights and back pain. It markets Dr Pierce's Prescription as a remedy and implies a trial package offer, but text contains numerous errors and unreadable phrases.
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McCook
Eila
Dr. Pi
Pierce
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