Winsted Faces a Plotters Ring and a Fatal Choice
Frederick Winsted former Army captain and city public works official writes a confession and faces blackmail by Lawson Minot and Clifford Lawrence after a forged letter threatens his career. Emily Lawrence returns with the manuscript proving the forgery and gives Winsted a chance at truth justice and love.
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Trederick Winsted
United States Army
Panama
Clifford Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Lawrence
Emily
Stevenson
Martin J. Minot
Stuart
Minot
Nelson Construction
Jamies Nelson
West Point
Nelson
Needle Floatation and Water Repellence Explained
A Harper's Weekly excerpt explains how a small oil-free needle can rest on water due to air cling and water cohesion. It notes insects walk on water by air trapped at their feet forming cuplike impressions that displace enough liquid to float the creature.
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Harper’s Weekly
Shakespeare as an Actor in His Time
Brander Matthews suggests Shakespeare began as Adam and the elder Knowell around 1598 and played the ghost in 1602 at age thirty eight. He remained a actor ten to twelve more years but left little record of memorable roles or strong acting prowess.
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District Messenger Company
Emily
Winsted
Clifford Lawrence
Lawrence
Emily Lawrence
Winstedling
Tam
Dr. Garvan
Minot
Garvan
Mr. Lawrence
Benham
Garyan
Shakespeare
Adam
Knowell
Brander Matthews
North American Review
Ben Jonson
Lewes
Builder of Fireproof Buildings Dates Off Fire Insurance Agent
A humorous quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a builder of fireproof structures hesitating to ask Patterson for his daughter. The punchline plays on the contrast between a builder immune to fire and a fire insurance agent.
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Old Patterson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Poets and Birthright Weigh in a Bazar Exchange
A fragment from Harpers Bazar presents a playful dialogue about poetry and origin. The Poet's Wife insists poets are born, while Miss Gusher-Oh pleads for clarity in a light literary exchange.
Virtue and Transgression Echo in Milton Line
A line from John Milton asserts that even the most renowned virtue can transgress to keep the law in a paradoxical sense, reflecting enduring tension between moral ideals and formal rules.
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John Milton
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Peabody Coal Company
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Oliver Typewriter Company
Oliver Typewriter Building
Chicago
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
NEW Spring Goods
H. C. Bohlken
E. BE. Reed Tliorney
Burrichter's Drygoods
Monticello
Iowa
J. W. Doxler
Lovell Block
Lows
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
Alonzo Cowas
Monticello, Iowa
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