Mysterious mine plot leads Fairfax to Gideon Hayle
Fairfax tracks a hidden plot involving the Santa Cruz Mining Company and a forged manager. A meeting with the Argentine director reveals a deception by Gideon Hayle, once a partner in China he robbed others, and Fairfax vows to confront him while the mystery deepens. The director confirms no Bayley employe exists and hints Hayle’s motive may be to lure Fairfax abroad.
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Santa Cruz Mining Company
Argentine Republic
Fairfax
Bayley
Mr. Bayley
Edward Bayley
Kitwater
Leadenhall Street
Warner
England
Gideon Hayle
Gideon
Hayle
Jove
China
Hidden motive behind St Martin's church discovery
The narrator reveals awakening to a dangerous twist as Mr Bayley shifts from seeking the narrator for his company to hiring two ruffians to prevent him from continuing his work. The tension rises with a mystery about Bayley's true intentions and the stakes of the unfolding plot.
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St. Martin's Church
A Man of Intuition and a Safe Cracker
A Detroit merchant recounts an attempted $0.50 burglary that reveals a self-described safecracker opened his four-number lock in under forty seconds. The thief praised the combination, suggesting four numbers. The incident leads the merchant to switch to a hurried, moneyless safe and consider the man a likely expert.
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Detroit Free Press
Voice Like a Buzzsaw Reveals Juliette's Secret
A Washington Times piece recalls a caller who admired a sweet voice from Connecticut Avenue. The voice lured him to a house with a 40 year old unmarried woman, a widowed father, and a chocolate toned maid who proved the real attraction.
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Connecticut Avenue
Washington Times
Ragged Paper Boy Appeals for Help on Street
A starving barefoot boy sells his last paper and pleads for aid, while two well-dressed passersby ignore him. One notes the chance that the distressed may deserve help, the other dismisses the concern as a social trend, reflecting on who is worthy of charity. The scene echoes a broader moral question.
Scientist aims to prolong life with ongoing elixir work
The Washington Star notes ongoing experiments to extend human life. The piece frames the effort as maintaining a long tradition of seeking an elixir of life through incremental science, dating back to earliest times.
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Washington Star
And Vine Yorna An Optimist Saya
Local column fragment reads like a stray optimistic note amid foggy news. Names appear jumbled, with incomplete phrases and uncertain context. The readable portion hints at personal reflection rather than clear events or quotes.
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Yorna
Saya
The Price of the Finest Laces May Be Reduced
The article reports on a private showing of a new lace machine by Herr A. Matitsch of Vienna. It claims the machine can imitate real lace closely, with patents filed in many countries. Experts debate its potential to supplant hand made lace, noting extensive testing, design work, and possible market shifts, especially affecting French and Nottingham producers while English makers may feel less direct impact.
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England
Herr A. Matitsch
Vienna
United States
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Germany
France
Italy
Mexico
Norway
Austria
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Hungary
Russia
Herr Matitsch
Ludwig Dambeck
the Express
Nottingham
Ates
Mechlin
Brabrant
Idria
Chantilly
August Matitsch
Matitisch
Calais
Matitsch
Neue Freie Presse
Mathere
Max Kraft
Technical High School of
Cruz
Sustrat
London
The
News
Des Moines
Cai Avin
Clayton
Towa
Norton
Beyer
Neation
Ster County
Frank A. Wilder
Iowa
Prize fails to yield safe matches in 1898 contest
In 1898 Belgium offered 50 000 francs for a paste free of white sulphur and safe lighting. Four years of testing found all submissions defective for inflammability, ignition on surfaces, or emission of toxic matter. Expenditures total 8 178 francs for printing, correspondence, materials, analysis and experiments. G W. ROUSEVELT
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W. Rousevelt
Insurance Risks in Iowa 1901 Auditor's Report Summary
Special correspondence outlines Iowa and non Iowa insurers non life business in 1901. It notes as of year end 1901 there were 112 companies down from 130 in 1900 and total written fire tornado hall coverage about 402 million dollars. Losses paid rose to about 4.11 million dollars while risks in force reached roughly 902 million. Fire business in Iowa 1900 valued about 376 million with end year risk around 805 million and losses near 2.3 million.
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Iowa
Aboud A
Iown
Clas
Appeals to comrades by new G A R commander
Special correspondence reports John Lindt of Council Bluffs as the new grand army commander. He urges posts across the state to recruit missing comrades into posts, noting rising mortality and pressing veterans to join. His plan aims to strengthen the order through universal membership.
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Oral Army
Iowa
Grand Army
John Lindt
Council Bluffs
U. S
Lindt
Farmer Finds Seed Corn Sprouts Strong in North Villisca
William Schoonover, a farmer north of Villisca, planted seed corn this year and found it sprouted well, yielding a stand as good as last year's. He notes only four grains failed to grow and wonders how long fertility will last. The State board of control holds a tobacco supply contract for state institutions. It covers 1,100 dollars worth with Amana in South Amana securing the contract. Spear Head chewing and Spray Warner of Chicago are linked to the tobacco tract, supplying 2,800 pounds chewing and 600 pounds smoking tobacco.
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William Schoonover
Villisca
State Board of Control
Amana
South Amana
Spear Head Chewing
Spray Warner Company
Chicago
Rural Free Delivery Routes Established and Discontinued
Rural Free Delivery: 14 routes established July 1 including Stockton in Muscatine County with one carrier on a 24 percent mile route covering 8 square miles serving population. Pleasant Prairie office to be discontinued with Winthrop in Buchanan County on 95 percent miles route serving Middlefield area.
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Stockton
Muscatine County
Carrie
Pleasant Prairie
Winthrop
Buchanan County
Middlefield
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Ufe
Marguerite Merington
New England Magazine
Quy Boothby
Dr. Kikola
White Devil
Pharog
Ward, Lock & Co
Grobellar
Berlin
Wilson
Bow Street
Holywell Street
Ife
Strand
Santa Cruz
New York
Republic
South America
Man
Christ
Atlanta Constitution
E. McFarland
Mate Geologica
the Auditor
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