Night Ride to Poindexter House in Cold Frontier
The trio follows a lead to the Poindexter place under a cold wind. Saxton scouts the barn and rear door while Bishop Delafield and others guard the buckboard, as Wheaton battles fatigue and weighs his role in the mystery involving Grant Porter.
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Raridan
Bishop
Bishop Delafield
Flas
Poindexter
Grant Porter
Saxton
Wheaton
Poindexter’s
Sawton
Clarkson
William Porter
Snyder
Hidden intruders confront visitors in a desert manor
John Saxton and companions trap an intruder during a tense night at Poindexter's Hill. A boy is rescued as shots ring out and a pursuer flees on horseback. Warry Maridan lies dying after the night’s peril, and the group prays for peace in the hall.
Stung Again by Percy Pickle and Tabasco
A fragment dialogue shows Percy Pickle and Miss Tabasco debating travel pleasure and double pleasure in a coy exchange.
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Percy Pickle
yYes
Tabasco
Little Mary Mispronounces Vinegar in Store Scene
In a humorous Bohemian clipping a child avoids saying vinegar after being mocked for her speech. She offers the jug to the clerk and asks for a smell then a quart, revealing a playful misunderstanding.
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Mary
Wigwig notes Bjones seeks trouble in Philadelphia Record
In a city column tone the Philadelphia Record quotes Wigwig as saying Bjones is always looking for trouble and Henpeckke asks why he does not marry.
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Wigwig
Bjones
Henpeckke
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Inquirer
Businesslike Proposal Sparks Gage Talk in Pittsburg
A Pittsburg Post item notes a businesslike manner in a proposal with lines about considering oneself engaged. The brief mentions strategic tone and a formal approach in the discourse.
Humorous Exchange Column Snippets From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of witty questions and sharp one liners features doctors, chauffeurs, and travelers. Jests touch on surgeries, electric shocks, motor cars, and bears on tracks across Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cleveland and New York papers, with punchlines about love, work, and everyday mishaps.
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Meredith Nicholson
Corymaar
Tue Bosns-Merritt Company
Tie
John
Sarton
John Saxton
Grant
Maridan
Warry
Gay
Byvelyn
Pittsburg Post
Puck
Tatler
Pat
Mike
Boston Transcript
Bacon
Egbert
Ella
Holland
Ike
Von
Princeton Tiger
Mabel
Police
Police Justice
Gudethyng
New York Globe
Jane Bleeker
Charlie Brainard
Clarence Green
Clarence
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ronald
Sabre
Europe
Cleveland Leader
Stoker
Shamrock Circle
W.O.W
Smith's Hall
Mabel Roberts
Georgia Bennett
Ark
Sugar Loaf Camp No
The
Roberts
ES Schneider
A. F
A.M
S.C. Giles
W. F. Hendricks
W.M
Ellin
O. EB
J. C. Brown
Sec’y
W. Lundy
Mx&tle Point Lodge
C.F
Roves
IRES
L. H. Na
A. Roberts
Myrtle Point
Oregon
E. A. Dodge
U. S
Coquille River Electric Co
Frank Morse
Coquille
Transportation
Steamer
ECHO
W. R. Panter
Coquille City
Rives
D. White, Masima
Bandon
Rea
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