The Second Steward of the Vulture Nabs Smugglers
Chief inspector Barnes and his aides Clancy and Forward pursue a midnight smuggling ring aboard the Vulture. After a tense river stakeout they nab the second steward Tallman and an accomplice, recover gems, and survive a gunfight at Slack's shop. Barnes reflects on his bond with Clancy.
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Clainny
SMG
Garnes
Leban
Barnes
Tie
Forward
Clancy
Karnes
Tarnes
Gaines
Tfe
Sam
Tata Oui Hong
Cinzney
Wallman
Napoleon
Moscow
Tallman
Snug Harbor Inn
Haines
Namie
Actna
Surilly
Dorgedly
Waterman
Watcerman
Mr. Tallman
Custom House
Washington Square
Old Rhode Island town clerk marks fifty five years in office
In Richmond Rhode Island Halsey Perry Clarke celebrated fifty five years as town clerk. He recalls facing only three opponents including a bank president who tried to defeat him. Clarke still works daily and his daughter can usually provide info or summon him. Records were moved to his house early in his tenure.
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George Barton
Washington Square
Alan Forward
Barnes
Cornelius Clancy
Clancy
Con
Porward
Tim
Forward
Alppy Tappy
Torward
Pherés
Marnes
Americzi
Larnes
Elsio
Richmond
R. I
Halsey Perry Clarke
Clarke
Plains
Siys the Presidence Journal
Mr. Clarke
Chirk
Ice
Knitting As A Fad Grips Pier Fashion This Season
A social sketch notes that knitting returns as a seasonal fad with girls on the pier counting stitches to music while a young man sits with a knit necktie. Canary yellow dominates outfits and accessories this year, threatening stock for local shopkeepers as the trend spreads from hats to stockings.
Sheridan Declines Presidential Nomination At Garfields Conventio
Judge W B Rodgers recalls Phil Sheridan refusing a nomination at the Chicago convention of 1880 306 delegates stayed beside Grant in the last ditch. Sheridan told the chair not to mention his name and stated his loyalty to his old chief amid uproar.
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W.B. Rodgers
Pittsburg
Chicago
Garfield
Grant
Phil Sheridan
Movable dual-floor theater debuts in Paris Apollo hall
The Apollo music hall on Rue de Clichy unveils a reversible two sided floor that transforms from a parquet audience to a 500 seat ballroom in seven minutes. The mechanism swings on steel girders with pivots and supports, cost 76,000 francs ($14,000) including a 27 foot deep brick well.
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New York Sun
Steel Mackage
Rue de Clichy
Paris
Parasol Pointers Inexpensive DIY Sunshades For Travel
A guide offers easy to imitate parasol designs using white linen with stork embroidery or cream linen shaded with hydrangeas. It advises using dyes or pyrographic stains, planning a palette with red yellow and blue, and notes that shadow work parasols can be enhanced by lining the shade with coordinating fabric.
New Scottish Prison Chaplain Encounters Defiant Inmate
A recently appointed Scottish prison chaplain, during his first cell round, proclaims his role but is met with a blunt retort from a prisoner. The inmate jokes that previous pulpits were empty and doubts the new chaplain will find the same answer here, highlighting resistance to authority.
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Messeri Guehy
Pelectinn
Virras
Jimmy Slack
Water Street
Slack
Pied Barnes
Rhode Island
Standard Oil Chief
I Aetesaw Liountai
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