The Summer House Captive Intrigue Continues
A tense scene unfolds as Lucile suspects a dangerous intruder on Huntingdon island after her mother is attacked. A caller seeks the sheriff while the narrator and companions await news, and a mysterious visitor appears near the rambling summer house in a misty midnight encounter.
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Luelle
Lucile
Vida
Captain Perkins
Central
Huntingdon's Island
New York
Heir Mother
Bopp
Lucke
Summer House
Huntingdon
Mrs. Green
Tooties
Moouments
Tootles
Suete
Lanelle
Inquisition
Michael Strogoff
Jules Verne
Night Encounter at Green Cottage Leads to Abduction Clue
A wary narrator confronts a newspaper reporter sneaking to Mr Green's cottage at night. The journalist, claiming to seek a story and photos, is restrained after threatening to reveal the narrator's identity. Mrs Green has supposedly been abducted to Buntingdon Island and murdered by fake pirates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Mr. Green
Erlaly
Green's
Tong
Sounds in the Sky Brontides Scare World Yet Mystery
Brontides are mysterious explosive sounds heard worldwide with many local names such as mistpooffers in Belgium Barisal guns in India and gouf fry in Bahrain Bayt. They usually resemble muted detonations from unknown sources and may stem from subterranean or atmospheric transmission effects. Some reports attribute certain sounds to cannons or blasting rather than true natural phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Popular Science Monthly
Ganges
India
Italy
Australia
Labor must work or fight under new draft rule
Washington May 23 General Crowder announced a sweeping amendment to selective service requiring registrants to work in useful employment or join the army after July 1. The rule targets gamblers waiters barbers ushers and other nonuseful occupations while excluding theatrical performers from new provisions. Local boards may enforce changes where hardship to dependents exists and extend the nonuseful list as needed to support national war production.
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Washington
General Crowder
Selective Service
Dfees
Wilson
Department of Labor
Crowder
Gond
United States
Chicago
New York
Lke
St. General
Evers
Germany
Fwr
Roll of Honor names Sho shone boys in service
The Journal lists Sho shone youths serving in nearly every branch of the military. It invites corrections for omissions and offers free copies to each listed member at the correct address, aiming to keep the Roll of Honor as complete as possible.
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Roll of Honor
Honor Bell note for Red Cross nurse in France
A fragment lists numerous names in a local honor roll. Miss Sarah Purdem, a Red Cross nurse overseeing a fifty bed tent hospital somewhere in France, is singled out as deserving a place in the Honor Bell.
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Sarah Purdem
Red Cross
France
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Siete
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Teres
Clerka
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