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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
7
Barnes and Sprouse, planning a risky rescue, confront guards as they move to free a trapped woman. They use a collapsible fishing rod to signal from a window and coordinate a jailbreak, revealing a jewel theft scheme and danger awaiting them indoors.
Wealthy New Yorker Thomas Barnes on a walking trip meets a mysterious girl who offers a ride to Green Fancy a house of mystery. At Hart's tavern a stander theater troupe and a secret service agent reveal a plot to recover royal papers and jewels hidden by a German oppressor.
Barnes, confused and desolate, devises a scheme with O'Dowd to invite the Green Fancy party to a dinner, while the group mockingly wavering about attendance. The scene shifts between taproom and room as plans unravel and humor masks tension.
Two figures meet at night as a coroner’s inquest is noted for the bodies of Roon and Paul. A secret agent guides Barnes along a dark road toward Green Fancy, amid muffled footsteps and tense suspense.
The article traces Japan’s rise from the Shimonoseki treaty aftermath to the Portsmouth settlement and the 1905 peace, detailing Russia, Britain, Germany, and France actions over Port Arthur Liao Tung Wei Hai Wei and Manchuria. It notes Japan’s naval and land victories and how Britain allied with Japan after Port Arthur.
The text recounts the 1798 1800 U S frictions with France including Monroe’s recall Pinckney Gerry and Marshall negotiating in Paris Talleyrand demanding bribes and loans and the ensuing naval buildup Adams pushes congress to expand the navy and arm merchant ships highlighting early U S captures of French ships privateers and battles in the Caribbean West Indies and off Havana.
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