The Red Lamp Confronts a Summer of Secrets
In this excerpt from a Mary Roberts Rinehart mystery, a narrator reflects on Cameron, Halliday, and a haunted country house. He traces occult experiments, staged seances, and a fatal night, weighing motives, alibis, and the eerie legacy of the red lamp. He wonders about survival, science, and the blurred line between life and beyond.
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Halliday
Maggie Morrison
Cameron
Horace Porter
Twin Hollows
Gordon
Bass Cove
Nylie
Jane
Helena Lear
Carroway
Concert on the phone for ailing youth backfires
Three semiprofessional singers arranged a private concert for a sick city man who answered after midnight. They sang while the phone served as piano and ukulele accompaniment. An operator interrupted with a sharp tirade but the music persisted until she requested a song.
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Cleveland Plain, Dealer
Wonders Grown State of Modern Skyscrapers Vision
A fragment reflecting on viewing pyramid construction and modern skyscrapers as feats of human mastery. The piece compares ancient and contemporary engineering triumphs and expresses a sense of privilege in witnessing progress.
Dorothy and the uncle’s alcedale pup mystery
Dorothy receives a dog from a sympathetic uncle. Family debates the breed while a friend asks about the pup. Dorothy, after a pause, declares the dog’s kind as a ne’er-do-well.
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Dorothy
He Who Risks Nothing Quote From Bishop Juxon
A historical aphorism attributed to Bishop William Juxon emphasizes risk as the path to gain. The fragment suggests moral or philosophical reflection on courage and reward.
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William Juxon
Persistent felony law seen invalid. change urged
Kansas AG aides propose amending the Baumes style persistent criminal statute arguing fault in the present law may release prisoners after their normal terms. Topeka reports note a legislative change is sought to correct a serious defect and potential releases.
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Topeka
Leon Lundblade
William A. Smith
State motor license numbers issued for year noted
Topeka reports that state secretary of state Frank J. Ryan granted a special request for license No 13. The thirteenth tag issued this year went to F A Erwin of Barnes who is described as not superstitious and has held the number for several years. License No 1 went to A L Cook of Ottawa.
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Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
F. A. Erwin
Barnes
Blizzard Claims Life of Dr. Ernest Allison in Barnard
A Kansas blizzard left Ernest Allison a 61 year old dentist from Barnard dead, found frozen in the yard of his mother's home where he had come to care for her illness. He was identified by locals and his death adds to storm fatalities in the region.
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Yond Robinson’s Point
Basscove
Morrison
Cameron
Edith
Halliday
Jack
Jane
Beloit
Kansas
Ernest Allison
Barnard
A. R. Allison
Clathe
Etoile Laughlin
Kansas City
HE. E.;laughlin
Pleasanton
Henry Plumb
Orlando
Connecticut
Plumb
Florida
Marysville Chamber bids for million dollar corn stalk plant
The Marysville Chamber of Commerce entered a bid to erect a one million dollar corn stalk plant in a midwestern city. A. L. Park, secretary, was asked to win government interest in Marysville as the site with Topeka noted in reports.
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Marysville
Oklahoma Girl Raves About California Fig Syrup Health
A Oklahoma City mother recounts how California Fig Syrup helped her frail daughter recover from whooping cough related debility. The ad-like account emphasizes the product as a gentle, vegetable laxative that cleanes stomachs and bowels and promotes lasting health with widespread physician endorsement.
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Louise Alice
F.J. Kolar
West 22Nd St
Oklahoma City
Okla
California
Graver Crime State Attorney Opinion on Robbery Conviction
Detroit News quotes an assistant stating a bank robbery conviction is unlikely but speeding past a stop signal after the robbery could yield a charge. The piece frames cautious legal assessment of case prospects.
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Detroit News
Generous Free Sample Offer for Pastor Koenig’s Nervine
A classic old time remedy story offers a large generous free sample of Pastor Koenig's Nervine. The ad notes decades of manufacture, worldwide reach, and invites readers to write to Koenig Medicine Co. at 1045 North Wells Street Chicago Illinois to receive a trial at no cost. Mention of the local paper is requested.
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Pastor Koenig
Koenig
United States
Evolution of the Crucifixion Image in Early Christianity
A note on how early crucifix depictions showed Christ in a full tunic nearly to His feet, with a change in style occurring in the Eighth century as the custom shifted.
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Christ
Borax Ad Promotes Easy Cleaning for Children's Clothes
Mothers struggle to keep kids clothes clean. The 20 Muly Team Borax advertises soaking with Borax to loosen dirt and using Borax with soap during washing for better cleaning.
When the Music Starts
London voices quip that humorously contrasts Bach on piano with golf by a father named in the scene. The line hints at a character named John Blunt and a playful family dynamic about talent and recreation.
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Bach
London John Blunt
Desert Caravans Yield to Transdesert Auto Service
Ancient desert caravans of Mediterranean countries are rapidly being replaced by modern transdesert automobile services, signaling a shift in regional trade and travel patterns as motor transport expands across arid routes.
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Mediterranean Countries
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Chapter
Gorion
Simon Bethel
Old Horace
Camergh
Meath
Duthe
Mrs. Livingstone
Evanston
Peter Geiss
Hadly
Oakville
G. T
G. P
Hayward
Warren
Cicero
Wonders Grown State
Attorney General's Office
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Washington
Sunflower
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Ben S. Paulen
D. W. Mulvane
A. M. Landon
Roy L. Bone
State Bank
Clyde Miller
John Dean
Charles P. Beebe
James H. Edmondson
Seth G. Wells
Hutchinson
Ellis Linder
Meade
Here
Wichita
Charles J. Webb
Chicago
Kansas Masonic
Oklahoma
Savior On the
Cross
Garfield
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