Elusive tale of a diplomatic midnight plot
Count di Rosini hosts a embassy dinner as mystery spreads. Miss Isabel Thorne fabricates a theft to mask a bribery scheme in a Venezuelan legation robbery. Detective Grimm navigates deception to uncover the real thief and personal peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count di Rosini
Isabel Thorne
Campbell
Pegsey Stisne
Myr Grimm
Washington
Grimm
Senor Alvarez
Legation
Miss Thorne
Pietro Petrozinni
Vanishing Diplomatist Prompts Secret Service Probe
Secretary of the French embassy reports the ambassador Boissegur vanished after mornings at his desk. Grim and Campbell listen as he outlines two entrance options, front and rear through the kitchen, and notes no one inside has seen him since breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Rigolet
Campbell
Secret Service Bureau
Grimm
Monsieur Boissegur
Monsieur
Monsieur Netterville
Public tastes and a Westminster anecdote at Fort Wayne banquet
A Republican banquet speaker in Fort Wayne laments that popularity does not equal merit in men books or plays. He recounts a Bostonian and his two daughters in Westminster Abbey where the younger girl bites off a curl to place beside Longfellow’s bust, explaining she had nothing to give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Westminster Abbey
Bessie
Longfellow
Mr. Longfellow
Ring Found After Thirty Seven Years In Ground
The son of George Ward found a ring while playing at his house with a pitchfork. The ring, inscribed From I. H. C. to J. BE. R., 1873, belonged to Mrs I. H. Coulbourn of this town and had been lost for 37 years. Mr. Coulbourn wore it when it was lost as his horse spooked and he removed a glove to better grip the reins, pulling the ring with it. Correspondence from Crisfield via the Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation Bank
Manu
Baltimore
Thomas Q. Griswold
Mr. Grimm
Miss Thorne
Senor Rodriguez
Venezuela
Tere
Monsieur Boissegur
France
United States
George Ward
J. BE. R
I. H. Coulbourn
Crisfield
Philadelphia
Munyon Promises Health Cure With New System
Noted Philadelphia scientist Professor James M. Munyon advocates a fresh approach to health claiming his methods cure a range of ailments from rheumatism to nervous disorders. He pledges no charges for consultations and says his clinics in major cities worldwide will prove his therapies’ efficacy through patient results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Munyon
Phiadelhia Health Authority
Munyon
America
Fifty-third
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
J. M. Munyon
His Part In the Proceedings
Clarence, a proud chauffeur, recalls driving Mr Hillside’s costly car in Taft parade. He says he had a reporter with him and believes Taft may have spoken atop the hill all night, unnoticed by the town without him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Mr. Hillside
Cole's Carboni salve ad promises quick healing
A vintage advertisement claims Cole's Carboni salve stops pain from burns or cuts and prevents scars. It offers 25c and 50c sizes by druggists and a free sample via J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin. It also notes a cynical line about dodging duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Ruggists
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
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Elusive
Jacques Fuitrelle
Plg.keliner
Associated Sunday Magazines
THE
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Tam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Secret Service
Senorita Rodriguez
Germany
Japan
Paris
Heal Estate
Texas
Houston
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Bates & Kinnear
Stewart Building
Tex
Philo Robinson
Ganado Jackson County
St. Lows
Missouri
H. L. Beckwith
Holla, Ma
Halbrite
Saskatchewan
Canada
Yweyburn Security Coy
Sask
Parker
Ronit
Brio
Mulhall Bros. CO
Spokane
Waeh
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