Professional Brethren GEORGE Synopsis of Chapters
Synopsis of a 1902 crime tale detailing Burglar No 1 and Burglar No 2 led by Miss Belle Bretston. Dr Squires treats Goddard and Miss Stetson while burglaries, disguises, hypnotism, and danger unfold across Squires and Jamison estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goddard
Belle Bretston
Goddard
Squires
Miss Stetson
Dr. Squires
Godard
Dr. Squire
God- Aard
Jamison
No. 1
Jaimson
Unconscious Master and Confession in a Tale
Dawn reveals the master gravely ill with fever and weeks of risk ahead while Miss Stetson and the narrator guard him. Dr Squires sits in prison, confesses in writing and voice, claiming pride in a clever theft, as the narrator teases out the truth about the first crew and the stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stetson
Hypnotist’s scheme to steal riches ends in confession
In Paris three years ago a physician-dominated hypnotist reveals how he used Charles as an unwitting tool to siphon wealth. He coerced and controlled Charles to commit robberies while promising treatment for a supposed hereditary disease. He sought Miss Stetson's love, planning to fabricate leprosy to break them apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Paris
Miss Stetson
Confession Exposes Crime Ring and Love Plot
A suspect admits planning to kill a rival to win a lover, outlines thefts, and predicts a long prison sentence. He recounts a leprosy scare forcing a woman to reject marriage to Charles while she remains attached to him, and hints at hypnotic control over his keeper as a future plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Vell
Hoosierisms and small town tales mix in witty snippets
A collection of humorous Indiana anecdotes and local quips from Hoosier towns. The pieces recount kissing a variety of children, a dentistship abroad, printer gags, farm mischief, farmers handling hunters, Asa Mundellle’s peach and iron, mistaken kisses at a family reunion, poultry theft jokes, and odd local happenings from Carroll to Hartsville.
Turmoil at Snoozeburg University provoсes brawl in seminar
In the University of Snoozeburg seminarium a clash among professors Earl Martin Tom Shipp Hobbs and others escalated as a campus dispute over a newspaper stunt. The managing editor was nearly hurled from a window before Palmer intervened. A parade followed as students claimed mutual "cleansing" of the incident. The university president knows nothing of the melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Snoozeburg
Earl Martin
Marion County
Phi Delta Theta
Tom Shipp
Fet
Hobbs
Beveridge
Palmer
Prof. Palmer
University
Board of Arbitration
Nellie Brings Hope and Heartbreak to a Downstairs Life
A reformed gambler named Jack discovers Nellie, his daughter from a past marriage, now living downstairs with her mother Nellie and Adelina. A note from publishers promises fortune after years of ruin, but Nellie is hurt in an early morning visit, leaving Jack to confront the fragile seam between luck and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelina
Halloa
Jack
Nellie
Jim Denson
Denson
Nettie
Nehie
Judge opines jail term could kill, sends liquor offender to penitentiary
United States circuit court judge Otis Humphrey in ABHORS COUNTY JAILS PEORIA sentences William Bright of Macomb to hard labor in the state penitentiary for selling liquor without a license. He criticizes repeated jail terms as likely to cause death and calls for avoiding long jail sentences whenever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Otis Humphrey
United States Circuit Court
William Bright
Macomb
Illinois
Uncommon Colds and the Pierce Remedies
An argument warns that common colds may turn dangerous and develop into consumption. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for coughs bronchitis weak lungs and other respiratory diseases and claims it boosts nourishment. A testimonial from a patient in Topeka Kansas supports the remedy and pleads to avoid misleading substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonville
Uncle Jack and Nellie Meet in Silent Hospital Hall
In a reflective scene, Jack returns from danger to find Nellie, now grown and believed dead by many, in a room with her mother. Nellie recognizes him as Uncle Jack and asks for stories of the wicked ogre, while the mother reveals her initial belief in his guilt and the confession of the real trickster who used him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Shelbyville
James Capp
Geepot
Mary
Capp
Mr. Capp
Jack
Nell
Nellie
Uncle Jack
Mummy
Daddie
Marriages Reported in Several Churches This Week
Multiple weddings occurred Wednesday and Tuesday mornings at St John s Holy Cross and St Mary s churches. Miss Mary Sullivan wed Michael Hasselt of Connersville Rev Gavish officiated. Edward Pohltman and Miss Grace Cook wed Rev McCabe. Miss Valera Leadford and John Pfau wed Rev Scheideler. Miss Percy Walker and Harry D Hammond married at Christchurch in simple ceremony with sister attendant. Mrs Morris Black wore a cream gown and blue accessories in a restrained procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary R. Sullivan
Michael Hasselt
Connersville
Ind
St. John’s Church
F. H. Gavish
Mary Sheehan
Dr. T. Walsh
Edward Pohltman
Grace Cook
Holy Cross Church
Rev
D. McCabe
St. Mary's Church
Valera Leadford
John Pfau
A. Scheideler
Percy Walker
I. N. Walker
Harry D. Hammond
Christchurch
Morris Black
Miles robbed in Honolulu valise theft during banquet
A Honolulu letter reports Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles had his valise with papers money and jewelry stolen at a banquet on October 11. The next morning the valise and papers were recovered but the money and jewelry were missing. Miles continued to Manila on October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Honolulu
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Manila
Train wreck at Parker leaves twenty injured nine dead
Cairo Illinois October 22 Twenty hurt and nine killed in a Big Four wreck near Parker after a trestle collapsed. The engine and mail car were demolished as the train plunged through the burned structure. The engineer and fireman jumped to safety. Mail clerk E M Harris sustained minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ill
Parker
E. M. Harris
Sons of Revolution Officers Elected in Indiana Meeting
The Indiana society of Sons of the Revolution met at the University Club on Monday night. Officers elected include John Grenville Mott as president D M Parry as vice president Leslie M Clancy as secretary Dr Harry Alden Adams as treasurer Rev Lewis M Brown as chaplain Cheries Sewall Tilton as registrar and Col John T Barnett William Allen Wood William Line Elder Jesse Claiborne Tarkington and Louis J Blaker named to the board of managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Society of Sons of the Revolution
University Club
John Grenville Mott
Michigan City
D. M. Parry
Indianageous
Leslie M. Clancy
Harry Alden Adams
Lewis M. Brown
Cheries Sewall Tilton
John T. Barnett
William Allen Wood
William Line Elder
Jesse Claiborne Tarkington
Louis J. Blaker
Overcoat Stolen Arrest Sparks Denison Poolroom Theft
Fred Boozer, 16, was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of stealing an overcoat from the Denison poolroom. The coat, owned by H. T. Washburn, was recovered in Boozer’s room at 160 North Illinois Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boozer
Denison
H. T. Washburn
Boozer
N. Illnoisst
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Asa Mundelle
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Asa
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Burlington
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Clinton
Howard
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the Sun
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