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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1923
Page
5
Lady Erythea orders immediate chase after thieves who slipped away on a motorcycle fleeing toward Stanhoe. Three policemen join the pursuit while the mistress demands recovery of her emeralds amid heightened tension and alarm at the manor.
Inspector Panke links a torn skirt fragment to Calamity Kate and Jack the Climber in a string of burglaries at English country houses. The thief pair, possibly foreigners and aided by a motorcycle, used Lady Brythea’s window to enter. The inspector vows to capture the culprits and recover the emeralds.
Billy Spencer prowls Ivy cottage shadows to spy on Aimee and learns she fears Jervaulx abbey. He trails two riders to a remote lane where a daring crash leads to a pistol clash and a woman thief knocking Billy unconscious, while Calamity Kate and Jack escape on a motorbike.
Billy, nursing a head wound, contemplates escape after a botched job. He pockets a jewel case with amethyst necklace and emeralds, plans to evade police, then hides with Aimee as a police car passes, leaving them in a shadowed ditch.
Aimee Lambe dislikes a visit to austere Aunt Lady Lerythea at Jervaulx Abbey. She and cousin Georgina maneuver a deception, using a young American called Billy to form a risky partnership for selling a motorcycle, the Flying Sphinx. Burglaries and tense encounters unfold as identities shift and danger looms.
The passage quotes Aimee stating that she believes she has lost her character. She explains the feeling as a shift in identity and self-perception affecting her actions and stance.
Richard H. Lawson of Buffalo New York reports Tanlac cured his stomach trouble sourness gas and digestion issues restoring appetite sleep and energy He says Tanlac is 100 percent good and notes over 85 million bottles sold The advertisement urges buying Tanlac from druggists
A dialog in Peargon's Weekly features a generous yet needy man pleading for alms. Alf insists he would not steal from a stranger despite being offered money, illustrating a clash between charity and dignity.
A fragmentary piece recalls Faneuil Hall in Boston known as the cradle of American liberty. It chronicles Peter Faneuil funding a public market and hall used for protests against the Stamp Act and Tea Tax, plus a 1824 remark by Lafayette. It ends with a rural anecdote about Wille choosing to preach over listen.
A costermonger who bought a donkey in a country town attempted to haul it to London by train. He tied the donkey behind the train, paid only his fare, and, upon reaching Paddington, searched in vain for the animal. He then asked the driver if he had seen a donkey with a white spot on its nose.
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