The Great Tontine Ends and New Plots Rise
Lord Lakington contemplates a high stakes compromise in the Great Tontine scheme as Welsh lawyer Pegram plots to uncover missing nominees. Miss Caterham and Mary Chichester appear in a tale of fortune, secrecy, and frontier service.
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Lord Lakington
Tontine
Vivacity
Hemmingby
Caterham
Kew
Pegram
North
Wales
Llanbarlym
Bob P’egram
Lord Imkington
Tord Iakington
Miss . Caterham
Slemmingby
Bob
Missing persons case introduces Mr Pegram to Miss Caterham
Miss Caterham receives Mr Robert Pegram from Mr Carbuckle to aid in locating Terence Finnigan. Pegram questions her while noting the search’s costs and risks. They discuss Finnigan’s Cork birth in Mallow and his Hampstead disappearance as details unfold.
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Eliza
Miss Caterham
Hampstead
Mr. Pegram
Mallow
Cork
Miss Chichester
Mr. Carbuckle
Terence
Mary Chichester
Andy Carnegie and the No-Talking Telegraph Rule
A Cincinnati Times-Star account recalls Andy Carnegie enforcing two rules from his days as chief telegraph operator. An sleepy wreck survivor admitted nodding at his key, and Carnegie warned to keep silent and avoid talking. He also recounts his own club admission saga where writers mocked his wealth but praised his persistence as a novelist.
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Andy Carnegie
Andy
Cincinnati Times- Star
New York
Carnegie
Club of Authors
Carnegile
Millonaire
Jinx Seen With Typewriter In Hand Amid Repair Plot
A Houston Post item notes Jinx carrying a typewriter yesterday while a blonde companion is discussed. The remark says 7 paid for the typewriter’s repair, not a stenographer, indicating a mobile story fragment.
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Jinx
Houston Post
Fitting Sheath Gowns Prompt Sharp Wit
In the Baltimore American a witty remark likens sheath gowns to daggers, suggesting how meat and fashion provoke sharp stares. The exchange frames couture as a social weapon and a playful jab at feminine style.
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Baltimore
Heidelberg University funds radium institute at thirty two thousand five hundred
The piece notes Heidelberg University receives 32 500 dollars to establish a radium institute, and lists various world events and trivia. It mentions Germanys state woods, New Zealands population, and the Royal Academy of England. It also shares anecdotes about a Edinburgh nurse, wedding ring lore, and public health opinions on smoking in transit. It ends with open air church services trial in Bendigo.
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Heidelberg University
Germany
New Zealand
Royal Academy, of
England
London
Smirke
Ramsay
Edinburgh
France
Belgium
W. A. Evans
Chicago
George F. Parker
Mr. Cleveland
McClure
Cleveland
Parker
Manchester
Manchester Guardian
Congregational
Bendigo
Bearts
Westminster Gazette
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Potomac
Gettysburg
Chichester
Scatheless
Mary
Miss Onterham
Washington Monument
Polk
Azeff
Louis XVIII
Fouche
Napoleon
Comte de Blacas
Louis
Shamrock Circle
W. C. W. Regeular
Smith's Hall
Mabel Roberts
Georgia Bennie
Guardian
Sugar Loaf Camp No
W. Feeets
L. J. Roberts
E. “Schneider
Mxetle Lodge
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S. C. Giles
W.F. Hendricks
W. M
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J. C. Brown
Ters
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L. A. Roberts
Myrtle Point
Oregon
F. A. Dodge
U. S
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Frank Morse
Coquille
Transportation
Steamer
ECHO
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Coquille City
Dispatch
F. D. White
Mactan
Bandon
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