Rescue on the River Night After Pool of Flame
Lieutenant Couch and O'Rourke plot a rescue after a covert kidnapping. They race by police launch through a moonless night to reach a junk on the lower river where Mrs O'Rourke and Miss Pynsent are held. Couch uses threats to force a confession from a Chinese laborer to learn the suspects and plan a rapid intervention.
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Saint Patrick
O'Rourke
Des Trebes
Coplie
Rangoon
Couch
Nas
Pynsent
Coach
Migs
Wheeler
The Mysterious Pool of Flame and Des Trebes Aboard
O Rourke, owner of the Pool of Flame, battles a murder plot aboard a ship en route to Rangoon. Des Trebes lies dying as O Rourke confronts a lethal intruder and a Chinese assailant, with a killer twist pending a police stakeout and a hostage moment.
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Bae
Beatrix
Igoon
Tim
O'Rourke
O Rourke
Rourke
Rangoon
Suger
Danny
Soar Oeeer
Night confrontation with revolvers in a wary parley
A man in white linen holds a pistol on an Irishman while a second figure, a young man, demands surrender of all weapons. O Rourke, calm and cooperative, debates the test of the armed trio as tension rises in a tense room exchange.
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O'Rourke
O’rourke
Hades
the O'Rourke
Rangoon River chase halts on silent stretch
The scene unfolds on Rangoon River as a pursued figure moves under darkness. A deputy chief signals a halt while a high tension motor roars, casting a tense, hunted mood over the dim riverbank and the fleeing party.
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Rangoon River
Couch
Duke's Park Estate Workman Ploughing Turnaround
Mr James B H Duke focuses on developing and beautifying his 3000 acre estate Duke's Park near Somerville New Jersey despite Tobacco company reorganization. He personally directs laborers on inspection tours and even takes a plough from a slow worker to demonstrate technique. He once replaced a foreman and dismissed five for inefficiency.
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Duke
Tobacco Company
James BH
Duke's Park
Somerville
South Carolina
Ladies object to profanity at New York golf clubs
Women golfers of New York protest swearing on the links and discuss the matter in their clubs. They say male players are supposed to be gentlemen but are not always careful of their language, leaving ladies indignant.
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New York
Hard Luck FableFrontier Playful Exchange
Kate quips about the sense of the ridiculous in Sue the foxy elf. Grace agrees noting Sue’s keen self appreciation.
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Kate
Sue
Grace
Cuticura Overnight Hand Softening Remedy
Red rough hands are promised relief with a one night Cuticura treatment. Soak in hot water, wash with Cuticura Soap, dry, apply Cuticura Ointment and wear loose gloves. Claims include preventing redness and chapping and producing velvety whiteness by morning. Free samples offered with Skin Book from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
New Idea for Dressmakers Opens Bid Field
A New York woman announced a plan to have many dresses made and alterations bid by multiple dressmakers. She will likely choose the lowest bid, introducing a new bidding field and a sharpened sense of pricing among suppliers.
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New York
Baker fortunes in fat cure spectacle
Residents discuss Mrs. Baker profiting from a supposed obesity cure while Katharine notes the irony. A life wisdom dispenser mishap leads to fatigue as Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is referenced, and a general remark about overestimating one's own greatness follows.
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Margaret
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Ate
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Bo He
Emile
T Man
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
Shee
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W. N. U. Lincoln
Dr. Uiseale
Nebetake
Ces Soe Papmeeiont
Faultless Starch CO
Keone
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