Doctor's flight to America entangles ward with mysterious voyage
On the Nord Express bound for America, Dr. David Webb travels with five year old Cynthia Thatcher. He fears his urge to drink and safeguards the child. A drink revives his cravings and a strange encounter in Uskub introduces Miruma and Akef Bey. Surgeon Jebb saves a boy, earns thanks, and faces the Pasha's requests toppling toward further peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
David Webb
America
Cynthia Thatcher
Bill Gaines
David
Gaines
Cynthia
Uskub
Miruma
Askub
Akef Bey
Jebb
Nahir Hanim
Zebb
Pericardial Empyema Threatens Nahir Hanim in Pasha Court
Jebb reveals empyema of the pericardium as the dangerous diagnosis after draining the heart sac. He seeks freedom to operate to save Nahir Hanim with Miruma aiding translation and care, while the Pasha weighs the risk and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jebb
Miruma
Nahir Hanim
Nahir
Effendim
Pasha Effendi Weesh
Geonus
Madame Nahir
Pasha
Dreenk
Allah
Marison
Mirama
Murison
Gani Bey
Jebb Effendim
Jebb Bequeaths Uskub to Chase a Lost Child
Dr Jebb finalizes repairs on Nahir Hanim and faces a life changing choice. He negotiates with the Pasha for a reduced fee in exchange for Miruma Hanim’s divorce and nekyah, plans to return to America, and writes a final farewell letter to Mirama while pursuing the missing child. He also confesses a forbidden love and vows to hunt the child in Salonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazallah
Jebb
Pasha
Miruma Hanim
Nekyah
Uskub
Bash-Kadin
Nahir
Morison Effendi
Talaq
Askub
Effendim
Allah
Allah Emanet Oloon
Miruma
America
Uskuth
Salonica as a stopover for an American surgeon
In Salonica a Yankee surgeon seeks missing papers with help from Hellwald and the British consul. He questions a Turkish official about another teskere, aided by baksheesh. Banbury of the Polishomiseri inflates hospitality as Jebb searches for the child. The Young Turks rule while ex-Sultan lives in a gilded cage awaiting next moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonica
Greece
d’Angleterre
Hellwald
Great Britain
Austria
Effendi
Daveet
Jebb Effendi
Jebb
Baksheesh
Constantinople
Crawford Banbury
Banbury
Allatini
Charles I
Silent Pursuit Through the Pasha’s City
A narrator seeks Murison and explains the matter to the Pasha. The woman’s eyes reveal an inner understanding. In a moment of collapse he flees the house in confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murison
Ottawa the Center of Canada Nine Provinces
Ottawa serves as the capital for Canada, housing Parliament and the king’s representative on Parliament Hill. Provinces list their capitals including Charlottetown Fredericton Quebec City Toronto Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Victoria and Halifax with notes on ports rivers and regional highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Parliament Hill
Parliament of Canada
Senate
Rideau Hall
Lord Tweedsmuir
George VI
Ottawa River
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Halifax
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Fredericton
St. John River
America
Quebec City
Toronto
Ontario
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Great Wheat Lands
Saskatchewan
Regina
Edmonton
Alberta
Peace River Country
Mackenzie Basin
Vancouver Island
Victoria
British Columbia
Paroled man identified as prior robber after arrest
In Cleveland James Wollwebber age 22, picked up on parole violation, requested police to bench press him to limber up. A restaurant employee identified him as the robber who held up the establishment two weeks earlier for 145 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James Wollwebber
Whoa Yelling Crow Surprises North Carolina Plowmen
In Pinehurst North Carolina plowmen weary of Hop Along Cassidy the yelling crow known as Hoppie causes friction with mule drivers. Hoppie, owned by John Hanes of Lakeview, learned to say whoa and other phrases after a year of speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
N. C
Cassidy
Hoppie
Giddap
John Hanes
Lakeview
George
John
Urge to See Old Home Saves Another's Life
In Winchester England Edward Passey survived a 50 foot fall into an old well shaft after a prior tenant, driven by an urge to see the place again, happened to pass by. He cried out for 24 hours before rescue, and the earlier visitor's timely instinct saved him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Eng
Edward Passey
Passey
Dog Saves Five Still Dies in Smoke
Denver firefighters report a dachshund named Heinie woke a five member family in a smoke filled home. The five escaped unharmed while the dog suffocated protecting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Heinie
Woman Identifies Brother at Morgue Then Dies
In Montreal Mrs Louis Poirier aged 60 went to identify a body at the city morgue and fainted from a heart attack after confirming the deceased was her brother. The shock death followed the morgue scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Louis Poirier
Two Wives Divide Home Till In Law Calls Police
In Lubbock Texas a 29 year old produce company employee admitted maintaining two wives in one household. G E Brown is held on a bigamy charge and says he married first in 1929 and then in 1937. He reports three children with his first wife and one with the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Produce Company
G. E. Brown
Burton S. Burks
Brown
Miner in Quiver Seeks Ghost Finds Bear
NORANDA QUE A superstitious miner Abie Wile of Golconda Mines in Duparquet township heard nightly noises near a door where empty cans piled up He stayed up to investigate and saw a Canadian bear licking a tomato can Instead of Hamlet's ghost the bear appeared under the northern lights in the kitchen area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noranda
Que
Abie Wile
Golconda
Duparquet Township
Wile
Deaf for Over a Year Hearing Returns to Eloise Lockard
Eloise Lockard an 18 year old girl in Grafton West Virginia who had been totally deaf for 13 months regained hearing suddenly while her father Police Captain A E Lockard and family were at home with Eloise lip reading prior to the episode. The moment came when she asked what a brother said and then she heard clearly a rejoicing family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. VA
Eloise Lockard
Miss Lockard
A. E. Lockard
Eloise
Car Dealer Robbery Claim In Paducah
Paducah bystander Will Humble, a Black mechanic, told a car salesman he would return with payment. He later appeared with $550 in a sugar sack, all in half dollars, claiming to buy a used car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah, KY
Will Humble
Police Outwit Tow Cars in Worcester by Coding Radio Calls
In Worcester Massachusetts police have long faced tow trucks racing to accidents after receiving radio alerts. Now officers send their calls in code to slow or misdirect the competitive vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rupert Hughes
Morison
Mirama Hanim
Fehmi Pasha
Union Bank
I Graben
Vienna
Vieana
David Jebb
Daveet Jebb Effendi
Chapter
Miner
Quiver
Bear
Mr. M. Wolfe
Brook Mays
Main Street
Houston
Gibraltar
Houston, Texas
Gibraltar Savings and Building Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!