The North Walk Mystery Opens With a Murder Scene
In this fragment from 1897 Will N Harben’s tale Jacob Benton is found murdered on a lawn. Detective Hendricks questions household members including Miss Benton Miss Hastings Montcastle and Ralph Benton as inquest details unfold and a revolver and footprints surface.
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Jacob Benton
Minard Hendricks
Montcastle
Dr. Lampkin
Hendricks
Mr. Meynell
Arthur
Miss Beaton
Charles Stanwood
Miss Hastings
Mr. Montcastle
Miss Benton
Ralph Benton
Stanwood
Stontcastle
Lampkin
Mr. Stanwood
Mr Meynett
Hendricka
Mr. Benton
Hfe
Patented Remedies and Pain Cures Advertised by Staggiate
An old Jersey City ad lists Rover on bunions pain relievers and skin treatments with prices from 5c to 60c. Multiple products claim instant relief for corns, eruptions, and aches, plus hair care and fashion tonics. Orders offer bundles and pricing for mail repayment.
Revolver incident unfolds in a mansion mystery
Miss Bentons two maids Mary and Jane startle no one by the revolver report as the house is unsettled. The coroner questions Wilson the gardener and Edward Jarnin about their sleep after drinking beer. Hendricks urges Lampkin to telegraph Johnson for a bloodhound and to reconvene at once.
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Mr. Meynell
Ralph Benton
Hendricks
Mr. Benton
Miss Hastings
Jacob Benton
Mary
Jane
Miss Benton
Mr.Montcastle
Wilson
Edward Jarnagin
Johnson
A Funny Race for a Bride Ends in a Tiny Triumph
Dolly Spence faces a romantic dilemma as a canoe race against rival George Covell unfolds. She chooses the Gut shortcut, aiding the narrator to win while Covell decries fairness. Dolly declares a playful line about love as she heads to the cottage.
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Dolly
Covell
Empire theater thief confesses perfume theft spree
Walter Gamalski, a shipping clerk at BE N Lightner & Co in Detroit, admits nightly thefts of perfume over three weeks to fund a high life. Police found more than $50 worth of perfumes in his Leland Street room as he awaits further proceedings.
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Detroit
Empire Theater
Walter Gamalski
Central
BE N. Lightner & Co
Lightner’s
Bill
Leland St
Hoosierisms and Rural Life Snippets From Indiana
A collection of light local quips and notes from Indiana towns including Amo Flora Flora’s Methodists and a wood gathering for church stoves. Jokes reference electric railroads cold weather and odd local characters with humorous regional flavor.
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Methodists
Flora
A. B. Hanna
Miss Riley Seeks Brother In Grave Search
In St. Louis on October 27 Catherine Riley lowered into a grave to view a body buried near Oakville on the Meramec river. The six foot deep coffin could not be brought to the surface and the corpse could not be identified. she then learned the body was not her missing brother Edward.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Edward
Catherine Riley
Reilly Ave
Miss Riley
Mississippi
Oakville
St. Louis County
Riley
Half and Half and the Golden Medical Discovery Claim
An article parries gender stereotypes and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach disorders. It asserts blood purification, renewed health, and urges readers to accept no substitute, citing a testimonial from M H House of Charleston Ark and advertising the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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Pierce
M. HL House
Charleston
Franklin Co
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Dr. Fierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Wright Named Full Member of Coal Strike Commission
President appointed Hon Carroll D Wright a full member of the anthracite coal strike commission. He can vote on all questions while remaining recorder. The move follows consent from operators' Baer and miners' Mitchell. The seven member panel includes Wright with others expected to attend Monday’s meeting.
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Washington
Carrol D. Wright
Anthracite, Coal Strike Commission
Baer
Mitchell
Wright
Messrs. Truesdale
Walter
Fowler
Just Before Election City Street Dept lays off workers
On the eve of election several of the citys street department employes were temporarily laid off Saturday. The department is practically out of money and other positions will soon be vacant.
Michigan Street sewer assessment approved by b p a
The b p a approved the Michigan street sewer assessment roll on Saturday and residents will be notified to pay in cash or via the Garrett law within 30 days. The city allocates 4000 dollars of the total 95800 cost, while Woodruff Place will contribute nothing.
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Michigan-st
Woodruff Place
Danbury Couple Announces Engagement of Hill and Whittlesey
In Danbury Julia Till Hill announces her engagement to Granville Whittlesey a rising New York lawyer. Miss Hill daughter of Ebenezer Hill Norwalk lock company president comes from a prominent Danbury family. Whittlesey a brother of White Whittlesey is noted as Ada Behan's season leading man.
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Danbury, Conn
Cable
Julia Till
Granville Whittlesey
New York
Miss Hill
Ebenezer Hill
Norwalk Lock Company
Danbury
White Whittlesey
Ada Behan
Help Wanted and Room for Rent Ad Notice
Classified notice inviting help requests and room rental postings to THE SUN with contact at THE SUN office address 121 123 E Ohio St and phones 580. Quiet must be preserved. Low cost posting details provided.
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SUN
Ohiost
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