The Isabel Thorne Secret Service Plot Disclosed
Count di Rosini the Italian ambassador dines with diplomats when a summons reveals a plot in Washington. Miss Isabel Thorne appears linked to thefts, kidnappings, and a spellaed compact as Detective Grimm exposes conspirators and rescues the ambassador while Miss Thorne’s motives remain shadowed.
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Count di Rosini
Isabel Thorne
Campbell
Secret Service
Grimm
Washington
Ja Heard
Senor Alvarez
Legation
Grimms
Miss Thorne
Pietro Petrozinni
Senor Rodriguez
Venezuela
Monsieur Boissegur
Pietro Petrozini
Prince d’Abruzzi
New York
d’Abruzzi
Isabel
Secret Service Intervenes In Wireless Cap Negotiations
Mr. Grimm pressures for a direct interview with the inventor to seal a deal while Mr. Howard resists, and Miss Thorne warns the interview could mean danger. Grimm summons surveillance, confronts masked secrets, and confronts a compromised alliance as the Latin compact unravels.
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Secretary of War
Grimm
War Department
Mr. Howard
Howard
Mr. Grimm
Dickens and Son Reunited After Forty-Five Years
At Waterloo Station London Charles Dickens bids farewell to his son Alfred Tennyson Dickens on leaving for Australia. The two part in emotion as the boy vows to keep his duty and pluck. Forty-five years later Alfred arrives in London with white hair, reuniting after a long separation.
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Waterloo Station
London
England
Rochester
Gad's Hill
Charles Dickens
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
In Its Due Order Champ Clark Praises Rambling Speaker
At a Washington dinner Champ Clark urged indulgence for a rambling speaker. He predicted the speaker would arrive if given time and compared him to Dr. Thirdly who paused a sermon for a member’s call for meat and then continued carving.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Dr. Thirdly
Ahead of the Optimist Weighs Calamity as Medicine
The passage argues that a person who accepts calamity calmly and learns from defeat is not a pessimist. It contrasts this stance with the optimist who denies hardship and believes nothing was handed to him.
The Successful Men
An essay on college buildings funded by local champions who left small towns seeking opportunity and never found time or chance to pursue education amid limited resources and spaces.
Elevator trouble stalls ascent for some men
A clipped quip notes that some men never reach the top because the elevator isn’t running while a dealer is urged to choose a Lewis Single Binder straight 50 cigar as a consolation for tough luck in boring for water.
Beautiful Post Cards Free Offer and Odd Advisory
Advertisement for free sample postcards from Art Post Card Club at 781 Jackson St Topeka Kansas offers five samples with gold embossed birthday flower and motto designs. It includes a note about a man smoking at home and a wife fearing ruined curtains suggesting he should take them down.
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Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Topeka
Kansas
Tommy Murphy Praises Distemper Cure For Horses
Tommy Murphy, noted horseman, touts Spohn's Distemper Curb as the best remedy for distemper and coughs in horses. He reports using it for years and recommends it for all forms. Available at all druggists or from Epens Medical Co. in Goshen, Indiana, at 60 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
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Spohn
Epens Medical Co
Goshén, Ind
S. A
Heir to Millionaire Bets on Rainy Day Ride
A rich young man boasts of his preparations for rain using a roadster and a corking good Himousine that will hold six girls. The exchange features the son of a prominent millionaire.
Castoria Reminder Urges Safe Bottle Checks
Public notice emphasizes mothers should inspect every Castoria bottle for the proper signature, claiming the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. It notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria and warns against counterfeit products.
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Fletcher
Most Expensive Hat Belongs to Roumanian Princess
The hat, valued at about $1,000, is made of black tagal straw and is very large. It features silver lace lining and is adorned with numerous perfect white ospreys, owned by Princess Mihheson Bukharest, a wealthy Roumanian socialite.
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Mihheson Bukharest
Roumania
Not All Smoked by L White Busbey on Speaker Cannon
Sunday Magazine notes that former Speaker Cannon did not smoke as much as rumored. Busbey explains he allegedly uses twenty cigars daily, but adds he eats half of them.
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L. White Busbey
Cannon
Busbey
Sunday Magazine
Wealthy Youths Rally Over New Spending Trend
The scene on the street shows a group of well to do youths excitedly following a new fad in spending. A tall man in front is pointed out by a younger nabob who notes the discovery of a novel way to spend money.
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Nabob
Mouse or moose in Canada sparks a mistaken headline
Mrs Gobbelink misreads a paragraph claiming a woman killed a mouse. The error is corrected aloud as her husband notes it was actually a moose, not a small rodent. The exchange touches on broad suffrage themes while detailing a humorous misreading.
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Mrs. Gobbelink
Canada
Mr. Gobbolink
Food as medicine boosts health and sleep with Grape-Nuts
A Boston woman credits Grape-Nuts with ending chronic headaches and constipation after years of suffering. She says regular use since early adulthood improved her health and sleep, and she endorses the product as life changing. The letter, sponsored by Postum Co. and promoting The Road to Wellville, appears periodically as a genuine reader endorsement.
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Boston
Postum Co
Battle Creek Mich
Wellville
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PM. G. Kellner
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Baltimore Road
Murdock Williams
Blair
Hastings
Inventor
Hstless
Dickens
Tommy Murphy
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