Glenarm House Intrigue Deepens Amid Christmas Tension
In a snowbound Indiana manor, John Glenarm and ally Larry Donovan confront saboteurs led by Arthur Pickering. Bates the servant defends the hall while Stoddard reports chapel desecration. A threatening eviction notice from Pickering escalates the power struggle as Marian Devereux looms.
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Chapel Porch
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Glenarm House
Annandale
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John Marshall
Glenarm
Wabana County
John Marshall Glenarm
A Triple Alliance Chapter XIX by an Unknown Author
Larry declines shared quarters while Bates outfits a room. Bates frets over Larry’s suspicions as he wanders the library. The narrator remarks on Bates as a curious figure and notes ongoing unease about the guest who may stay long.
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Larry Donovan
John Glenarm
John Marshall Glenarm
Ele
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Tts
America
Stoddard
Cincinnati
Surf Riding As Royal Waikiki Sport
Surf riding at Waikiki near Honolulu is described as a royal sport with surf canoes and boards. The beach offers long rollers, allowing riders to glide on a moving hillside of water, standing to sail toward shore as the wave breaks. The activity is presented as a thrilling physical pursuit with bold precision required.
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Waikiki
Honolulu
Travel Magazine
Woman Suffrage A Live Issue and Its Long Road
A long, persuasive essay on Susan B. Anthony and the suffrage movement. It traces legal rights gained for married women, lists global and U S state progress toward voting rights, and argues public opinion is shifting toward universal female enfranchisement. It emphasizes education, property, and political participation as factors driving change.
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Miss Anthony
Colorado
Susan B. Anthony
Washington
Supreme Court
Lne
New York
Lucy Stone
Anna Shaw
Massachusetts
United States Congress
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Assembly
Wendell Phillips
Congress
Woman Suffrage Voting Trends Across States
The figures show repeated declines in opposing majorities over decades from Kansas 1867 to Washington 1889 and 1898, with gains in favor of enfranchisement, while opponents persist among foreign men and entrenched enemies of good government. The passage questions whether the trend signals a shrinking “glacier” of bourbonism and oppression.
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England
West Australia
South Australia
New Zealand
Isle of Man
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Kentucky
Kansas
Minnesota
Michigan
Colorado
New Hampshire
Oregon
Massachusetts
New York
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Nebraska
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South Dakota
Arizona
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Montana
Washington
Ilinois
Connecticut
Ohio
Territory
Wyoming
John D. Long
New Gift Ideas with Herbal Sofa Pillows and Sachets
A Harper and Brothers style tip list suggests cushions filled with two thirds sweet fern and one third bayberry leaves, dried in a hot attic. It also praises lavender and lemon verbena for fragrant handkerchief sachets, which can be simple or elaborate using silk or crepe materials.
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Harper’s Bazar
Dangerous cravings for cyanide of potassium described
A chemist warns that handling cyanide of potassium can trigger an insane urge to eat the crystals. He compares the white crystals to a hypnotic force, noting the deadly substance tempts the mind to crush a handful into the mouth.
Curse of Indecision Warns Against Polls of Opinions
A London Weekly Dispatch critique decries a man who cannot decide his path, taking advice from all yet acting on none. The piece warns that such indecision leads to confusion and disaster, and that earnest opinions only worsen the mess.
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London Weekly Dispatch
Dangers of Cyanide in Laboratory Rumors
The article notes many cases of men unable to resist dangerous cravings, with young, prosperous men found dead beside cyanide potassium crystals in laboratories. It warns that chemical workplaces often forbid entry to the cyanide house alone to prevent tragedies.
Blue Eyed and Fair Skinned Indians of Sonora
The Myca Indians in the Sierra Madre of Sonora are described as fair skinned with blue eyes and light hair, puzzling ethnologists. A folklore tale says their ancestors came with a wrecked Swedish vessel near the Mexican coast long before Columbus, but there is no substantial evidence.
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Mexico
Sierra Madre
Sonora
Mexican
New World
Boys kill three foot lynx after big hunt
In Spokane Washington John James and John Zimmerman both twelve years old chased a large lynx at Garden Springs while rabbit hunting. Their dog tracked the beast to a tree and after using a revolver and rifles with 16 bullets they brought it down after multiple returns home for weapons. The lynx measured three feet long excluding the tail, a sizable specimen for the region.
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Spokane
Wash
John James
John Zimmerman
Garden Springs
Firemen's Pet Monkey Jennie Dead at Hook and Ladder 20
Jennie the ring tailed monkey mascot of Hook and Ladder No 20 at 156 Mercer Street has died after twelve years with the firehouse. The creature joined the crew after a gift from a tramp freighter captain and even accompanied firefighters to blazes. Jennie caused trouble, tearing a hat, damaging papers, and smashing glassware during escapes before being laid to rest with a taxidermied mount to adorn the truckhouse sitting room.
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New York
Jennie
Mercer Street
Brazil
Edward Croker
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Worth
Danish horse dealer causes royal lunch table tumble
Copenhagen report says M Hanson, a Danish horse dealer who sold horses to King Haakon, dined with Norway's royal family and, misreading the king's toast request, he rose and toppled the table cloth and dishes. The king’s wife reportedly felt worse for him than he did.
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M. Hanson
King Haakon
Norway
Christiana
Galt
Hanson
Haakon
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