Miss Innes Faces Murder Mystery at Sunnyside
A sprawling mystery centers on Miss Innes guardian of Gertrude and Isey at Sunnyside. Arnold Armstrong is found shot in the hall while Louise Armstrong recounts a dark stairway incident and Dr Walker is linked to a troubled night. Bailey is suspected in Armstrongs death as more clues surface including a note bearing Lucien Wal2.
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Miss Innes
Gertrude
Isey
Sunnyside
Arnold Armstrong
Jack Bailey
Five Jamieson
Bailey
Paul Armstrong
Halsey
Louise Armstrong
Halsey T
Dr. Walker
Louise
Armstrong
Thomas
Lucien Wal- 2
Jack
Lucien Wallace
Nina Carrington
Dr.Walker
Mattie Bliss
Alex
Mr. Jamieson
Winters
Nina Carrington Mystery Drives Night to Richfield
Miss Innes grows closer to uncovering Nina Carrington’s identity as she learns from a doctor and a caretaker that Mattie Bliss may be Nina Carrington. A pocked-face woman linked to Halsey’s fate, Fanny Armstrong, and a mourning visitor to Lucien's motherless care loom as clues.
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Richfield
Warner
Nina Carrington
N. C
Mattie Bliss
Halsey
Dr. Walker
Mystery of the Tramp and the Watch in a Bank Scandal
A tangled investigation follows a bank president’s death and the missing Halsey. Alex and Winters pursue clues from a booted tramp who describes a car crash, an unconscious man, cuff links, and a watch linked to Halsey. The tale hints at a wider conspiracy and complicating alibis as the search continues.
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Traders’ Bank
Hiss
Mr. Winters
Alex
Casanova
Ajax
Halsey
Labor That Aids the World Portraits of Energy
A reflective piece on wealth born from labor and the power of intelligent effort. It notes that progress comes from directed energy rather than hands alone, citing painters or professors as inventors of transformative technologies. The author urges honoring thoughtful innovation amid leisure.
Rockefeller Gives U of Chicago 10 Million Final Gift
John D. Rockefeller donated 10 million dollars to the University of Chicago at a convocation, bringing his twenty one year total to 35 million. He retires from all ties to the university and withdraws from its board, urging support from the people of the Midwest to sustain its growth.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Martin
A. Ryerson
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Great Middle West
Supreme court upholds state primary law in Espey v McInerney
Springfield December 22 The supreme court rules the legislative primary act valid for nominating members of the lower house. Three opinions issued reflect division over whether the senatorial committee may fix candidate numbers. Justices Vickers Cooke and Farmer find unconstitutionality, Hand upto authorizing power but not binding, Cartwright Carter and Dunn say advisory only and voters may disregard the committee’s fixed number.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Espey
Justice Hand
Senatorial Committee
Cartwright
Carter
Dunn
Coliery Blast Entombs 290 Miners at Little Hulton
An explosion and fire at the Little Hulton colliery in Bolton leaves 282 290 miners entombed as rescue efforts face heavy coal falls. Only eight escape. hundreds gather at the mine mouth as frantic families await word amid grim scenes in the coal district.
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Bolton
England
Little Hulton
Welsh Defeats Driscoll on Foul Disqualification
Freddie Welsh the lightweight champion of England defeated Jem Driscoll in Cardiff in the tenth round on a foul. Driscoll was warned, then disqualified by the referee after repeated fouls. The purse was $12,500, the largest for a fight between lighter-weight boxers in Great Britain.
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Cardiff
Wales
Freddie Welsh
England
Jem Driscoll
Driscoll
Gladiators
Great Britain
Teenager Electrocuted After Grasping Fallen Live Wire
Joliet Illinois December 23 Dominick Davis seventeen an employee of the Santa Fe railway saved several children by picking up a live wire mistaken to be insulated and was electrocuted near Coal City Illinois.
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Joliet
Ill
Dominick Davis
Santa Fe Railway
Coal City
Cow Sets New Butter Record at Liverpool Farm
Syracuse dispatch reports Ponti ac Clothilde de Kol Il a Holstein owned by Stevens Bros of Liverpool broke the world seven day butter record with 37.28 pounds produced in the period ending December 28 in Syracuse New York.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Pontiac Clothilde de
Ohio Happenings Mixed Fires and Trials Across Cities
A string of Ohio reports. Stoutsville hit by a fire destroying four businesses valued at about 30000 dollars. Cincinnati fire leveled four factories, eight other plants damaged, two to three deaths, five firefighters injured, and property loss near two million. Belmont County will probate will disputes over a 100000 plus estate. Akron reports a murder attempt and a hospital case after a rail car incident. Cincinnati hosts a new hotel guest courtesy school. Elyria appoints a meat and weight inspector. Millersburg finds a suicide or accident victim. Wooster reports a man sentenced for a 14 year old assault. Fremont notes a fatal land dispute shooting. Newark court convicts in a lynching case. Shelby reports Brightman plant fire costing significant losses and restructuring.
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Lancaster
Stoutsville
Cincinnati
Shoe and Jeather
Sycamore Street
Zanesville
A. M. Courtney
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Ad Elisperman
Sunday News
Doctor Courtney
Ellisperman
Akron
J. Russell
Russell
St. Clairsville
Belmont Common Pleas Court
Charles Thompson
Julia A. Thompson
Belmont County
Davidson
William Winterberg
Kirk Co
John D. Rockefeller
Bell Boys
Cincinnati Hotel Clerks’ Association
B. L. Smith
Palace Hotel
Elyria
Adams
Millersburg
M. M. Herron
Millersburg, Wooster & Orrville Telephone Co
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
Here
Danville
Wooster
Alfred T. Slutz
Fredericksburg
Helen Franks
Stutz
Supreme Court
Fremont
Charles Kodotski
Townsend Township
Fred Kodotski
Newark
Carl Etherington
Montelle Watha
Haytian
H. L. Wilson
Wilson
Shelby
Bright Than Manufacturing Co
American Co
Macmory
L. H. Bright
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