Prisoner in My Flat Guards Diamonds Hidden in Hyacinths
A woman in wartime suspense hides smuggled diamonds from a pursuer in her New York apartment. She fortifies doors and windows, uses telephones, letters, and a plan to summon help, while the assailant ransacks the flat and stalks the building. Her nerve and plotting drive a tense, claustrophobic escape effort.
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Synopsia
Vevay
Switzerland
Claire de Ravenal
United States
Claire
New York
Mra. Delario
de Ravenol
Mia
Delario
de Havenol
Monsleur
Tolnet
Monsieur
Mionsleur
Iack
Monusteur
Flint
Desperate Night Ends With Letter To Billy From Prisoner
Friday morning finds the narrator near starvation and fearing a locked fate as a keyholder intruder could trap her. She schemes to alert her brother Billy, requesting two revolvers and safe routes, while a postman delivers a critical clue from her brother’s New York address and George hides letters.
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Lepe
Legion
Monsieur
Billy
Pilly
Philadelphia
George
Klia
Mall
Monasseur
Jimmson
Monsier
Yale
Jim
Tia
New York
Into the Game Reporter Notes On Intelligence Work
A Washington discussion by Gen Marlborough Churchill head of the Intelligence dept covers the delicate nature of intelligence operations. He compares inexperienced officers to a college man in a lumber camp and tells a parable of slipping when overextended by a veteran partner.
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Marlborough Churchill
Washington
Intelligence Department
Woman Works 15 Hours A Day in Peru Ind
Peruvian woman recounts displacement and fatigue from illness and drags, states prior doctors urged operation, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoration. She rises at four, works in factory, returns home, and feels strong again. The ad urges other women with such ailments to try the remedy.
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Billy
Fife and Death
Peru
Ind
Sealy
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Meteriano
West 10Th St
City dining room offers pies and chickens
A visitor notes the dining room shows a good assortment of pies and chickens amid a city hotel setting that feels more farm like. The impression contrasts city life with rustic charm as the visitor questions the hotel's grandeur.
Bayer Aspirin Headache Remedy Ad Promotes Genuine Tablets
Bayer insists on the Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packaging with directions for Headache and other pains. The name Bayer denotes genuine aspirin as a physician’s choice for nineteen years, 12 tablet tins cost a few cents, Bayer is the trademark of Bayer. A blotter note mentions a fountain pen blotter and a statement about food for thought in an empty cup.
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Bayer
Ady
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By Jane Bunker
Willy
George Spryly
Red Cross
Dandruff
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