The North Walk Mystery Opens With a Murder
The 1897 Fitzgerald tale introduces detective Minard Hendricks investigating the murder of Jacob Benton on his lawn. A notebook, a revolver, and peculiar clues point to Montcastle as a suspect while a bloodhound yields little. Dr. Lampkin, famed for hypnotic cures, hosts a barbered old patient and a ruse involving a fictional snake.
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Minard Hendricks
Montcastle
Hendricks
Ralph Benton
Miss Benton
Brooks Allen
Benton
Ralph
Miss Hastings
Dr. Lampkin
Lampkin
Tie
America
Jie
Rains
Dering
Joe
Kendricks
New York
Mathematical Wonder in Cleveland Niece of a Public School Official
In Cleveland a five year old prodigy named Robert Muckley, son of George Muckley, astonishes observers with lightning calculations. Educators from across the country have witnessed his skill, solving large arithmetic problems with near instant accuracy and minimal hesitation.
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Cleveland
H. C. Muckley
Robert Muckley
Kansas City
George Muckley
Christian Church ‘Extension Board
Muckley
Newburyport Cen tenarian Buckney Votes Straight GOP
Newburyport Mass November 6 Captain J F Buckney centenarian reached his 101st birthday Tuesday and cast a straight Republican vote as he marked the election day.
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Newburyport
Mass
J. F. Buckney
Straight
Telephone Introductions Lead to Kentucky Man’s Frankfort Wedding
In Frankfort on Tuesday evening F Parker, a wealthy Lebanon Kentucky contractor, married Mrs Amanda Benton of Frankfort after a year of long distance courtship. The couple was brought together by a telephone introduction and later exchanged photographs before agreeing to wed.
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Frankfort
Ind
F. Parker
Lebanon
Amanda Benton
Fenton
Troop reductions in Philippines reach planned minimum
The U S Army ends its pullback in the Philippines as total troops fall to the planned 17 000. Sheridan arrives in San Francisco with six Ninth Cavalry troops signaling the conclusion of months of reductions. Remaining forces include 10 infantry regiments five cavalry units and various detachments.
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Washington
Philippines
Sheridan
San Francisco
Ninth Cavalry
Flooding in Texas valleys damages cotton crops
Constant rains in Fort Worth area flood valleys and overflow streams forcing residents from lowlands. The text notes great damage to cotton and ongoing utilities disruption while also including unrelated advertisements for Burdock Blood Bitters and Bargalina pianos at Baldwin's.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Daily at the Dinner Station Story
A train journey unfolds through tropical heat and steam. Sanford frets over nearby articles while native paint fumes pervade the car. Passengers depart at midday after a 20 minute lunch halt at Kerogne as the engine labors along the narrow gauge line.
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Sanford
Kerogne
Liza Edwards
The Recipe for Beauty and Healthful Exercise
The Delineator promotes health as the chief beauty ingredient through rational exercise. It notes it is fashionable now for women to be healthy and offers easy indoor and outdoor athletic guidance. It cautions against overdoing fitness and links moderate healthful training to happiness.
Liza Reunited With Sanford At German East Africa Station
At a dilapidated station in German East Africa the aging lovers Liza and Sanford meet after years apart. Sanford reveals wandering life and plans to marry another woman, while Liza recalls a rejected proposal and contemplates a final, quiet longing as a train departs. A child’s tug at Liza’s skirt returns her to domestic life with her husband.
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Britain
Zanzibar
Korogne
Sanford
England
Victoria Nyassa
Mafi
Copenhagen
German East Africa
Mommer
Jim Sanford
Indiana town adopts anti spitting ordinance
Enoch Bundy of Muncie comments on the election and the town board's Tuesday night vote enacting an anti spitting ordinance. Local residents debate germs and sidewalks as Dodgeville humor wavers over fitting the paper for the week and shifts to lighter notes.
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Indiana
Enoch Bundy
Muncie
Jake Bentley
Doc Reed
Wavesville
New Life to Weak Men Promised by State Medical Institute
Dr A E Robinson of the State Medical Institute offers free trial packages of a home treatment claimed to restore sexual strength and vitality in men with various weaknesses. The notice highlights quick results, nationwide delivery, and a simple request to 2019 Elektron Building Fort Wayne Indiana for a trial, with no publicity.
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A. E. Robinson
State Medical Institute
Robinson
Elektron
Fort Wayne
Ind
Blower praised as county’s most enterprising paper
The Examiner reports Connersville women interpret a biblical instruction about Jerusalem to mean husbands should wash dishes while wives attend the club. A man swallows a quarter and pays a dollar to a Dr. Bipps of Squillville. Tension rises over introducing an organ in church, with Elder Cutter warning of withdrawal and further trouble.
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Connersville
Jerusalem
Cutter
Ifit
Bean Hill Beacon
Real Estate and For Sale Listings Featured By The Sun
Real estate column highlights profitable reading with property listings and miscellaneous sale notices on pages six and seven. Local agents promote homes parcels and investments offering prices plots and commissions amid market chatter.
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