Barony Plantation Plot Drives Sudden South Thriller
In a worn southern library, Barony’s sale unveils a web of family ties and schemes. Hannibal Wayne Hazard appears as a foundling. Yancy defends him while Murrell schemes to seize land, abducts Betty, and drives a tense pursuit toward Belle Plain with impending uprisings and betrayals.
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Unitards
Byonathan Crenshaw
Bladen
Bob Yancy
Hannibal Wayne Hazard
Yancy
Nathaniel Ferris
Quintards
Hannibal
Captain Murrell
Scratch Hill
Dave Blount
Murrell
Blount
Squire Balaam
Betty Malfoy
Ferrises
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Carrington
Slocum Price
Judge
Cavendish
Price
Belle Plain
Judge Price
Charley Norton
Norton
Prodigal Judge and Disappearance Case in Tennessee
A Tennessee judge and Mahaffy discuss Miss Malroy and the missing boy amid a carnival of crime. Hicks suggests suicide due to distress since Charley Norton’s shooting, with questions of Miss Malfoy mental state and possible North Carolina ties. The sheriff drags at the bayou while strangers inquire about the vanished pair.
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Price
Mahaffy
Solomon
West Tennessee
Miss Malfoy
Iberty
Norton
Hicks
Bayou
Charley Norton
Tom Ware
The Judge Recovers Hannibal After North Carolina Move
The judge, Carrington, and allies meet Yancey and Cavendish as they reveal Hannibal was moved toward North Carolina. Yancey and Mahaffy pledge to aid Hannibal and Betty while the judge explains his plan to adopt Hannibal if needed.
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Big Steve
Carrington
Norton
Kentucky
Randolph
Betty
Yancey
Mr. Cavendish
Yancy
North Carolina
Elk River
Cavendish
Mahaffy
Scratch Hiller
Mr. Yancy
Pegloe
Bladen
Quintard
Hiller
The Judge Commands Order at Malroy House
The judge solidifies control at the plantation house ordering all outsiders removed and slaves questioned first. Mahaffy, Steve, and the sheriff navigate tension as the judge asserts authority over who may enter and what actions may proceed.
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Mr. Ware
Memphis
Steve
Mahaffy
Tornado devastates Regina Saskatchewan killing many
A massive tornado hit Regina Saskatchewan causing at least 200 deaths and 10 million dollars in damage. The storm damaged the Parliament building, destroyed 300 homes on Victoria Street, toppled six grain elevators, and knocked out the city power plant while doctors and repair crews rushed to help. Outside Regina the storm caused no confirmed deaths. In Columbus Ohio a motorcycle collision killed Vernon Hammon and injured Ray Smiley.
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Winnipeg
Man
Regina
Saskatchewan
Parliament
Victoria Street
Sixteenth
Eleventh
Eleventh Street
Cincinnati Market Report Showing Grain Cattle Hog Prices
Wheat and corn prices listed by grade with bid and asked figures. Hay prices across timothy and clover grades. Cattle and hog markets described with price ranges for shippers, choice to extra, butcher steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, hogs and sheep notes. Livestock prices include steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, hogs and lambs with varied quality levels.
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Timothy
Rome reports two hundred Turks killed at Tripoli event
An official dispatch from Rome describes a severe battle at Tripoli where a Turkish division attacked Sidi Said heights and surrounding trenches held by Arabs and Turks. Italian forces incurred casualties and captured large quantities of arms.
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Rome
Tripoli
Sidi Said
Five Hour Chess Duel Ends With a Breakthrough
An elderly pair at the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco locked for nearly five hours in a rules-bound game. One player finally forced a break as his opponent quietly announced Check and rose, accusing the other of being a chatterbox.
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Mechanics’ Institute
San Francisco
Saturday Evening Post
No Wife's Cooking for Them
A humorous fragment notes that wealthy Turks rarely appear at their wives dinner tables. A mock exchange references Turkish longevity and Garfield Tea marketed as a natural laxative made from herbs.
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Vaughan Kester
D Melville
Ine Bowes
Mere
Little Steve
Missy
Miss Malroy
Canada
Saskachewan
Columbus
Dublin
Vernon Hammon
Hilliard
Ray Smiley
Young Hammon
Cincinnati
Vienna
Libby
Athena
Nampe
ORE Bros, & CO
Olehst
Cambridge
Mas
Daisy
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