Mystery House and a Dead Body on the Street
Ralph Van Vechten watches the House of Mystery across from the Powhatan club where a succession of entrants aria leads to a fatal discovery. Paige Carew’s purse is found, Tom Phinney escapes with a helpful girl, and Willard’s yacht hosts a covert mission tied to an explosive invention.
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Ralph van Vechten
Accross
Powhatan Club
House of Mystery
van Vechten
Tom
the -Bady
Flint
Phinney
Mr. Gallis
Theodore van Vechhten
Wall Street
Paige Carew
van. Vechten
Van
Tom Phinney
Londorm
Miss Carew
Devereaux
New York
Temple Bonner
Itite
Compton Behuyler
Max Willard
Bonner
Willard
van. Vechtén
John
Callis
Tom Phinner
Brownlow
Max
Delia
A Love Confession Amid Darkroom Ordeal
Van Vechten confronts Jessie after a perilous encounter, professing undying love and proposing marriage with conditions. Jessie reveals pride and fear, then haltingly agrees to consider him, sealing a fragile moment with a kiss before slipping away to future meetings and uncertainty.
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Jessie
Hiv
Llovely
van Vechten
Barnicle
Rudolph
Doctor Pottle
Doctor Pottleh
Tigart
Coffin Shaped Box Scene Reveals Tension on Yacht
Captain Tom Phinney returns to two girls Jenna Delia and Jessie Willard with their moods reversed from earlier. Tom grows taciturn and anxious while Delia and Jessie try to stay light hearted. A breakfast stop at a piazza breaks the tension but Tom remains preoccupied as Delia eyes him curiously and hints at unseen troubles. TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie
Jassie
Bolk
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Jesaia Willard
Delia
Tom
Jessie Willard
Decline of Good Reading Theme at Educational Conference
The National Educational Association meeting in Salt Lake City highlighted reading as central to schooling. Wisconsin librarian Mr. Rice noted rural libraries receive discounted book lists and teacher library training. U.S. education chief Caxton urged literature as the top school subject and discussed the value of deep reading versus broad exposure. A tale from Mrs Magon recounts a country visit and a humorous remark about age and farming.
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National’ Educational Assoc
Salt Lake City
Rice
Wisconsin
Shaw
Caxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Wilson nominees Hamlin to federal reserve board
President Wilson named Charles S Hamlin of Massachusetts as assistant secretary of the treasury to serve on the federal reserve board for two years and announced other appointees Paul Warburg Thomas Jones W C P Harding and A C Miller. He defended anti trust legislation and pressed ahead with administration program. The interstate commerce commission denied a flat five percent rate hike but allowed increases on some goods. Other items include Panama canal acts, bank closings, suffrage near approval in Chicago, and notable deaths and crimes.
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Mr. van Vechten
van Vechten
Gonfalon
Wilson
Charles S.hamlin
Massachusetts
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Thomas D. Jones
Ilinois
W. C. P. Harding
Alabama
A. C. Miller
California
Washington
Congress
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Chicago
la Salle Street Trust& Savings Bank
Lorimer
Kave
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Falernoster
van Vechter
Thia
Chapter
Educational Association
Ito
Stow
March
Great International
Panama Canal
Oregon
San Francisco
House of Representatives
Senate
House
United States
Philippine Islands
W. A. Jones
Virginia
White House
Col. D. 4. Dodge
Denver
Colo
Westfield
N.Y
Fred Bird
George Bird
Otto Walters
Dunkirk
Illinois
Woman's Suffrage
General Federation of Women's ‘Clubs
Auditorium Theater
United States Forestry Bureau
Mineral
Reading
Lookout House
Emmett Kennell
Shelbyville
Kennell
Charles Nuss
Sixth Street
Louisville
Eile Ip
Samuel A. Cook
Neenah
Wisconsin Department
G A. R
Madison
Wis
Otto F. Berner
Antigo
Stewart
Montana
President Wilson
Butte
State Supreme Court
Springyfield
Hugo Bendheim
Albany
N. Y
United States Army
Military Academy
West Point
N; A
McClure, O
William Lorimer
s _bank
LaSalle Street
Trust & Savings
Daniél V. Harkin
Ida Raymond Broadburnt
George Broadhurst
Supreme Court
Justice Giegerich
Gorthe
Lincoln Park
Mexico City
Zacatecas
ABC
Niagara Falls
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Niagara
Treasury Department
Vera Cruz
Huerta
War Department
Funston
Louis J. Patment
Westville
Columbia
Detroit
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cleveland
Presbyterian Hospital
Theodore Roosevelt II
Colonel Roosevelt
Mrs
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Thomas Dolan
United Gas Improvement Company
Philadelphia
Torresdale
William C. Sharp
Ohio
House Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Italy
Romagna
Bologna
Ferrara
Revenna
Forli
Albania
Prince William
Muse Sulman Insurgenta
Dr. L. Autra
Toulouse
Montmagny
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