The Missing Suitcase and the Diplomat's Dilemma
Consul general Francis Lane faces a baffling disappearance of a black bound letter book from his suitcase on a voyage. Detective Barnes unravels a plot by guardian John Buckingham to frame Lane, recover the book, and expose Buckingham’s schemes while Lane confirms Helen Thomson as his fiancée.
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George Barton
Francis Lane
Flora
Consolidated Cocconnut Company
Lane
Helen Thomson
Barnes
Carefmills
Liane
Miss Thomson
Brown Stone
Bueckingham
Jane
Flora Islands
Consolidated Cocoanut Company
Clancy
Tlelen Thomson
John Buckingham
Parnes
John Smith
Joan Buckingham
James
Buckingham
Puckingham
Macaulay
Frank Lane
Lord Macaulay
Tie
Consolidated Company Aginst Lane
Helen
Grand Trunk Railway
Ufe
Ilane
Forger Robert Sheem Confesses Escape and Confronts Past
Robert Sheem, an escaped convict in a scarecrow costume, forces his enemy to write a confession of innocence. He encounters Minnie Wippingham who reveals her own marriage and child while Sheem seeks Arthur Rock to prove he did not commit the crime. The confession is delivered to Rock’s office and Sheem is led to the police station.
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London Penny Magazine
Arthur Rock
Robert Sheem
Wippinghams
Minnie
Robert
Wippingham
Tve
Ife
Tim
Arthur
Stock
Sheem
Riis charmed by pretty typist in Caledonian tale
Jacob Riis, famed reformer, hires a soft-haired girl for his typewriter. He notices her fatigue from nonstop work and asks if typing ever ends. She replies that it can end when they marry their employer, a witty twist in the tale. Vienna notes mention telephony costs.
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Jacob Riis
Caledonian
Mr. Riis
Wren
Old Man Greenhut Speaks On Knowing Too Much In Poker
In a Greenville tavern tale, Old Man Greenhut recalls Dave Dutton a Mississippi river boat player who learned poker well. The crowd debates if knowing too much hurts or helps when Greenhut compares Dutton to Rathbun and a mule story about overreaching knowledge.
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New York Sun
Greenhut
Joe Bassett
Rathbun
Green County
Tie
St. Francis
Man Greenhut
Bassett
Jake Winterbottom
Sam Pearsall
Jim Blaisdell
Pete Denney
Joe
Winterbottom
Dave Dutton
Mississippi
Genesis
Omega
Dave
Greenville
Pears
Dutton
Uns
Pearsall
Pearsalive
Mearsall
Pie
Claisdedd
Mississippi Valley
Blaisdell
Jess
Winterbettous Mussett
Kenney
Blaisgell
Josin
Why It Is Poisonous The Gila Monster Tenacity
A Los Angeles Times correspondent describes how the gila monster is feared in the Southwest. It notes the creature’s rapid movement when alarmed, its powerful bite, and its habit of feeding on hazards and rodents, with its teeth often coated in froth from food.
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Los Angeles Times
Exat
Tucson
Vila
German Maneuvers Ruse Instructs Recruit In War Talk
A purported German lieutenant tests a recruit with battlefield hypotheticals. The recruit answers with shooting and warnings, culminating in a quip about horns and leading a person in uniform into camp. The piece satirizes military instruction and miscommunication.
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Lustiga Blaetter
Clergyman Seeks Self Marriage. Bishop Responds With Quiet Rebuff
A young rural clergyman asked Bishop Potter if he might marry himself to spare another priest a long journey. The bishop’s reply was brief: Could you bury yourself. The quip prompts a reflection on love as a disease and quarantining its victims.
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Barnes
Clancy
Isarael
Lane
Con
Consolidated Yconnuct Company
Potter
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Bristol Board
Grand Trunk Railroad
Flo
Consolidated Cocoanut Conpany
Corporation
Young Lane
Vienna
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