The Haunted Pool at Hartley House Mystery
Dr John Michelson becomes resident physician at Hartley House and falls for Isobel while Jed the butler schemes around a haunted pool murder story. Mrs Sidney, a Spanish noble, doubts the union as Jed plots to force a deadly outcome. The young lovers fake an engagement to foil Jed and Dobson’s murder history resurfaces.
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John Michelson
Homer Sidney
Hartley House
Sidney
Richard Dobson
Hartley
Arthur Dobson
Jed
John
Isobel
Mrs. Sidney
Haz Dobson
Ghosts and secrets at Hartley House haunt a pool
In a moonlit chatty séance Jed and Mr. Sidney recount the Hartley house Dobson legend. Richard and Henry Dobson quarrel and a murder at the pool leads to Henry's ghost rumored to return. The narrator, drawn to danger, follows the tale and its chilling moral taunt.
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Jed
Mr. Sidney
Sidney
Dobson
Holland
New Amsterdam
Dobsons
Hartley
Hartley Dobson
James
Henrietta Dobson
Henrietta Dotson
Richard
Henry
James Dobson
Richard Dobson
Henry Dobson
Alwick
Stevenson
Ballantrae
Reading in the library after a late good night
The narrator postpones retreat to his room after bidding farewell to Mr. Sidney and Jed and chooses a book in the library after taking a small alcoholic stimulant.
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Mr. Sidney
Jed
Mushrooms Surpass Bread in Nutritional Value Of Water Content
A health note states mushrooms are about 90 percent water while the remaining 10 percent contains greater nutrition than bread, highlighting their surprising dietary value.
Life's Merry-Go-Round quips and witty exchanges
A collage of newspaper quips and jokes from Cincinnati Enquirer Louisville Courier Journal and others. It includes lines about laughter behind backs front porch climbers and light satire on markets and laundry misdirections. The piece showcases humorous snippets and wordplay from multiple papers.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
An advertisement urges readers to monitor blood supply and defend against disease. It promotes Swift’s S S S vegetable blood medicine as revitalizing and strengthening, urging readers to purchase at drug stores and to seek free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Schoolroom opinions on Woodrow Wilson spark debate
John Arthur, a pupil in Jeffersonville, writes an essay praising Wilson for WWI leadership and even surpassing Washington or Lincoln in his view. His father calls the claim overconfident though admiring. The boy notes the teacher is a Democrat. A separate child quips about seances and spirits, confusing uncle Henry.
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John Arthur
Jeffersonville
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Indianapolis News
Losing a Favorite Theme in a Turbulent Debate
A fragment shows Mr Meekton questioning votes for women while another speaker praises Henrietta’s suffrage talk amid broader tariff and league of nations discussions, revealing contrasting views on gender rights.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
League of Nations
Dinner table debate on women voting age
At a family dinner the discussion turns to women gaining the vote this fall. Sis, just past twenty, asks the voting age, and Bud says thirty. Sis counters that many women will lose votes if the age is truly thirty, glancing at their aunt who has claimed to be twenty eight for six years.
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Mr Sidney
Doctor Brownell
Hartley House
Mr. Sidney
Sidney
Sis
Bud
Giving Him Every Opportunity to Move to Ohio
A father plans a relocation to Ohio to provide his young son a chance to become president someday, explaining the idea as giving opportunities and future growth. The dialogue centers on foresight and aspiration for the child’s potential.
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Ohio
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By Clifford S. Raymond
Irwin Myers
George H. Doran Co
Ture
Paul Pry
Montevideo
Bayer
Indy
Louisville Coumier-Journal
Wall Street
Indianapolis
Harold
Edinburgh
Earers A
Postum Cereal Company
Bengrere
Postum Ceresl Co
Iric
Battle Creek
Mich
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