Griswold's Flight and Ironies in St Louis Noir
Griswold, an impoverished writer, flees a failed robbery and cloak-and-dagger schemes across New Orleans and St Louis. He adopts new identities, encounters a crafty deckhand Mose, courts safe prosperity at the Hotel Chouteau, and plans to rewrite his novel while pursuing Miss Farnham and a Minnesota town stakeout. The episode blends crime, disguise, and fragile ambition as he drifts toward new chances and peril.
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Kenneth Griswold
Rim
Bainbridge
Chaures
New Orleans
Andrew
Bayou State Security
Hue and Cry
Rede Juliene & Deckham
Charlotte Farnm
Walaska
Minn
Galtraith
Charlotte
Griswold
Galbraith
the Dost
St. Louis
McGrath
Gavitt
Bayou
Abram Sonneschein
Sonneschein Emporium
Sonneschein
Choutesu
Chouteau
Olive Street
Griewold
Minnesota
Wabaska
Phillis
Eplecurean
Ita
Belle Julie
Miss Farnham
Whbaska
Florida
Wahaska
Nick
Wabaska Promoter Jasper Grierson’s Foundry Empire
Miss Margery Grierson uses social tact and money to win favors in the town of Wabaska. She gathers support from Raymer Foundry and the Farnhams Methodist circle, leveraging her father's wealth to secure church and social influence as she schemes to reshape the community. This episode traces her strategic moves and Raymer’s evolving view of her.
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Wabaska
Grierson
Raymer
Allieds
Pineboro
Great Lake Region
Trus
Lake Minnedaska
Mereside
Chicago
Palladelphia
Miss Margery
Florida
Poppa
St. John's
Presbyterian House of Worship
Jasper Grierson
Simon
Madgie
Miss Grierson
Raymer Foundry and Machine Works
Amart Equipage
St John's
Mother
Gertrude
Farnhams
Margery
Main Street
Fragmentary OCR Excerpt Lacks Clear News Item
A highly garbled OCR passage provides no coherent event, names, or location. It appears as stray letters and broken phrases, offering no actionable news or identifiable subjects.
Sawdust to Put Out Fire and Quirky Car Lights
A column notes sawdust can extinguish small fires by blanketing flames and removing oxygen, advising motorists to use it in gasoline fires. The piece then recounts a Madison Avenue car incident with a squirrel escaping from a square tin box that caused panic among riders before the animal was recovered. An impatient conductor jokes about the car being the regular Madison line. An optimistic thought closes the item.
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Forty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Physician claims harmless mercury tablet to aid guns
A New York physician says he has discovered a harmless bichloride of mercury tablet and may next attempt to invent a harmless unloaded gun, per the Detroit Free Press.
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New York
Detroit Free Press
Best Coffee Making Method Described in Antique Instructions
A vintage instruction describes preparing coffee by heating water in a kettle, pouring in cold water to reach the desired amount, adding ground coffee, bringing to a boil slowly. After five minutes the mixture is poured into a cup and returned, then after another five minutes the coffee is ready for serving.
Smooth Road Beds By Layered Soil And Split Log Drag
The article advises building smooth road beds by laying soil in thin layers rather than piles, each layer harrowed or disked and packed before the next. It promotes the splitlog drag as the best tool to crown and smooth the surface, used after rain to move loose soil in thin layers and fill lows.
Wide tires ease wagon pulling vs narrow tires
A Nebraska University department study finds wide-tired wagons pull easier than narrow tires across fields and roads. In mud, wide tires win by 6.2 percent. in thin mud or dust narrow tires gain 4.9 percent. in corn, dry alfalfa, and dry roads wide tires reduce effort by 20.6, 17.7, and 10.2 percent respectively.
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Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of Nebraska
Better Roads in Missouri From Farm Progress View
The Missouri good roads movement has moved beyond a fad to a settled policy. Missouri lags in earlier surveys but now pursues extensive road building using readily available materials. The aim is year round market access for farmers and a society enriched by better roads and public sentiment.
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Public Roads Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
A Good Roads Advocate Toll Gate Riddle
A toll keeper and a traveler debate roads with a witty exchange about good roads and the toll paid. The toll gate keeper concedes the road is decent enough to reach the toll, while the advocate insists on supporting good roads despite the road’s flaws.
Road Drag an Aid by Great Farm Builders
A brief note highlights the essential farm building effort aided by stock hay alfalfa manure spreader and drag implement. The item underscores the role of manure spreader and drag in improving farm efficiency.
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Tve
Setting Bush Fruits Top Pruned to Match Root for Transplanting
When setting any bush fruits the top should be pruned to correspond to the root. This ensures the plant settles and gels during transplanting.
Hog In Good Pasture Says Hogs Root Little Damage
A farm saying notes hogs kept in clean pastures do minimal damage as they root less when fed regularly. The idea emphasizes proper feeding reduces soil disturbance and corn loss, contrasting with hogs kept in poor conditions.
Insure Healthy Litters Through Careful Handling
The message urges watchful care and good judgment in raising Vikvera’s sons. It emphasizes careful handling to ensure healthy litters and well being, reflecting a guidance tone for nurturing and protection.
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Wil
Mose
Gineral Jackson
Cap'm
de Julie
Will
Hotel Chouteau Cafe
George
Faribault
Mistah Grierson
de Choutea
Wahovka
Upper
Mississippi
Minnesota Lake
New York State
Wahneka
Colorado
St. John’s
Misa Margery
Misa Grierson
Madge
Onacralta
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