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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
4
A rich American owner with a Spanish wife and a beautiful daughter guards a murder haunted pool. A resident physician secretly loves the daughter, and a nominal engagement with the butler hints at deeper, unusual clues in this classic mystery setup.
A narrator travels through rain to Hartley House a village namesake estate on a broad river. A frightened driver warns of a ghost and a murder site as the dreary journey heightens the sense of superstition and foreboding surrounding the old man owner and the case ahead.
Dr Michelson visits Hartley house to care for Mr Sidney, a rich ill man. Jed the servant appears hostile while Mrs Sidney and a South American woman welcome him. The estate hides a brick-walled block, guarding a deadly family legend about two brothers and a murder in the pool area.
A whaler from Scotland pursues a sperm whale near Rockall in the Atlantic. The hunt lasts about fifty minutes with harpoons, hundreds of yards of line, and a successful kill. The whale, a full grown fifty to sixty feet, yields five thousand dollars in value as the crew hauls it toward Scotland.
A student recounts a British morning scene from the American Revolution chapter. He remembers the phrase breastworks and shares the vivid image of colonial fortifications on the hill with his mother.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for sore hands and toilet use, followed by a humor panel about lounge lizards and a comic exchange on a canceled note. The dialogue explores aftertaste of pride and experience in a light editorial tone.
An ad touts S. S. S. as a reliable blood purifier that stops itching and eczema by removing disease germs from the blood. It claims relief comes from curing the root cause in the blood and directs readers to write for medical literature at the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
The ruby as July birthstone is linked to ancient beliefs in its powers to grant night vision and ward off evil, poison, and plague. Folklore cites talismanic properties and forewarning color changes, reflecting past credulity and the social function of gemstone lore. A separate note reports long distance bird flights, with swallows tracked from England to South Africa, via a ringed nestling program led by T. Witherby.
John Alden approached Priscilla and asked if she was sure the nominating committee was the right one. The brief exchange hints at internal uncertainty within the process.
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