Portrait Decay and Hidden Threats Surround Horace Hazeltine
Robert Cameron, businessman, receives anonymous threatening letters. A portrait head is severed and later found nailed to a tree. Clyde investigates with Evelyn Grayson as danger mounts and a Chinese-adjacent intrigue unfolds. Cameron vanishes during a yacht trip amid pursuit of clues and missing evidence.
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Robert Cameron
Philip Clyde
Cameron
Clyde
Evelyn Grayson
Evelyn
Philatus Murphy
Caméron
Nell Gwynne
Lans
Johnson
Yip Sing
New York
Addison
Pekin
China
Yup Sing
The Chinatown Snafu and a Night of Narrow Escape
After inhaling lethal carbon monoxide in a cramped cellar I am rescued by an elderly Chinese missionary with kind eyes. Evelyn and Miss Clement explain amyl pearls and a hidden plot linking Peter Johnson and Philetus Murphy while Detective O Hara tracks Yup Sing and a Cos Cob lead.
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Providence
Chinatown
Nature
Miss Clement
Mrs. Lancaster
Siena
Evelyn
Peter Johnson
Uncle Robert
New York City
Clement
Yup Sing
Mr. Johnson
Dovers Street
O'Hara
Philetus Murphy
Mott Street
Yap Sing Company
Ching Wune
Muk Chuen
Murphy
Cos Cob
Crystal Consolidated
A Slump In Crystal Consolidated
Four weeks after Cameron’s disappearance the narrator weighs violent rumor and police limits while trusting Miss Clement. She has unseen channels in Chinatown and promises three days to uncover what law or press cannot. The plan to push public action remains on hold until her information arrives.
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Clement
Evelyn
China
Dovers Street
Miss Clement
Cameron
Clyde
Chinatown
Mr. Clyde
DIY wheelbarrow for handy boys by A Neely Hall
A 1912 guide explains building a practical wheelbarrow from simple parts. It covers wheel options including a grooved pulley wheel or a homemade wooden wheel, frame assembly details, axle placement, and box mounting using a grocery box shaped to fit.
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A. Neely Hall
Giant Woodpeckers Of Mexico And Central America Described
The article notes large woodpeckers in Mexico and Central America, including imperial and ivory billed species. It compares sizes with pileated and ivy billed woodpeckers, describes glossy black coloration with white markings, and mentions powerful white bills used to forage for pine insects in decayed trunks.
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Mexico
Central America
North America
Europe
Gulf States
Neatly Caught Angler Mystery Over Lost Cigarette Case
An angler once mislaid a gold cigarette case and kept silent for two years. At a riverside meeting with a fellow fisherman, the finder surprised him by revealing he had found the case, while the angler admitted the other had indeed found it.
The Tramp Buys A French Book From a Literary Beggar
A gray man recalls meeting a ragged tramp outside a second hand bookshop who pleads for a specific book. The tramp, eager for Anatole France’s The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, asks to be bought the item for ten cents, and the narrator purchases it to meet his need.
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Europe
Sylvestre Bonnard
Anatole France
Principles and the personal bearing of beliefs
An Atlantic contributor notes that principles gain power only when held by individuals. People carry them like horse-chestnuts, wear them as garments, or welcome intimate receptivity, yet when a principle permeates temperament it may lose its own distinct character.
Giant German carp nets record catch in Massachusetts lake
Over thirty pounds of German carp were pulled from Quannapowitt lake in Wakefield. The catch is described as the largest freshwater carp recorded in Massachusetts, though many carp reach large sizes. Scientists note their vegetarian diet.
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Quannapowitt Lake
Wakefield
Massachusetts
Japanese man jailed for life over Osaka fire plot
Makino Jutaro, a Japanese national, received a life sentence in Tokyo for plotting the death of his aged mother-in-law during the Osaka conflagration. He planned to murder her by leaving her in the central fire zone, intending she would be burnt.
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Makino Jutaro
Tokio
Osaka
Big Carp as Thrift, Not Sport in State Lakes
Editorial notes in the Worcester Telegram argue that the abundant carp would lower living costs if harvested for thrift rather than sport. The piece muses on whether landing a thirty-pound fish from a lake offers sufficient sport, suggesting a wider use of carp across state waters.
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Worcester Telegram
Origin of the Bloodhound Ancestry Traced to St Hubert
The bloodhound is believed to descend from the Talbot and thus from the St Hubert of the Ardennes. St Huberts date to early Gaul times and, in the eighth century, were called the Flemish hound in two strains, black and white. They were brought to England at the conquest and in James I era, noted for deep voices and strong scenting power.
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Ardennes
Gauls
St. Huberts
England
Temperance in Reason and Passion as Virtue's Ground
The line extols temperance as the strength of the soul and foundation of virtue, urging restraint in passion and steadfastness of mind as the true measure of character. It frames self control as essential to moral life and personal integrity.
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Horace Hazeltine
Amy
Loyalton
Miss Grayson
Detective
Sing
Philip
Cragholt
Handy Boys
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