The Girl in Gray and the Jewel Heist Twist
Maitland loses patience as the girl in gray aids the jewel thief Anisty and Maitland’s double, Maitland feigns engagement to trap her. Anisty abducts her, but she resists while Anisty plans a countrywide crime partnership and Maitland races to recover the gems in a perilous disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Din Maitland
New York
O'Hagan
Dan
Mathind
Bannerman
Greenfields
Jay
Maitland
Lda
Snaith
Tost
Girl In
Anisty
Maitland Hails Fast Cab After Quick Park Leg Run
Maitland hails a fast hansom after leaving a hotel, urging the driver to reach his address in five minutes for five dollars. A police siren or pursuit fear haunts him as the cab darts along the avenue past Twenty-ninth Street, with the noisy chase drawing attention from a startled night police officer.
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New York
Maitland
Greenfields
Dan
Quixote
Nighthawk
Twenty-ninth Street
Ising
Yo Avery
Large Sifting Top Can Ought to Be
A fragmented humorous exchange questions a recommended man’s capability for head work, noting he is a barber. It humorously contrasts news of Howard’s hunting trip with obituaries, and references Argus with 100 eyes and goggles for driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitland
Hick
Howard
Life
Argus
They Were Good Mothers and Other Fragments
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on motherhood from historical voices and a comic vignette. Elizabeth Cady Stanton praises women developing powers to guide future generations while Julia Ward Howe’s children affirm maternal virtues. An Atchison Globe item recalls a dramatic family scene with a mother fainting after Chauncey’s water throw.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dayse Mayme
Chauncey
Atchison
Kan
Globe
Severe attack cited in satire about obituary column
Samuel Gompers in a Baltic skoeroom denounced a harsh press attack on a wealthy firm. He mocked a Clarion obituary paragraph about Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisbie township, 82, who died after a alleged attack by widow Marla Higgins.
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Samuel Gompers
Marla Higgins
Detroit Journal
The Artless Boy Confounds a Grocer Over Wages
A boy bargains with a grocer who starts at three dollars a week. The boy cites Millionaire Rogers beginning at three dollars, but says he prefers being good to riches. The grocer, impressed by the artless reply, agrees to three and a half dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Faint Humor and War Era Snippets From a Cleveland Leader Page
The selection combines comic exchanges and a military topographic reference. It features a stubborn question about kinship and a quip about a Dutch uncle. A brief military-technical line discusses charges on enemy fortifications and the perilous role of amateur chauffeurs in a forlorn hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Cleveland
Geneva
Cyclometer Suggestion Mentioned in Conversation
In a playful exchange Miss de Byke challenges the accuracy of cyclometers. The dealer recommends a model described as precise and reliable, contrasting it with inferior devices that misregister mileage.
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Miss de Byke
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Hickey
Merit
Riae
Phalli
Cudahy
Post
D. Pepe We
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