Murder in a New York bookstore over a Colfax bookplate
In Darrow's New and Second Hand Bookshop Miss Constance Fuller notes a dignified old man, while Peter Burton reveals paying 510 for a law book with a Colfax bookplate. A girl screams murder as Emily James and others react, and Peter contemplates the fallout from his costly find. The chapter ends with a murder shout from the rear of the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Fuller
Darrow
Tower Fourth Avenue
New York
Peter Burton
Peter
Constance
Emily James
Professor Harrington
Peter Agasp
Duty
Beter
Nancy
Roberts
Business College
Mr. Darrow
Colfax
Mit Lige
Ulysses
Mr. Riggs
Mr Case
Mr. Case
Slippered Mystery Unfolds In Richmond Shop
In a crowded morning, a fainting woman in black satin bedroom slippers and a masked figure, Peter, confront a bloodied old man and a distressed girl as ambulances take them to the hospital. The narrator beds down the chaos while guarding clues about a mysterious past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrow
Ulysses
Peter
Richmond
Daisy Abbott
Daisy
Mr. Doddin
Local updates from Patoka and nearby towns
Local notes report A W Whiting and family leaving for St Louis for work. Shobonier, Dietrich, St Elmo, Vernon and Centralia residents visit or assist. Miss Florence Reisman and Miss Lela Logan among visitors. Hardware ads push steel cut coffee 25c lb and 6x9 rugs 2.75 with rug free, incuba tors, silk hose, candy and groceries featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Whiting
St. Louis
Whiting
Altoms
Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co
Ed Anderson
Shobonier
S. M. Spurgeon
Dietrich
Frank Miller
St. Elmo
C. N. Cruse
Bryan Cox
Sterling
Astoms
Dave Perrine
Centralia
Walter Parks
Florence Reisman
Vernon
Illinois Shrine Club
Robinson
Murfin
Lela Logan
Christina Cox
George McKimmy
Hugh
Hidalgo
Joe Langenfeld
Hudson-Essex Motor Co
Elmer Jensen
Sandoval
Mary Rawcliffe
Hudspeth
Nellie Lee
Catherine Matheny
Maxine Anderson
Léla McFetridge
Patoka Hardware & Furniture
Otto Gust
Charlie Pugh
Binney
Illinois
Billie Bruening
East St. Louis
O. H. Gray
W. G
Alton
W. G. Cray
Mrs . Gray
Spring hat lines and sale on ladies silk hose featured
Cruses millinery offers ladies silk hose at 49c a pair and men’s fancy hose at 29c a pair with full sizes and colors. A new spring hat line in latest colors and styles is priced reasonably. Local notices mention visits, farm notes, and various sale ads including rugs, meats, and hardware specials along with community greetings and short social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purvis
Odin
John Reidle
Wilbertown Township
Fayette County
John
Patoka
Delmar Cain
Mother
Centralia
Berthal Branch
Fatoka Hardware & Furniture Co
O. A. Nattier
Tatoka Hardware & Vurniure Co
Card of Thanks for Nellie Wasem-Crawford and family
The Crawford Wasem-Crawford and Vallow families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for illness support and burial service helps. Special thanks for flowers and comforting words, never forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fern Wasem-Crawford
Crawford
Geo. Wasem
Josie Vallow
Music Lessons Advertised for Dorony Logan
A note states music lessons are offered in the town of 47 with travel on roads allowed. For more information call No 4. Dorony Logan invites residents to request lessons at home or in town locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Smith
H. G. Hudspeth
Jersey
A. J. Britt
T. A. Green
Hayes Smith
Russell Collins
Timothy Hay
Harry Perkins
Patoka
John Crawford
R. I
A. M. Peek
A. W. Foster
J. W. Reid
Fairman
Fred Stark Sandoval, Sr
Jeff Smith
George Willett, Jr
Shobonier
Ill
Waterhouse Home
Henry Oglesby
F. M. Smith
First State Bank of
Creek Bottom
Buffalo Hart
Dorony Logan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agnes Miller
the Century Co
Cese Tuets
Simewhat
Legal Federation Library Committee
Mr. Dibdin
Miss Wilkes
Snapleton
Miss Burton
Wasrens
Baga
Nancy Burton
Ernesto
Wilkes
Miss Fuller
Elmwood
Here
Laura
Charleston
Mel
Tives
Edwardsville
Mt. Carmel
James Jr
Hutsonville
Huts
Witt
Benton
John M. Edison
Clay County
Louisville
Illacés
Marion
Clinton, Effingham
Clay
Lee Stanach
Etchison
John M. Etchison
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