The Missing Man Chapter V Continued
In Valparaiso Bruce and Mr. Hayes view a window photograph said to show Ashley and his wife Nora Ashley at the river during a storm. Mrs. Hamilton identifies the May 9 diary entry confirming Vane Hamilton left Grovedale in May. Bruce tracks Hamilton’s possible movements, while Constance endures fear of scandal and loss as August nears and new clues surface.
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Ashley
Main Street
Somerset Bank
Bruce
Mr. Hayes
Valparaiso
Mr. Bruce
Ashleys
Mrs. Hamilton
Mr. Hastings
Constance
Vane
Nora Ashley
Nora
Hamilton
Lke Ashley
Willoughby House
Hartwell
Grovedale
Carter
Henderson
Tony
Hastings
West
Osborn
V. OC. H
Vane Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Tony's Discovery in the Canadian Search
Mr. Bruce redoubles effort to locate Hamilton after receiving Hastings' letter. He sends detectives to Canada and conducts a thorough province wide search, clinging to a potential sighting in Montreal while the suspect vanishes again.
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Tony
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Hastings
Hamilton
Grovedale
Bruce
Canada
Ashlay
Montreal
Tiger and dog chums in unlikely zoo duo
A Bengal tiger six months old and a mongrel pup eight months old share a cage in Cincinnati and Hoboken, behaving as brothers. They pose for shipment to Hagenbeck's show in Europe, with traders noting the pair's unusual friendship and mutual tolerance during meals.
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Cincinnati
Hexamer
Hoboken
Hagenbeck
Europe
Hippodrome
Howard Feilding
Frank Krissell
Mr. Fielding
New York Sun
Tangier Welcomes King Edward Amid Rain Scarce Lands
Thought to be a rain-bringer, King Edward arrived in Tangier as locals rejoiced at rain. The city had suffered prolonged drought, and Moroccans believed his presence had summoned the showers.
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Tangier
Edward
Bath Legends and Gloomy Fame of England's Literary Hub
An observer writes from Bath recalling its 18th and 19th century glory as a gathering place for England’s greats. The piece catalogs residences and sites tied to Goldsmith, Shelley, Byron, Mary Godwin, Keats, Johnson, Boswell, Reynolds, Burke, Pitt, Dickens, Austen and others, noting theaters, pump rooms, and the city’s enduring architectural echoes.
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Shelley
Byron
Harriet Westbrook
Godwins
Mary
Clare Claremont
Leigh Hunt
Keats
Claire
Allegra
Harriet
Bath
Samuel Johnson
Bezzy
Boswell
Walpole
Reynolds
Burke
Gen. Wolfe
Garrick
Tespis
Walter Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
Hannah More
Fanny Burney
Sheridan
Miss Lindley
Oliver Goldsmith
Gum
Twins Claim Right To See Uncle At Bilis Island
Two twin sisters sought permission to land in America for their uncle at Battery Park barge gate. Police officer Joseph Mury faced the issue of one traveler allowed under immigration rules. The twins argued jointly that twins are one, so both could go, and the decision permitted both to board.
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Bilis Island
Board of Special Inquiry
America
Battery Park
Joseph Mury
Mury
Thibet Exhibit at Crystal Palace Details Waddell Collection
The Thibetan section at the Colonial Exposition in the Crystal Palace will display Col. Waddell’s collection. It promises insights into temples palaces and convents of Lhasa and the formerly veiled mysteries surrounding Thibet.
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Crystal Palace
Pariy
Thibet
Col. Waddell
Lhaasa
Governor Cummings at Iowa rifle range tests sharpshooter claim
Des Moines notes report Governor Cummings demonstrated rifle marksmanship opening the Iowa rifle association event near the army post, shooting bull’s eye first and five subsequent targets to qualify as a sharpshooter. The piece mixes this with Iowa state budget talk on institutional appropriations and coal mine safety.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Monroe
Polk
Appanoose
Calls for tighter carbolic acid sale laws in Des Moines
Local authorities consider stricter regulations after a rise in carbolic acid crises and accidental poisonings. Des Moines doctors warn the drug’s easy availability in drugstores may drive suicides and desperate acts, prompting the health board to push for legislative action next session.
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Board of Health
Des Moines
Fragmentary Verse on Industry and Labor Ethos
The readable fragments describe thrift versus wealth and the steel of Lancashire factories. A French Canadian mill operative at Biddeford Maine requests time off, prompting an overseer’s response. The garbled text hints at worker discipline, productivity, and global reach of textile labor.
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Lancashire
Porperell
Biddeford
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By Mary R. P. Hatch
Lee and Shepard
Niagara
Devonshire
England
Claudius
Queen Elizabeth
London
Northumberland
Noll
No. 12
Gainsborough
Samuel Weller
Macaulay
Daniel Frohman
Gunning Sisters
Pierrepont Street
James Quin
Sarah Siddons
Goldy
Pitts
Gunning
Pitt the Younger
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Inigo Jones
Sir Francis Bacon
Shakespeare
Fielding
Tom Jones
Smollet
Richardson
Gray
Edward Gibbon
Charles James Fox
Graystone
Lord Chesterfield
Nelson
Game Square
Trafalgar
Sir Walter Scott
Jane Austen
Beau Nagh
Knoxville
Ioa
Glenwood
Davenport
Vinton
Council Bluffs
Board of Control
Applegate
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Mount Pleasant
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