MIDDLE TEMPLE Mt MURDER A Detective Story
A London newspaper man, Frank Spargo, uncovers a murder linked to Ronald Breton and a mysterious leather box. Aylmore, a Member of Parliament, admits taking Marbury to his rooms after midnight, while a silver stand ticket from Market Milcaster hints at old racing ties. Spargo seeks Ben Quarterpage for clues, travels to Market Milcaster, and meets Crowfoot, revealing a web of historic tickets, family ties, and a hidden past surrounding the crime.
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Frank Spargo
London
Ronald Breton
Temple
John Marbury
Marbury
House of Commons
Stephen Aylmoure
Aylmore
Spargo
Rathbury
Crowfoot
Sparro
Market Milcaster
Milcaster
Elmshire
Ull
Ben Quarterpage
Sporsman
Quarterpage
Paddington
Market Milcaster High Street
Benjamin Quarterpage
Spargo Arrives in Market Milcaster to Plot Campaign
Spargo enters Market Milcaster and surveys the quiet High street from the Yellow Dragon hotel. He notes a lack of trade, a coach-town ambience, and a sunlit summer afternoon with scents of new-mown hay drifting through open windows.
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Spargo
Market Milcaster
Yellow Dragon
Gambling passion grips Welah mining districts
Gambling is a common pastime among men in the Welah mining districts with groups gathering at street corners to watch for the first regeneration and the appearance of numbers, reflecting the era’s social behavior amid mining town life.
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Welah
Local Quincey Social Notes and Weather Snippet
J. 8 Abell transacted business in Quincy Tuesday. Mrs O W Killebrew visited her sister and shopped in Quincy. Several residents, including Kroegar and Wischerken families, were seen in Quincy and Durham for Easter hats and shopping. A westbound train was stuck in a snowdrift near Sunday’s all day.
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George Reece
Mary
Henry Pittman
Joe Hudson
Quincy
Dan Weissbirg
Frank Hartman
Main Street
Wm. Hudson
Frank Sassady
Baby
Chicago
James Ros
Relle
Zepha Clee
Gatesburg
Belle Burrell
Wm. Michaels
KK. F. Jacobs
Lima State Bank
Daugghter
Miss Ellett
A. K. Cory
Witha Doyle
Loraine High School
Bowen
Bowen High School
Charles Anderson
Rankin Smith
Matt Ralph
Golden
Rolf Smith
Rober Odell
A. M. Odell
Perkins
Oklo
B. A. Spaulding
Payson
Mabel Wilmerson
University of Illnois
Home Bureau
Spalding
Loraine
R. E. Potter
East Center Street
R. B. Echols
Springfield
Abell
O. W. Killebrew
Ross Dodge
B. B. Lowe
Deams Leach
Morton
Lee Kroegar
J. T. Ball
Sam B. Shackleford
James
Thomas
John Shackleford
Loreta Roberts
Robert Letton
Sam Shackleford
J. R. Briscoe
Pittsfield Notes Contains Local Visits and Meetings
Pittsfield Illinois reports B P Dow returning from California and western states, John B Scott's government work mentioned, Clyde Roads ill with influenza, Col Dan Morgan Smith to lecture on Anti Saloon League at the Christian church, Alva Tippetts moving to Quincy, social events hosted by Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Glecker, Preate Glee club gatherings, April circuit court session opener with Judge Higbee and a busy docket. Wilaeon
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John B. Scott
Stats L. L‘emmerson
Col. Smin
Alva Tippetts
Quincy
Cora Tippetts
Wm. Cunningham
Sarah E. Glecker
Women’s. Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Margaret’ Niebur
Preate Glee Club
Young Ladies of the
Circuit Court
Harry Higbee
Wilaeon
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C. E. Delaplain
Stern Bldg
Whig
Middle Temple Mt
Fred A. K
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van Blair
Parante
Orrison
Lima
Hig
Franky
Carroll
Mins
Badle Witt
Quincy Iday
M.ek
Cecil Haley
Max Peterson
Dr. Potter
Glenn Strickler
Glaude
Jacksonville
Ilinois College
Donald
Selma
Ala
United States Veterinary
Ray H. Wilson
R. & H. Sales Co
Andrew Wilson
Guy Shady
Cleve Hudson
Julia Hicks
West Point
E. A. Strickler
Troe Ear
Charles
Vincent
Tys
Hie
Lafe- Vincent
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
Pittsfield, Ill
B. P. Dow
California
Pesemiee Troll
Fem
Eagle “Mikano
RTS
Woolas
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Janie
Jan Dobson
Koleen
Lee Francis
Hannibal, Mo
Aeolian- Vocalion
Warewayland CO
WARE
Wayland CO
Torrington
Sir Damask
Ware Wayland ‘Co
Ray
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