Portraits, Letters and a Hidden Truth Drive a Yacht Case
The story follows Philip Clyde and Evelyn Grayson as anonymous threats around Robert Cameron escalate. A decapitated portrait head and a missing Cameron spark intrigue, while a Chinese-linked conspiracy unfolds. Evelyn declares the man in Cameron’s room is not her uncle, hinting at a dangerous deception.
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Robert Cameron
Philip Clyde
Cameron
Clyde
Evelyn Grayson
Evelyn
Philatus Murphy
Murphy
Nell Gwynne
Lans
Johnson
Yup Sing
New York
Theatter
Addison
Pekin
China
Miss Clement
Murdy
Crystal Consolidated
Fifth Avenue
Enigmatic Chinatown tale deepens in mission visit
Evelyn urges entries at the Mission while Philip Clyde learns from Miss Clement that Ling Fo has been shot and Chinatown is mystified by recent events. Dr Massey warns Cameron’s condition will soon clear, and Evelyn remains convinced the patient is not her uncle, while plans for a prisoner exchange unfold.
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Evelyn
Cameron
Robert
Robert Cameron
Checkabeedy
Louis
Stephen
Massey
Philip
Clyde
Pell Street
Cameron Electric
Miss Clement
Ling Fo
Chinatown
China
Secret letter from Miss Clement fuels Chinatown intrigue
In a brougham ride the narrator and Evelyn read Miss Clement’s handwriting about Ling Fo’s murder and a white man linked to the Sable Lorcha crime. The page warns of spies as six companies and tongs stir ferment. a gun interrupts their moment, leaving the case to continue.
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Evelyn
Philip
Ling Fo
Chinatown
Miss Clement
China
America
New York
Bread Substitutes Among Europe’s Poor Hit By Hunger
The London Globe notes that many European poor eat little or no bread. In southern Australia and Italy bread is scarce, while Austrians near Vienna rely on sterz a porridge from ground beechnuts. In Tyrol and Carinthia sterz is common breakfast and supper staple. Northern Italy uses polenta boiled grain served solid as daily bread, with mamaliga in Roumania resembling polenta but staying loose.
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London Globe
Australia
Italy
Roumania
Obersteinmark
Vienna
Carinthia
Tyrol
False Alarm Prompts Laughing Exchange
Mrs Gabbit feels foolish after a false alarm as Mr Gabbit yawns and Mrs Gabbit talks on for an hour before realizing he was merely yawning. The exchange plays on timing and conversational misreads in a lighthearted domestic vignette.
Open Up Argentina Cable Railways Petition Moves Senate
A petition before the Argentine national senate seeks a concession to build and run cable railways across the republic for sixty years, outlining planned routes and operating terms.
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Argentina
Argentine National Senate
Argentine Republic
Homemade Merry-Go-Round Toy Plans for 1912
A detailed carpentry guide by A Neely Hall for building a home made mechanical merry go round. It describes platform construction using two boards, a center pole, horse figures on axles, triggers to rock the horses, belt driven motion from a motor or crank, and a tin or cardboard tent top.
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A. Neely Hall
Making Friends with Birds in the Home Garden
A guide to inviting small birds to nest nearby using simple nesting boxes and plantings. The piece highlights wrens using a cigar box nest, bluebirds martens and sparrows preferring distant boxes, hummingbirds attracted by foxglove lobelia honeysuckle petunia and phlox, and nutgathering nuthatches drawn by a peanut string.
Praise for Press of Today Mirrors Modern Life in News
J L Gargin in a London address lauds the new journalism for its alertness efficiency and swiftness while denying sensationalism. He argues the press must reflect the full range of modern life and shows that recent years prove notable improvements without sacrificing accuracy.
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Lord Northcliffe
J. L. Gargin
London
Wasted Period of Life as a National Resource
Earl Barnes argues in Atlantic Monthly that women aged 60 to 75 are a vital but underused national resource. He notes delegates in state federations of women’s clubs, urges lifting restrictions on women’s activity, and claims older women could reform schools, municipal housekeeping, labor conditions, and politics despite lacking formal power.
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Earl Barnes
Atlantic Monthly
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Yokohama
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Philp
Ling
Miss Grayson
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