Murder in a Country House Night Mystery
Narrator Miss Innes recounts a staged night in a northern mansion where Jack Bailey is abducted and fatally killed, the body of Arnold Armstrong is found in the card-room, and Halsey remains missing as Greenwood Club intrigue unfolds with Mr Jarvis racing to uncover truth.
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Gertrude
Thomas
Halsey
Greenwood Club
Jack Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Liddy
Aunt Ray
Anne Watson
Mr. Jarvis
Jarvis
Gere Gertrude
Miss Innes
Edmonds Hypocrisy and Tariff Talk Pets the Public
A political column condemns Edmonds and Senator Stephenson over tariff votes and election funding. It notes Stephenson’s downward revision stance for Milie consumption contrasted with recorded votes, and accuses Edmonds of hypocrisy tied to campaign bundles. It also cites wheat price manipulation by James A. Patten and warns of continued public cost without remedy, asserting no crop shortage justifies high prices.
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Taft
Congress
Senate
Edmonds
Stephenson
The
Free Press
Ators
Milie
Sen
James A. Patten
Wilson
Patten
Mr. Patten
Calderhead Named To Tariff Conference Panel
William Calderhead of Kansas wins a seat among 17 on the Sixty first congress tariff conference committee despite a protest that senior members from Hill Connecticut and Niedham California should serve. Calderhead, born in Ohio, long served in Congress and continues legal work in Atchison. The piece also recounts a New Orleans Shakespeare club anecdote about a comic royal fool.
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William Alexander Calderhead
Cannon
House
Ways and Means
Hill
Connecticut
Niedham
California
Calderhead
Kansas
Fordney
Mich
Uncle Joe
William Calderhead
Ohio
S. R. Peters
Atchison, Kan
Royal Palace
Shakespeare Club
New Orleans
Success Magazine
Senator Stone Blunders in Diningroom Sermon
Chicago Record-Herald reports a mangled sermon on Sena Dora Dignity referencing Senator Bone. The piece suggests Stone’s conduct could have influenced a Baltimore judge to see the accused, noting the situation might be excused if Stone were not a senator or lacks influence.
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Senator Stone
Chicago Record-Herald
Macher
Bone
J. Stone
Under the Harvest Moon Dramatic Treat Opens Aug 1
The season’s novelty is the play Under the Harvest Moon to be shown at popular prices on Sunday Aug 1 Matinee and night. Seats are selling fast amid heavy inquiries by mail phone and reserved-saleattendees. The production promises long running popularity with an excellent cast and complete scenic effects.
Public Service Striking Case Debated By Socialists
In a courtroom remark the critic cites a colored porter and argues that an unknown workman would face harsher treatment for similar acts. The writer contends judges sometimes fail to justify strikes against public servants and warns against demeaning public workers.
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Manes
Age limits and longevity prophecy provoke debate
A discussion questions if a man at fifty is too old for his job and asks the actuaries to revise predictions of longer life. It argues aged workers would be costly as prices rise and experience loses value against youthful vigor.
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The
Actuaries Association
Thaw as Sermon Material Stirs Vaudeville to Pulpit Debate
Commentary notes that using Harry Thaw and sensational topics for sermons signals preachers run out of Bible ideas. The piece contrasts entertainment value in vaudeville with caution in church pulpits, suggesting fatigue with traditional texts.
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Harry Thaw
Thaw
Grand Trunk and Lehigh Valley Double Track Route
The Grand Trunk Railway System links Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls under one management. A double track route via Niagara Falls connects Chicago to New York with Lehigh Valley involvement. Descriptive literature and timetables are available free on application to W.58 Cookson A. G. P. A. at 135 Adams Street Chicago Ill.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk
New York
Cookson
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams Street
Ill
Wondering Thoughts of a Single Feller in N Y Sun Verse
R D McKay quotes a narrator who muses on curiosity and idle time. He questions work, money, love, and social expectations while describing daily chores, fishing, and fitting pants. The piece reflects a playful, observational monologue from a New York Sun attribution.
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R. D. McKay
N. Y. Sun
Evenings Dress Sparsity and Table Space Debate
A witty remark from Lippincott's notes how modern fashion crowds a dining table. It jokes that a fashionable woman in evening dress occupies space similar to a rolled umbrella, implying tables can seat more people than before despite appearance.
