Way of the Transgressor tale on a train and crime
An elderly criminology student, J Woodbury Newcomb, meets three released convicts on a train and hears their rival crime stories. Frank Gleason narrates a failed jewel heist rooted in workplace greed, while Jack Stetson’s confession reveals a planned murder tied to a crooked
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Mr. J. Woodbury Newcomb
New York
Sing Sing
Frank Gleason
Hill Harris
Jack Finney
Newcomb
Grayling
Stetson
Greason
Satan
Gleason
Harris
The Cheating of Widows in Fraternal Insurance Claims
The piece argues against free silver and reduced insurance values for fraternal order members. It claims 2,017,374 men pay in but would lose nearly half their benefits under Chicago platform and Bryan policies. It warns the social impact on widows and orphans and calls the proposal a grave issue.
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Thermore
Chicago
Fraterni
Hrgan
Sewall
Hile
Mr. Bryan
Frew Silver Party
Mind Reading Mystery At Lambs Club Explodes In Death
A New York Sun report recounts Washington Irving Bishop’s final gambol at the Lambs Club. A physician compares muscle reading to mind reading and recalls Bishop’s fatal predeath demonstration involving a hidden name Townsend and a backward written clue.
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Lamb’s Club
The
New York Sun
New York
Lamb's Club
Harry Dixon
Washington Irving Bishop
Bishop
Townsend
Women voters in Colorado and their impact on society
An Arkansas or Colorado piece argues that woman suffrage has not harmed the state and has benefited both public life and home life. It notes the rise of a reliable voter bloc, shifts in political discussions at home, and the orderly, quiet polls on election day due to equal suffrage.
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American Women Suffrace Association
Denver
Col. Ave. IL
Colorado
John Ll. Routt
de Minnie J. Reynolds
Snodgrass and Skidmore Quoted in Novel Contest
A fragmentary Life magazine quote contrasts Snodgrass praising a hidden genius with Skidmore threatening to reveal what he has absorbed as a charged line about perception and power.
Lilies of the Valley Poem Excerpt by I Russell Taylor
Verse fragment from I Russell Taylor in Truth describes flowers and perfume as a lover hesitates over taking one dying bloom. The speaker requests a fresh spray while the beloved softens her gaze, then notes the prior wilted choice.
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I. Russell Taylor
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Howard Fielding
Bachellor Syndicate
Brother Woodbury
Long Island City
Bob Stetgon
Ofice
T Iean Grayling
Grayiing
Mr. Grayling
Gray- Nag
Flo
Tiny
Min
Aly
Cheasant
Mr. Stetson
Enougel
Providence
Mr. Woodbury
Tsawurayling
Gqleason
New York ‘Tribune
Irving Bishop
Hoffman House
Gramercy Park
Harry Dixey
Louis Aldrich
Walt
Clay Green
Mr. Green
J. A. Irwin
Bishop's
Margaret Townsend
Dr. Irwin
Dr. Green
Women Voters IN
Snodgrass
Skidmore
Clara
Sapolio
Itis
Heart Lake
Susq’a
U. E Crofut
Binghamton
Scranton
Montrose and Lackawanna
Alford Station
Montrose
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Seasor
Porter
Baldwin
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Avenue
MT. Pleasant
Commonwealth Building
WM. T. Smith
Asi
Ayn
Wien Nes
Pacific Coast
St. John’s
New Foundland
England
Ireland
Washington Avenue
Moosic
Rughdale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder Co
Repauno Chemical Co
Maloney IS and Manufacturing
M. W. Collins
Third National Bank
RON and Steel
Bittenbender
Eeee
Fata
PEAL
John H. Phelps
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Street
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