Million Dollar Mystery Chronicles a Perilous Escape
Stanley Hargreave, a reclusive millionaire, confronts Blaine and the Handred in New York and plans to flee. Florence Gray, his long missing daughter, endures kidnap attempts, traps, and daring rescues as Norton the reporter plots to thwart the gang. A train wreck, sea chase, and final rescue seal their fateful reunion.
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Stanley Hargreave
Hargreave
Blaine
Belcherman
Riverdale
New Jersey
Florence Gray
Daredevil Aviat
Sound
Florence
Princess Olga
Norton
The
Orient
Braine
Olga
Black Handred
Jones
Black Hand
Aes
Mraine
Florence Hargreave
Orton
Braina
Shangha
Black Hundred
Elusive Treasure Box Appears on Ship’s Anchor Fluke
On a 1914 narrative segment, Steve Blossom, a taciturn sailor, spots a mysterious jeweled box hanging from an anchor fluke aboard a coastal trader. He conceals the box by dropping his coat, glimpsing treasure of diamonds, rubies, pearls, and old Spanish gold as the ship nears the Bahamas and onions.
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South Seas
Cuba
Bermudas
Bahamas
Steve Blossom
Chance
Steve
Bedford
Gilson
Captain Manners
Jim Dunkers
New York
Playwright Describes Executing Belgian Sniper
London reports Paul Oscar Hoscker a German playwright now reserve captain describes in a letter to Bertin Lokal Anzeiger the execution of a Belgian youth sniper by his squad in Jung Busch. He recalls forcing the family to watch as he fired and the three shots left holes in the boy. He notes a soldier suggesting burning the house. He ends by ordering the squad to move on.
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London
Paul Oskar Hoscker
Bertin Lokal Anzeiger
Hoseker
Jungbusch
Hoacker
German Army Dire Straits Over Food Shortage
Ghent correspondent for the Daily Chronicle reports the German army is starving as Ghent cannot feed them. He says 40 000 to 60 000 men are pushing into West Flanders where harvests are said to be exceptionally good.
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London
Ghent
Daily Chronicle
West Flanders
Resignation Rumor Hits German Chancellor Amid Kaiser's Rift
Reports say Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg resigned after a dispute with Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser allegedly blamed him for failures in Germanys diplomatic strategies while tensions rose in Berlin.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
All Peril of Paris Siege Has Passed
London reports Allied forces have repelled a German siege of Paris and pushed the attackers into retreat. The Telegraph cites a front message noting German mobile arms and cavalry losses, with many Germans cut off or captured and the tide turning in favor of the Allies.
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Paris
London
London Telegra
Front
Bordeaux
Treasure Box and Mutiny Aboard the Captain Manners
Steve Blossom schemes to steal a mysterious steel box on a ship crewed by Jim Dunkers and others. The box sinks when Dunkers clashes with Blossom over it, prompting a captain’s intervention. Blossom is cast adrift, Dunkers vanishes, and the mystery deepens as the box is linked to the missing millionaire Stanley Hargreave.
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Steve
Philippines
Bahamas
Dunkers
Jim Dunkers
Jim
Gilson
Davy Jones
Blossom
Hargreave
Bahaman
New York
Black Hundred
Vroon
Broadway
Bill
Wyant & Co
Mr. Brooks
Wyant &Co
Cape Town
Jones
Blaine
Million Dollar Mystery contest ends at midnight
The Thanhouser Film Company offers a 10000 prize for the best 100 word solution to the final two reels and last two chapters of Harold MacGrath's The Million Dollar Mystery. Submissions must be postmarked by December 14 and include details of the mystery’s fate and marriage answers.
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Harold MacGrath
Seattle
Sentile Star
Thanhouser Film Company
Colonial Theatre
Mactrath
Kathryn
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Chicago
New York
Lloyd Lonergan
Mise Mac Tinee
Star
MacGrath
Florence
Ceither
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Marghie
Bon Marche
Treasure Box
Maritime News
Gilson House
Manners
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