Desperate chase ends with Italian captured at village shore
Donovan and Gillespie fight off a sailor aboard a cabin boat then pursue the marooned Italian toward the lake. They shed light on Holbrook's plans and circle back toward Glenarm, where a telegram from New York hints at Holbrook’s arrival and the next meeting.
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New York
Gillespie
Trajan
Donovan
Lords of Justice
Chicago
Holbrook
Pat
Gillerple
Tippecanoe
Gillespia
Henry Holbrook
Helen
Helen Holbrook
Patricia
Glenarm Pier
Ijima
Port Annandale Mystery of the Holbrook Family
Miss Patricia Holbrook and Milas Helen Holbrook flee to Port Annandale with writer Laurance Donovan. Intrigues mount as suitors, disguises, and a forged will surface, Gillespie’s deceit, and a staged abduction plan unravel in a tangled tale of love money and risk. Donovan confronts Gillespie. Helen’s loyalties shift. a canoe scene and a dangerous pursuit heighten the peril.
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Patricia Holbrook
Milas Helen Holbrook
Ney
Laurance Donovan
Sumening
Port Annandale
Patricia
Donovan
Henry
Miss Patricia
Port Annandals
Missy Helen
Gillespie
Halenbrook
Novan
Miss Frolbrook
Terra
Holbrook
Hartridge
Warilly
Miss Prt
Miss Itolen
Pat
Henry Holbrook
Trahovan
Melon Inguedon
Helen
Helen Stale
Beminahl Gillespie
Gillenple
Melen
Misa Patami Donovan
Helen Holbrook
Gileapie
Flolbrook
Miss Yelen
Allespie
Ttallan
Addr Holbrook
You Ugly Dago and the Island Standoff
Donovan and Gillespie scheme to evade capture on a remote island while a threatening Irish prisoner mocks their plan. They arm themselves, discuss escape, and wait as a pursuer closes in, balancing danger with the need for tea and hunger. The scene blends tension with wry humor as they plot their next move.
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Gillespie
Donovan
Bin
Ede
Besaar
Giesple
Detlec
Gillespix
Rasdyt
Compliment as a Pastor Aaron Bancroft Recalled
A Massachusetts clergy man Aaron Bancroft, father of the lstorian, faced rebuke from peers yet remained steadfast. A minister shared a 10 year old parish farmer's remark praising his independence, calling it the finest compliment of Bancroft’s life as noted in Youth's Companion.
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Aaron Bancroft
Massachusetts
George Bancroft
M. A. Dew. Howe
Mr. Bancroft
Dueling Married Lives Stir Office Gossip Mystery
A comic office quarrel over marriage styles is voiced by workers, contrasting a talkative newlywed with a reluctant spender, provoking thoughts on whether one should marry. Meanwhile Second Assistant Secretary Adee plans a six week European vacation with Thackeras, and Eleanor Robson Sparks a jeweled social circle joke about summer plans and Palm Beach.
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Hin
Adee
Europe
State Department
Thackera
United States
Ganeral
Berlin
Eleanor Robson
Au. Rusk Belmont
Chile
Not a Gase of Treat in Chicago Record Herald
A fragment quotes a reader remark about medical bills and alleged treatment of a wife. The line mocks the doctor’s care and payment expectations, reflecting urban newspaper vernacular from an era of high medical charges and skeptical public sentiment.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Pie for Breakfast Sparks Lodging Debate
Too Lavish Mrs Dobbs learns from her new boarder about breakfast table etiquette. He declines pie for breakfast saying it is excessive while she argues pie for dinner is a necessity and pie for supper is a finishing touch, a humorous exchange from Youth's Companion.
A Divided Family and a Child’s Quick Quip
A physician’s six year old daughter meets a visiting woman in the reception room. The woman asks about church and Sunday school, and the child answers that her mother is Presbyterian while her father is a stomach specialist.
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Papa
Out of the Race for Aviation Congress
In a clash among cities over hosting the National or International Congress of Aviators Washington and Baltimore have withdrawn from the bid.
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Washington
Baltimore
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