Mystery of Lilian Vale and the Van Cortlandt Child
Detectives Mitchel and Barnes pursue a murder tied to Matthew Mora and a missing will. A foundling is linked to Lily of the Valley, with clues from Apollo Hall, a steamer, and a graveyard. A Van Cortlandt tale adds a past love, a curved finger, and a chosen infant.
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Mitchel
Barnes
Matthew
Matthew ‘Mora, Jr
Mora
Young Mora
Apollo Hall
Metropolitan ‘Foundling ~Society
Con Payton
Thehild
Gerrit Axude- Griffin
Rebecca Polaski
Rebecca
Matthew Mora
Bam
Preacher
Essex
Morton
Cross
Mitcheling
Aew
Reet
Jim
Mitchel Avershé
Mitcheleacher Jim
Margaret
Crane
Lilian
Mat“Morton
Sas Mora
Apollo
Lilind
Perdita
van ‘Courtland
Courtland
Aking
Erdita
Ghéet
Boston
Europe
Geddes
Perdita Deliberates Amid Grand House Visit
In a tense night at the Van Cortlandt home, Perdita wrestles with love and duty as she weighs leaving her mother and the baby versus the lure of Matthew Mora. Col. Fayton arrives, stirring old passions, while Mrs. Mitchel presses for a debut and hints at complex motives behind their social circle.
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Perdita
Perdite
Matthew Mora
Mr. Mitchel
Mrs. Mitchel
Mrs. van Cortlandt
Col. Fayton
Mrs. van Co
Col
Bicycle dealers seek season of prosperity in 1900
In early 1900, Indianapolis manufacturers and dealers predict a shift from fad wheeling to practical use. Prices stay fair as laboring class buyers rise, wheels 21 to 23 pounds, and design remains similar. Market uncertainty centers on the bicycle trust and its impact on prices and supply.
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Bicycle Trust
Indianapolis
SUN
Bicycle trade optimism from Mueller & Watson
Conrad Mueller of Mueller & Watson in Cleveland expresses optimism for the bicycle season noting higher inquiries and sales than January of the previous year. He cites the trust lowering prices, compares American and German wheels, and mentions six extra strong Cleveland wheels delivered to the police mounted unit for their heavy use.
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Conrad Mueller
Mueller & Watson
Massachusetts Ave
Cleveland Bicycle
Cleveland
Polices Department
Anti-Trust Sterne Tales
E C Sterne of Tuxedo wheel works and National Bicycle Company calls for public support of anti trust firms and manufacturers. He claims trusts keep prices high and notes a 20 percent cut on high grade bicycles as the trust follows. He cites price shifts from 1899 to 1900 and praises Indianapolis as a bicycle city with good streets and paths.
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Sterne
E. C. Sterne
Tuxedo Wheel
National Bicycle Company
Mr. Sterne
McKinley
Harrison
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Grover Cleveland
American Bicycle Company
Bicycle Trust
Indianapolis
Bicycle Boom Fades As Demand Shifts To Quality
H T Hearsay of 34 36 Monument Place notes about 25 000 wheels in Indiana and predicts the coming season will see a shift from cheap second hand bicycles to better machines. He says bicycling is now a matter of business for workers and professionals and that the boom days are over with no new customer surge expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Hearsay
Monument Place
Eagle and Crescent
Indiananot
A Woman Speaks on Courage in Love
Mrs Mitchel chides the colonel for his delay in declaring love and asserts a woman can discern a true romantic interest. She teases him, noting a sweetheart may know the truth before he admits it, and with a playful rebuke, remarks on his sex as an excuse. Perdita and others react with a brief pause.
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Mrs Mitchel
Perdita
Perdita’s Saying: — . “You Tell Us A Story, Mr. Mitchel
Scald head eczema claims cure with Coens Ointment
Scald head is an eczema of the scalp very severe sometimes but it can be cured. Coens Ointment a quick end permanent in its results at any drug store. cents.
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Coen
The Hits at E Court Street Bistro and Café
A busy luncheon service at The Hits, located on E Court Street, offering a business lunch from 11 to 2 in the afternoon and 0:2 D. m. EB.
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E. Court-st
Hardware firm foresees steady trade for Indianapolis trade
J. W. Beck of Van Camp hardware, handling Ben Hur Rival Roman and Pickwick, says he knows little about Indianapolis prospects. He notes a strict jobbing business with similar order flow this season versus last. Styles will stay similar with minor improvements and lighter machines using tubing a fraction smaller for the frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Beck
van Camp Hardware Company
Roman and Pickwick
Indianapolis
Outing Mfg Secretary Promises Strong Season
George H. Evans, secretary of the Outing manufacturing company, says orders are better this year and prices rising due to higher material costs. He notes dealers shun the trust and previews a new chainless and pneumatic frame, a first for the market, expected to win favor with riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Evans
Outing Manufacturing Company
Allen Bicycle Maker Predicts Strong Season In Indianapolis
Oliver M. Allen of the Sensitive governor company forecasts a robust bicycle season in Indianapolis. He notes a rise of about five thousand licenses, expects similar or higher sales, and says new contracts with road crews exceed prior years. He describes chain wheel finality and says prices stay mostly steady with wheels listed at forty to fifty dollars, leader tires at twenty three, and warns cheap tires waste money. The formation of a trade trust may affect wheel prices.
