Middle Temple Murder A Detective Story
A London newspaper man, Frank Spargo, learns of a murdered man, John Marbury, and the missing small leather box. The recovered silver ticket from Market Milcaster ties to local families and a long-hidden list points to John Maitland and a historical mystery. Spargo reads an 1891 newspaper in a garden as clues unfold.
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Frank Spargo
London
John Marbury
Marbury
Stephen Aylmore
M. P
Temple
Spargo
Rathbury
Ings
Lummins
Kaye
Skene
Templeby
John Maitland
Market Milcaster
Sargo
War Hero Col Dan Morgan Smith to Speak in Quincy Sunday
Col Dan Morgan Smith, famed "Battalion of Death" veteran and former Chicago attorney, will lecture Sunday at Vermont Street M E church and Congregational church in Quincy. He will recount frontline experiences in France with the 357th Infantry and 338th, highlighting war deeds, injuries, and double citations while urging better Americanism and law enforcement amid current social and industrial unrest.
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Dan Morgan Smith
Quincy
Bis
Vermont Street
M. E
Congregational Church
Chicago
Texas
France
357Th Infantry
338Th
Ariving
St. Mihiel
Col. Smith
Anti-Saloon League
London gentleman and innkeeper discuss racing tickets
A London youth is congratulated on possessing a ticket as Quarterpage Benjamin Quarterpage invites him to breakfast at nine to reveal racing books and identify the original holder. Spargo accepts and joins him in a morning meeting at an inn with a garden view.
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London
Mr. Quarter Page
Quarterpage
Benjamin Quarterpage
Spargo
Dumfries to Vote Dry as City Sees Licenses Wane
In Dumfries Scotland on April 13 voters face a dry district move. Prognostications say half of Dumfries population and three quarters of Maxwelltown will vote for prohibition. Fifty three licensed premises serving 16 000 people will be closed.
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Dumfries
Scotland
Robert Burns
Maxwelltown
Sunday Services Notices Deadline
The Whig Office accepts Sunday service notices to be submitted by 6 o'clock in the evening for publication in this column. Submit entries with church name and service details to ensure timely inclusion.
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Whig
Methodist church services and leagues schedule
Listing of multiple Methodist parishes with pastors and service times. Includes Epworth League, Sunday schools, morning and evening worship, baptismal service, and special topics such as The Resurrection and The Supreme Motive of the Christian. Speakers include Col. Dan Morgan Smith and Elvis Stockton with choir performances by Miss Mabel Allen.
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Vermont Street
Vermont
Eighth Streets
Row
A. McCarty
South Side
Israel
Epworth ‘League
C. Ir. Manney
Dan Morgan Smith
Battalion of Death
Epworth League
Elvis Stockton
Grace Methodist
Epworth
Loma Bowers
Mabel Allen
Baylis
Bethel
Jefferson
Carl Buch
Kentuky Street Methodist
Kentucky
Eitel Georg
Hebel A
M. E
Ninth and Oak
W. H. Bazie
Co. E. League
Central Baptist and Immanuel Chapel church services
Central Baptist at Cedar and Twenty-second streets with Dr Anna Scott missionary from China speaking in morning service. Evening address The Baptist's Challenge at Horn illustrated at Immanuel Chapel Cedar and Twenty-second. Sunday school 3 PM Wallace Gibson superintendent. Zev I N Murrell pastor at Eighth and Elm with 9:30 AM Sunday schools and 10:45 AM preaching. Culture club 4 PM mission society 7 PM and 7:45 PM preaching.
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Central Baptist
Seventh
Vermont
Robert van Meigs
Anna Scott
China
the Baptist
Horn
Immanuel Chapel
Cedar
Twenty-second
Wallace Gibson
Elm
Elm Streets
Zev, I. N. Murrell
Mission Society
Christian church services and notices in city listings
Local church schedule lists services at First Christian, East Bed, Congregational First Union, Good Shepherd, Cathedral of St John, and Presbyterian. Includes pastors Rev Rh Newton Rev L C Mauck Rev Edward A Thompson Arthur W Francis Dean O Cone and Rev R H Hartley D D. Timings cover Sunday school worship and special events under various congregations.
