Dark Hollow in Dark Hollow Rhodes Amped Mystery
A crowd shadows the home of county judge Dudes Ostrander as a veiled widow seeks to clear her husband’s memory. Deborah Scoville and lawyer Black glean clues from clippings about the Etheridge murder, linking Oliver and a shadowed peak cap to the case amid anonymous notes and tense scenes at Spencer’s Folly.
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Dudes Ostrander
Deborah Scoville
Algernon Etheridge
John Scoville
Dark Hollow
Etheridge
Deborah
Reuther
Witwer
Oliver
Missecks
Black
Oiiver
Laden
Judge Ostrander Questions Deborah Over Oliver
Deborah clings to Oliver's innocence as crowds crumble around Ostrander's courtroom echoes. The judge presses for proof linking the scapegoat to the crime while Deborah weighs a lifetime of doubt against the stubborn evidence of a boy’s past. She agrees to stand with Ostrander if he can prove Scoville’s guilt beyond shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleworth
Oliver
Etheridge
Algernon
John Scoville
John
One Secret Sees in a Private Chapter
A tense confrontation unfolds as Deborah faces a cold reply from a judge. The dialogue reveals advisers behind the scenes and a hinted crisis of trust.
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Deborah
Black
Oliver
Welsh War Chorus to Lead 40000 Welsh Army Onfield
A Welsh correspondent reports Cymric ardor will fuel the new Welsh army of 40 000 as it goes into battle to a Cymric war chorus praised as the finest martial music. The Welsh Army Male Voice choirs recruit singers from the valleys, with Eisteddfoda experience, shaping first class concert spirit at Porthcawl practice. Miss Gee of Denbigh aids with Welsh war songs and requests performance of Tipperary.
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Porthcawl
Members of Churches Across States in 1906 Census
United States census bulletin No 103 shows church membership as a share of population for 1906. Oklahoma including Indian Territory recorded the lowest rate at 18.2 percent while New York 42.7 and Pennsylvania 43.0 followed. Kansas at 28.4 led among prohibition states with low turnout near others.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinota
Nebraska
Maine
West Virginia
United States
Royal
Cabell
Leslie
Enjeys Hie Growss in Succession Said
Fragmentary line reads quoted speech about succession and letting “him” be. The text is incomplete and offers no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects.
State and County Get Money in Audit Findings
A state audit of Randolph and Boone counties shows discrepancies totaling 3906.48, with the state receiving 1051.99 and the county 2845.29. The examination cites long standing precedents and misapprehensions of law as the cause, while Boone county refunds 1554.98 plus 125 in internal charges.
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Jefferson City
John P Gordon
Randolph County
Anandi
Boone County
John J. Heary
Fourth of July Dinner Sparks at Missouri Penitentiary
Forty six convicts shared a ton and a half of ham and 2700 pounds of fruit and pies in a Fourth of July dinner served by Wardeg McClung. The menu included beans taters pickles butter and beverages with coffee lemonade and confections. After a chapel service several speeches marked Independence Day and the ranch inmates gained freedom from work. Enterprising vendors sold refreshments while wrestling and races kept up the celebration. cards and dice were forbidden.
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Missour Penitvntary
Bam
Wardeg McClung
Vince Dockery
Missouri Penitentiary Contracts and State Funding Change
At year end 1916 all current contractors must depart the Missouri penitentiary as the Board of Inspectors inaugurates new industries. Prison will be state supported. Sam Thompson an escaped convict was killed by barber Leelia Johnson after refusing to surrender. Two women convicts exist with no remunerative labor. state daily maintenance averages five cents. Bankers' Trust wins a receiver appointment for Aldata Country Club, tied to 5,000 acres in Irog and Francose counties, deemed illegal. Road bulletin urged by Frank Puffum to inform motorists of road conditions weekly statewide. Susie Ross, jailed for killing her husband, had her sentence set aside by the Supreme Court on mental competency grounds.
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Deborah
Ostrander Lane
Hank
Oliver
Reuther
Reuther Reuther
Judge Ostrander
Oliver Ostrander
Moore
Ostrander
Barker
Supreme Court
Chicago
Eippens
Anyore
Mane
Missouri
Heid Miegal
Parise
Bankers’ Trusty of
St. Louis
Alcata Country Club
Irog
Francose
Susie Ross
Callaway County
Hest
Spreme Court
Eane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhodes
Madam
John Scorilie
Sco Ly
Scoville
Auditors Creck
Missouri Penitentiary
Theie Colle
General Assembly
Mie
Public Bernice Commission
Slane
Roy
Archie Drake
Honry
Drake
Julia Smith
Ida Lee Smith
Circuit Court
Harvey
Kinloch Telephone
Public Service Commission
Mater
Organized Labor of
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Red Hook
John T. Firzpatrick
Missouri Union
Convicte
Sam Thompson
Westphalia
Leelia
L. Johnson
Frank Puffum
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