Who Is Alan Conrad In a Chicago Mystery
Alan Conrad, a Kansas town youth, travels to Chicago after receiving a typewritten letter and a cash draft from a Chicago sender. In Chicago he visits the Corvet residence and meets Constance Sherrill, learning Corvet has vanished and questions about his true identity and ties to the Corvet and Sherrill families loom.
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Alan Conrad
Benjamin Corvet
Constance Sherrill
Kansas
Blue Rapids
Chicago
Alan
Papa
Square Front
Cago
Mama
Conrad
Beven
Apa
Evie
Chizane
Wealthy Chicago magnate Corvet summons mystery guest
Benjamin Corvet, a wealthy Chicago business figure, confronts Henry Spearman and asks Constance Sherrill to delay a marriage decision. After a stormy encounter, Corvet vanishes and leaves a letter summoning Alan Conrad of Blue Rapids, Kansas, a name unknown to his partners.
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Chicago
Benjamin Corvet
Henry Spearman
Corvet
Constance Sherrill
Lawrence Sherrill
Spearman
Uncle Benny
Sherrill
Alan Conrad
Blue Rapids
Kan
Silent Alan Meets a Confused Look in Chapter III
In Chapter III a shadowed Alan stares blankly at Sherrill and offers no reply. His silence and confusion appear to be observed by the other character as a sign of restraint or withheld explanation. The scene centers on miscommunication and unspoken tension between the two.
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Alan
Chicago
Benjamin Corvet
Corvet
Constance Sherrill
Emma Gunter Praises Dr Pierce Medicines in Ill
Mrs Emma Gunter of Decatur Illinois writes that during her marriage she greatly benefited from Dr Pierce medicines Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. She cites a deep bronchial cough and later pregnancy as cases of improvement and calls the remedies reliable.
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Decatur
Ill
Dr. Pierce
Emma Gunter
N. Calhoun St
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Secrets of Madagascar Births and Longevity Revealed
In Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, birth rates are very high and mortality is low, per Dr Estrade. The Malagasays are described as a happy people, while a court official asks if their two secrets of abundant births and longevity could be secured for wider use.
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Madagascar
Antanarivo
Imerina
Estrade
Faris Viguro
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Assurance Ad
An advertisement urges consumers to buy genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and verify the Bayer Cross on each package and tablet. It touts historical trust, physician use, and safety proven by millions for headaches, earache, toothache, neuralgia, and general pain with proper directions on each Bayer package.
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Bayer
Fur Market Shifts to China
Disturbed Rusata conditions push world fur center from Rusata to Mukden China. American firms have reps there. Before 1915 shipments from Mukden were rare. now value reaches 2 400 000 dollars annually.
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China
Rusata
Liepsic
Mukden
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and Edwin Balmer
Edwin Balmer
Merrill
Jim
Father
Kansas City
Astor Street
Miss She
Mr. Corvet
Sherrills
Kansas Town
Constance Sherring
Emoon
Cork
Mrs
Paris
Suubt
Mastin
Fe Mastin
Vitamon
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