Bayonet Uproar Spurs Brief Military Exchange
Affront at headquarters as sergeant major corrects a mistake about bayonets. Orders to unfix and return all bayonets to storage last week are disputed, causing a brief exchange recorded as a humorous wartime dispatch.
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Cc. O
Abeg Pardon
Pradin
Hoagland and Cady Vie in Rich Golf Stakes at Chicago
Chicago July 27 Ralph Hoagland of the Chicago Golf club meets Mr Cady the Western Club Association runner up in a 72 hole match with $500 per hole and a possible $36000. Hoagland leads 8 up after 36 holes and the remaining 36 are set to be played at the Chicago course. Hoagland also noted as a top football official and former Princeton star.
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Chicago
Ralph Hoagland
Chicago Golf Club
Cady
Western Club Association
Hoagland
Rock Island
Princeton
The Artless Boy Meets a Grocer Bargain
A boy tries for a job with a grocer offering three dollars. He notices the grocer once paid four dollars until reading about Millionaire Rogers starting on three dollars. The boy says he would rather be good than rich, and the grocer agrees to three and a half dollars.
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Rogers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vox Populi on newsboys and a boy’s paper trade
A Harpers Weekly quip shows a newsboy named Jimmy Wilson buying papers at the office for two cents, reselling them for two cents just to shout for customers. The exchange notes the boy earns nothing yet continues selling for the noise.
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Vox Populi
Jimmy Wilson
Harper’s Weekly
Making Friends The Courteous Man Wins Esteem
A witty verse from the Washington Star contrasts the courteous man with gym humor. It plays on compliments about heaviness and thinness to illustrate social tact through playful dialogue.
Polite Exchanges Between Two Grande Dames
In a brief, sharp exchange, two social figures jab at each other as they part ways. One jokes about visiting her still-living mother, mocking the other’s age and status, in a clipped Tit-Bits style vignette.
After a man has reaped his gold en harvest
A saying warns that success invites sermonizing on prudent timing. The line implies boasting about prudent work after wealth is secured, suggesting skepticism toward post hoc wisdom.
Barber Question Sparks Self Care Confrontation
A Washington Herald snippet recalls barbers asking patrons if they shave themselves and the reply that it is none of their business. The exchange hints at social snobbery and personal grooming norms in urban life.
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Washington Herald
Fortune for Mrs. Babcock Tale Chooses Inheritance
Attorneys for Mary S. Dickerson who died without a will contact her sister Ellen Babcock of Utica New York. The estate valued at about half a million dollars may go to Jas S Sherman man the vice president's mother in law.
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Kansas City, Mo
Mary S. Dickerson
Ellen Babcock
Utica
N. Y
Jas. S. Shernmran
Canadian grain men dispute rises over elevator and commission margins
A bitter dispute erupts in Winnipeg as western Canadian elevator interests and grain exchange commission merchants clash. By a majority vote the one cent per bushel commission on wheat oats and barley is revoked, allowing commission men to handle farmers shipments at cost or at a loss.
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Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada
Grain Exchange
Miner Sues Dallas Power Firm for 100000 Dollars
Carl Olsen, a former convict, sues Consumers' Light Company of Dallas for 100000 dollars claiming injuries suffered in a mine they leased from the state were caused by the companys carelessness in Dallas Texas on July 30.
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Dallas
Texas
Consumers’ Light Company of
Carl Olsen
Mrs. Quadzynsky Case Dismissed for Lack of Evidence
The county court on Wednesday afternoon dismissed the case against Mrs. Quadzynski charged with poisoning a neighbor’s dog due to insufficient evidence.
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Conion
F.H Burgess
W.V. Kidder City Editor
la Crosse
Wis
Etribune
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Payne & Young
Marquette
New Wate Sit Sard Street
Washington
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mr Bailey
Jack
Crosse
Tribune
A. A. Siever
Association of American Pbvertisers
New York City
Lacrosse Tribune
Frank H. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
E. Bleekman
Wall Street Journal
Alleghenies
William Alexander Calperhead
Rich Golf
Washington Star
Mrs. Babcock
Miner
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