Hard man helps boy with embezzlement case and a deadly plan
Adam Carr persuades Eric Payson to face the bank theft by exposing Chetwynd Blagden as the culprit. Carr plans to reveal the truth at court, exact revenge, and dispose of the thief’s body at sea. Eric fears prison but agrees to help and plans to witness the events tonight at Fishers Landing.
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Mary
Eric
Chetwynd
Adam
New York
Horace
Dsnald Bright
Corinth
Oswald Bright
George
Gloucester
Oswald
House of Correction
Horace Blagden
Bright
John Payson
Payson
Jack
Jack Payson
Horace Biagden
New England
Far West
Bunnie de Vine
Judge Bright
Chetwynd Brig
Inurl
Hoa
Uncle Horace
Mr. Carr
Bonnie de Vinne
Adam Carr
Father
Kat
Erick
Fishers Landing
Old Jabez
Rena
Shadows Fall Chapter Eleven Nighttime Intruder Stirs in House on the Hill
Eric returns after a perilous midnight excursion to a quiet house on the hill. He fears the morning will bring upheaval as he stealthily enters his room then pauses at Chetwynd's door before continuing to Mary’s darkened chamber.
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Eric
Chetwynd
Mary
Burdette Seer and Royal Household Duties Highlighted
The passage blends Seer Burdette reflections with a note on the chief housekeeper of the British royal household earning 1750 dollars annually. It mentions Catherine Stingon planning a June airplane flight from New York to San Francisco in a 60 horsepower aircraft.
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Catherine Stingon
New York
San Francisco
Pete's Gold Mine Finds Gold in Cliff Veins
A Colorado mountain father, Ada, and her donkey Pete seek work and gold. Ada hides Pete to save him from sale, falls, and discovers gold veins in a cliff as the sun sets. Father joyfully finds gold with Ada and Pete, settling at Pete's Mine with a new home built on the mountain.
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Synaroa
Pete
Ada
Mr. Bedford
Tondt
Hyen Ade
Kia
Peto Becaues
Pete Pee
Feartar
Herentia
Suill
Peter
Bedford
Miss Country Store Forum from the Toledo Blade
A sketch on rural debate around a country store stove shows how farmer craftsman postmaster teacher and minister each offer public opinion. The piece laments laughter eroding an institution that once embodied community sentiment and political voice.
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Miss
Country Store Forum
Toledo Blade
Scholath
Sey
Editora
Billy Sunday Quizzed by Newsboy on Heaven
Billy Sunday stopped a Boston newsboy who asked for directions to the post office. Sunday praised the boy and boasted his own fame promising to show him the way to heaven at his meeting that night. The lad retorted that Sunday did not even know the way to the post office.
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Billy Sunday
The
Boston Transcript
Sunday
Billy
Old Bill Shiftless and the Frugal Shopping Trip
The Osborne Farmer reports Bill Shiftless visited a town last Saturday. He balked at paying two rolls of crepe paper at ten cents each for his wife’s ornaments, bought tobacco and cigars instead, then moved on to discuss a Kansas City jug house consignment. He plans a trip to the San Francisco exposition, believing his St Louis visit improved his health, while his wife worries about leaving the stock unattended.
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Bill Shiftiess
Osborne Farmer
Bill
St. Louis
Shiftless
Longest English sentence riddle ends with Life punchline
A debate over sentence length leads to a witty exchange where the grouch declares the longest sentence is a single word Life. The old fogy asks what it is and learns Life is the answer in a playful twist.
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Old Fogy
Woman Credits Postum For Ending Coffee Induced Ills
An Ohio woman recounts how coffee caused heart trouble nerv ous prostration and chills for four years and details her switch to Postum Cereal and Instant Postum. She claims health improved, nerves steadied, and vitality restored after quitting coffee.
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Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grocera
Veeply Europe Travel Change Noted in Quip
A tongue in cheek exchange notes times have changed as Veeply once sought Europe for style and now avoids it, leaving critics to joke about backward trends and shifting tastes.
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Veeply
Europe
Isk of patronesses and college girls play cast
An ad promotes Cuticura soap and ointment for skin relief with free samples by mail for all ages. The second clipped excerpt features a squib about a press agent for a college girls play who says the cast of characters is not the focus, but the list of patronesses is.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
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George Barr McCutcheon
Graystark
Truxton King
Dodd, Mead
Seaman's Home
Seer
Bob” Burdett
National Magazine
Bert J. Burdette
Pean Arests
Pasadena
Pete’s
Rms
Cplen
Castoria
Robertbea
York Orry
Cora
Carter
Arter
M. Bon 555
Des Metnas
Nevedy
Mura Deine
Fener
Evadi
Nevada State Journal
Reno
Nevada
Mra. Watson
Valley
Nebraska
Eli
Daisy
Barold Somees
de Kath
Broakiva
Sioux City
PTG, GO
Nii, Bak
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