Marathon Mystery A Story of Manhattan
Grace Croydon and Drysdale navigate a web of threats and deception as Tremaine uses pressure and charm to push her toward an entangling arrangement. Delroy funds a risky plan to restore Mrs Delroy’s necklace by sea, while Tremaine and Drysdale spar over loyalties and honor amid evolving romantic tension.
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Gnece Mab
Drysdale
Delroy
Tremaine
New York
Corydon
Grace
Dickie
Grace Croydon
Grace Croy Lon
Godfrey
Wall Street
Martinque
Edgemere
Tiffany’s
Tiffany
Holgemere
Miss Croydon
Thomas
Mrs. Delroy
Hbrey
Tiffany's
Contiani
Thirty-third Street
Contian
Edith
Grahams
Graham
Tommas
Willum
Delray Distrust Flares in Town Visit
John Drysdale travels with the men to town though his contempt for Delray’s laxness remains and his distrust of Tremaine deepens. The prospect of a stay at home becomes intolerable as hours pass.
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Tremaine
John Drysdale
Delray
A Solid Liquid and a Muddy Bottle of Milwaukee Thunder
Captain Biglow of Yale weighs an applicant for the football team saying he will never make a football play er. A motor cyclist visits a mountain inn and finds beer that the landlord proclaims as Milwaukee. The beer is thick and muddy, leading to a curious remark about thunder.
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Biglow
Yale
Captain Biglow
Milwaukee
A Amusing Exchange and a Daring Escape
An amusing tale shows Jennie a bright 12 year old girl punished for disobedience with an early bedtime. A boy asks for Jennie and a voice says she is being punished. A judge questions a wagon escape and a constable replies it was covered by a revolver. It is noted Britain spends 150000 dollars daily on theaters.
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Jennie
Mamaima
Great Britain
Thanksgiving on Board a Man-of-War
Thanksgiving aboard United States battleships mirrors shore celebrations with flags raised, decks washed, and feasts of turkey and plum duff. Navy crews enjoy races, ball games, and smoking liberty after meals, while officers award prizes for teamwork and skill amid a tradition stretching back to the era of Jimmy Legs and Tom Sharkey.
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United States
Panama
New England
Naples Bay
Jitngir Legs
Ipo
Tom Sharkey
Jimmy Legs
Philadelphia
Navy
Sharkey
Sparrin
Washington Times
Thanksgiving humor from Plymouth 1714 Diners
Rev Lawrence Conant recalls a Plymouth church Thanksgiving in 1714 with governors and customs officials in attendance. A slave named Pomp Shorter is admonished in the meeting house while a venison feast ends in a disciplinary response to Pequot for lying and profaning the Lord's day.
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Plymouth Rock
Lawrence Conant
Old South
Danvers
Mass
Gardiner
Garrick
Wrentham
Pequot
Epes
Ananias
Thanksgiving Day Duel With Don Garcia At Los Organos
Polly Baker Young, a fearless 17 year old, leads the engineers camped near Las Cruces, New Mexico, as Don Garcia’s horse thieves strike. A grand Thanksgiving unfolds with feast and wind carved by the Organ mountains as Polly’s singing charms the riders and Rivera men fade away. Major Philander Young rescues Polly from danger and the colonel returns triumphant to camp.
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Jimmy
Philander Young
Phil
Philander
Joe
Colonel
Santa Fe
Bob
Dinener
Polly
Nan
Rob
Don Garcia
Las Cruces
N. M
Organ Mountains
Los Organos
Rio Grande
Iid
Raphiellino
Cricket
Santa Maria
Miss Pally
Jove
Washington, D. C
Polly Baker
Roosevelts
Legations
Band of Horse Thieves
Mexico
A Boy's Thanksgiving Menu
An 18 year old boy drafts a humorous Thanksgiving menu with a sequence of courses. The list features pies and desserts including mince pie pumpkin pie terkey lemon pie custard pie apple pie chocolate cake ice cream plum pudding and dessert pie.
Calling Day customs and mid-century social rituals
A quoted note recalls mid-century calling days when society folk dined at noon and held receptions on Thanksgiving rivaling New Year. The exchange features Mr Hardup in a nursery and a child revealing Tommy as the bill collector with an account.
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Hardup
Tommy
Quaker Reflections in the Philadelphia Record
An assortment of light aphorisms on conscience money and humor. The author muses that insomnia, police, and critics reveal human folly. Humor and social observations mingle with advice to seek work as a bill collector to escape troubles.
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Philadelphia
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Manhattan
Burton E. Stevenson
Gascony
Kate
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