Complications Heat Up at Hazard Estate Mystery Ends With Suspect
Louie Loulie and Laura Hazard entangle social circles at the Hazard country place as Hap Hazards romance and a jewel theft mystery unfold. Winthrop Abbott faces arrest over a rumored burglary while Natalie Agazziz accuses Louie, and Jo Crowninshield untangles the gallery clues amid a tense social summer.
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Jo Codman
Loulse
Loulie
Hap
Natalie
Hazard
Laura
Winthrop Abbott
Duc de Trouville
Hazard Place
Winthrop
Mrs. Hazard
General Schuyler
Louie
John Crowninshield
Nighttime Jewel Heist Tangle at the Abbey
Natalie reveals she hid part of her jewels and suspects danger as a missing ruby mystery unfolds. The narrator, watching for threats, encounters Winthrop and a mysterious footman while investigating a gallery intrusion and a bag of jewels.
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Winthrop
Thomas
Natalie
Bag of Jewels Found After Fall in Cliffside House
The narrator awakens among frightened friends and a wounded shoulder and broken arm. Hap retrieves a dark green bag filled with jewels, including Lydia’s silk stocking stash and Mrs. Higginson's hot-water bottle. The crew notes a thief would not search a hot-water bottle, and the scene ends with the bag delivered.
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John
Laura
Mrs. Hazard
Natale
Graham
Hap
Lydia
Five Senses Keep a Beauty Shop in Tune
A beauty shop manager defends a blind hairdresser and other staff in a tale about perceptive senses. She notes that lacking one sense can heighten the others, with sight, touch, and smell proving crucial in shading, massaging, scenting, and correcting details for clients.
Russia's Hunting Bag Sets Record Figures in Season
A St Petersburg correspondent notes Russia's hunting season ended with record booty. Squirrels led kills at 4,525,300 with sable fur topping demand at 12,250 catches. Profits last year reached 2,500,000 francs as sables sold for 11,000 francs each. The bag also included 200,000 ermine, 1,500 bears, 180,000 skunk, 100 blue foxes and 16,500 gray wolves.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Woman’s ailments eased by Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Lawrence Kansas and Burns Montana letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from pain irregularity headaches backache and dizziness. Women report renewed strength and recommend the remedy widely as a trusted medicine for women with long standing symptoms.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lawrence
Kans
Lydia E. Pinkeham
End to Sleep Walking Prescription Snippet
A village humorist prompts a mock remedy for somnambulism. Young Smithson admits sleepwalking and asks for help. The humorist suggests an odd cure and writes a prescription for tintacks to be scattered around the room at bedtime.
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Mr. Brown
Smithson
Young Smithson
Brown
Queer Trouble Sparks Talk Over Smoke From Coal
Dialogue notes a clash over smoke emissions with lines about hard times and soft coal, highlighting a curious dispute. The exchange hints at cleaner air concerns and coal quality without stating a specific incident or location.
Grape-Nuts Benefits Promised in Read Letter
A reader from New Hampshire credits Grape-Nuts with ending years of stomach distress and weight loss. He states he now eats freely, has gained about 30 pounds, and can tolerate most foods. The letter is presented as a sample from Postum Cereal Company with a note to read The Road to Wellville and a tagline There’s a Reason.
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John
Hap
Burrows
Thomas
John Crowninshield
National Gallery
Greuze
Lely
Velasquez
Fred
Hazard
Jenkins
Monsieur Lecoq
N. H
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Montana
Carter
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