The Story of the Second Steward
Chief Inspector Barnes and his team pursue a midnight theft ring aboard the Vulture. A second steward Tallman tries to flee with a telegram and later triggers a tense confrontation at Slack’s shop where a life preserver hides pearls and rubies. The raid ends with arrests and a close call with a gunshot, revealing Barnes’s protective regard for his ally Clancy.
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George Barton
Customs
Washington Square
Alan Forward
Barnes
Cornelius Clancy
Clancy
Con
Forward
American Prison Association
Bia
Clauncy
Sam
Don Tallman
Calcutta
Cara
Janey
Tollman
Udence
Gomes
Moscow
Ehlot
John
Clincey
Harnes
Tallman
Bnug Harbor Inn
Iitte
Jt Upelde
Bey
Tethia
Tlom Barnes
LT Am
Chiney
Vilet
Tarics
Jimmy Slack
Water Street
Pittsburg
Slack
Hamnes
Surilly
Waterman
Firat
Mr. Tallman
Wae
Gema
Custom House
Allent
Fifty-Fifth Year as Town Clerk Ends Not Yet
A Rhode Island man, Halsey Perry Clarke of Richmond, enters his fifty-fifth consecutive year as town clerk. He has won few contested elections, with opposition from a bank president guiding one notable race. Clarke seldom misses work, farming daily from dawn to dusk, and his daughter often aids in clerk duties.
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Richmond
R. I
Halsey Perry Clarke
Clarke
Providence Journal
Doling
Mr. Clarke
Clark
Knitting Takes Canaries as Fashion Fad This Season
The piece notes knitting as a seasonal fad with canary yellow dominating. It describes young women knitting while a handsome suitor watches, set to an Italian band, and mentions canary yellow appearing in hats stockings and other fabric items, threatening inventory for shopkeepers.
Sheridan Declines Presidency Favor in 1880 Convention
Judge W H Rodgers recalls Phil Sheridan at the Chicago gathering when a call for his nomination sparked cheers. Sheridan reportedly asked not to be mentioned, insisting loyalty to Ulysses S Grant as leader.
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Phil Sheridan
W. H. Rodgers
Pittsburg
Brammer
Chicago
Dave
Garfield
Grant
Chaleman
Reversible Dancing Floor Debuts in Paris Apollo Hall
The Paris Apollo music hall on Rue de Clichy unveils a movable reversible floor that switches from a parquet to a 46 by 50 foot hardwood dancing surface in seven minutes. The apparatus, costing 70,000 francs, features dual floors on steel girders, pivots, and integrated lighting to transform from theater to ballroom nightly.
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New York Sun
Rue de Clichy
Paris
Es Orchestra
Parasol Pointers for Creative Shade Designs
Tips for decorating parasols with white linen storks outlines and satin stitches. Soft blue hydrangea shades on cream sunshades show easy DIY artistry for travelers and makers. Use dyes not ordinary paints and keep brushes dry for clean blending.
Scottish prison chaplain clashes with inmate on first day
A newly appointed Scottish prison chaplain enters a cell on the first round of Inaporttion and engages in a pompous exchange with the prisoner. The dialogue exposes tensions between authority and defiance as the inmate mocks the chaplain and asserts indifference to his title.
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Harnea
Bernard
Standard Oil Chief
Rhode Island
Theater Chance
Dange Hall
Mw Freedom
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