Circular Staircase Mystery at Sunnyside House
At Sunnyside, Mise Innes and the household confront a haunted night. A hidden hole behind a trunk room wall reveals plaster and a ghostly heist. Gertrude, Louise, Halsey, and Jamieson navigate secrets as a detective warns caution while the nightly visitor returns.
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Liddy
Rachel
Laulee
Alex
Mr. Jamieson
Halsey
Gertrude
Laoulee
Louisee
Pips
Louter
Nabeey
Anna Whitcomb
Mme
Sweeny
Louise
Death at Sunnyside end moves through a mystery
In a coroner inquiry at Sunnyside, Arnold Armstrong’s death is blamed on a parson or unknowns. The narrator suspects the city cashier as a culprit, questions a locked east door, and asks Jamieson to observe the circular staircase as the case deepens. Louise receives the news with shock as the mystery widens.
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Mr. Jamieson
Barbara Fitzhugh
Mr. Horton
Miss Innes
Traders’ Bank
Miss Armstrong
Sunnyside
Arnold Armstrong
Gertrude
Louise
Chapter XVIII A Hole in the Wall
A fragment from a novel describes waking a detective to Sun nyside, triggering unexpected protests from Gertrude and Maleey and leaving the narrator unprepared for Illinois.
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Sunnyside
Gertrude
Maleey
Inquest Clues Blur Lines in Mourning Case
After dinner Thomas and Miss Innes discuss the inquest into a dead man. They note the inquiry added little beyond Dr. Stewart’s account and hint at a connection between a patient in black, Miss Gertrude, and a quarrel involving Arnold Armstrong. The doctor links the black-clad figure to a mysterious woman.
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Thomas
Jamieson
Dr. Stewart
Miss Innes
Gertrude
Stewart
Arnold Armstrong
Nehold
Bored Man Quotes On Natural Scenery And Sardine Fins
A bored looking man suggests that natural scenery loses luster when people attempt to decorate beautiful spots with sardine fins and biscuit boxes, contrasting magnificent mountains with broad expanses and noting the human tendency to embellish nature.
Not 80 Bad. Nervous Lady Ventures in Balloon Inquiry
A concerned woman questions a professor about dangerous experiments. She mentions a rumored fatal accident where a secretary allegedly died after a 4,000-foot balloon fall, prompting fear and tragic speculation.
Protection idea run mad in tariff critique
A St Louis man sought a small West Indian chocolate. The Trinidad price plus 60 percent ad valorem duty raised the cost far beyond the union price, showing duties on cost, freight, and retailer profit distort prices. The piece questions tariff fairness and American industry protection compared to other goods.
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St. Louis
Trinidad
How "Protected" Men Live in Pittsburg Wages and Budgets
Miss Ryington's study of 99 Homestead families shows wage groups from under $2 to $15 weekly. Among 16 families in the $12 to $15 tier, average annual expenses run about $700, with rent and minimal room space. food costs are low, clothing and burial insurance limited, and only a small margin remains for carfare, recreation, and education.
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Pittsburg
Miss Ryington
Too Much Ghost Dance in Roosevelt Tour
The St Louis Post Dispatch mocks Roosevelt's New York tour, condemning his Apache dances and anti Republican rhetoric as irrational. It questions the motives behind his calls to smash mobs and corrupt corporations while implying hypocrisy among political figures.
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Roosevelt
Repubican Party
New York
Sherman
Woodruff
Mr. Barnes
St. Loula
Post-Dispatch
The Consecration of Cox and Roosevelts Shift
An editorial contrasts Roosevelt's harsh criticism of Lorimer of Chicago with praise for Cox of Cincinnati. It argues the Cox machine corrupt yet gains Roosevelt's support, noting personal ties and political maneuvering across Ohio and Chicago. The piece labels Cox’s political rise as Roosevelt’s virtuous bosom and Lorimer’s fall as Cox’s gain.
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Roosevelt
Bos Lorimer
Chicago
Boss Cox
Cincinnati
Cox Machine
Mr. Roosevelt
Lorimer
Cox
New York
President as Proxy Stirs Panic and Market Fear
Opinion argues Roosevelt’s influence haunts credit and confidence amid fears Taft will not quell alarm. It warns a Taft presidency seen as a mere stopgap fuels panic, while Roosevelt’s rhetoric and possible convention move threaten stability, commerce, and industry.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Commerce
Taft
United States
Mr Roosevelt
Honecrelt
Otf Ber
Hattie le
Pope Natic
Not to be Forgotten Uprising and Expenditure Retrenchment
Philadelphia Record notes the rising public push against Payne Aldrich tariff and government waste. It recalls Roosevelt era overspending, urging economy and retrenchment through businesslike methods to cut national administration costs by about 4.06 million annually, a figure rivaling decades of ordinary costs.
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Payne Aldrich
Rooervelt
White House
Congress
Aldrich
Philadelphia
Republican Party Breaks Its Pledge to Voters
A stern critique asserts the Republican Party failed to deliver promised relief from monopoly and burdens on the people. It accuses the party and its presidential candidate of breaking faith, citing repeated assurances from platforms across the Mississippi Valley and beyond.
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Miseianippi Valley
Traet
Falee
Tariff Attitudes Shift Among Republican Leaders
The piece notes a broad change in Republican views on tariffs, citing Senator Lodge as an example. It discusses praise for the Aldrich Payne tariff plan, later criticism of the consumer being a myth, and the emergence of talk about a commission to adjust the tariff still less than two years old.
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Wetle
Senator Lodge
Aldrich Payne
Lodge
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Snieter
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Howe
Arnold Arm Strong
Innes
Jack Bailey Naddine
Link
Button
Trarethve Jamieson
Jack Walley
Jack Valley
Halver
Falley
Hailey
Ratley
Paul Arnetrone
Louies Armstrong
Lwine
Laoutae
Arnold Had
Walker
Dr. Walker
Green and White House
John Bailey
Closs
Eolitaire
Louise Armstrong
Rosie
Mr. Innes
Liddy Allen
Casanova
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