The End of a Long Night at Fleming Stone’s House
Detective Stone and his associate Gaskell discuss a dangerous criminal and plan to consult the famed toxicologist Simpson. Tony, Plum, and Stone share drinks and banter as Stone battles a sneezing fit and contemplates a potential kidnapping danger, then prepare for a noon visit to Simpson.
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Farman
Gaskell
Stone
Perilla
Plum
Mr. Stone
Mr. Gaskell
Tony
Simpson
Fleming Stone
Ginner
Old Man Simpson
Malden Case Cracked by Fleming Stone Reveal
Fleming Stone unveils the two deaths tied to Corey Malden and a second victim, revealing a glass speck clue and a criminal mastermind. The party gathers as Stone explains the method, motives, and the key autopsy fact, with Doctor Simpson urged to attend and verify the findings.
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Mr. Plum
Fleming Stone
Plum
Malden
Mr. Stone
Stone
Perilla
Madame Malden
Farman
Garth
Doctor Simpson
The Detective Names the Motive for Two Murders
Fleming Stone explains the motive behind the two killings. The murderer wanted both the Malden fortune and the girl, hoping to claim Mrs. Malden by death. Stone implies the killer is among the room’s people, building suspense as danger remains.
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Robert Coles
Fleming Stone
Coles
Corey Malden
Gaskell
Washington
Fields’ House
Scottstown
Stone
Canadian Governor Receives Ministry Advice On Powers
The governor general acts under the advice of his ministry responsible to parliament and summons proclaims and dissolves parliament and assents to or reserves bills. Mercy in capital cases is exercised on ministry advice. Direct communication with the British government has replaced the governor general as mediator.
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Canada
England
The Tale of Jason the Obnoxious Orator
Jason grows from a quiet child to a national figure as a loud speaker who cannot convey sense. He evolves into a campaign oracle earning escalating sums yet delivers no real promises. A moral warns that even the worst among us may find a career.
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Jason
Little Poems of Sunshine and Waldo Crooning Satire
Readable fragments blend a cheerful verse on smiling through hardship with a satire on radio crooners. Waldo the crooner is depicted as a money draw despite weak talent, while a three-item joke set closes the fragment.
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Waldo
Curious Facts for Curious People
A quirky list notes oddities from animals to culture. It claims alligators lack love, peas can be mashed on a rock with a nightstick, and the Japanese do not play marbles. It also mentions Alfred H Smith, a Hon in South Africa never seeing a moving pictures camera, cherries stored openly won’t keep, and New York papers printing with yesterday afternoon dates.
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Alfred H Smith
Alfred
South Africa
New York City
Problems in Mathematics from a Humorous Parody
A set of lighthearted math humor questions about mowing lawns by different people, strawberry production by regions, song writers producing original numbers, and three women swimming times. The piece jokes about why they bother in the morning and at a fashionable bathing place.
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John
Fred
William
Jennie
Alice
Audrey
Life and Death Clock in Berlin Warns of Birthrate Danger
A Pearson Weekly report describes a large Berlin clock that sounds nine strokes to mark nine births in a period and a double bulb hourglass to show seven deaths for every ten births. The device aims to dramatize the fragile balance of life and death and to pressure Germans about declining birthrates.
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Berlin
Germany
Pearson's Weekly
Bayer Aspirin Promotes Safe Pain Relief Across Health
The advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as a safer effective remedy for headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains. It claims physicians once warned against pain remedies but Bayer Aspirin changed practice and remains fast acting and safe for regular use. Buy Bayer Aspirin by name at drugstores.
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Carolyn
Lovell
New York
Corey Maiden
Mr. Coles
Associated Newspapers
McGoofey
Wao Service
H. I. Phillips
Sance
Mike
America
Problems IN Mathematics
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Bayer Aspirin
Teeston
Weeldyn
Garfield
Glover
Sioux City
Iowa
WIU
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