The Mystery of the Lemsdorf Ham Pursuit of Rudolf Marnac
Sir Robert and Sir Henry Graden chase the murderer Rudolf Marnac from Heidelberg to Lemsdorf in West Prussia. Graden analyzes Marnac’s papers and threats in his library, plans a risky journey with Robert, and arrives at the German town to confront danger. The tale blends police intrigue with a disquieting journey into a bleak frontier landscape as they close in on the suspect.
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Lemsdorf Ham
Rudolf Marnac
Savant
Professor von Stockmar
Heidelberg University
Henry Graden
Marnac
Lemsdorf
Heidelberg
von Stockmar
Robert
Graden
St. Petersburg
Cousin Graden
Mossel
Leutenant
Lemsidorf
Berlin
West Prussia
Denker
Prinz von Preussen
Wordner Adler
Baedeker
Europe
Jean Marnac
Paris
von Stockurar
Mech‘ersky
Imperial University
Petersburg
Morocco
University
Mechersky
Mannac
Castle Oster
Leipele
Posen
Goldner Adler
Deed of a Merry Rascal Joins Bogus Detective Plot
A Portland to Rangeley scheme ends with Gerry French posing as a U S detective to rob Gerry Harlow of money jewelry and signed checks. After a staged arrest and an all night ride to Farmington, investigators expose the ruse. Harlow is freed and French receives a long state prison sentence.
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Gerry Harlow
Dixfield
Portland
Rangeley
Maines Land Resort
French
Harlow
United States
Farmington
Lewiston
San Francisco’s Early Days on Telegraph Hill
In July 1846 Captain Montgomery raised the American flag on Yerba Buena’s heights marking a cosmopolitan village of 200 inhabitants. Locals watched the sea for ships, signaling arrivals from Telegraph Hill as the first American vessel appeared bringing new prospects and change to the bay settlement.
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Montgomery
Yerba Buena
Golden Gate
Louis Wagner
Illustrated Home Journal
Telegraph Hill
Brooklyn
New York
Bishop Brannon
Brigham Young
the Prophet
Pacific Coast
Washington A. Bartlett
San Francisco
Alexander Forbes
Bartlett
George Bancroft
Commodore Sloat
San Francisco Emerges From Yerba Buena To Busy Boomtown
The 1847 Yerba Buena settlement grows into San Francisco as gold rush floods in 1848 1849. Traders and builders rush to developments on Market Street and the waterfront. rents spike and prices soar with flour butter and common goods. The city constellates a new government a school a press and a growing skyline before later disasters.
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New York
Stevenson
California
Market Street
San Francisco
Lvely
Old City
Alta California
Even the Hens Laying Eggs Inward in Ohio Crack-Up
A Baltimore American item notes a quirky line about hens in Ohio laying eggs inside out and jokes that hens are getting down to the skin game as a humorous local quip.
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Ohio
Baltimore American
Nicaragua Rubber Concession Reported For Ten Years
Consul Ryder notes Nicaragua grants a ten year concession at 160 per year with a collector at Bluefields harbor to pass rubber shipments. Tax of 10 cents a pound plus 5 cent government tax yields about 50 000 annually. Contract value 500 00 over ten years, not costing more than 1600. Wounded by a aside about overlooked views.
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Rtch
Salilors
el Dorado
Knights of the Quill
Atlantic
Europe
San Francisco
Mexico
Chile
Peru
Cape Horn
Panama
Hawaii
Australia
China
Ward House
Nicaragua
Ryder
Bluefields Harbor
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Robert Harland
By B. Fletcher Robinson and
J. Malcolm Fraser
Joseph B. Bowles
Sierra Nevada
Frisco’s
Wright & Co
Miners’ Bank
Sam
San Francisco Post Office
Frisco
Leads
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