The Lost Lease and a Barrister’s Disappearance
Paul Tarrant rereads morning papers when a key document vanishes with a barrister, Mr Brinstair. Harvey Cheeseman arrives frantic to recover an assignment of a Terrivale Coal Mines lease, fearing immediate injunctions and ruin if the document cannot be found.
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Paul Tarrant
Percy Brinstair
Inner Temple
St. Pancras
Sheffield
Mr. Brinstair
Harvey Cheeseman
Cheeseman
Tarrant
Brinstair
Mr. Cheeseman
Nes
Terrivale
Parrant
Disappearance mystery ends as missing lease is found
Detective Tarrant traces a folded paper in a tense Temple dispute over a Terrivale Coal Mine lease. Brinstair’s hat is found in the river. a Sheffield wanderer is detained, while Cheeseman, anxious over a late appointment, unknowingly recovers the document from his own safe after memory lapses.
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Cheeseman
Brinstair
Sheffield
Coul Brinstair
Cannon Street
Mr. Cheeseman
Tarrant
Silin
London
Terrivale
Cost of being a king as Kaiser seeks bigger salary
A New York Sunday World analysis notes Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, earns 650000 from the state and 4 million as king but seeks an increase. It contrasts royal incomes across Europe, detailing empires, domains, estates, legacies, and the finances of Russia, Britain, Austria, Italy, Greece, France, and the United States, concluding the Kaiser’s purse is limited despite pomp.
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Prussia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Samperor
Berlin
Hanover
Cassel
Herr Wilhelm Hilderbrand
Oppenheim-Cohn
Henckel von Donnersmarch
Europe
Russia
House of Romanoff
Soverign
Czar
Siberia
Edward
Austria
Italy
Greece
Great Britain
France
United States
New York Sunday World
Insured by Weight Policy Tales From Old Time News
Stories recount bizarre life insurance schemes where premiums matched weight. Burmese midget Smaun Sing Hpop carried a $20,000 policy at Lloyds based on every 16 ounces. Boston magnate John Rowe insured at $100 per pound, later dying much heavier. French writer Mertinet insured at 50 francs per pound as weight shifted before death.
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Smaun Sing Hpop
London
Land of the Free
Lloyds
Smaun
John “Locke Rowe
Boston
Rowe
Mertinet
Bertinet
Quaint and Curious: Facts From Far and Wide
A collection of curious statements on nature, transportation, and economics. Notable items include a French exposition hall to be rebuilt for Marseille, New York barge canal contracts surpassing 22 million dollars, and Canada’s 20 percent of population in the carrying trade with 124 500 railroad workers.
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New York Barge Canal
Canada
Flintmaking Industry Thrives in Brandon England
Brandon Eng hosts a flintmaking industry sending flints to Africa and other countries where old muskets remain in use. Twin Chicago sisters intrigue dentist Dr. Charles A. Street who must tell them apart by teeth. The Stockton & Darlington line’s 1825 trial run featured a red flag bearer warning spectators.
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Brandon
Eng
Africa
Moore
Chicago
Charles A. Street
England
Stockton & Darlington
Traveling Light Tramps Call For Two Empties East
Two hoboes near a New York rail telegraph office glance for meals but only request reporting two empty cars heading east. The bemused operator answers and the pair continues toward New York, a brief vignette from Lippincott's.
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New York
Lippincott’s
Poem Meant for Magazine Not Book Collection
A delegation asks what the poem meant. The poet replies he wrote it for a monthly magazine and did not intend it for a book collection. The exchange appears in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Yeast Question Sparks Maritime Riff in Yonkers
Dialogue between Crimsonbeak and Crimsonbeak mentions sun at sea and a listening Yonkers State paper. The exchange plays on novelty lines from a local column, reflecting quirky weathered humor.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
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Valentine
Summa Jinyter Seabury
Oscar Parker
Eche
S'Arrant
Mr. Cheesaman
Sheffield Police
Tony
Imperial House
Ireland
Forth Bridge
Saxony
Henry Strassmeyer
Wright City
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