Summer voyage mystery at sea with a stolen ring
Three girls Elizabeth Gaudriette and Clise sail to Canada for the summer aboard a steamer. They meet Mrs Graham and Lord Wilfrid as a malevolent stranger watches them. In a seaside cottage odd jewels a sphinx button and a sphinx key link Gordon Bennett Lady Edith and others to a murder plot.
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Elizabeth
Gaudriette
Clise
Canada
Mr. Graham
Ilise
Gordon Bennett
Lady Edith
Filise
Mary Anne
Elise
Lady Faith
Mr. Graam
Night Walk and Missing Ring Amidst Quiet Snow
A narrator peers from a curtain into moonlit white surroundings as two shadows drift by. Mary Anne enters, exhausted, explaining she searched for Miss Elizabeth's ring with her brother Dan, who rode in a boat around rocks to recover it.
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Mary Anne
Misslizabeth
Dan
Ivas
Nighttime vigil and hopeful ring search
A caretaker urges Miss Ilise to sleep as Elizabeth hopes for news about a missing ring. Mary Annes's brother, a stout, angular man, looms in thoughts while Gordon Bennetts diver remains absent. The narrator recalls the brother and notes shadows can mislead while awaiting morning results.
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Miss Ilise
Elizabeth
Mary Anne
Gordon Bennett
Afternoon at the rocks becomes a moment of doubt
Gabrielle and I wait on the veranda while Mary Anne's brother fails to bring the ring. Mr. Graham arrives with white roses for Mrs. Graham as we worry over the missing engagement and drift into a tense, candid talk about Elizabeth and our own feelings.
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Gabrielle
Mary Anne
Gordon Bennett
Lord Wilfrid
Mr. Graham
Mrs. Graham
Gies
Graham
Tady
Cabrielle
Dita
Elizabeth
Eilzabeth
Quiet Shore Reflections Amid Sunset and Uncertain Love
A narrator sits on rocks at sunset recalling Gabrielle and Elizabeth's closeness while loneliness grows. The return of Mr Blake and Gordon Bennett brings talk of a missing ring and a diver, shifting mood from melancholy to tempered cheer as the sea calms and a continuation is hinted.
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Gabrielle
Elizabeth
Mr. Blake
Gordon Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Tobacco Opinions and a Train Block System
A 19th century style musing on tobacco effects notes debate among physiologists about moderate use and abstinence. A Chicago railroad scene then humorously recounts a porter describing a block system, joking that the train is blocked by hay, a mule, a cow, and likely an alligator ahead.
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Chicago
Southern Railroad
San
Sal
Sam
Erin
Boas
San Francisco DA Heney at bedside on retraction joke
The district attorney Heney, wounded in San Francisco, tells a reporter a retraction would resemble a Tombstone editor’s. He recalls pressure to retract a story about a rival editor’s father, and notes the infamous mistaken claim ending with the old man being hanged.
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Heney
San Francisco
Tombstone
Ife
Clarion
Papa
Lfe
Itched for Twelve Years Eczema Cure by Cuticura
A Volant Pennsylvania resident, Charles T. Bauer, suffered eczema on hands feet and arms for about twelve years. After trying many salves and doctors with no success he used Cuticura Remedies and immediately improved, reporting healed hands and feet with no recurrence since. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Mar
Potter
The Unemployed Quip About Work Availability
A brief exchange shows two unemployed speakers trading humor about finding work. One notes there is work if looked for, the other retorts that by the time they find it, the energy is gone, highlighting a weariness with job search.
Reward Offer for Catarrh Cure
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by WaALpING, KINNAN & MAIYIN, Toledo druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, 75 cents a bottle. testimonials free. Also Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Willing to Take a Chance on a Bed Request
A stranger asks Buckley on East Sixth for a dime for a bed. Buckley taunts the offer, suggesting he will buy the bed if it proves worth the price, in a terse Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet. Also notes Prof Munyon promoting a cold remedy claimed to prevent consumption and illnesses.
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James J. Buckley
East Sixth Street
Buckley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Munyon
George
Martha Ashington
Martha Washington Comfort Shore
Yerma Cuab
Cella-Her Hair Turned White By One Night Trouble
Celia asks about the sudden whitening of Cella hair following a night of trouble. Cella attributes the effect to a chemical cause and mentions a judge.
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Cella
Celia
All Who Would Enjoy Good Health Urges Right Living
An article promoting health through proper living and timely use of remedies. It endorses simple, wholesome treatments and promotes the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the superior laxative, urging readers to purchase only the genuine product from reputable druggists.
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Californian Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
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Des Moines
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Nie
America
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Lota
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Sead Meter
New York City
NUL World
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