Chase and Attack on Levi Kredge in South Street
Stuart Harland pursues a mysterious man believed to be Levi Kredge, but the chase ends as the foe escapes after a brutal blow. Detective Paxton reviews the case with Stuart and reveals a money bag marked with John Oakburn’s name found in Kredge’s room, strengthening the murder theory.
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Stuart
South Street
John Oakburn
Stuart Harland
Levi Kredge
Paxton
Sayer
Stanmore
Leys Kredge
Oon
Laxton
Juart Harland
Win Oakburn
Mele
Winkshabe
Kredge
Vu Stuart
Maxton
Paxton veils Levi Kredge and traps the janitor
Detective Paxton adopts a perfect Levi Kredge persona to lure and arrest the janitor in Brouscem's, after shadowing Judith Kredge and discovering a damning pawned locket. He orders two agents to seize Kredge outside a tavern, then detains him and sends him to the Tombs as evidence for assault charges.
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Judith Kredge
Levi
Paxton
Judith
Pratt
Weeks
Brouscem’s
Dreaders Alley
Levi Kredge
Kredge
Brouscem
Malvin
Deadly creatures and a famed powder horn tale
The article surveys rattlesnakes tarantulas centipedes and scorpions detailing bites lifethreatening effects and first aid. It then recounts O D Rose’s 1758 Lake George powder horn with a long lineage from Wolfe Washington Jackson to the Rose family.
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O. D. Rose
Lincoln Heights
Daniel Brooks
Lake George
George Washington
Wolfe
Quebec
Old Hickory Jackson
Mr. Rose
Gen
Murray
Maj. Gladwin
Sir Henry Moore
New York
Gov. Moore
Gen. Warren
Bunker Hill
W. M. Smith
Gen. Washington
Richmond Somers
Tripoli
Gen. Jackson
Fire alarms in New York City average by time of day
The Fire Commission report answers when fires peak. It notes the yearly average number of alarms and implies patterns tied to daily activity, indicating a distribution across hours rather than a single period.
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New York Sun
New York City
Manliness and Courage Then and Now
A Newcastle Chronicle correspondent recounts a Gothenburg City wreck on St Marys Island with rats overrunning the ship and crew escaping by boat. The piece then wanders into moral reflections praising self restraint, truthfulness, and the example of W. Ewart Gladstone as true manliness.
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Newcastle
England
Northumberland
St. Mary’s
Island
Gothenburg
Dean Stanley
Eton College
W. Ewart Gladstone
New York Ledger
Pretty Detroit party tale of a picky child guest
A Detroit Free Press note describes a Cass avenue gathering where a six year old girl criticizes her dining partner as a “dummy” and asks for another partner amid a playful, precocious dinner scene. The matron joins the humor with a laugh as the child declares her desire for a new partner.
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Caviter
Detroit Free Press
Cass Avenue
Refined Tastes and Curious Commonplaces from the Arctic Coast
The article notes men cutting hair to resemble monks to avoid scaring caribou, Esquimaux preference for eggs not yet hatched, heavy use of liquor and tobacco including infants with tobacco, and a belief that death will bring pleasures in Heaven for those who feel out of place in prayer meetings.
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Lord Lorne
Europe
Eeinburgh
Stirling
Argyle Lodge
Argyle
Princess Louise
Rochester Post-Express
Arctic
Esquimaux
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Menehthersteaxton
Brady
Marion Oakburn
Donald Wayburn
Prestonishment
Petective
Oakburn
John Oakeumm
Richard Stanmore
Rascal
John Oaburn
New Mexico
Lackbone
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