The Lusitania and a Mission of Quiet Courage
In Washington Mr. Grimm recalls Isabel Thorne as the plot deepens. The Lusitania sails past Montauk as a covert defection hints at a Washington pact signed in secret. Grimm, consumed by memory, ponders the mysterious Isabel and the cost of blocking a world war.
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Sandy Hook
Lusitania
Miss Thorne
Montauk Point
Isabel Thorne
Pietro Petroginni
Campbell
Secret Service
Washington
Mr. Grimm
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital
Treasury Building
White House
Moody
Mystery at the Embassy Ball in Washington
In a Washington plot, Count di Rosini is summoned to the embassy as Miss Isabel Thorne becomes central. Grimms arrests Petrozinni after a theft is tied to Thorne, and a series of disappearances, ransom notes, and a rescue unfold revealing the prince d Abruzzi and a jail delivery.
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Count di Rosini
Isabel Thorne
Campbell
Secret Service
Grimm
Washington
Senor Alvarez
Legation
Grimms
Miss Thorne
Pietro Petrozinni
Senor Rodriguez
Venezuela
Monsiieur Boissegur
Pietro Petrozini
Prince d’Abruzzi
d'Abruzazi
The Prince and the Plan to Sabotage New York
In a tense scene in Jersey City a prince, Miss Thorne, and Mr. Grimm depart by private rail and ship. Grimm confiscates a sealed note for Mr. Rankin and explains a covert mission to thwart a potential attack on New York’s dynamo, the city’s energy hub.
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Mr. Grimm
Statue of Liberty
Governor's Island
Fort Hamilton
Sandy Hook
Miss Thorne
Charles Winthrop Rankin
Prince
Philadelphia
Trenton
Jersey City
Lusitania
Liverpool
New York
Western Hemisphere
St. Louis in 1819 A Territory Then
The diary notes St. Louis as a rough frontier port with limestone shores a single riverfront street Main Street lined by rough stone warehouses. Streets unpaved. sidewalks scarce. moonlit nights the only streetlight. Missouri still a territory at the time.
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St. Louis
Viné“street
The Finest Kind Reveals A Bold Money Estimate
The remark places a sizable sum between forty and fifty thousand dollars as a key figure in the discussion. The speaker stresses confidence in the amount and its significance to the matter at hand.
Cured Baby Boy of Severe Eczema Highlights Illinois Case
An Chicago mother Mrs F Cox details her boy's severe eczema and says Resinol Ointment and Soap cured him after other remedies failed. She notes relief of itching and pain from burns and skin irritations and recommends Resinol products sold in drug stores.
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F. Cox
Chicago
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
The Bridegroom's Portion Tale Recalls a Sunday Class
Miss Elsie Gentsch teaches a Sunday school lesson using the Matthew parable of the ten virgins. A newcomer student misstates the proverb, and the class laughs as the student says the bridegroom married the five wise ones.
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Elsie Gentsch
Cleveland
Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ad
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder as superior for whitening and clearing clothes. It claims the product lasts longer than liquid blue, avoids weak solutions, and is sold in 6 and 100 size packages with grocer availability.
Wifey Knew Him Benham It Man't Memory of Dates
A fragment exchange hints at memory gaps about dates and events. A playful banter about peaches and romance appears between a couple. The piece touches on unrequited love shaping thoughts of future plans and careers.
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Benham
Lawyers Keep Quiet on Unknown Facts, Some Fear Exposure
In legal circles whispers spread about what some attorneys overlook or misstate. The lack of full disclosure risks later disputes and credibility questions.
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de Foe
Jacques Futrelle
M.G- Kettner
Associated Sunday Magazines
THE
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Wireless
City OF
Illinois
RED Cross
Hostetter
United Shoe Machinery CO
Boston
Mass
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