Jade Spear Mystery Deepens In English Estate Case
Inspector Peace and Sergeant Hales pursue the case after Colonel Bulstrode’s estate is shaken by a murder. Boyne is arrested amid whispers of a hidden jade spear, with the weapon’s owner, path the crime took, and the motive still unclear as the scene shifts from library to Wilderness gate.
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Hales
Addington Peace
Boyne
Wana
Cullen
Miss Sherrick
Coos
Cullem
Mary Thomas
Wilderness Gate
Amorig
Sigantic
Peace
Bulstrode
Richmond
Mor. Slaney
Bulatrode
India
East
London
Sergeant Halést
Haless
Addington
Still Search for Treasure in Civil War Riches Tale
A southerner recalls the ongoing hunt for buried Civil War wealth as a satire on divining rods and hidden riches. He suggests two groups chase treasure: many black Southerners and a slick Yankee selling devices to guide them. The scams demand high prices and claim powerful attraction to buried wealth.
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Dixie
Captain Kidd
South
Carrying School Books With Tight Straps
A reader explains a method to prevent damage from tight book straps. Place the cover of one book between the cover and fly leaf of its neighbor to place books in alternating directions. Looser straps reduce dents and ease stacking without buckling tight.
Pottery Output Rises as Domestic China Grows
United States pottery value in 1912 reached 46 059 604 with domestic goods 36 504 164 and imports 9 555 530. White ware rose to 17 006 736. Ohio led production with tanerling wares at 15 508 735. New Jersey West Virginia and others contributed, factories report a high industry development due to improved design and prosperity.
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Jefferson “Middleton
United States
Geological Survey
Rockingham
China
Ohio
New Jersey
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ilinois
Middleton
Married couple in east end apartment house
A local observer recalls a couple recently wed this summer and living in an east end apartment. They employ a single servant girl who knows the household well and speaks of the newly married Mr and Mrs Smith. The narrator visits and asks for the couple, receiving a playful reply from the maid.
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East End
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Brown
Spelling Rule Recited By School Leader In New York
Prof Alfred H B Stearns of Phillips Andover spoke at a New York alumni dinner about a simple spelling rule he learned as a child in Orange. A man advised him to write I and e identically and place the dot between them, a rule he says never failed in 47 years.
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Alfred HB. Stearns
Phillips Andover Academy
New York
Orange
Japan Education System Produces Brave Men and Noble Women
Despite faults and criticisms of training methods, Japan's education system is praised for producing men who are splendidly brave and women whose lives embody tenderness and beauty in motherhood. The remark cites culinary context as a facet of cultural discussion.
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Japan
Untitled Exchange Provokes The Curious Reply
A clipped dialogue scene shows two speakers trading taunts about a husband’s behavior. One asks for an example of folly while the other defends not wanting to hurt feelings, yielding a tense social exchange.
Equivocal Hope on Virtue and Charity in Speech
A fragment reflects on helping others to live virtuous lives. It notes that two virtues are answered for, with belief that those helped will live by virtue and on charity. The lines emphasize hopeful intent and moral reliance on charitable support.
Moonlit Molokai Reveals Peaceful Lepers Island Life
An American visitor describes Molokai as a beautiful prison where leprosy outcasts live with dignity in a verdant settlement. He notes serene nights, organized work, cultural activity, and careful care, including a fostered approach to children born to leprous parents and hope amid isolation.
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Molokai
Albert J. Arroll
Mr. Arroll
Amateur Dramatic Society
Shakespeare
Sudermann
Clyde Fitch
Ibsen
Shaw
Bir
Arroll
Fineat
Hawaii
Tells of the New Woman in Milholland Speech
Inez Milholland, suffrage leader, spoke at a Colony Club tea in New York about the new woman who will vote. She said her era holds broader possibilities beyond matrimony and quipped that man proposes and woman accepts.
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Mise Inez Milholland
Colony Club
New York
New Church Event Draws Quiet Crowd
The ladies of the Church of Our Home start a new entertainment with no admission and nothing asked. The crowd prefers it to the old style, while an expert pickpocket mingles with the guests, according to a Puck caption.
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Puck
Opera Singers Escape High Cost of Living Laughs
The piece notes opera singers are not affected by rising costs because they can get anything for a song. It adds humor on built in price leverage in the arts world.
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Vos Erat
B. Fletcher Robinson
A. Conan’ Doyle
W.G. Chapman
Caruso
Tettrazini
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