A Beautiful Host Spoiled by Hidden Threats in Apartment Mystery
Bynopsis follows Nelson occupying great aunt and uncle Gaston’s apartments where mysterious noises and a white threaten them. He distrusts the superintendent Wick while learning from Barbara that her sister Claire’s runaway marriage and stolen documents fuel blackmail. Nelson collaborates with detective Gorman to uncover links to Lefty Moore.
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Bynopsis
Spalding Nelson
Rufus Gaston
Gastons
Bartare Bradford
Wick
Gaston
Barbara
Claire
Bradford
Bradfords
Nelson
Miss Kelly
Gorman
Lefty Moore
Detenve
Granddeck
Jim Connor
Third Avenue
Jamen Gorman
Miss Bradford
Barbara Bradford
White Room
Sean Sing Sing
Clarire
Sitty-ninth
The Granddeck Mystery Deepens at Midnight Table
I plot with Jamen Gorman to trap the telephone girl Nelia Kelly tied to Lefty Moore and a scheme at the Granddeck. Barbara Bradford and Claire Bradford join the plan as clues point to a hospital misdirection and a dangerous trail through New York City.
Astounding discovery in a mystery tale leads to clue
The narrator recounts an evening of chance discovery that uncovers a real clue to a mystery involving Barbara Bradford and Claire Bradford. After a restless night following Gorman's revelations about a telephone girl, the narrator hopes to meet Barbara for lunch the next day.
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Barbara Bradford
Claire
Barbara
Gorman
The
Bradfords
Rufus
Twenty-eighth Street
Times Square
Astor
Girr
Nelila Kelly
Claire Bradford
Detective Gorman to the Rescue and the Great Organ
The article notes a famed pipe organ claimed as the largest ever built, played in Festival Hall, St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition. Originating for Convention Hall in Kansas City, it was unreleased, stored, then bought by John Wanamaker and installed in his Philadelphia store, where it is played daily. The organ weighs 876,000 pounds.
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Festival Hall
St. Louis
Convention Hall
Kansas City
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Peterson Ointment Promises Healing Soothes Ulcers
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Antheona of Paterson about Peterson Ointment produced in Buffalo claims it cured a long standing running sore. The sponsor notes the product sells through druggists for a small price and urges others to try it.
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Peterson
Buffalo
Neen
Paterson Ointment Co., Inc
Bufalo
Indignant county protest over roads vote
A rugged yeoman laments bad roads and a county meeting to push a roads plan he says was foisted on good citizens. He missed the gathering after getting stuck in mud six miles from town, while a Kansas City Star note and an unrelated ad for Cuticura products appear among fragments.
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Father Day
Kansas City Star
Discovery and colonisation of New Zealand timeline
The text notes that Tasman first sighted New Zealand in 1642 but exploration occurred only with Captain James Cook about 150 years later. Colonisation came about twenty years before the American Civil War, and settlements followed a scattered pattern in about half a dozen locations rather than a central base, mirroring early American colonial methods.
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New Zealand
Island
Tasman
James Cook
Fletcher's Castoria Advertises For Mothers
A vintage line promotes Fletcher's Castoria claiming 80 years of care for children and parental trust. The ad emphasizes gentle relief for upset stomachs and teething while urging use for infants and young kids.
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Fletcher
A Certain Cure and Laughs at Age Jokes
A peculiar dialogue suggests remedy for a broken heart: bind the wound with a gold band bathe with orange blossom water and lavish confetti for a month of healing. The quip notes you cannot laugh at the jokes of the age but may laugh at the age of jokes.
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