The Circular Staircase Alibtr
Miss Innes guardian at Sunnyside faces a perilous night as a masked figure looms on the veranda. A gunshot floods the hall next morning and Arnold Armstrong lies dead. Hargey and Jack Bailey vanish as a cuff button and revolver disappear. Gertrude confesses engagement to Bailey.
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Miss Innes
Gertrude
Valse
Sunnyside
Misa Innes
Halsey
Jack Bailey
Arnold Armatrong
Hargey
Jameson
Ashe
Ghosts and motives swirl around Armstrong murder case
The narrator weighs new clues as Gertrude’s confession links her presence in the billiard room to the crime. Jamieson doubts the ghost but suspects a tangled motive. Questions linger about Halsey and Jack Bailey, the tulip bed revolver, the cuff-link, and what Gertrude left behind.
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Mr. Jamieson
Arnold Armstrong
Gertrude
Halsey
Jack Bailey
Mr. Jamieeson
Andrews Station
Rachel Innes
Johnn Innes
Miss Inkes
Mystery at Sunny Side Estate Deepens in East Corridor
Miss Innes and lawyer Horton confront a locked suspect and a hidden body in the Armstrong mansion. A torn note and a tulip-bed print spur clues as detective Jamieson traps a dangerous intruder, while Arnold Armstrong's death unsettles the household.
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Greenwood Club
Armstrong
Mr. Jamieson
Gertrude
Valley
Bend
Jarris
Mystery intruder locked inside cellar in suspenseful chapter
Panic drives Rachel and Jamieson to search the basement after a locked door suggests a trapped figure. Liddy resists, lights reveal a sealed room, and the search ends with an ominous note that the scene continues.
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Mr Jamieson
Liddy
Rachel
Jamieson
Goats Lead Sheep Through Union Pacific Loading Routines
A Union Pacific plan uses billy goats at feeding yards along its line to guide sheep from stock cars into pens and out of trains every 28 hours. The goats, trained to lead and even chew tobacco as rewards, speed unloading and reloading, reducing labor and avoiding fines under federal rules.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Judas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Western Ranges
Missouri River
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
California
Omaha
United States
South Omaha
Union Pacifi
W.L. Park
North Platte
Nab
Billy
Park
North Plattie
Union Pacific
Old Bill
Bill
That Man Made Fortune From Simple Invention
A fragment discusses a man who gained wealth from a trivial invention, highlighting that he was the promoter rather than the inventor and noting the misattribution of credit in a curious quotation.
Halley's Comet Returns in Local Pride Talk
In a rough town exchange Hank Stubbs and Blige Miller discuss ambition and daily life as Halley's comet is noted to appear about every 75 years. A man strong on local pride quips about Earth witnessing the rare event and the town’s share of attention.
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Hank Stubbs
Blige Miller
Hank
Halley
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Roberts Rinehart
Ray Wilner
Coar
Mr. Jamieton
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