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Indianapolis
Trust Pricing Affects Stearns Wheel Market Change
Carl G. Fisher of C G Fisher & Co speaks on the riding season noting a price drop for the Stearns trust from 60 to 40 and predicting steadier business. He says many riders refurbished old wheels, plans to equip half their machines with a new free wheel, and expects lighter wheels with smaller tires to ease running. The chainless experiment last year proved successful and will see a large increase in use this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Fisher
C. G. Fisher & Co
Stearns
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestion Aid for All
A historical promotion claims common food causes thinness when digestion fails. It touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets containing natural enzymes to digest flesh forming foods like meat and eggs, asserting quick rebuilding of strength for men, women, and children.
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Stuart
Etuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Amusements Open Two Nights at English’s and Park
The Grand stock company revives Alabama this week at English's with photographs of her man Sheldon offered as souvenirs to ladies on Monday night. Hopkins' Trans-oceanic star specialty company opens for the week at the Park on Monday afternoon. the troupe, a familiar favorite, returns amid strong favor.
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Grand Stock Company
Alabama
Herman Sheldon
Hopkins
Trans-oceanic Star Specialty Company
Free Rapture Cure Offered by Dr Rice Method
Out of earlier failures comes a new cure for rupture by Dr W S Rice. He offers a free trial of his method that promises pain free treatment without operation or loss of work time. Charles Lange of Morrison Illinois, 72, reports complete left rupture healing and near completion of right after short use. Numerous similar cases cited. Send for the free trial today.
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Adams
N. Y
Charles Lange
Morrison
Lange
Vandalia Lines timetable fragment for trains and connections
Schedule snippet lists T H, St L, West routes with times 7.2 am 4.45 pm and 2.5 pm. Notes Effingham and West connections show 4.00 am 10.0 am. Mentions fast mail 7.6 rpm at 2 am and westward pats. Feeds include St Lb and SAam.
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T. H
St L. Accom
T H. St L. & West
Effingham Ac
St. Lb
L &All Pats West
Fragmented transit message of times and routes
Readable parts list mail and express schedules with times in the afternoon and night. Mentions Tol and Mich City ex 1.20pm and Peru and Plym'tac ex 7.00pm, plus late 1.28 am Peru to Toledo with unclear symbols. Overall shows a damaged timetable fragment.
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Mail and Express
Train schedules for Cleveland and St Louis routes listed
The notice lists multiple rail lines including Cleveland line services to Union City and Boston with departure and arrival times. Benton Harbor line shows morning and afternoon connections, while St Louis line details accommodations and express trains to Chicago. The fragment includes several timing codes and station names such as Cleveland New York Boston and Lafayette and is presented as a timetable excerpt.
Cincinnati Express Schedule Fragments
Rail tabulation lists numerous timetable fragments for Cincinnati express trains. It notes times for Cincinnati to Greensburg Peoria Bloom Springfield Columbus and other lines with arrival and departure windows varying by route and direction.
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ticket Office Schedule
Cincinnati city ticket office at 2%6 W Washington St lists express trains to Cin. and Detroit with 0am 12 45 am times and 11 35 pm 3 45 pm windows. Cin. & Dayton exp shows 11 46 am lim pm 3 29 pm and Cin. Toledo Detroit service at 7 07 pm and 7 6 pm with several daily departures.
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Cincinnati Express
Cincinati Express
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Express
Greensburg
Wash
Flex
N.ver. & Touts
Louies
Washington St
Detroit
Dayton
Lim, Pd
Toledo
Railway Menon Route Picket Office Schedule
Train times listed for a Menon route show departures and arrivals in Chicago with night exp at 12.55 am and 7.00 am. Chicago vestibule 3a pm 4.37 pm, Menon accommodation 4.00 pm 10.00 am. Cincinnati 2. S2lam Tol and Mich City ex 12 pm 610 pm Peru Toledo ex 12 pm 10 am Peru Plym't ac ex 7.00 pm 10.20 am.
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ST. Louis
St. L
T. H. & Matteon Ac
Chicago Sree
Lafayétte Acuot
Lafayette
Chicago
Washington-st
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Cincinnatim
Tol
Mich
City
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Capitol Ave
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E. C. DeWitt
Chiea
Nyrgyal
Pil
Coset
Dr. W. S&s Rice
N. Main St
Teen
Chas. Lange
Lipers
Peg
Pennsylvania Lines
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Washington-sta
Philadelphia
Siam
Baltimore & Wash
Colum
Ind
Louis
Richmann & Col. O
Piqua
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Richmo
Mad
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Pittsburg
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Logansport
Knightst'’n & Richm
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New Y’k
Dayton & Springfield
Springfield
Calumb's
Colum., Ind
Pauis
Martinso
Pittsburg & Best
Phil’ Phia & New York
Col., Ind. & Louis
Vandalia Lines
Lake Erie & Western KR
Cleveland Line
Artiv Munele
Union City
New York
Boston Mail
Clgreenes Newark Os
Knick
Benton Harbor Line
Benton Harbor
Benton. Harbor
Wabash
Cincinnati Line
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M&ex
Champaign
Feoria
Columbus &Bpring
Ami Columbus & Spring
Pia
Hamilton & Dayton
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