The Holladay Case Aims for Etretat on Shipboard Clues
In a tense on board exchange, Mistair Lester probes Miss Holladay’s disappearance after a Paris voyage, confiding a plan to track two women linked to the Holladay case. Martigny sheds cautious hints as Lester plots a Paris search while Miss Kemball urges prudence and secrecy before departure.
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Betany
Bethune
Jourdains
France
Miss Holladay
Monsieur Lecoq
Lester
Paris
Missr Lester
Andre
Havre
Etretat
Amerrica
Mole Hills
Cape la Hague
Miss Kemball
Martigny
Goodby
Mr. Royce
Beuzeville
Les Ils
Les Ifs
Gea
Harriman Plans a Mountain Palace on Ramapo Peak
A report details financier H. Harriman's planned two million dollar residence atop the Ramapo mountains. A cable railroad will haul workers and materials up the peak for a Norman Romanesque 325 foot front, a three-wing complex, swimming pool, library, conservatory, and commanding Lookout Tower. The move promises solitude and proximity to New York City with pure air, mountain water, and a private rail link thundering up 2300 feet.
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New York
Rip van Winkie
Catskill Mountains
H. Harriman
Ramapo Mountains
Harriman's Palace
Middletown
Hudson River
Harriman
Ramapo Range
Wall Street
Tower Hill
Draw Poker Outlasts Shooting in River Town Card Game
In Arkansas City Jake Winterbottom and Joe Bassett taunt a rival as draw poker prevails over gunplay. A stranger loses big, then quits after a decisive hand, while Greenhut extols draw as the safer, cleaner pastime over shooting.
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Flo
New Orleans
Jake
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Joe Bassett
Vicksburg Gap
Winterbottom
Sam Pearsall
Joe
Jim Blaisdeil
Greenhut
Das
Sid Witterbottom
Massett
Bassett
Blaisdell
Baysett
Pearsall
How to Make Money
A muezzin with a harsh call to prayer earns 10 dinars to leave a mosque. Later he complains the amount is too small as others offer 20 dinars to relocate. The prince jokes that if he stays, others will bid even higher.
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Muezzin
Indians Fond of Lillards in Southwest Oklahoma Feast
Mountain View reporter notes Kiowa Comanche and Cheyenne tribes favor dog meat at feasts as special honor for guests. White visitors feel pressure to accept. In town, Kiowas ride in finery. billiards amuse the young men while nights see an early return to the reservation before sundown. Government paydays on March 15 trigger feasting and dancing.
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Oklahoma
Mountain View
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sam
Why Tan Shoes Wear Well and Materials Used
The article discusses why tan leather remains softer than black leather and links it to boot blacking. It explains that blacking often contains strong acids like sulphuric acid to dissolve mineral matter in ivory black, producing a very acid compound. It notes brown boot polishes are non acidic varnishes of oils and waxes.
Our Irony Blurred by a Poetic compliment
A fragmentary dialogue notes a poetess praising a speaker as a mouth a rosebud in a town setting. The speakers humorously guess if the line implies a shave while sharing a coy, understated exchange.
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Burton E. Stevenson
Henry Holt & Co
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Mistair Lester
Houston Street
Cafe
Jourdain
Yeo
Royce
Mrs. Kemball
M. Martigny
Harper's Weekly
Magnate
van Winkle
Jake Weinterbotton
Joe Ase
Ike
Clay County
Hull
Caleb Mix
Long O
Cale
Memphis
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