The Amateur Detective and the Attlebury Inquiry
A writer-turned-detective visits Attlebury Me from Major Henderson's papers. A banker's son Edward Franklin is suspected in a railroad train robbery after a guard is killed and money goes missing. The narrator pursues truth, discovers Franklin's peril, and salvages Laura's safety, while Carroll is arrested in Montreal.
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Grand Hotel
Attlebury
Aroostook County
John Tenderson
Thomas Henderson
Boston
Blenham
Miss Franklin
Franklin
Ife
Major Henderson
Albert Carroll
Carroll
Frankin
Trenderson
Laura
Carrell
Montreal
Quebec
Tipping in Europe and America Compared
A Chicago Post article contrasts tipping customs in Europe and the United States. It argues European servants accept tips casually while American practices are industrialized, with hotels and cafes paying for the tip privilege and servers pressured by customers.
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Europe
America
Iere
Chicago Fost
Market fair at Ferikelar draws merchants from distant lands
The Maidan at Ferikelar hosts the Khaiish bazaar forty days after the vernal equinox, lasting a full month. Delegations include Persians from Astrakhan to Khorasan, with sixty to seventy horsemen needed for security. Estimated trade reaches 50 000 to 250 000 dollars, depending on silver values. the fair declined over two decades and ended about ten years ago.
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Ferikelar
Barfrush
Astrakhan
Baku
Kashan
Teheran
Yezid
Isfahan
Resht
Mazitnderan
Kerman
Astarabad
Khorasan
Cannon Ball Trees in British Guiana Described
A cann on ball tree grows from eighty to over one hundred feet tall in British Guiana The fruit is a hard globe seven inches or more in diameter containing many flat circular seeds larger than a dime The capsule resembles brown thirty two pound shot in rough texture and size
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British Guiana
Feminine Verdict Hat and Gown Judge Ward
A Pittsburgh Post humorous remark recalls a lady jury verdict describing the defendant as wearing a frightful hat and an ill fitting gown. The quip highlights fashion over merit in a light court-room moment.
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Pittsburgh Post
Two of Tham Reeder Quiz Genius Household Life
The fragment cites a Puck cartoon stylequip dialogue about living with a genius and checking with a wife after work. It hints at humorous domestic relations and the question of genius in daily life. No clear event or person beyond the cartoonish exchange.
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Tham. Reeder
de Ruyter
Puck
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Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago News
Peabody Shellbark Coal
Peabody Coal CO
Chicago, Ill
Oliver Typewriter
Printype
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter No
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Oliver Typewriter Company
Oliver Typewriter Building
Chicago
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Monticello
Iowa
Fred Puleston
Kilers & Bolton
E. Fereed Tltorny
Burrichter's Drygoods
J. W. Doxler
Lovell Block
DR. A. M. Maurice
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NEW Spring Goods
H. C. Bohlken
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