New York Switchboard Lead to Unlikely Meeting
In a swank hotel, David Mallory seeks work and is pressed into service as a switchboard operator under Tim Higgins. There he encounters Miss Agatha Aget, a crippled elder, and her witty niece Allegra, sparking an unexpected encounter.
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David Mallory
New York
Tim Higgins
David
Miss Agatha Aget
Allegra
Miss Agatha
Kenneth Grahame
Eddie Hoyt
Eddie
Dave
Higgins
Hoyt
Mallory
Ferriters
Paget
Bertha
Edward
Annie
Miss Allegra
Miss Paget
Agatha
Timothy
Ione
Miss Ferriter
Murder in the Morello Building Prompts Police Inquiries
In the Morello building a scream erupts as Miss Ferriter collapses after a confrontation with Allegra and Miss Paget's household. Mallory discovers a dead man beside a fallen lamp, a touching scene that brings Higgins and Eddie Hoyt under police scrutiny as the homicide squad arrives to investigate.
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Higgins
Miss Paget
Guesswork on the Bridge Mystery
Inspector Warren investigates a night attempt to cover a murder on the bridge. George Blair claims self defense after a jewel heist gone wrong, but Warren sees through the tale using guesswork and police insight. The suspects face the coming police inquiry as an ambulance attends the injured man.
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Joe Warren
Warren
Inspector Warren
Blair
George Blair
The Lost Wallet and a Fateful Subway Meeting
A man recalls a faded memory of a woman named Aileen Turner seen in a subway car. He helps her recover a dropped purse, receives a tender story of hardship, and vows to call, only to lose his watch and wallet along with cash in a later taxi ride.
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Fourteenth Street
Aileen Turner
Home Remedies and Kitchen Tips From a vintage guide
A collection of household hints covers glazing windows with epsom salts and vinegar, cleaning baked pie spills with salt, browning roast gravy with sugar, adding melted butter to frosting, and storage tips for cookies. It also includes plant care advice on repotting and avoiding overwatering in winter.
Explorer recalls natives and savage cries in wild tale
An explorer recounts being surrounded by natives who cried out loudly and danced while beating the earth with clubs. A bored listener quips that the scene resembles golf as the exchange highlights colonial-era impressions.
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Frederic F. van DE Water
Rush
Morello
Ferriter
Tone
Ione Ferriter
Mac
Wilson
John Campbell Haywood
McClure Syndicate
WNU Service
Ostetter
ST. Louis Iron & Supply CO
S. E
16Th & Clark
St. Lowis
A. G. Brauer "Guresy Company
Moroline
Garfield
Carlyle
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