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First Christian Church
Ninth and Broadway
Rh. H. Newton
Disciples of Christ and the World Movement
East Bed
Twelfth
Maine Streets
Edward A. Thompson
Chester Poling
Quincy Council No
United Commercial Travelers of America
The
Holy Land
Adirondack Murray
Good Shepherd
Twelfth Street
Maine
Hampshire Streets
Arthur W. Francis
St. John
Dean
O. Cone
Religious Services and Choirs Across Two Denominations
An item lists Sunday schedule details for a Unitarian congregation and United Brethren church. It notes sermon topics such as How Does Man Know God and includes service times, Sunday school, and youth activities. Reverend Earl F. Cook leads the Unitarian service. Reverend Henry W. Trueblood, D D, leads the United Brethren church with Bible study and multiple youth programs.
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Unitarian
Hampshire
Earl F. Cook
Lutheran Church Schedule Highlights and Events
Lutheran congregations list Sunday services at Luther Memorial, St. John, St. James and St. Matthew churches. Worship times include 10:30 and 7:30 p m with 9 am Sunday school or Bible classes. Notable items include a Walther league tuberculosis drive sermon in Wheat Ridge and a Obadiah sermon by St. James choir.
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Lutheran
Luther Memorial
Jersey
L W. Bingaman
St. John Lutheran
Seventh
Kentucky
Eb, F. Schueler
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Jesus
Men’s League
Obadiah
Men's League
St. James Lutheran Churc
O. H. Horn
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
J. G Kaiser
Burton
Light thievery at Soldiers and Sailors Home strikes cottages
The Soldiers and Sailors Home reports thefts in cottages eleven to thirteen and the hospital with about four dollars missing from cottage 13. A John Wood social event in cottage 20 was led by past presidents of the John Wood corps. William Parker, a Civil War veteran, died in the hospital aged 83, with burial set for Saturday at 1 p.m. Relatives are listed as none. Many pass and furlough movements among residents are noted, including readmissions and transfers. Mrs Shrewsberry becomes the first woman admitted to the home.
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John Wood Corps
Whig
William Parker
Co. H 8Th Illinois Infantry
Home
Pass
Wm. H. Roberts
Adam Kersch
Chas
Delia
Leon
Amos E. Bolson
Kate Harlow
Margaret E. Smith
Daniel Smith
Arthur Age Anna Shrewsberry
Evangelical Services at St Peter York Ninth
St Peter Evangelical York and Ninth Reverend A F Warskow pastor. Sunday school at 9, worship at 10 am. Morning sermon in German titled The Good Shepherd. Evening sermon in English titled Our Father In Heaven. Salem Evangelical Ninth and State.
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St. Peter Evangelical
York and
Ninth
A. F. Warskow
the Good Shepherd
Our Father
Salem Evangelical
State
Switzerland Prepares for American Tourists
Geneva reports Switzerland readies to attract American visitors after their battlefield tours in France and Belgium. hotels around Lake Geneva brace for tourist influx as travel rebounds and dollar spending rises.
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Geneva
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Lake Geneva
Sympathy and blame in friends misfortunes
The author explores why people blame others for friends misfortunes rather than accepting luck or fate. Examples include a sickly family blamed for coddling children and vigilant critics blaming a wife for her husband's behavior. The piece suggests blame is protective and linked to fear of personal fault, noting many prefer blame over sympathy or generosity.
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Louise
Swiss resorts spruce up with cocktails to lure Americans
At Swiss hotels and restaurants the trend is to stock gin and whiskey to attract American visitors with cocktails and high balls. Yet the U.S. guest from a dry state faces higher prices as a high ball runs about 65 cents in American money and may rise further.
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Europe
U.S. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middle Temple Murder
J. S. Fletcher
Fred A. Knopf
the Public Ledger Company
Mer Flowers
Mr. Quarterpage
Miss Quarterpage
the Watchman
Mr. Spargo
the Dragon
Milcaster
Hunt
Owl! Drug Store
Weilers
Osler
Hampshire Street
Sterns
Bobbie Burn
Methodist
Baptist
Christian
Episcopal
Scientist
First Church of Christ
Eighteenth
Vermont Streets
Wells
Siete Society
United. Brethren
North Sixth Street
Henry W. Trueblood
D. D
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Joseph Whitefield
Jno
Isaac C
James Wilson
Mary J
Andre
Harlow
Margaret Smith
E. C. Parsons
Hannibal
Eastern Star
Swtzerland
Joneses
North Fifth St
Illinois State. Bank Building
Royal Audit Company
O. H. Pfeiffer
Public Accountant
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
Pian
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