The Circular Staircase Mystery Sparks Hidden Room Clue
In Sunnyside mansion detectives untangle a web of murders and disappearances. Miss Innes and Jack Bailey confront alibis while Dr Walker, Nina Carrington, and a tramp provide key lines of inquiry. A concealed chimney room behind false walls emerges as a pivotal clue amid arson, embezzlement, and a vanished heir.
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Dr. Walker
Louise
Bailey
Armstrong
Thomas
Lucien Walace
Miss Innes
Halsey
New Cook
Nina Carrington
Gertrude
Walker
Carrington
Paul Armstrong
Bison
Ead
Anne Watson’s Story Nears its End at Charity Hospital
Liddy finds muddy boots as unseen hands probe a wall and a detective schemes a coup. Anne Haswell Watson lies dying at Charity Hospital after recounting a long, tragic tale of vanished lovers, a hidden child, and a family feud over Lucien Armstrong.
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Anne Watson
Liddy
Rachel
Casanova
Mr. Jamieson
Charity Hospital
Mrs. Watson
Middle West
Lucy
Anne
Ways to Keep Neat in the Family
A mother explains setting up a fine box with a top hole to deter mess. She fines children a penny and adults ten cents for mislaid items, leveraging allowances to curb clutter. Over time the family habits improve and the box stays empty.
Cheering Her Up Islington Tale From London Chronicle
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls Islington once valued by physicians as a health retreat. Dr. Abernethy recounts a patient staying there who notes broken staircase banisters, the landlady quipping that undertaker’s men carry coffins downstairs and they are never mended.
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Islington
Abernethy
London Chronicle
Intelligence in the kitchen elevates a woman's role
The passage extols educated women in the kitchen as wielding science and imagination. It calls the woman who cooks intelligently an alchemist behind an apron, transforming indigestible food into epicurean delight and finding deep, vivid interest in a well ordered kitchen.
The Giant of the Navy Arkansas Battleship Commissioning
Camden New Jersey reports the Arkansas battleship named for the state, a 26008 ton flagship with 12 fourteen inch guns and 554 feet length, ready for commission in a year. Mary J L Macon daughter of Congressman Macon of Arkansas christened the ship with champagne.
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Camden
N. J
Sam
Mary JL. Macon
Macon
Arkansas
Governor's Nephew in Oklahoma City Shootings
Oklahoma City reports a fugitive from justice, B D Updyke, nephew of ex Gov Charles N Haskell, and two others injured. A. R. Christensen, a Chicago electrical engineer, lies dead in the morgue with a wound through the mouth and brain, while T D Anderson, Updyke's brother in law, is hospitalized with two bullet holes in the lungs and faces possible death. The spree followed a quarrel between Updyke and his wife as Anderson confronted him and Christensen intervened.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
B. D. Updyke
Chas. N. Haskell
A. R. Christensen
T. D. Anderson
Updyke
Anderson
Christensen
Chicago
Truxillo Captured by Revolutionists in Honduras
In Ceiba Honduras Gens Bonilla and Christmas routed government troops killing seven and wounding twelve. They planted their standards in Truxillo city. The Mayor de Plaza died defending his charge. Government troops rushed to Nueva Armenia to confront the revolutionary army.
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Ceiba
Honduras
Niobrara Hotel Kendall Destroyed by Fatal Gas Explosion
Four people died and about twenty were injured when a gas leak in the cellar exploded at the three story Hotel Kendall in Niobrara Nebraska. The blaze gutted the building and most guests escaped. It is hoped all injuries will recover though three are serious.
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Niobrara, Neb
Kendall
New Egyptian Cotton Seed Aims to Boost Yield
Washington reports experiments by the Egyptian government to raise cotton production using a new seed named assisi. At Alexandria, U S Consul D R Burch notes assisi yields about 800 pounds per acre, similar in color to afifi but higher in quality and expected to fetch about 2 dollars more per hundredweight than other varieties.
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Washington
United States States
D. R. Burch
Alexandria
Assisi
Egypt
One Hundredth Birthday in Zero Weather at Waterloo Church
Mrs. Isaae Spoores, aged 100, walked blocks in zero weather to attend services at her Waterloo church after her conversion with Billy Sunday last month. Her husband is 69 and they have a son older than him. Three children perish in Knife River fire. daughters of Mr and Mrs Peter Bubee, ages 1, 4, and 6.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Isaae Spoores
Billy
Knife River
Minn
Peter Bubee
Aeroplane Beats Auto In Five Mile Race At Shreveport
A. D. McCurdy flew a biplane over a five mile course in 5 minutes 07 seconds to outdistance an automobile, then reached about 1700 feet and performed a spiral tower descent to thrill spectators. Meanwhile Lisbon reports Portugal grants demands of the Valvaz garrison, increasing pay.
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Aeroplane
Shreveport
D. McCurdy
McCurdy
Portugal
Lisbon
Valvaz
Blinded By Apron In Del Arouses Wonder
In Newcastle Delaware the three year old Sarah Schuchardt shed tears with a blue gingham apron. The unwashed apron allegedly caused eye poisoning leading to her blindness. In Marshfield Missouri the murder trial of Walter Dipley and Goldie Smith began for Ketchell’s death.
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Newcastle
Del
Delaware
Sarah
John Schuchardt
Marshfield
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Stanley Ketchell
Orders for Spring Open as Trade Reports Mixed
New York reports mixed conditions with some revival signals and spring orders, notably in iron, steel, and dry goods. Bradstreet's notes rising optimism for spring, with wholesale increase and sale clearances in retail, despite uneven post holiday activity and weather affecting some regions.
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New York
Canada
Bradstreet
Cincinnati grain and livestock market report
The Cincinnati markets list prices across grains and livestock. Wheat No 2 red about 1.03 per bushel, corn White 47 1/4 to 48 1/2 cents, oats No 2 white 35 to 35 1/2 cents, cattle and calves with varied prices, hogs at 8.10 to 8.15 per hundredweight, sheep and lambs also shown, plus miscellaneous dairy and produce items with assorted per unit costs.
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Cincinnati
Malaga
Michigan
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Roy Wlifremy
Sunnyside
Lucy Haswell
Aubrey Wallace
Anne Haswell
Aubrey
Valley Mill
Lucien
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Arnold Armstrong
Arnold
Claysburg
Grossmutter
California
Greenwood Club
Jack Bailey
Richfield
Guden
Truxillo
Boston
United States
Cincinnati Grain Market
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