Faces We Meet and a Ghost Editor Mystery
A night editor, Peck, recalls Ward Suffin, his brilliant city editor, who leaves for an indig nation meeting at Mug gins Forks after accepting no pistol. Ward returns with a head wound and later his death is reported as murder. Peck discovers Ward’s handwritten obituary, confronts Bailey, and the pair search Pinche’s alley for the body, which they find in a cellarway. The tale blends a ghostly twist with grim crime set in Hawbuck Morning Sentinel environs.
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Hawbuck
Ward Suffin
de Wetlus
Herol
Joe
Ward
Sees
Bailey
Peck
Dobbin
Hall
Ble
Casey Academs
Muggins’ Forks
Barney Buck
Muggins
East
Percei
Tsar
Old Bosst
Murper
Pinche
Thad
jnJergy
Pinchers Aley
Pech
Bailey Sharpl
Trifling With a Coroner in a Curious Outburst
A frenzied man bursts into Coroner Holmes office claiming a murder. The coroner, a dentist by training, questions him about Abel and Cain in a chaotic exchange ending with a warning to leave. The piece shifts to a separate note on Swabottan jesters in Walla Walla facing fines over gambling chatter.
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Holmes
Abel
Gibel
Dontinow
Cain
New Year Resolutions and the Promise of Reform
A discussion on the ritual of New Year resolutions, noting their potential as personal reform when paired with consistent effort. It warns against empty promises and emphasizes self examination, tempered willpower, and sustained action to overcome faults and cultivate useful habits.
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Wen
Aise
Hadi
Quips Laced With Oddities From a Busy Newspaper Page
A collage of brief items notes odd sayings about Brighamites in Salt Lake City, Kalakaua, and King Kalakaua, with quotes from multiple papers. It mentions Deacon Rush fined for flogging a daughter in Minnesota, a Newark preacher, and curious bits about Mark Twain, Spencer, and Victora Ream. It also covers Texas obituaries, a Soult-Jourbert anecdote, and light anecdotes on law and beets.
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Walla Walla
Washington
Cap de Utah
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Lowell Comrier
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Boston Post
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Chicago Times
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Deacon Rush
McLeod County
Minnesota
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Rome
Judge Lynch
Linoin
Nebraska
New York
Mark Twain
Brigham Young
Newark
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Kalakess
Alexander
Great Agassiz
South America
Katie King
Owin
Owen
New York World
Vinnie Ream
Victorr
Widhit Ream
Tidbburt
Chicago Tribune
Asa Flower
Texas
Griffin
Culpepper
Brenham
Washington County
Lincecum
Georgia
Harry Tioueur
Joubert
Marshal Soult
Louis Phillippe
Monsieur le Marechal
Sai Bert
Asura
Asid Soult
Jourb
Crenica
Tam
Chicago
Citizens’ Association
Nearcat
Wrara Lawysn Neens
Phrebblogical Journal
Inter
Ocean
Utica
Longfellow
Broskya Argus
Gaaterut Womax
Dickens
Akenside
Mons tery—Abbott
Pope
Lamb
Wordsworth
Shakespeare
Hamilton
Optra
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