Mystery House Scare Ends With Death and Pursuit
Rudolph Van Vechten watches a man enter a long vacant house near the Powhatan club. The man is later found dead in the street after Van Vechten and Tom Phinney pursue him. A fashionably dressed woman enters the House of Mystery and a girl in the crowd locks eyes with Van Vechten from the mysteri ous house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph van Vechten
Jessure
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Tom
Murder at the alley linked to Number 1313 mystery
Rudolph Van Vechten confronts a puzzling murder on a crowded street as detective Flint briefed on the case notes a woman witness and a missing killer. Van Vechten contemplates Paige Carew and his cousin’s London plans while Tom Phinney sails toward Long Island with a secretive mood.
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Mr. Flint
Rudolph van Vechten
Carterets
Fred Carteret
Long Island
Tom Phinney
Tommy
T. Phinney
Cheseapeake
Paige Carew
Conservatory
Mrs. Devereaux
London
van Vechten
Paige
Ception
New York
Alexander
Mr. van Vechten
Chary
Flint
Phineas Flint
Central Office
Yogi Vechten
Tom
Buddy
Rocky Cove
Europe
Moses
Tom Phinney's Adventure In Chapter Six
A short excerpt recalls Tom Phinney at sixty years old and his routine with a friend, detailing his familiarity and ease in daily escapades as he reflects on companionship and habit.
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Tom Phinney
Remarkable Offer of Free Transportation to Velie Car Buyers
Intending automobile purchasers are invited to write Mr. Chas. B. Giltner for details of Velie Motor Vehicle Co. free transportation to and from Moline Illinois. The offer aims to educate buyers at the Velie factory and is approved by local Velie agents.
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Moline
Ill
Tri- Cities
Chas. EK. Giltner
Velie
Velie Motor Vehicle Co
Velie Company
John Deere
Velie Motors and Bugsies
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Chicago
Chas. B. Giltner
t/o
the Velie Motor Vehicle Co
Adv
Fly in Ice Cream Prompted a Harsh Quip in Dining Room
In a hotel dining room a man complains of a fly in his ice cream. The waiter coldly replies that the fly will freeze to death there and notes the man was in the soup yesterday. The exchange captures a grim, blackly humorous moment.
Doctor Pierce Pellets Fight Constipation
An advertisement claim says constipation causes many illnesses and is cured by Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. It promotes one laxative and three cathartic tablets as remedies.
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Pierce
Streetcar Phrase Causes Citywide Laughs
A Baltimore advertisement parodies a street car conductor nicknamed the strap changer, calling him a standing joke in a witty riff about dye brands and the old adage time is money.
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Carter
Canada
J. Keys
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Iowa
C.j.broughton
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W. Mcinnes
Jefferson
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