Double Consciousness and a Murder Plot Unfolds
Detective Fox recounts a chilling plan involving Mrs. Glaye, Cyril Durand, and Dr. Brandt as beliefs in dual consciousness reshape motives. Miss Grande’s jealousy and a hidden will tie a fortune to Dr. Brandt, while a staged confession nudges Fox toward a perilous truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suade
Durand
Grope
Fox
Cyril Durand
Tair Lone Grande
Miss Grande
Jane
Mrs. Glare
Mrs. Glaye
Ione Grande
Bertha
Miss Glave
Detective Fox
Dito Morton
Dr. Brandt
Karl Brandi
Matrimony in the Departments at the Dead Letter Office
A Washington correspondent details life in the Post Office Department focusing on women clerks. Salaries range from 720 to 1600 dollars with many over 30, many widows, and strong expertise in languages. The Dead Letter Office handles foreign addresses, misdirected photographs, and stamps, with women’s work described as swift and skilled, though certain tasks remain restricted to men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Uncle Sam
Wanamaker
Postal Union
Jefferson
Jackson
Alabama
Great Northwest
Indy
Treasury
Post Office Life and Letters in Washington History
A vivid excerpt describes the chaos of dead letters and the quirks of early 20th century Ottawa Washington systems. It details misdirected money and stamps, clerks marrying under Vilas, lunch customs, and post office hours plus the 4 PM street rush and the cleaning crews in the big government buildings. It mentions mailbags, sack colors, and departmental routines with named figures and places.
Hope in the Soul and the Foundation of Christian Hope
A sermon on the grounding of hope in God as Father and the Son of God. It argues true hope rests on God's word, not idle dreaming, and that the object of hope is to be like Christ at His appearing. The piece contrasts groundless hope with steadfast assurance, urging a shift from hope to knowledge through spiritual transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinecke the Fox
Cyril Durand
Mrs. Glove
Dr. Brandt
Glaye
Proctor
Huxley
Give
Lwae
Alee
Joe Jefferson
London
America
United States
St. John
Apostle
Jesus
Sir Arthur Helps
St. Paul
God
Ae “Io
Heiss
Pittsburg
Christ
Dickens
State Department
Locusts and Locust Birds in Cyprus Warfare
A parliamentary paper reports on James Cunningham's Cyprus locust campaign, detailing from 1883 onward a costly war employing about 1,500 people yearly. It explains locust control methods in Africa, the locust birds Cincona alba and Delopus carunculatus, their feeding habits, nesting near swarms, and the birds’ role in suppressing locust swarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cunningham
Cyprus
Algeria
South
Afica
Cinconia Alba
Africa
Soubrette Ilka Palmay Tricks Vienna Market in Wager
Fraulein Ilka Palmay the Vienna soubrette won 1000 florins and a breakfast from Prince Franz von Lichtenstein after disguising as a plain market vendor. She sold vegetables for hours at the Am Ho market while the prince and two companions watched in peasant attire before driving away in a carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraulein Ilka Palmay
An der Wien
Franz von Lichtenstein
Fraulein Palmay
Greenswoman
Hypocritical talk and a thread through commerce and crime
A puzzle-like verse fragment describes disguise and deception in speech and conduct. It criticizes hypocritical talk, a misuse that hinders business and public affairs, linking it to theft, fraud, and criminal cunning while weaving in oblique wordplay and scattered references to letters and clues.
Charade fragment hints at a riddle in a wood-pile
The text presents a fragmented line about a difference not small and a reference to a wood-pile and a vague question about which axle will define. It reads like a ciphered puzzle fragment from a page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rica
Fireside Sphinx Puzzles and Prizes At July Contest
A historical notice outlines a July competition with three handsome books as prizes for the best three solutions to The Fireside Sphinx. Submissions must be forwarded weekly via medals, and partial or incomplete results are discouraged.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Macon
Postal Service
ATLAS
Lizzie P. Gerard
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Lizzie
Desd
Postofice
Vilas
Pension Office
Decnt
Reguar
Patent Office
Miss Grunpy, Jr
Vienna
Franz von Lichtenstell
E. R. Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
E.R. Cuapnovan
Enigma
Sittee
Fr O. BurcEa
J. Mok
India
Enon
Ccharade
Danta
Chuck -Hole
Bristol
Johnson
Shakespeare
Noti
Thors
Detroit Free Preas
South Carolina
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