Elevator chase and gun battle at city building
Maitland and detective Hickey pursue Anisty through a darkened shaft in a dramatic rooftop race. Panic and gunfire echo as the car plunges and rebounds, with Maitland reversing course to close in and end with a tense standoff.
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Maitland
Yissir
Hickey
Bergen
Maitland and Anisty Duel In St Luke Building
Dan Maitland entangles with the con artist Anisty in a crime plot involving a woman in gray and hidden gems. Detective Hickey and officers chase through New York, culminating with a dramatic pursuit through the St Luke building as Maitland and the detective close in on the jewel thief and his accomplice.
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Dan Maitland
New York
Agan
Dan
Bannerman
Greenfields
Maitland
el Anisty
Dan Anisty
Maith
O'Hagan
Anisty
Hickey
St. Luke
Detective Hickey
Umbrella Tale Traced to Presbyterian Thief
A New York broker lends an umbrella to a Beecher, then a note arrives claiming repayment and an anticipated visit. Beecher discovers a pasted slip declaring the umbrella stolen by a Presbyterian thief, revealing a comic moral across religious lines.
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New York
Mr. Beecher
Wall Street Ferry
Town poet's garret scheme ends in mishap
A local town poet rented the only garret for inspiration but chaos ensued when plaster breached the ceiling, knocking his head and leaving him afraid to compose. The exchange notes the odd tumble as the punchline of the tale.
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Garrets
After the Hunt and Dinner Time Cat Shadow
Rev. Sanford C. Hearn of Yonkers First Methodist Episcopal dressed rabbit trophies in the parsonage cellar for dinner. His young son watched then asked his mother what papa was doing. The child answered that he was skinning shaving and cutting up cats.
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Sanford C. Hearn
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Yonkers
George Refrains From Mistletow Kiss
A tale recalls George declaring he would kiss the first passing woman under the mistletoe and meeting the colored cook. The crowd wonders if he kissed her, but none dare risk taking liberties.
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George
Old-Fashion Remedy For Stomach Ache Recalled
A reader recalls taking a dose of a home remedy to relieve colicky stomach pain. The note reflects common folk medicine and nostalgia for simpler cures.
Let Us Have Faith in Duty and Courage
A concise moral line urging faith in right as the source of strength. It calls readers to act boldly according to their understood duty, emphasizing personal courage and ethical resolve.
Davis' Painkiller Offered as sole remedy for rheumatism
An old advertisement claims Davis' Painkiller is the only effective treatment for rheumatism, stiffness, neuralgia and colds. It markets bottles at 20, 35 and 5 cents and asserts no substitute exists and fervent belief in its healing power.
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DAVIS
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Readers are shown two letters from women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for relief from nerves kidney and bladder troubles and general ill health. Testimonials claim dramatic improvement after use. The maker offers rewards if letters are not genuine or paid for and invites others to write for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fitchville
Ohio
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Mrs. C. Cole
Irasburg
Vermont
A. H. Sanborn
Mae Bee Hee
Hae Picktene
Chatens Sen
Pinkhars
Lynn
Mass
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