Elusive Isabel in a Washington embassy intrigue
In Washington an Italian ambassador hosts a dinner while a wire of deceit unfolds. Miss Isabel Thorne, a high society figure and secret service claim, is suspected of theft as Senor Rodriguez’s ministerial funds vanish. Detective Grimm probes, a night ride uncovers motives, and a diplomatic disappearance follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count di Rosin
Isabel Thorne
Campbell
Secret Service
Grimm
Washington
Senor Alvarez
Exican Legation
Miss Thorne
Pietro Petroziani
Mr. Grimm
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Lady of Mystery
Legation Bank
Baltimore
Thomas Q. Griswold
Legation
Senor Rodriguez
Venezuela
Monsieur Boissegur
France
United States
Vanishing Diplomatist central mystery unfolds
Secret Service recounts ambassador Boissegur disappearance from the Venezuelan legation after noon. Secretary Boissegur explains routine, then notes a sudden absence with a lingering cigarette and unfinished letter. Stenographers and staff confirm no one saw him after breakfast. TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Rigolet
Campbell
Secret Service Bureau
Grimm
Monsieur Boissegur
Germany
Japan
Mr. Grimm
Monsieur
Monsieur Netterville
Public tastes and a Longfellow anecdote at Fort Wayne banquet
A Republican banquet speaker laments popular taste as not aligning with merit. He shares a Westminster abbey anecdote about a Bostonian and his daughters, where the younger girl steals a curl to place beside Longfellow’s bust, explaining why she acted.
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Fort Wayne
Westminster Abbey
Bessie
Longfellow
Bostonian
Darling
Mr. Longfellow
Recovered Ring Found After 37 Years
A ring lost 37 years ago by Mrs. I. H. Coulbourn resurfaced when George Ward’s son found it on a pitchfork prong in his yard. The inscription reads From I. H. C. to J. E. R. 1878, confirming ownership by Mrs. Coulbourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ward
I. H. Coulbourn
Cure Claim for Swamp Root Kidney Medicine
A grateful patient from Rosalie Washington recounts severe kidney and bladder symptoms in 1909 and credits Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with his recovery after using multiple bottles. He urges others with kidney liver or bladder trouble to try the remedy and notes availability at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Feminine Reasoning and Society Snippet
A dialogue on fashion and individuality appears beside a patent medicine ad. The snippet cites Stella and Bella debating gowns and duplicates, then promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and colic, priced at 25 cents, followed by a proverb about quick and singular borrowing.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
Sikeston Missouri woman Mrs Dema Bethune reports seven years of misery overcome by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She describes relief from backache cramps headaches and nervous weakness and praises the remedy for curing displacements inflammation and other female complaints after other means failed.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sikeston
Nees
Dema Bethune
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Elusive Isabel
Jacques Futrelle
Associated Sunday Magazines
THE
Bobbs - Merrill Company
Diplomatist
Paris
Immedi
Dr. Kimer & Co
Stella
Bella
Puck
Bey Carter
Carter Qive
Bell
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