The Library Murder at Darrow's Bookshop
In a New York bookstore a dignified elderly customer is murdered after a forged bookplate is found in a law volume. Constance Fuller and Detective Almy investigate while a mysterious stranger and a key hidden under the book reveal deeper secrets at Darrow's.
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Constance Fuller
Darrow
New York
Peter Burton
Constance
Peter
Nancy
Darrow's
Conrnce
Brandon Tower
Tower
Captain Ashland
Almy
Julia Grosvenor
Julia
Mr. Case
Inis
Darrow’s
Clarihen
Midnight Catalogue Rush Featured in Quiet Library Scene
A narrator describes an overtime push to assemble a book catalogue with colleagues including Mr Case and Daisy Abbott. While locating a Rubaiyat edition in a dark gallery, the time clock unexpectedly rings twice, prompting emerging tension as Case exits the shadows below.
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Mr. Case
Centuries Count for Little in Archeology
A Kansas City Star note reflects on how ancient dates loom small in archaeology noting BC 1000 saw the Cretan civilization decline while Harappa lay buried and Maya activities spanned Central America alongside early cocoa use and long art traditions across continents.
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Central America
American
Food for Babies Diet Hint in Ohio Journal
A brief feature notes an eminent dietitian advising on optimal foods for infants, contrasting professional guidance with traditional notions of Mother Nature. The item highlights evolving views on early childhood nutrition as reported by the Ohio State Journal.
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Ohio State Journal
Egg Signifies Welcome From Dyaks of Borneo
The egg serves as a traditional greeting for visitors among the Dyaks of Borneo. William Beebe notes in Liberty Magazine that a guest must receive a gift, and a formal egg greeting marks arrival and acceptance in the village.
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Dyaks
Borneo
William Beebe
Liberty Magazine
First Hand Information Bits and Teacher’s Insect Joke
A London TidBits quip notes a man learns about women by marriage, while a teacher tests Willie on Pegasus. Willie misspeaks calling Pegasus an insect, provoking a punchline about a four horsefly.
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London
Pegasus
Willie
This certainly is a classy place.
A short exchange from a Portland scene notes pride in a local school building, with one speaker praising the venue as classy and another agreeing that it is indeed the school site.
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Portland
Oregonian
Backbone of Rails Reaches Halfway on Pan American Line
About 5 000 miles of the Pan American railway have been completed, roughly half of the line as surveyed. The work reflects progress across the route, with engineers reporting substantial gains toward the full network.
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Pan-American Railway
Passenger Dangled by Foot During Vienna to Salzburg Flight
A Vienna to Salzburg commercial flight in Austria ascended with a passenger hanging upside down after his foot snagged in the plane’s rods. Rockets were fired to alert the pilot. The aircraft descended and the passenger was removed unharmed but unconscious.
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Vienna
State Parks and Forests Offer Vast Outdoor Recreation
Open to the public in 43 states are about 550 state parks plus many reservations with over 2.5 million acres. The network grows as tourists seek wildlife and rugged life in the wild. More than 150 state forests provide 1.69 million acres of undeveloped land for recreation.
Dawn Visit To Darrow’s Ends In Delayed Plans
The narrator rushes to town before nine with Clarihen’s Notes to hand to Darrow and lock the rare book, aiming to finish the catalogue and gain Darrow’s trust but finds no one in, as Nancy passes and others arrive, delaying the intended evening.
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Darrow
Darrow’s
Clarihen
Mr. Roberts
Nancy
Daisy Abbott
Mr. Case
Gate left unguarded lets inmates walk from Moundsville prison
Alexander Evans, gatekeeper at the state prison in Moundsville Virginia, was found dead at his post after a half hour when the main gate was left unguarded. Authorities noted eighteen hundred convicts could have escaped.
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Moundsville
Alexander Evans
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A J Ihe
Mr. Dibdin
Miss Abbott
Mr. Darrow
Professor Harrington
Daisy
Mr. Almy
Mbia Iiit
Harappa
Punjab
Kansas City Star
Sestactniuna
Orices
Shredded Company
Backbone of Rails
Pep
Wright
Diane
Druggists
Pearl St
N. Y. City
McCormick & Co
Imore, Md
Bee Brand
School OF
Bartlett Ave
Baltimore
DR. Tichenor
Parker
Iandrutl
Drugriste
Hiscox Chem
Drugeists
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Dr. Thacher
Hanford
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