Mystery Letters Threaten Robert Cameron in N Y tale
In a suspenseful plot, capitalist Robert Cameron receives anonymous threatening letters. Detective Clyde, Cameron, and Evelyn Grayson navigate a sequence of clues including a severed portrait head, a gun borrowed by a Chinese boy, and a mysterious Chinese literature expert. Dr Addison reveals Cameron’s secret China trip, deepening the mystery as Cameron vanishes on a yacht.
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Robert Cameron
Consulta
Philip Clyde
Cameron
Clyde
Evelyn Grayson
Evelyn
Philatus Murphy
Nell Gwynne
Lfe
Johnson
Yip Sing
New York
Addison
Pekin
China
Mystery of Cameron and the Un confessed Past
The narrator recalls Cameron’s denial of being in Peking and the Chinese empire. In London the next spring the truth seems undeniable, yet Cameron refuses admission, ending their twenty year friendship. Dr Addison prescribes rest and follow up if symptoms persist, and the narrator discards the prescription on Madison Avenue.
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Peking
London
Cameron
Madison Avenue
Secret pursuit in Chinatown basement cliffhanger
Philip Carter storms into a Chinatown cellar chasing Peter Johnson after a nimble escape. He fights pain from a sprained ankle as the search leads to a peanut bakery and a dark, fetid room, where the prisoner seems to loom in the shadows. The scene ends with Carter overpowered by Johnson during a dreamlike sequence.
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Peter Johnson
Johnson
Midocean
Trouser Fashion Through Centuries and a Maine Bank Leader
The piece notes trousers as a symbol of authority over centuries with Napoleon era references and Wellington’s 1814 Almack setback. It also profiles Mrs. Engabeth Davidson as Maine’s sole woman bank president guiding a bank from a rented room to a new building while expanding deposits and directing meetings.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Almack's
London
Engabeth Davidson
Maine
Davidson
Truth About Proud Man Observes Night Fear Differences
A commentator contrasts women's and men's reactions to nighttime fear. The woman hides beneath the bedclothes and sleeps, while the man proclaims fearlessness yet lies awake trembling for hours listening for sounds.
Not Again Hias Faces Punishment for Mischief
The remark recalls Hias who has been punished several times for malicious mischief including tampering with a fire alarm box. Fliegende Blaetter from Munich notes renewed accusations and public concern over the ongoing pranks.
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Hias
Fliegende Blaetter
Munich
Three Simple Tricks for the Boy Magician
A 1912 guide explains patience and practice for aspiring boy magicians. It details three tricks: increasing 14 coins to 20 using a hidden pocket in a plate, breaking and restoring a match via a manipulated handkerchief, and transforming a glass’s contents with a concealed rubber insert and silk thread.
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A. Neely Hall
Motor Car Fiasco and Comic Coincidence Plunge Town Into Laughter
Dr W J Carter and Traffic Officer Krug deal with a man claiming to be a human motor car after he drinks gasoline by mistake. A later tale recounts a drummer meeting an angel in a store and a blackout telephone incident ending with a farmer being told coincidence explains it.
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Dr. Carter
Krug
Kansas
Chicago
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Tve
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Dovers Street
Sherry
Tnstance
MacLeod
Gloucester
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Irons
Pythias
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Manny
Murphy
Coa Cob
Uncle Robert
Chinatown
Loyalton
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Mott Street
Dovers
Pell Street
Trouser
By A. Neely Hall
Landy Boya
Los Angeles Evening Herald
Sodtown
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