Mystery House Threads Through Love and Intrigue
In 1818 at the House of Mystery near the Powhatan club Van Vechten and friend Tom Phinney unravel a tangle of abductions and a murder. Paige Carew reappears as Delia while a yacht voyage reveals hidden identities and a promised marriage within a web of Wall Street power and English ties.
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Alph van Vechten
Ure
Powhatan Club
House of Mystery
Sevieersonn
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Tom
Flint
Mr. Callia
Spain
An Vechten Calla
Theodore van Vechten
Wall Street
Ton- Gon
Carew
Mra.evereaux
New York
Adies
Compton Schuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Bonner
Willard
John Callis
Callis
Brownlow
Feht
Jessie Willard
Delia
Disappearance on the yacht deepens Willard plot
Tom Phinney suspects Willard plans a covert operation aboard a yacht. A coffin box to be moved ashore raises fears of a possible murder plot as Cornelius and Flint links surface. Tom weighs risks, keeps watch, and awaits clearer signs of Willard's intent.
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Tom
Willard
John Callis
Flint
Cornelius
Phineas
Mr. Cornelius
Callix
Wilard
Paige
Jessie
Harbor Refuge at Hatteras Seeks Safer Passage
Coastwise captains note Hatteras ill winds and crew fear. Congress funds 1.4 million for a sea wall 20 feet wide at the top 45 feet high to shield a harbor of refuge. Wall aims to save lives and property though storms endure as before.
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Hatteras
Congress
Ilttla Man Ia
Cape Flatteras
Lves
Cape
Oyster Stew Sparks Ques tion in Mock Dialog
An impatient customer asks if the stew is finished. Walter defends the dish while Rrustus Pinkley jokes that the oyster is only for show, not flavor, in a humorous exchange.
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Walter
Rrustus Pinkley
Repairing a Cut in Shoe Rubber
The repair starts by scraping around the cut with a rasp to expose clean rubber or fabric. A wire buffing brush prepares the surface for cement, which is then applied and dried. A piece of raw rubber from the vulcanizer is inserted into the cut, cut to shape, rolled into place, and excess rubber trimmed.
Labeled the Children of Canton’s Floating City
The Memoirs of William Hickey describe a crowded Canton water front a century ago filled with sampans and swarming children. Each infant wore a buoyant vegetable life preserver marked with the sampan’s name in Chinese characters to aid quick rescue, reducing drownings in the river.
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Canton
William Hickey
Hickey
Pioneer in Medicine Dr Jolrson Jicard Born in Georgia
Dr Thomas Jolrson Jicard a pioneer in quinine fever treatment in the South, born a century ago in Morgan county Georgia. He began Texas medical practice in 1827 and helped found the Texas Medical Association, serving on faculties at Galveston Medical School and the University of Louisiana. He wrote extensively on tropical diseases and was a recognized authority in medical journals.
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Thomas Jolrson Jicard
South
Morgan County
Georgia
Texas
Texas Medical Association
Galveston Medical School
University of Louisiana
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Plaintively Praised
Terre Hill resident Mrs Aquanastus Lyon testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles and related aches. The advertisement extols the preparation as a grand remedy from roots and herbs developed forty years ago and notes letters from grateful women in Lynn Massachusetts and across the country.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Elixir Babek Praised for Relieving Pain in Limbs
Mrs Higgins of Jacksonville Florida reports taking three bottles of Elixir Babek and experiencing five years of relief from aches in limbs and malarial symptoms. Sold for 60 cents at druggists or by Parcels Post prepaid from Kloczeweck & Co Washington DC.
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Elisir Babek
Elixie Habek
Mrs. Ii
Higgins
Jacksonville
Fla
Elixir Babel
Klocszeweck & Co
Washington, D. C
Kernel of a Thing Echoes Marcus Aurelius Doctrine
A concise note distills Marcus Aurelius on grasping the core of any concept whether doctrine practice or interpretation. The remark frames essence as the defining center guiding understanding and action across intellectual and practical domains.
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Marcus Aurelius
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fedimonds
A.gm.clarg & CA
Miss Carew
Buddy
Phinney
Honor Bright
Phineas Flint
Police Headquarters
Mr. Willard
Wint
Callie
Klint
Hawaiiian
Maninia
Haleakala
Kawaapae
Cape Hatteras
Carter
Glenn
Bright
Duan
Doan
Maryland
Seethur Place
Highlandtown
Thomas BU. Gruen
H.W. Greene
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