A Tense Start in New York With a Hidden Heirloom
Spalding Nelson moves into the Gaston apartment to uncover a mystery about Rufus Gaston and Miss Bradford. He discovers a hidden safe containing priceless jewels and contemplates theft before deciding against it. He later faces dismissal from his job and fresh suspicions as he encounters a dangerous figure and a glamorous woman across the hall.
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Maine
Spalding Nelson
New York
Ife
Wood
Nelson
The Gaston Pearls
Circumstances keep Spalding Nelson from enlisting with the American forces. He accepts an invitation to dinner from his great uncle Rufus Gaston and agrees to oversee the Gaston apartment while they travel to Maine. Nelson encounters a troubled young woman, Barbara Bradford, whose secret she asks him to keep. He forms a wary opinion of the building’s superintendent Wick as strange whispers haunt the house.
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Mr. Nelson
Mr. Spalding Nelson
Gaston
Nellie Kelly
Barbara
Birge and Roller
Miss Bradford
Spalding Nelson
Rufus Gaston
Maine
Nelson
Barbara Bradford
Wick
The Stolen Pearls In A Locked Wall Safe
A narrator discovers his great aunt’s pearls and a second jewel box missing from a steel lined wall safe in Mrs Gaston’s apartment. With only Mrs Burke and the narrator present, the safe was found empty on a Saturday six days after arrival. He plans to alert the superintendent and police and wires Rufus, then realizes he lacks the old couple’s address.
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Nelson
Miss Bradford
Rufus
Adilringly
Gaston
Mrs. Burke
Barbara’s Sister with a Past and a Tactical Retreat
Barbara’s sister with a past is hinted at as a recurring thread in a serialized tale. A captain scolds O She a for fleeing a body this morning and notes a grenade reportedly hidden in a pocket as the scene hints at dangerous intrigue and a continuing adventure.
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O'Shea
Farmers Present Memorial on Farm Crisis and Wheat Outlook
A White House memorial by farm organizations warned of a critical farm situation and reduced production. It cited labor shortages halving output in parts and millions of uncropped acres while noting the 1920 wheat crop at about 781 million bushels, 180 million below 1919.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
North Carolina
Kansas
White House
Wilson
Corp
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Tragedy and Trades
Sioux City boy Benjamin Fish, 9, killed when a truck ran over him. Cattle sale at Hedrick netted $3,210 with top cow at $10,000 from Cooper stock. Iowa highway limits paving and new Belle Plaine mail carriers plan. Davenport arsenal collision injures 18. all to recover. Swine vaccination exams expand under Ames authority. Dawes case shocks Davenport. Earle Sloan Smith publishes poems from Fort Madison. Hog production sliced 50 percent due to weather and corn costs. Dubuque arms lake land reclamation eyed to fund debt. Railroads seek 23.91 percent intrastate rate hike. War risk insurance reinstate rule allows quick revival by July 1, 1920. University of Town enrollment 4916. Town-Oskaloosa auto truck route starts with Des Moines.
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Benjamin Fish
Sioux City
Iowa
W. H. Cooper
Hedrick
Ellana E
Mr. Cooper
Iowa State Highway Commission
Belle Plaine
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Davenport
Ames
Polk County
Raymond Dawes
Leota Dawes
Earle Sloan Smith
Fort Madison
IlMolo
Japan
Lake Peosta
Dubuque
Iowa General Assembly
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
State Board
Navy
University of Town
College of Liberal Arts
Applied Science
Oskaloosa
Omaha
Des Moines
New York City Still Behind London in Population Lead
Census figures show New York City at 5,621,121 residents, behind London’s 6,726,753. Since 1910 New York gained 854,268 people or 17.9 percent, with projections that only Ohio Texas Pennsylvania Waola and New York state may exceed its total. Other cities over 2,000,000 include Paris Tokyo Berlin Vienna Chicago.
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New York
Washington
D. C
London
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
Waola
New York State
New York City
Boston
Bay City
St. Louis
Baltimore
Paria
Tokyo
Berlin
Vienna
Chicago
Hendrik Hudson
Hudson River
Los Angeles Leads West But San Francisco Still Larger
Census figures show Los Angeles surpassing San Francisco to become the largest western city after ten years, with a population of 75480 and an 80.3 percent gain. San Francisco stands at 508410, up 21.9 percent, as other cities like Buffalo Milwaukee Washington Newark Cincinnati and New Orleans are also noted in the release.
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Los Angeles
Frisco
Washington
D. C
San Francisco
St. Louis
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Newark
Cincinnatii
New Orleans
Bonar Law Rules Out Firing Ex Kaiser
Bonar Law declares the allies will not force action against the ex Kaiser. He says the governments tried to prompt action but failed and do not intend to use force. The peace conference saw the American government oppose trying him.
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London
Bonar Law
Holland
Wihelm
Investigation of Japanese Immigration Planned On Pacific Coast
Members of the house immigration committee will conduct a coastwide inquiry during the summer to probe the Japanese immigration question.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific
House Immigration Committee
Tornado Wipes Out Town in Minnesota Frontier Region
Reports state Foxhelms in Minnesota near Wahpeton was destroyed by a tornado. No fatalities reported but requests for doctors and nurses to aid the injured were received. Local authorities prepare relief efforts as crews assess the damage.
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Wahpeeton
Foxhelms
Minn
Wahpeton
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Old Rufus
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Farmers Present Memorial
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