The Missing Man Charter VI Continued
The scene discusses possible motives for Hamilton's disappearance. Tony and Mr Hastings debate whether Hamilton fell to Italian aggressors or was hypnotized by Ashley. Hypnotism and deception are explored as explanations, with references to notes, a bank, and possible identity confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grovedale
Major
Ashley
Hamilton
Tony
Mrs. Ashley
Mr. Hastings
Hamit
Spaulding
Ayershire Bank
Massachusetts
Caldwell
The
Phenix
Simon Low
Bowles& Estes
Guch
Low
Mr. Papatings
Crews and Suspicions Enduring After Hamilton Cap Discovery
Tony informs Mrs. Hamilton he found Mr. Hamilton’s cap on the river bank, implying he may have started for home that night. Constance, grieving, fears drowning or foul play as she clings to the cap and recalls Ashley’s possible involvement, while Osborn learns of the suspicions.
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Squar
Hamilton
Osborn
Mr. Hastings
President
Tony
Mrs. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Constance
Ashley
Young Osborn
Constance Hamilton Seeks Boston Detective Aid
Mrs Hamilton asks Tony Osborn to obtain a top detective from Boston police headquarters to pursue a new clue from a cap found on the river bank. She believes Ashley and Vane may be linked and seeks a sharp investigator to uncover hidden motives in Grovedale bank mysteries.
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Tony
Grovedale
Uncle Carter
Mrs. Hamilton
Constance
Young Osborn
Boston
Constance Hamilton
Skeleton secrets and Bonner tales in Emerson Bennett era
An old Philadelphia author Emerson Bennett famed for The Prairie Flower and The Phantom of the Forest is recalled in a Bonner era vignette. The piece notes his fame, humor at the Masonic home, and a Bonner anecdote about a bishop and a telegraphed disappearance, alongside remarks correcting John Paul Jones’s portrayal and Emerson’s Concord hymn reference.
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Emerson Bennett
Philadelphia
Robert Bonner
New York Ledger
Bennett
Bonner
Mr. Bonner
America
al Ig
Mr. Banner
Dr. Jeans
John Paul Jones
Washington
Lexington
Britain
New England
Emerson
Concord Monument
Birthplace and early life of John Paul Jones in Arbigland
A fragmentary account recalls John Paul Jones born July 6 1747 at Arbigland Kirkbean Kirkcudbright Scotland. It notes his gardener father Led from Leith, the family’s modest cottage by Solway at Criffel, and Burns visiting nearby. The sketch links his upbringing to later naval renown and poetry by Burns Carlyle.
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John Paul
Jones
R. Craik
Arbigland
Kirkbean
Kirkcudbrightshire
Scotland
Dumfries
Galloway
Solway
Paul
Thither
Leith
Jauwar
Hansel
Robin
Paul Jones
Burns
Jean Macduff
Argyllshire
New Abbey
Sol
Helvellyn
St. Bee's Head
Whitehaven
Basil Montague
Allan Cunningham
Preston Mill
Carlyle
Paris
Criffel
Cumberland
Brindle Cat Saga Roils 47 Broome Street Tenement
A long, comic tale from New York City centers Ike Ichberg and his brindle cat at 47 Broome. Jake Schoenberg, the janitor, discovers the cat in Ichberg’s vacant room and a chain of misadventures follows. Neighbors chase a 50 cent reward as Moe Goldbaum shoots at the cat and the animal vanishes and reappears across fire escapes while Morris Oleovich pursues the dime. The episode ends with Schoenberg’s dramatic dream and the cat again on the bureau.
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Ike Ichberg
47 Broome
Jake Schoenberg
Ichberg
Ike Schberg
Moe Goldbaum
Rosie Monheim
Goldbaum
Rose
Louis Zeitner
Bowery
Broome
Clinton
Louis
Morris Olovitch
Morris
Broome Street
Morris Oleovich
Jakey Schoenberg
Schoenberg
Schberg
Tke Schberg
Third Avenue
Rosie
Cranby’s Flypaper Accident At The Post Office
A Boston Post item reports Hi Cranby trapped by flypaper placed by Postmaster Higgins inside the post office. He struggles to remove the sticky sheet, shedding laughter in the store and ultimately facing charges to repay the paper or lose mail service. Cranby vows to walk to the county seat rather than pay.
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Hi Cranby
P. O
Higgins
Hen
P. M. Higgins
Boston Post
Died of Improvements Joke Reported by Harper’s Weekly
A German woman ill at a hospital is repeatedly said to be improving by doctors. Each day her husband hears she is getting better until one night he is told she has died. He asks the doctor, vat did she die of improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Sexton’s Reason for Not Seating Strangers in Church
Bishop Potter spoke at the Sunday school convention about the Cathedral of St John the Divine becoming a welcoming NY church for strangers. He recounted reforming Grace church seating by telling sexton Brown not to leave spaces open, noting the strangers were from New Jersey.
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Sexton
Potter
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
New York
Grace Church
Brown
New Jersey
New York Times
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Bruce
Mrs. Slamilton
Cynic
Girthbrace
Jolt Paul Jones
Cranby
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