Barony Intrigue and Kidnapping Amid Belle Plain Plot
In a Raleigh library set in a Barony estate sale plot, Jonathan Crenshaw, Bladen, and Bob Yancy discuss Hannibal Wayne Hazard as Nathaniel Ferris buys the Barony amid the Quintard family feud. Yancy rescues Hannibal from Dave Blount, Murrell’s agent, and Betty Malfoy and Bruce Carrington pursue danger toward Belle Plain as Price’s legal mysteries unfold.
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Quintards
Yancy
Hannibal
Captain Murrell
Barway
Scratch Hill
Hanmibal
Dave Blount
Murrell
Blount
Yancy Pears
Squirem
Betty Malfoy
Ferrises
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Carrington
Slocum Price
Judge
Cavendish
Price
Belle Plain
Judge Price
Charles Norton
Norton
Bess Hicks
Slosson
Fied
Bess
Try
Marrell
Ware
Colonel Fontresa
Theolonel
Murrrell
Mahaffy
Judge succumbs to wine as Pegloe’s gift seals fate
An hour after Pegloe’s gift, the judge drinks at the tavern until drunkenness deepens. By nightfall he is carried to a bed in a kitchen wing, his clothes locked away, and a faint October dawn reveals a mood of despair and looming reckoning. Mahaffy’s austere conscience haunts his memory as he awaits the prophesied morning event.
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Mahaffy
Solomon
Fentress
Boggs
Pegloe
Slocum Price Turberville
Raleigh
Bastille
Judge Price
Slocum Price
Mr. Pegloe
Belle Plain
Tom Ware
Memphis
Carrington
Cavendish
Yancy
Polly
Cavendishes
Maharty
Solomon Maharfy Reaches Belle Plain After Reluctant Departure
Solomon Maharfy travels to Belle Plain with Yancy and Cavendish amid evident reluctance, marking a tense moment in Chapter XXXI of Solomon's Last Night as they depart their prior location.
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Solomon
Solomon Maharfy
Yancy
Cavendish
Belle Plain
Irishman breaks window as ladder crashes in Philadelphia
A large Irishman carrying a ladder in crowded Philadelphia shatters a plate glass shop window. The thief is chased and caught by the shopkeeper who accuses him, and the Celt admits the damage and explains he was running home to pay for it.
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Philadelphia
Man Looks for Proof Behind Promises From Preacher
A man prefers evidence over faith when hearing promises from a preacher but may accept a charismatic promoter's assurances if needed.
Ohio and National News Snapshots From Buckeye Notes
Ohio Rural Letter Carriers convened in Fremont with new officers led by President P. J. Powers. Acquittal in Columbus court for Mrs. Mathilda Radeloff on a murder charge. International school event planned at Camp Perry as part of Perry Centennial. Notable deaths include Leopold Fettweis the sculptor and Emma Clack from injuries at the county fair. Multiple incidents across cities report electrocutions, injuries, and local legal actions.
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Sidney
Henry Wonderlight
Cincinnati
Leopold Fettweis
Mt. Auburn
Munich
Rome
Spring Grove Cemetery
Zanesville
Los Angeles
Charles H. Shaw
Cleveland
Columbus
Napoleon
George Meekison
Meekison
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Congress
A.O. Zwick
Chicago
Longworth
Youngstown
H. W. Kirsh
Elm Street
Pittsburgh
Rotsford
Akron
Barberton
Hamilton
Gard
Hamilton Gas & Electric Co
Public Utilities Commission
Toledo
Lamson Dry Goods Company
Myron Thompson
William Houtz
Salem
Ft. Wayne
Sell’s Crossing
Charles Anderson
Tom Flaherty
Pittsburg
Alliance Accommodation
John Davis
Williamson Avenue
Wapokaneta
Jacob Honey
Third Ward
Portsmouth
Luke Middaugh
D. W. Barnett
William Barnett
New Concord
Barnett
Upper
Sandusky
Church of God
A. W. Hogle
State House
The Natural Inference Motoring Meeting an Old Friend
While out motoring the other Sayal ran across an old friend of mine. Was he much hurt.
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Sayal
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
Important to Mothers examine every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it bears the trademark and label without alteration or substitution for protection of young users and proper dosing.
Envious Rumor About Scrapsley Sparks Debate
In a spirited exchange the speaker suggests Scrapsley is a Socialist. Another asserts Scrapsley’s certainty stems from living double lives despite rising living costs.
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Scrapsley
Renunciation jibe in familiar quarrel between Nagg spouses
Mr Nagg scorns his wife as foolish for joining a club. Mrs Nagg retorts that men still enjoy worrying their wives, exposing a light social exchange about marital dynamics.
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Mr. Nagg
Mrs Nagg
Orphanages in Turkey Run by Americans
The Turkish empire hosts 22 American run orphanages with about 3000 inmates. An associated industrial work employs over 10000 people, mainly widows and orphans, in rug and lace making and embroidery. Products from these institutions are sold abroad.
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Turkey
Barber Shops Rise in the Far East Post Revolution
Chinese revolution spurs a surge of barber shops as cues are cut and many Chinese abroad seek grooming. Singapore businessmen import American chairs but can't keep up with demand. Chinese insist on American hair clippers, shunning other makes, boosting U.S. barber supply trade.
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China
Far East
Singapore
Word to the Wise and the Chicken Theft Anecdote
A colored man, before a police judge, pleaded guilty to stealing chickens. Asked how he lifted chickens under the owner's window with a dog in the yard, he replied he would get shot explaining to the judge and advised him to stick to the bench.
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Vaughan Kester
Delvill
Tur Bowes Merans
Buckeye
Carter
Fletcher
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