Pious nurseryman and forger caught after 20,000 miles chase
Canada detective Wilson Murray pursues Charles Davidson from Ontario to Mexico Haiti and England tracking forged notes and a staged arrest. After a dramatic capture in Ciudad Juarez and a jail escape scare in Port au Prince he returns Davidson to Canada where he is convicted in Kingston forgeries and sentenced to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Charles Hilton Davidson
Burlington
Ontario
Canada
John Davidson & Sons
Charles
Davidson
Bank of Hamilton
Department of Justice
Wilson Murray
James Turnbull
Turnbull
Murray
Miles
Mexico
Chicago
Bartlett
el Paso
Texas
Davis
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Supt
Comfort
Mexican Central Railroad
Ciudad Juarez
Graham
Caraboose
Can@da
Manila
Port Au Prince
John Shore
Scotland Yard
England
Schore
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles
Home Office
Home
Colonial Secretaries
Liverpool
Shore
McConkey
Sarnia
St. Pierre
America
Picton
Halifax
Milton
Kingston Penitentiary
Stern
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Wonderberry Seed Advantage Promises Easy Fruit for All
Luther Burbank unveils a new Wonderberry plant that thrives in any soil or climate. The berry bears abundantly in three months and can fruit all summer in gardens or pots. John Lewis Childs of Floral Park advertises the seed worldwide and seeks agents with generous terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
California
Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
Childs
America
Baroness Talks Only About Herself Frustrating Guests
In a social backbiting moment, guests remark that the baroness ignores other women by consistently centering conversations on herself, a pattern that unsettles the gathering. The exchange reveals tensions over social status and attention at the event.
Too Much for His Mind
A satirical exchange features the Sad-Eyed Individual lamenting that his first impulses are good but he acts on second thoughts which are bad he never reaches third thoughts and admits he has never had three successive thoughts in his life
Anger Shrinks Vitality Says Dr de Fleury
A French doctor argues that anger diminishes vitality in all minds. He notes hyperasthenic individuals stay on edge while neurasthenics react suddenly from outside. When anger finally erupts both types resemble a blinded brute or a cautious actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice de Fleury
Dr. de Fleury
A Slight Misunderstanding Among Children
Five year old Helen Bentley in Los Angeles loves her grandma who visits Seattle. The grandma writes she reached Seattle but had a bad bout with the grip. Helen hears of the letter and mishears grandma as having a terrible fight with her va lise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Grandma
Seattle
Helen
Editorial Verdict From a Serious-Minded Jester Note
A reader's quip about jokes and a wife who laughs is deemed very good or the wife is. The editor comments with margin note She is and returns the package with the letter. The item reads as a light, humorous exchange in a newspaper diary tone.
Joy Work and the Other Kind
An essay likens work to daily bread and health, arguing proper diet fuels joyful labor. It praises Grape Nuts as nourishing daily food, citing testimonials and a promise of better performance when breakfast supports brain and body. The ad invites readers to try Grape Nuts and read Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch of Health
Wellville
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George T. Pardy
John Wilson Murray
Hayti
Kentucky
Hippolyte
South America
Jamaica
Harry Coon
States
Coon
Mr. Coon
Prisner
Dollah
Mistah Murray
Jim Am
Ardine
Royal Mail
Southampton
London
Waterloo Station
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