Return to Carney Croft and An Evening on the Pier
On the New York harbor pier a group of women and Mr Ware discuss leaving for home after visiting Carney Croft. Miss Carney flirts and jokes while Mrs Randolph and Miss Weston observe, and Ware reveals he stayed to manage Carney Croft repairs. The talk turns to notes and hidden entries, with relief that conspirators Jenks and Bruce are being kept to themselves.
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Miss Carmedy
Carney- Croft
Miss Weston
Mrs. Randolph
Miss Carney
Hirith
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Martha
New York
United ‘States
Ware
Genis
Mr. Ware
Prenes
Y Croft
Sheon
B.A
Atlantic
New Victim Deepens Mystery at Carney Croft
At Carney Croft Miss Carney and guests tease Mr. Ware about ghosts while discussing the evolving mystery. Dr. MacArdel is credited with ending the haunting, and a mild mannered woman rumored to lead the affair is revealed as central. The scene ends with a promise to reveal more.
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Miss Carney
Miss Weston
Mr. Ware
Young man argues spending studies despite frugal uncle
An heir declares plans to build a mansion and buy luxuries after inheriting wealth. An elder adviser challenges the choice, recalling the uncle who proved living on less than an annual $1,000 kept a similar lifestyle. The dialogue frames a test of prudent expenditure versus excess.
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Counterfeit Pennies Boom as Profitable Scam
A New York World report notes counterfeiters focus on pennies due to 18 cents for 100 coins and 82 cents profit per dollar. They struggle to insert them into circulation and must use dies, while skilled forgers also target quarters and dollars with convincing appearance.
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New. York
68 but perfectly well
Mrs John Mansell of 614 South Jefferson Street New Castle Pennsylvania recounts years of kidney trouble with painful urinary passages swollen limbs and heart palpitations. After a week with Deans Kidney Pills she recovered and remained strong at age 68. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Company Buffalo New York.
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John Mansell
Jefferson St
New Castle
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Portrait Sitting Sparks A Man's Wallet Wit
A rich man negotiates a portrait with a fashionable artist and pays for a natural likeness. The artist boasts of an easy attitude with a hand in the pocket, a neat touch that proves costly when the bill arrives.
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Strength and Finish
Advertorial claim describing Starch evolution from 250 year old patents to modern Defiance Starch. It asserts modern formula omits injurious chemicals and adds a new ingredient to yield greater strength and smoothness than any rival brands.
Lawyer Jokes About Charge and Enemy
A courtroom quip has a client asking why the lawyer chose law over the army. The lawyer replies that with the high charges, there would be little left of the enemy.
Allen's Foot-Ease Cure for Hot Sweatful Feet
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweating calloused feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a trial package offered. Trade address: Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept substitutes.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Women and reform through marriage in social ethics
A reflective line notes that many women view marriage as a path to reform a partner. It frames marriage as a vehicle for social improvement and personal virtue, hinting at gender roles in moral activism of the era.
Pink Pills for Pale People Claims Nervous Relief
An advertisement overclaims Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cure nervous troubles by nourishing the blood. It cites Harriet Porter of South Medford and a home treatment offer with free medical guidance, promoting pills sold by the Food Medicine Company of Schenectady New York at 50 cents per box, six for 2 50.
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Williams
Imiag
Harriet
E. Porter
Liberty Avenue
Medford
F Isms Medicine Company
Schenectady
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