Escape and Pursuit Amid Ocean Plot in Coastal Tale
Oliver Graith and Lancelot Ambrose plot a secret escape via a wagon and a light over the sea. Blaise guides the way to a cutter while Ambrose contemplates danger and loyalty to Floraine and Susan. Old Nick abducts Susan for a grim domestic interlude as the chase tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floraine
Oliver Graith
Lancelot Ambrose
Blaise
Cathon
Oliver
Carbon
Ambrose
Ambros
Providence
England
Bordeaux
London
Peggy
Rand
Xou
Hanna Sands
Buaat
Sianno Sands
Bluebeard tale deepens as Susan enters secret chambers
Susan and Fatima follow Old Nick through a locked door into a dust filled bluebeard like chamber. Three keys unlock a hidden room revealing wealth beyond measure while the house remains dark with spiders and disorder around lavish carpets and lamps. (To be continued.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Nick
Fatima
Bluebeard
Tom Polwarth
Lhasa The Forbidden City Kept From European Reach
The article describes Lhasa as an absolute European forbidden city within two hundred miles of British India. Tibetan guards, sentries, and high officials enforce restrictions, forcing any suspicious caravan to retreat with warnings of deadly consequences. It notes historical access by Manning in 1811 and Hue and Gabet in 1846, but since then no European has entered the sacred temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Nick
Sheba
British India
Tibet
Europe
America
Lhasa
Thomas Manning
Hue and Gabet
Diplomatic Insight on Surveillance of Suspected Individuals
A reminiscence recalls a German method of tracking dubious people. A young American pretender in naval garb feigned prominence, prompting a Foreign Affairs minister to reveal a dossier detailing every place visited and uttered words. The minister notes even fools may be well observed, while governments with such networks seem plausible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice
Birds of Prey
Amercan
United States
Possible Explanation in a Teen Scene
A callow youth recalls attempting to hug a pretty girl and receiving a stinging rebuke. His buffoon friend jokes about her wasp waist. The text then notes that iced drinks or food must be warmed to blood heat before digestion.
Chicago Street Car Strike Ends in Victory for Union
Chicago street car strike ended at noon Wednesday as workers accepted Tuesday night’s agreement and returned to service. Union leaders hailed a triumph for unionism while company officials claimed major concessions, including reinstatement of sympathetic workers and arbitration of wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barnes
South Side
Mahon
Buckley
Prentiss
Confesses Car Barn Murders by Chicago Gang of Teens
Chicago dispatch reports Gustave Marx, a teen-aged killer, confessed to car barn murders and eight robberies including the death of Detective John Quinn. He named alleged confederates Peter Neidermeier Garvey Van Dein and Emil Roeski and said shots began after he ordered a hold up at the City Railway Company barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Quinn
City Railway Company
Chicago Dispatch
Gustave Marx
Quinn
Blaul
Sheffield Avenue
Marx
Herman Schuettler
Peter Neidermeier
Garvey van Dein
Emil Roeski
Chicago City Railway Company
John Slueder
Neidermeier
van Dern
James B. Johnson
Francis W. Stewart
Cripple Creek Mine Explosions Spark Broader Plots
Startling discoveries follow the Vindicator mine blast in the Cripple Creek district. Investigators say plotters also aimed to blow up Gold Coin Findlay Golden Cycle and Stratton properties. War Dept. arms for 1000 National Guard. Utah Guard heads to Carbon County with Gatling guns. Hiawatha merchants adopt Indian head trademark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Adjt
Gen. Bell
lcCormack
Melvin Beck
Stratton
Camp Goldfield
Florence and Cripple Creek
War Department
Washington
Colorado
Utah National Guard
Salt Lake
Carbon County
Wyoming Bad Man Horn Hanged Amid Threats of Rescue
Tom Horn known as a cattle baron detective was hanged in Cheyenne amid fears of a rescue. Officials, militia, and the sheriff guarded the jail as Horn faced execution for the Nickell murder, with threats from cattle interests and even Gov. Chatterton reportedly under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Tom. Horn
Cheyenne
Horn
Gov. Chatterton
Chatterton
William Nickell
Blue Springs Valley
Nickell
Wern
Sim
Bjorn
Marshal Lafers
Government loses case as Miller and Johns acquitted
Miller of Terre Haute and Johns of Rockville Indiana were acquitted in Cincinnati of conspiring to extort a bribe from John J Ryan a Post Office Department official. Ryan testified he paid 4500 dollars to use the mails for racing bets amid other indictments and ongoing cases connected to postal frauds. A separate indictment against George E Green was opened in Binghamton while other trials were postponed and a farmer near Boling Kansas was injured after being dragged by a fractious team during plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
D. M. Flinagan
Ruth
Indiana University
O. W. Brown
Department of Chemistry
W. Peters
Seymour
George A. Schwenck
Indiana Plant Company
Peters
China
Cincinnati
Greene County
Joseph Sparks
Charles Large
A. B. Large
Lebanon
Earl Pennington
Melville Penton
Pennington
Miller
Post Office Department
Johns
Ryan
George E. Green
Binghamton
N. Y
United States
Charles 8. Hall
Washington
August W. Machen
Groff Brothers
Woman Dead After Shotgun Discharges In Fall
Mrs John Reeves about 25 years old died instantly when the loaded shotgun she knocked over discharged and fired into her head. The incident occurred two and a half miles south of Blaine Kane while she cleaned the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fields
Geneva
Fields
Thomas Redup
Mansfield
Ohio
Mishawaka
Lockjaw
Redup
McCloy
Elwood
McBeth-Evans
John Reeves
Blaine, Kane
Hoosier Happenings: Marriages Deaths Accidents and Crimes
Local notes highlight neighbors activities with a focus on marriages, deaths, accidents, and crime within Indiana communities. Short items list personal pointers and general interests for residents.
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Hanno
R.E. T.ancillon
Pitt
Old England
Bor
Amhrose
Joe
Sacrelly
Lhasa the Forbidden City
Hiawatha
Kan
Beulah May
Medeline
Tom Horn
Windfall
Sheridan
Eugene Smith
Muncie
Smith
James Goodwine
Dresser
Albert Rubush
Acton
George Smith
Pendleton
Franklin
James Reilly
Fort Wayne
Reilly
M. Manahen
Boling
Daniel V. Miller
Hoosier
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