The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter Continuation
Girdlestone explains a planned crime to Burt Ezra and Bart over a dinner at the Priory. The scheme hinges on a staged accident to dispose of Miss Harston while preserving the firm’s reputation, with a coroner’s inquest and a staged death to avoid inquiry. The plan relies on a guarded wall and a controlled route to the railway site.
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Ezra
Burt
Kara
Bart
Girdlestone
Miss Harston
Stone
Iing
Indy
Express
Visitor Arrives at the Priory with Unknown Companion
Ezra arrives at the Priory in a high dogcart with a red beard man and an ostler from the Flying Bull. Kate glimpses the party from a window then watches them enter the house and depart for Bedsworth, pondering the identity of Ezra’s guest and noting the contrast in attire with the young merchant.
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Ezra
Priory
Kate
Bedsworth
Esra
Greatest Concrete Bridge in Washington Opens
The largest concrete bridge in the world now finishes in Washington. The Connecticut avenue bridge spans Rock Creek a short trolley ride from downtown. It is built of concrete with no steel reinforcement, 1421 feet long, 52 foot roadway, two 136 foot high walk arches, and a 150 foot range with two 82 foot arches. The project began seven years ago on foundations, halted by funding delays, and completed after funding finally passed about three years ago. The cost is one million dollars.
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Washington
New York Sun
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek
Congress
Texas
Grayson County
Colorado
United States
Michigan
California
Galveston News
New Times in Georgia Bring Happiness and Love
A poem tribute from the Atlanta Constitution extols new times in Georgia marked by happiness. It contrasts old times forgotten with optimistic lines about dancing through trouble and embracing love in a bright future.
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The
New Times
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Special Brand Cigars Conversation
A dialogue recounts Brown thanking Green for a cigar and Green offering another. Brown declines, noting he did not smoke the first. Brown mentions a grievance against Jones and says he gave the second cigar to Jones.
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Brown
Green
Jones
Ear Muscle Trick Theorized To Frighten Onlookers
A curious claim suggests those who can move their ears may cause hair to stand on end for observers. Experts caution that such effects are likely psychological and not reliably measurable.
Farm Labor Demands Higher Skill to Boost Farm Profits
The piece argues farming must hire skilled labor and pay wages tied to ability as agriculture shifts toward modern machinery and business discipline. It cites rising costs, larger profits, and the need for educated workers to operate new equipment, with notes on crop diversification and sugar beet testing in Texas.
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Goodall
Manhattan Factory Density Report Sparks Location Questions
A New York committee analyzes state labor records showing Manhattan holds 10,500 factories and 41,850 workers across 14,088 acres with 24 to the acre, while lower Manhattan concentrates 825,000 workers in 2,700 acres. The acme block houses 1,210 workers per acre on a dense 12 story stretch. Land assessed at 1,123,848 dollars prompts questions about manufacturing locations and rent.
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Peery Onan
New York
Bun
Committee On
Department of Labor
Manhattan
Sixth Assembly District
East 4Th Street
34 Avenue
St. Mark's Ae Avenue
2D Street
1St Avenue
Eldridge
Stanto
Greater
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Upper
Lower Manhattan
14Th Street
West Houston
Prince and Crosby Streets
Broadway
Department of Taxes and Assessment
How to Carry a Trunk on a Buggy Frame
The article explains constructing a simple trunk carrying frame from 1.5 by 2 inch lumber, eight feet long, with a board across the ends. Place the free ends under the seat and ideot rest, extend the frame behind the buggy, and secure the trunk or box to the frame behind the seat.
Preservation Methods for Eggs in Historical Texts
The text lists diverse egg preservation methods beyond cold storage. Techniques include coating, immersion, or packing in oats, bran, salt, water with lime, varnishes such as permanganate or shellac, varnishing with vaseline, and sterilization in boiling water. It notes varying effectiveness, especially for infertile eggs.
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Germany
Improvised chicken coop with a special door design
A diagram describes a simple coop build using a box cut to the right size. A hole d is made in one end and strengthened with narrow strips of wood b on each side of the opening to form the door mechanism.
Hinge less coop door instructions and rustic verse
An old note outlines a hinge less coop door with a lath front and roofing paper top intended for easy sliding. It includes old verse about Maud Miller and a judge, plus animal care notes on fever, appetite loss, herbs, and a chimpanzee’s improvised wound plaster.
Farm Hints and Household Wisdom for the Rural Home
Advice on farming and farm life emphasizes kindness to animals and practical practices. It notes barnyard manure as a universal fertilizer and pasture for hogs, with clover as ideal hog pasture. It warns against letting money harden the heart and stresses health signals like bright eyes and moisture.
Electrically Operated Street Car Fender Demonstrated
A Colorado man proposes an electrically operated street car fender that can be instantly dropped to ground to pick up a victim. The design aims to make fenders more effective, addressing the inadequacy of current fenders noted as a farce in common use.
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Colorado
How a trolley fender saves lives on the track
The article explains fender design to clear obstructions and protect pedestrians. It describes a normally raised fender about a foot high, dropping to the ground when the motorman releases a dashboard handle to lift a victim, with electricity powering the movement.
Water rising to clouds from sea inspires student inquiry
In Harper's Magazine a contributor recalls a Washington preparatory school instructor who claimed a sheet of water fourteen feet thick rises to clouds from the sea each year. A freshman asks when it occurs, and the professor calls it a sight worth traveling far to witness.
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Washington
Harper's Magazine
Polluted Speech Incomplete Headline
A garbled OCR fragment references innocence and public concern over future financial impact as people tighten pockets when they see something unknown. The text is unclear about names, places, or concrete events.
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Hing Len
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