Universal Film The Mystery of the Armless Hands
Sanford Quest, world’s top criminologist, pursues Macdougal murderer of Lord Ashbergh’s daughter. In Ashleigh’s garden a hidden hut reveals an ape skeleton and a living half ape creature. Black boxes with threatening notes signed by armless hands appear. Lenora is abducted and rescued as Quest traps the killer amid a suspenseful chase.
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Sanford Quest
Macdougal
Lord Ashbergh
Professor Ashleigh
Haif Monkey
Russ Brown
Miss Quigg
Aura
Lenora
Craig
Quest
Lenota
Inherited Sin Continues as Quest Plans English Trip
Quest and Lenora decipher a Scotland Yard cable about Craig as he prepares to sail on the Lusitania. The professor volunteers to accompany them to England to seek truth, confront Craig, and ensure a fair trial while awaiting Laura’s recovery.
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Lenora
Quest
Georgia Square
Red Gallagher
Scotland Yard
Craig
Durham
Hamblin House
Ashleigh
London
Lusitania
Lord Ashleigh
Ashleigh Estate Reveals Clues In Craig Escape
In Hamblin park the professor Quest and Lord Ashleigh pursue Craig, who escaped after a police handcuffing. Middleton the head keeper hints at a hidden trap, bulrush deception, and a planned pursuit as Quest contemplates danger in a moonlit manor.
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Lord Ashleigh
Craig
Liverpool
New York
London
Scotland Yard
Middleton
Quest
United States
Moreton
God’s Good Man in the Hotel Fire
A stern father, Adam Ross, sacrifices his wealth and even his eye to aid his daughter Dot after she runs into debt from lavish card parties. When a hotel blaze costs him his life, his final act saves a child, leaving Dot and Vernon to reflect on the saintly, unselfish man who died for them.
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Dot
Dorothy
Dobbin
Vernon
Mr. Ross
Dales
Ross
Vernon Dale
Adam Ross
God
FEAST OF THE LEAN KING AND WAR SKEPTICISM
The piece criticizes war as self-destructive and cites Dr. David Starr Jordan in arguing it erodes virility and civilizational progress. It notes postwar reconstruction pain and includes a quoted Atlantic writer Herbert W. Horwill. The second item describes a Phi Delta Theta beefsteak dinner at the University of Pennsylvania where confetti rain and rooftop revelry end with police intervention.
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David Starr Jordan
Herbert W. Horwill
Atlantic
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Pennsylvania
Adelphia
Philadelphia
New York Moves to Care for Mentally Defective Residents
New York state advances definite steps for 21 000 mentally defective residents outside institutions. A commission of investigation submits vital recommendations on care custody treatment and training of the mentally deficient.
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New York State
Longevity Trends Across Centuries Highlight Life Expectancy
The text sketches life expectancy from 400 years ago to today. It notes 18 to 20 years of age then, under 30 a century ago, and nearly 40 years in the present era.
Distinction of Terms in a Practical Uplift Debate
A conversation features a busy man who calls himself plain and practical. He questions whether uplift relies on literature and science, suggesting he favors a more direct boost.
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Tye
E.philups
Hamblin
Silas Craig
John Craig
England
Laura
Mr. Quest
Hamblin Park
Henry VIII
South America
Central Africa
Jane Grey
Elizabeth
Gure
Lena
Hampstead
Plymouth
Hamblin Road
Areport
Lord Ash- Weigh
Edgar
Ashleighs
Henry VII
West
George
W. G. Chapman
Romain Rolland
Europe
Chestnut Street
Siebeck
Thirteenth
Chestnut Streets
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