The Hidden Wallet Reward Ends as Noble Finds Treasure
Adrian Noble searches the Sign 21 poster area for the blue oblong wallet tied to the Flynn case. He uncovers the ledger hidden beneath a poster, saving John Warren from ruin and enabling Noble to marry Zelia as reward money funds their future.
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Barney Flynn
Rowland Waldron
Ea Slt
R. Ww
Abner Waldron
Repaiard
Universal Advertising Syndicate
Adrian Noble
Noble
Flynn
Tye
Mr. Warren
Zelia
John Warren
Warren
Ing
Ages of Lands Compared With France and Germany
The piece surveys Switzerland’s age from its 1808 federation to 1874 constitutional reforms and Vienna era neutrality. It notes Greece’s 1832 independence, Romania's 1887, Bulgaria 1885, Montenegro 1878, and Portugal's 1910 republic. It also references Turkey’s five-year regime and Russia’s old empire alongside England.
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France
Germany
Switzerland
United States
Europe
Greece
Roumania
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Tua
Turkey
Russia
England
Ivan the Terrible
Rescue of Harpooned Whale by Another Off Cape Hatteras
Captain Louis Lopes of the whaling schooner Whyland reports that six weeks ago off Cape Hatteras a second whale collided with the harpooned one and wrapped the line around the boat. The second whale struck the rope and freed its companion before the harpooned whale could be reeled in. The first whale left with the iron in its body and 20 feet of line trailing, preventing another shot.
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Boston
Louis Lopes
Whyland
Cape Hatteras
Lopes
Infinite Variety Quip Mixes Shakespeare With Vaudeville
A literary boarder and a bachelor debate Cleopatra’s “infinite variety” with a joking twist. The bachelor suggests the phrase echoes the ancient world, equating it with today’s continuous vaudeville style.
Trinity Church on Valuable Ground in New York
The land at the head of Wall Street where Trinity Church and its cemetery stand spans 391 feet by 227 feet and is valued at 17 million dollars.
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Trinity Church
Wall Street
New York
His Favorite Route Through A Pool Table Circuit
The Boston Transcript notes a quirky habit as Tomkins is advised to walk three miles daily. He reportedly travels the route around a pool table, a curious domestic routine framed as a casual city item.
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Tomkins
Boston Transcript
Orchids In The House By Frank H. Sweet
A compact guide to growing orchids at home noting their beauty and growing challenges for amateurs. It covers patient care, resting periods, watering, temperature, mounting, and seasonal steps to cultivate Odontoglots Cattleya and Cypripediams successfully.
Winter Plant Care Tips and Flowering Varieties
The guide covers storage of tender hydrangeas in a cellar, watering to prevent drying, and frequent foliage spraying. It discusses oxalis buttercup, Brugmansia, calla varieties, moss roses, tub plants like Souvenir de Bon, bulb timing from October to December, and rehoming bleeding heart if roots are disturbed.
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Glory of
Moss
Henry Martin
Apple growers plan vast consignment for wounded soldiers
A nationwide committee of apple growers and dealers plans a free consignment of apples for soldiers in Europe via Red Cross aid. They seek safe passage from Wilson and Lansing, estimate fruit value around 300000 dollars aboard ship, and expect to deliver to the sick and wounded in trenches and hospitals.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
Red Cross
Wilson
Lansing
New York
Life preserver is novel invention by Norwegian traveler
John L. Hdmund a young Norwegian presents a new life preserver folded inside a traveling bag. In emergency the bag expands into a waterproof union suit forming coat trousers and arms to carry the wearer through rough seas. The device includes a window and two air valves lockable from inside.
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John L. Hdmund
Inventor of Merit William L Saunders Named to Naval Board
William Lawrence Saunders of Plainfield New Jersey has been appointed to the United States naval advisory board by Secretary Daniels. He is a prominent mine engineer with many inventions including subaqueous drilling with tube and water jet systems rock drilling track and bar channelers radial axe coal mining and compressed air pumping now used in Russian oil fields.
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William Lawrence Saunders
Plainfield
N. J
United States Naval Advisory Board
Daniels
Man Buried in Self Made Walnut Coffin
Newcastle Indiana reports seventy seven year old Moab Turner laid to rest in a coffin he crafted thirty years earlier from a family walnut chest. The eccentric man arranged his own funeral and kept the coffin with an undertaker for a decade. Turner, a Civil War participant who moved from Tennessee, was captured twice during service and exchanged after the Atlanta campaign.
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Newcastle
Ind
Moab Turner
Turner
Tennessee
Cumberland Gap
Atlanta
Horse Recognizes Local Prosecutor In Davenport
County Prosecutor David McCallum passed by a mare he had raised as a farm lad but had not seen in eight years. The horse nipped at him then pranced at the railing, and witnesses said the animal’s recognition was unmistakable.
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Davenport, Wash
David McCallum
Hoard Found in Wall of Historic Mount Clemens Building
In Mount Clemens Michigan William Singer uncovered a wooden box hidden between walls of a late 19th century structure once owned by the late Frederick Kendrick. The box reportedly contained a considerable sum of money, a cache believed to be property of a miser from around sixty five years ago.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Frederick Kendrick
William Singer
Denver Official Probes Gold in Ducks Gizzards Case
A Denver official traveled to Chetopa to probe shipments from a local poultry dealer. Ducks were found carrying small gold particles in their gizzards, some as large as a pinhead, prompting investigation into the shipments.
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Ottawa
Kan
Denver Commission
Chetopa
Engineers Kept in Check With Speed Recorder
Sharon Pa passenger trains on the Mahoning division of the Erie railroad now use a device that records speed over each trip. If the end shows exceeding the prescribed limit, the engineer is suspended. Trains may run at 60 mph with a six mile per hour margin.
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Sharon
Mahoning
Erie Railroad
Land Sale Hype Follows District Inspection
A man visited the district and returned to Denver unseen. The subsequent leak of the trip spurred a jump in land prices near Chetopa as buyers reacted to the disclosed activity.
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Denver
Chetopa
Make Up Room for Divorcees in Los Angeles Court
Judge Wood creates a reconciliation chamber in divorce court during Judge Monroe's absence. Disgruntled couples are sent to patch up differences and the plan is reported as a great success.
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Los Angeles
Wood
Monroe
Border Manhunt of Mexican Bandits by Texas Rangers
Brownsville reporter recounts a ranger pursuit of Mexican raiders who attacked an American ranch. Eight rangers track through mesquite and Rio Grande terrain, ambush ensues, five bandits killed, the rest left to rot where they fell.
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John W. Roberts
International News Service
Brownsville
Tex
United States Army
Rio Grande
Mexico
Indians adopt threshing machine on Pyramid Lake reservation
Indians at Pyramid Lake in Reno Nevada replace horse and foot threshing with a modern threshing machine. About 100 acres of wheat are being separated from the chaff using the new contrivance.
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Reno
Nev
Pyramid Lake Reservation
Lightning Toll in Great Britain Rarity Hits Low
The report notes severe lightning deaths are extremely rare in Great Britain with figures showing fewer than one person per 050,000 killed by lightning.
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Great Britain
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