Night Harbinger in a Boston Saloon
A narrator in Boston notes a Polish bartender, a young American woman, and a stranger Jans visiting a dingy saloon amid talk of war. The man questions the narrator and the girl’s connection, while Jans signals the woman for an unseen meeting before the narrator departs.
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Weez
Boston
New York
Rio
Germany
Warsaw
Ani
Man
Jans
Busihesset
Senorita
Gans Street
Mann
Chad
Ah Senorita Box Sparks Chile Plot Suspicion
United States consular agent Philip Severn buys a box from a New York jewelry store. A writing hidden inside hints at a revolutionary movement aiming to overthrow the Chilean government and potentially threaten U.S. welfare. Severn plans a solo investigation.
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New York
Philip Severn
United States
Severn
Gans Street Clue Emerges From Jersey City Clue
In a tense hotel lobby moment the narrator discovers a potential lead on Gans Street in Jersey City. A torn document is to be mailed to authorities, but a bellboy delivers a conflicting tip about the street's location, offering a possible escape from a blind alley.
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Washington
Burke
George
Severn
Gans Street
Gans
Fletcher
Abandoned Jersey City Iron Works as Rendezvous Site
A hidden meeting point unfolds at a derelict brick factory near Jersey City. A dusty sign reading OFFICE ALVA MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY confirms the link to Gustave Alva, suggesting the site as a crime rendezvous and arms shipment hideout.
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Jersey City
Alva Malleable Iron Company
Gustave Alva
Wich
Dais
Proverb Fragments on Vision and Belief From a 19th Century Letter
A correspondent notes a method to remove small foreign bodies from the eye using a dark room and light, causing a violent reaction to wash the particle to the corner. The eye is then cleaned with a handkerchief. Also quoted is a proverb about seeing and hearing not reflecting reality.
Weighing on Stones and Shingles in Britain
An American reader and a friend discuss weighing measures used in England. The exchange mentions weighing a person at eleven stone two pounds and notes a small nail and shingles as units of measure.
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England
Amer- Legion Weekly
Women Told Kidney Trouble Hides Behind Bladder Pain
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues without realizing it. The ad urges treatment with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, claiming it can address backache headaches and other kidney related symptoms and offers a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Embarrassing Moment Delays Lecture in Town Hall
An apologetic town lecture hall manager delay for a "How to Keep Fit" talk caused impatience among the audience. The lecturer failed to appear, the manager announced postponement, and laughter followed as he fled the stage.
Explosion scatters over town as thousands of debris fall
More than 5,000 pieces of a mysterious material fell in town after a burst, and residents scattered to collect the fragments. Authorities began inspection to determine origin and potential danger.
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N A Parrish
Strange Case
Cavendish
AWEIL
Randall Parrish
Charlott
Thom
Balfour
Baby Specialists
Reembaf Otic
Samuel Tchr
Sorel
Sax Cawraun Gonpae
Are
Nore
Castoria
THE
Gcentaur Company
Work City
Carter
Corinne Bent fFin
Bayer
Absorbing JR
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
Holland
Wilkeming
Caticara
Mammoth
Oer Rapids
National Mayonnaise Machine Co
Pacific St
Brooklyn
TSS
EUS
S.S.S
Swift Laborate
Atlanta
Georgia
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