Story of the Last Man's Club Opal Caper and Confessions
In Washington Square a veteran inspector and partners hear of a vanished cache of thirteen Hungarian opals meant for last Man's club dinners. Clues point to caterer Augustine Smith. a tense dinner ends with a reveal and opals awarded to the culprit, followed by a hospital robbery and a river loss.
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Barnes
Washington Square
Forward
Clancy
Clarence Potter
Clarry
Potter
Otter
Kremnitz
George West
Mary Martin
Abe
Corey
Charles Haesard
Chub
Howard Winchel
Augustine Smith
George Weazel
Tamworth
George Weel
Last Man's Club
E Yatum
Ile
Hornes
Mammard
Winehel
She Ehlet
Hiurites
Winchell
Hansard
Hasaard
Hazzard
Jleu
Augustin Smith
Harmer
Allence
Hassard
Smith
Hasward
Geo
Potter Hill
William Bott
Augustine Amith
Walmost Almbanely
Mathieu
Scarlet
Bott
the Samaritan Hospital
Bleecker Street
Most Profitable Railroad and the Hill ore deal profits
The United States Steel company pays a price with a 40 cent per ton hauling allowance for 160 miles of track. The Great Northern line serving the Hills range ore nets about 166 percent in earnings and could yield 27 600 per mile annually at peak output in 1917. The line, bought by James J. Hill ten years ago, has paid for itself five times over and is considered the best ply of track in the world.
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Great Northern
D. A. Willey
Moody
Hill
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Hills Great Northern
Steel Corporation
Dames J. Hill
Wright & Davia
Minnesota
Minalesippi
Great Northern Company
When Clarendon Worked in a Wedding Scene Tale
J Hasten-Clarendon portrays Lord C Krimpton in Meury W Save annes Line of laon company. A past newspaper anecdote recalls his relish at a social wedding assignment. The bridegroom jokes about a bowee and the reporter fears a gaffe as the copy misreads Old Man’s as the residence.
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Clarendon
Tipe and Talon
J. Hasten-Clarendon
Lord C Krimpton
Meury W. Save Annes
Line of
Laon
Hia
LT Wee
Wahowahua a Christian
A Western man recalls a dream of Wahowahua an Indian girl who loves him and who declares she is a Christian taught by him. She rides away on a mustang toward the setting sun, leaving him to head back toward civilization as dusk falls.
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American
Lovelty
Vassar School
Wahowahua
Wahowahun
Wahowsahua
Doves of St Marks and Venusian Pigeon Legacy
The article recounts the sacred status and public feeding of St Mark's pigeons in Venice from thirteenth century carrier doves to modern times. It notes royal and municipal sponsorship, Easter uses, and changes in feeding times, ending with a segue into Dr. Wiley on oysters and shipping practices.
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Venice
St. Mark’s
Henry Danedon
Dandola
Rosary Magazine
Royal Palace
St. Mark
Khl. Mark
Wiley's Gold Storage Findings Reported by Wisconsin
From Muchuoneo Evening Wisconsin Dr WH W Wiley states cold storage meats and game improve for six to eight weeks then deteriorate rapidly. He advocates marking all stored articles with entry dates to aid consumer choice though doubts remain about poultry storage.
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Wiley
Muchuneo
Wisconsin
WH. W. Wiley
Thia
Kept Pledge by Highwayman Turned Benefactor
The fourth Earl Stanhope once paid a robber with a watch valued at a hundred guineas by burying cash in a tree for later retrieval. Years later a banquet led to a letter with a 1000 guineas loan repayment, revealing the highwayman and the city magnate were the same man.
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Lord Stanhope
London
London Evening Standard
Earl Stanhope
Himelf
Toun
Had to Lick Somebody
A Maryland debate on corporal punishment in public schools surfaces with a discussion by teachers and a board chair. The teacher argues the need to discipline pupils within the law while the chair and trustees respond with procedural cautions and humorous caution.
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Maryland
Phore
Oval
Streetcar Accident Sparks Jam Fears in Town
A car and streetcar collision caused a long jam today as bystanders recount a previous close call. Residents recall how delays once trapped drivers and pedestrians for hours, highlighting caution in busy intersections.
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Hob
Bob
Theift. Tim Dol Went Weet and Took Up Peveraman's Lund
Fragmentary tale recalls Tim Dol's theft and exile with his brother Tom visiting years later. A mangled exchange shows Tim claiming he is “holding me own” and has “nothing” when he arrived, and nothing now as they drift through a satirical memory.
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Tim Dol
Peveraman
Lund
Tom
Tin
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Last Man’s Club
Haz and Winchell
Washington Square Apartments
Sald
Haines
George Wear
West
Potter's House
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brooklyn Bridge
Customs
Maurice Almy Aldrich
Old ST. Marks
Dr. Wiley
Contionen
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