Night masquerade ends in a fatal attack in Satuit estate
Widow Mary Avery narrates a Second Head serious case on her Satuit Massachusetts estate. Guests include Molly Eames and Walter Treadway, with Ace Blaikie found mortally wounded in the Spinney after unmasking. Police chief Patrick O'Brien investigates as relationships and past ties surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Avery
Satuit
Mass
Sarah Darbe
Bessie Williams
Mary
Peter Stow
Caro Prentiss
France
Paul
Lora Eames
Molly
Ace Blaikie
Walter ‘Treadway
Blaikie
Sylvia Sard
Doctor Marden
Bruce Hexson
Ace
May
Sylvia
Julius Caesar
Molly Eames
Walter Treadway
Marden
Walter
Sarah
Patrick O'Brien
Paris
Bruce Sexson
Patrick
Tony Torriano
Tony
Hopestill
Frank
Tim
Boston
Little Italy
Tim Dolan
Bessie
Joe Geary
Stow House
Brays
Marden House
Eames
Florence
Fairweather
Flora
Margaret
the Stows
Doctor Ace
Myron Marden
The Lady Candidate: Belva Lockwood and Her Trail
A historical sketch recalls Belva Lockwood a pioneering lawyer and two time presidential candidate. The narrative notes her 1882 Supreme Court admission achievement and ongoing public service from suffrage to Native American advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belva Lockwood
New York
United States
United States Supreme Court
Europe
Night of Restless Thoughts Recalled in Spinney Walk Memory
The narrator describes a sleepless night revisiting a walking memory to Spinney and says they told Sarah to wake them at ten. At the stroke of the hour the old hall clock sounded and Sarah appeared with a morning tray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Avery
Sarah
Bessie
Merry Mere
Mr. Hopestill
Sylvia
Marden House
Miss Caro
Milk Sickness From Snakeroot Endangers Livestock and Humans
Snakeroot poisoning, known as trembles in cattle sheep and horses, is linked to white snakeroot. Humans may suffer milk sickness from consuming dairy products. Accumulative effects mean small amounts over time can be as dangerous as a large dose. Calves and lambs have died from nursing poisoned cows and ewes.
Greeley and the 1872 Election Recalled by Western Paper
The article recalls Horace Greeley as a Reform era candidate of the Liberal Republicans backed by Democrats to oppose Ulysses S. Grant. It notes Greeley’s war era shifts, his signing of Jefferson Davis’s bail bond, and the 1872 outcome where Grant won 272 electoral votes while six states opposed him. Greeley died before results were known.
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Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Grant
Greeley
Missouri
Cincinnati
Lincoln
South
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore
Louisville
Feld
Maryland
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
The Soo Locks Engineering Feat Lifts Lake 20 Feet
The Soo Locks stand as a premier engineering achievement lifting a lake 20 feet. They handle more tonnage than any canal, surpassing the Panama, with wheat and iron ore from the West and eastern coal flowing through on their westward journey to smelters and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soo
Panama
Great West
Scouts Help Miss Riley With Christmas Coal Delivery
Two boys Billie and Joe secretly train as scouts to aid Miss Riley, gifting a coal load and food baskets on Christmas Eve after a planed deed to help someone in need. Jim, a keen observer, guides them and ensures deeds respect property rights while praising their generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Billie
Joe Perkins
Joe
Bez Jones
Fellows
Riley
Glorified Christmas Pudding and the Almond Tradition
In a festive family scene Lois and Em anticipate the Glorified Christmas Pudding with a leap year nut hidden inside. The search for the almond brings laughter when Julia discovers a tough nut, ending the moment with shared merriment as snow falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
Mother
Father
Julia
Mrs. Allen
Western Newspaper Union
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W.N.U. Service
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Ida Lovett
Lyle Lovett
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Alice B. Palmer
Hagen
Elmo
Scott Watson
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