Box of Clues in Miss Fairbanks Journal Mystery
The narrator details meticulous house searches for a murderer in a diary from Miss Fairbanks. He finds clues including a button, a gold ring with dates, and bloody marks, while Rufus's wife helps with clothing repairs and a cousin-detective arrives promising to solve the case in three days.
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Rufus
Phoebe Dole
Stupa
Henry
Phoebe
Marla
Sarah Fairbanks
Henry Ellis
Digby
Dix
Francis Dix
Boston
Mr. Dix
Steel and iron demand drives Western mills to buy eastern billets
Industry and price shifts surge as western firms rely on eastern billets to fill orders. The Merchants' Bar Iron association met in Detroit and raised bar iron by 2 per ton. Salem Wire Nail buys New Philadelphia mill. combined output hits 6,000 kegs daily. Steelton plant expands under 4,700 workers, marking record tonnage. A German glass invention shows heat transmission changes, while Edward Atkinson forecasts rail and building demand growth. Pittsburg puddlers strike at Oliver Iron and Steel over union recognition, despite no wage dispute.
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Merchants’ Bar Iron Association
Pittsburg
Detroit
Salem Wire Nail Company
Salem, O
Philadelphia, O
Salem, Findlay
New Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton Works
Germany
Edward Atkinson
Engineering Magazine
the Times
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Innovations shown at the patent office in 1890s Philadelphia
Chief Examiner Greely notes rapid progress since 1880 with new techs such as the self binding harvester the typewriter the cable electric roads electricity based industries and the cash register. He highlights the bicycle as a commercially new manufacture and cites billions in capital and tens of thousands of jobs created by these advances.
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Philadelphia Record
Patent Office
Greely
Great Northwest
That Way Miss Kate Sanborn Tales And Fits
Neighbor bursts in on Miss Kate Sanborn at her abandoned farm and bluntly asks if she ever has fits. Miss Sanborn replies she never has fits and questions the caller’s outrageous remark about her appearance. The exchange is noted in a Judge column tone.
Market Report Mixed as Gas and Sugar Lead Early Gains
The New York stock market showed narrow trading with some gains in Chicago Gas and Sugar, but selling pressure limited losses to fractions. Prices fluctuated with the day’s low in the final hour, while commodities and produce markets across New York and Toledo reflected steady to weaker trends in wheat, corn, oats, and livestock.
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New York
Chicago
Rock Island
Tribune
G. d. B. Dimmick
William Linn
Allen & Co
Spruce Street
Scranton
Aug
Toledo
Clover Reed
Aluce
Timothey
Parliament must rise above party wrangles for national dignity
The Barron s London Letter argues that Parliament should pursue constructive aims rather than view itself as a debating club. It asserts that obstructive wrangles degrade national dignity and harm public interests, noting the late parliament’s failures and weak defenses by its partisans.
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Barron
London
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WalSc
Awe
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Elgins
State
Pennsylvania
Mayall
Western Fresh
Wali'ge
Buffalo
Pius
Western Rangers
Oil City
Ing
Am, Tobacco Co
Sugar Reg Co
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South
Ches
Chi - Wi
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Mil
St. P
R. Sepeee
Delaware & Hud
C F
al Loula & Nash
Manhattan
Cordag
N.Y. L
Union Pacific
Wabash
Union Eaenee U
Chicago Board
Ortenene Aeee
Exren Save Co
Marvel
DR. Lobb
Conipenco Ed Ea
Radway
Badway & CO
Rad Way
U. E. Crofut, Prop'r
Heart Lake, Pa
Eee Oves
Pavion
Bre
Croxest
T. Smith
Barak
W. N. Watte
Amhorat
Mass
Amnanst
Mana
W. N. Waite
Lars
the Narcoti Chemical CO
Springfield, Mass
Bittenbender & CO
the Commonwealth Lumber CO
Seranten
Reault
T.co
Cine Co
Cleveland
Ghia
John H. Phelps
Cor
Wyoming Avenue
Royal Medicine CO
River St
Ill
Matthews Bree
Dauggie Scranton
Washington Avenue
Nex-Ang
W. W
M. H. Dale
Gilhool's Carriage Works
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