Quiet Is Restored as Estate Rebuilt and Guarded
MacArdel and Ware solve a handwriting mystery linking a widow to two notes while rebuilding Carney-Croft. They deduce a careful plan to curb ghostly disturbances by crowding the estate with workers, servants, and new security as Miss Carney and Weston travel to the city.
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Tam
Ware
Bood
Ott
Jenks
Mac
Carney
Jenky
Bruce
Miss Carney
MavArdel
Carney-Croft
Return of the Wanderers from the voyage home
Miss Carney and Miss Weston return to the harbor with Mrs. Randolph as their chapéron. Annie endures seasickness while the party jokes about the voyage and the parson accompanying them aboard.
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Miss Carney
Miss Weston
Annie
Mrs. Randolph
Height of the clouds via fountain light in Vienna
The London Post reports a high pressure fountain test in Schwartzenbergplatz Vienna created a cone of light as if from a searchlight. The beam on clouds yielded bright spots. Dr. Rhaden used geometry to estimate cloud heights from 1,650 to 10,070 meters, noting vapor strata sometimes visible.
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Schwartzenbergplatz
Vienna
London Post
Dr. Rhaden
Viewng, Observatory
Cleaning Carpet Spots With Chalk And Benzine
A reader cites a home remedy from the Kansas City Times about removing grease from carpets by covering with French chalk then sprinkling benzine. Let the benzine evaporate and brush away the chalk to make the spot disappear. The exchange ends with a wry remark on inherited real estate and wit.
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Kansas City
Piety and Starch Sketches From a German Magazine
A translated passage notes a German tale where two girls contend on a stool and a husband’s pious remark at his wife’s deathbed. It also extols recent starch advances, praising Defiance Starch for removing harmful chemicals and adding a new ingredient for strength and smoothness.
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Berlin
The Disadvantages of Schools Silence Father’s Objection
A grocer father objects to his son attending school arguing it ruins him and teaches false measures. He wants his son to carry on the family business and to avoid schooling’s lessons on 16 ounces per pound. The excerpt advertises a starch product promising easier laundering and better stiffness without sticking.
Outspoken Criticism of Empire Policy Sparks Debate
The Penang Gazette voices sharp critique of the British imperial administration describing it as a feeble attempt to direct empire. The item notes a cheap article Defiance Starch with strong sales claims as a sharper contrast to political discourse.
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Penang Gazette
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