Hidden Tower Conflict Sparks Man’s Plight
Robbed and battered merchant Raxon endures confinement in a secret tower room. He plots escape as intruders, including his son Robin Kimber, loom over the mansion, while Bradney and Sneed maneuver for leverage and to avoid police. The family feud grows as evidence and loyalties unravel.
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Bellington
McKimber
Barnes
Sneed
Mr. Raxon
Roxon
Bradney
Mrs. Raxon
MccKimber
Robin McKimber
McRimbier
Uke
Ruxon
Potlle
Mmin—lt
Raxon
Milman plans million-dollar sale of letters in a senator bid
In the Huntingdon dining room Milman outlines a scheme to use forged letters to control Paul Raxon and secure McKimber’s support for a senatorial bid. Nita confronts conflicting loyalties as Floyd Malet watches over her and Robin’s fate. The group weighs signaling McKimber versus Raxon and rehearses coercion to recover funds.
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Place
Achille
Great Rock
Sneed
Milman
Nita
Peter
Barnes
Naxon
McKimber
Raxon
Paul Raxon
Peter Milman
Menken
Iradney
Ephdre
Tim
Floyd Malet
Malet
Robin
Ingiving
Paul Roxon
Mr. Milman
Crook
Mckhimber
Bell
Floyd
Potato water as gout remedy rumored in diet experiments
Three scientists conducted short trials on a diet of potatoes and vegetable items with limited extras, suggesting potato water might aid gout. The studies claim benefits from light, low-cost regimens and note European farming practices influence diet and labor. Sir Rowland Hill reportedly advocates strict, brief dietary tests on two to three items.
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Europe
Rowland Ill
Remy —Pess
Dumson
Ballooning Spiders Use Wind for Migration
Describes how spiders release silk from spinnerets and ride air currents to migrate. The process begins with an elevated position and ends when the wind pulls the silk, carrying the spider aloft.
Spring tonic ideas and wholesome winter foods in season
The article urges daily outdoor exercise and proper sleep, with fresh air as a tonic. It promotes a diet including greens, canned vegetables, orange juice, and pineapple dishes, offering various pineapple and fruit salad recipes and a quince pudding dessert to boost health for spring.
Fatherly nostalgia and a jest at the New York dinner
Rutger Jewett describes a humorous scene at a Dutch Trent club dinner. A bachelor speaker proclaims a Father’s Day tradition while a pinked Oxford-clad visitor reveals his sister fled with his cash, adding a wry punchline to the tableaux of family life.
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Rutger Jewett
New York
Dutch Trent Club
Real Progress on Arrival of Y C White in San Francisco
China born writer painter and poet Y C White has arrived in San Francisco. He comments that current literature is improving and notes a comparison about the quality of paper used for advertising literature priced at $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Vanity's Artless Praise Earns Unwary Notice
A sharp critique notes vanity as an artless flaw, where even the most fulsome flattery invites no suspicion and invites reflection on sincerity and self perception.
Bank of England Governor Praises U S Labor Conditions
Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England, lauded American labor conditions at a New York dinner. He warned that labor and communism were on bad terms and commented on social questions during exchanges with guests and statements by Wind Halkett, president of the building trades council, amid a talk of international tensions.
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Montague Norman
Bank of England
New York
John Halkett
Building Trades Council
Italy
Duge-Stavia
Albania
Mr. Halkett
Woman on her way to suit court or divorce court
Ambiguous remark notes a woman may be heading to the couturier or the divorce court. The line recalls a New York Herald Tribune sentiment about uncertain paths.
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Couturier’s
New York
Heralda-Tribone
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Huntingdon
Pitthouvenues
ASAIN
KSA
AEA Tex
Western Newspaper Union
Woods Hutchenson
Pers
Dean
Doan
Pice Poster Milburn Co
Hanford
W. N-U
Salt Lake City
BAYER
SPE
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Smiths
Speech
Emerson
Piontesco
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