Portrait of Mystery and Threats Across New York
Horace Hazeltine and Robert Cameron face anonymous letters and a staged portrait decapitation. Clyde investigates with Philip Clyde, Evelyn Grayson, and Chinese connections as a Chinese literature expert and Yup Sing bring new clues. Cameron’s illness, a yacht escape, a murder, and a Beijing link drive the suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cameron
Philip Clyde
Cameron
Clyde
Evelyn Grayson
Evelyn
Philatus Murphy
Murphy
Nell Gwynne
T Hird
Johnson
Forelyn
Yup Sing
New York
Addison
Pekin
China
Miss Clement
Trelyn
Crystal Consolidated
Fifth Avenue
Eivelyn
When the Doors Parted in a Darkened Brougham
The narrator recalls a rapid succession of events after an assassination attempt as Eve and he face capture. A shadowy masked gunman holds a revolver, Evelyn triggers darkness, and the pair flee into the unknown with urgent commands to escape.
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Ling Fo
Evelyn
Miss Clement
Eiasion
Night Stable Assault Reveals Detective O'Hara’s Pursuit
In a crowded New York stable scene Evelyn and Philip flee a band of assailants. Philetus Murphy clashes with the attackers, a shot wounds him, and O'Hara, the detective, captures the main target while police disperse the rioting crowd. A driver disruption forces a later return home to continue the suspenseful journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Haelyn
Philetus Murphy
Murphy
O’hara
Metropolitan Police Force
Philip
O'Hara
New York
Ling Fo
Bowery
Pell Street
Ijvelyn
Cameron House
Scuttled Ship Tale Surfaces In Chinese Consul Visit
In the hall the Chinese vice consul Yup Sing and Mr Chen Mok present a theory to Clyde about a historic atrocity. Yup Sing recounts the Donald McNish lorcha massacre of 97 Chinese laborers, framed as motive for unrest among locals, as Clyde weighs trust and aims for a broader agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checkabeedy
Cragholt
Mr. Cameron
Bryen
Evelyn
Philip
Pacific
Yup Sing
Mott Street
Clyde
China
New York
Chen Mok
Mr. Clyde
Chen
Paseed
Canton
Donald McNish
McNish
California
Ah Shoo
Chu-Kiang
John Woo
Hong Kong
United States
Capturing Bears in India and Japanese Dried Fish Trade
The New York Herald notes a bear capture method in India using armed men, long spears, limed bamboo poles, and dogs to corner and restrain the bear before spear thrusts. It also reports Japanese traders in Honolulu buying surplus aku and drying it into exported dried fish at a Fisheries Company plant.
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India
New York Herald
Honolulu
Fisheries Company
Well Worth Catching in the Lake Scene
A hotel proprietor and a young man discuss a girl in a red bathing suit noted as "worth catching." The street conversation hints the subject is valued at 150,000 plunka, implying a symbolic treasure or prize in a coastal or resort setting.
DIY Home Made Furniture For Boys Rooms 1912 Guide
A 1912 instructional piece shows boys how to craft practical furniture from boxes and boards. It covers a blacking case magazine rack and tabouret with step by step construction details, measurements, and finishing tips for sturdy home made pieces.
Hand Evolution Traced From Fins Through Vertebrate Lineage
Scientists argue the human hand with five fingers evolved from fish fins and five-fingered limbs. They cite the Australian mud fish as a living fossil showing transitional fins and discuss how midrib branches could have become legs and toes, leading to five-toed feet and five-fingered hands in terrestrial descendants.
Refused to Accept Snub in Napoleon III Crimean War Note
A French author argues Napoleon III sided with Britain in the Crimean War partly due to social ties in London clubs and partly because of a royal slight. The czar Nicholas I’s reply used Mon grand ami, signaling a diplomatic rift. Napoleon noted a letter from Kisslew claiming his sovereign called him Mon grand aunt, saying one cannot choose brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon III
Great Britain
London
Russia
Nicholas I
Napoleon
Monsieur Mon Frere
Nicholas
Count Kisslew
Catherine the Great’s Favorite and Potemkin’s Luxury Tales
Stories recount lavish life at Prince Potemkin’s military HQ with 600 servants and a troupe of actors. Two Caucasus officers danced the tzigane and were rewarded with field rank after a week’s journey. Fetish for diamonds and shawls marked grand feasts attended by 200 ladies.
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Potemkin
Catherine
Caucasus
Catherine the Great
Francis‘ Gribble
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Ae Iee A
Horace Hazeltine
Cor
Yap Sing
Tom
Yup
Mr. Chen
America
A. Neely Hall
Handy Boys
Markoff
Taboure
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