Unsettling Occurrences at Oakville House Chronicle
A diary-like account from June to June in a gambler of a coastal town recounts neighbors gossip about Uncle Horace Porter and a possible murder with a letter found behind a drawer. Jane sees a figure and a cold wind and the narrator pursues clues while a constable probes livestock killings near Robinson's Point.
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Uncle Horace
Aew
Lear
Jane
Larkin
Thomas
Starr
Robinson's Point
Nylle
Stasi
Psychic photography haunts Twin Hollows death mystery
In William A. Porter’s journal adapted tale Professor Cameron and his wife Jane travel to Twin Hollows where Horace Porter died mysteriously. Jane the wife is a psychic and presents a snapshot to prove Horace attended a reunion. A letter hints spiritualism and a red lamp as danger looms. Edith joins them.
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Annie Cochran
Thomas
Hayward
Horace Porter
Edith
Jane
Larkin
Clara
Jack
William
Helena Lear
William A. Porter
Twin Hollows
Horace
Cameron
Pin Plant Oracles and a Lady's Love Secret
An American visitor in England learns of a village pin plant used as an oracle of love. A chambermaid explains the plant’s growth signals fate as stalks curve and buds bloom indicating whether romance will thrive or fail.
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England
Neighbor near station laments noisy rail shunting rounds
A man who bought a house near the railway station writes to the railway company complaining that engines create constant night noise. He lists a long chain of sounds and asks why trains must dinging and dang and fizz and spit and pant and grate and grind and puff and bump and chug and hoot and toot and whistle and wheeze and jar and jerk and snarl and slam and throb and roar and rattle and yell and smoke and smell and shriek all night long.
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Aertain
The
Railway’ Company
The Thunderer Chronicle’s Early Press Shift in London
John Walter began the Daily Universal Sele ct 214d copy in London on January 1 1785. The Times later replaced that title, with the current journal issued from Printing House Square since 1788.
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London
England
John Walter
Daily Universal Select
Times
Printing House Square
Speed and safety in aviation discussed by Edsel Ford
A Dearborn dinner debate features Edsel Ford arguing that speed should not trump safety in airplanes. He cites the Yorkshire drummer anecdote and contrasts brisk service with prudent caution. The piece adds a rural quip and light notes about laundry, taxes, and proverb wisdom.
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Edsel Ford
Dearborn
Marnin
Worth Weight in Gold
Mrs Duartes Monean of Tully New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring her health after illness left her weak and bedridden She plans to complete two more bottles and continues to advocate for the remedies' efficacy with her mother in law's encouragement
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Tully, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Average Californian roots traced by vital statistics
Figures from L. F E. Ross of California's vital statistics bureau show only about one third of the current population is native. Illinois leads in newcomer residents with 137,000, followed by Missouri 104,000 and New York 102,000 among others.
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Illinois
Missouri
New York
L. F E. Ross
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Golden State
Ohio
Iowa
Kansas
Nature's Odd Law in Metal and Storm Parable
A Colton quotation links nature's laws to metal and weather, noting that intense heat yields pure ore and dark storms spark bright thunderbolts, illustrating a paradoxical natural principle.
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Oakville
Godge
Mr. Porter
Wayward
Eas
Hire
Maggie
Morrison
Ualliday
Father William
Fane
Bayer
Bayer Manufactura
Serrate A
Seattle
EES
Rees At
Pinkham
Colton
Hanford
Houston
Texas
Postal Savings & Loan Association
First National Bank
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