Bomb bursts in a South Kensington art room caper
Hugh Drummond and the Black Gang plan one final coup against Petersen and his ally, hoping for a big score. Five men wait in a South Kensington sitting room, surrounded by phony sketches to mislead a suspicious landlady as they brace for the evening’s dangerous operation.
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Hugh Drummond
Black Gang
Hugh
Zaboleff
Hven Drummond
Hoxton
Phyllis
Carlton
Petersen
Phyl
Angel Child
Timothy
South Kensington
Toby Sinclair
Black Gang at Green Street Heist Plan
Drummond leads a three-man team into a deserted house on Green Street to crack a safe with Ginger Martin and Ted Jerningham, planning a late-night theft while fearing unseen watchers and guarding against police. The crew moves through a silent building, hearing distant voices as they near the inner office.
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Ted
Drummond
Hugh
Peter Darrell
Toby Sinclair
Ginger Martin
Jerry Seymour
Jerry
Jerningham
Martin
Allence
Number 5
Green Street
Ted Jerningham
Anarchist clash in Barking as Black Gang disrupts meeting
Ginger Martin describes a confrontation with masked Black Gang members who break up a gathering of anarchists in Barking. A memorandum points to Hoxton, while Sir Bryan Johnstone and Inspector McIver pursue Zaboleff. Count Zadoa leads the anarchists and police plot undercover actions.
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Barking
London
Zaboleff
Black Gang
Hoxton
Bryan Johnstone
McIver
Bugh Plummond
Johnstone
Mcliver
William Atkinson
Zado
Anarchy
England
Drummond
Zadona’s Plot Against Drummond Unfolds In Warning
A warning signals Zadona plans to trap Drummond, detailing a scheme that threatens his safety and forces a confrontation. The exact method remains unrevealed, but警笛
Dictionary is Treasures of Language Kept Hidden
The author extols dictionaries as a treasure house of words and meaning. They argue people neglect rich linguistic resources, leaving daily tasks reliant on primitive tools when a full vocabulary could enhance communication and efficiency.
Faithful Samaritan Shelters Stranger in Cold Night
Phineas Olmstead, a kind bookshop owner, gives a stranger shelter and a share of his life. The drifter, calling himself Exception Prince, steals Phineas’s watch and wallet but later repents, returns the items, and reveals he too has learned generosity through Phineas’s faith.
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Phineas Olmstead
Olmstead
Phineas
Mr. Olmstead
Mr. Prince
Dick Todhunter
Clay Hastings
Glmstead
Jack Saygwood
Todhunter
Hastings
Laywood
Prince
Thrilling Opie Read Kitchen Comedy From Old Weekly
Opie Read recalls a rural lodging with a storekeeper and his wife, famed checker champions. A hungry dinner hour sparks tension as a stale game halts the meal, ending with Read kicking the checkerboard from the front door.
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Opie Read
Tre —husband—_ways
Read
No Vote Shift by Johnson on 1920 Ticket
At the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Senator Hiram Johnson repeatedly refused overtures to accept second place on the ticket. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr mediated until the eleventh hour, but Johnson stood firm. A night in the Blackstone hotel captured his terse exchange with Roosevelt on the telephone.
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Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Blackstone
Chicago
Senator Johnson
Wild Broadway Ride by Fire Chiefs Ended Abruptly
Former New York fire commissioner Rhinelander Waldo and fire chief Edward Croker rode Croker’s ninety horse power car down Broadway. Waldo jumped from the vehicle at Canal Street after realizing he had forgotten something. Winnie Sheehan, now a movie magnate, accompanied them.
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Rhinelander Waldo
New York
Edward Croker
Croker
Waldo
Broadway
Winnie” Sheehan
Canal Street
Fire
Sheehan
Starlet praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Los Angeles woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health before and after childbirth. She describes severe heart involvement and fatigue, feared surgery, and reports complete relief after using the remedy for months.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia
Pinkham
Wien
Pinkhamn
Cantonnily
Irish Goods for Ireland exhibition at St Stephen's Green
Dublin's industrial development association has set up a permanent display of Irish manufacturers in St Stephen's Green. The exhibit showcases many articles produced in Ireland while wall advertisements from exhibiting firms appear in Dublin newspapers and a campaign urges Irish buyers to purchase Irish goods.
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Dublin
Industrial Development Association
St. Stephen’s Green
Ireland
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