New Year's Eve Mystery in the Garret Desk
Suzanne uncovers a locked antique desk in a hidden garret catchall while doubts about husband Bob nag at New Year’s Eve. She recalls Adelaide Gifford and wonders if letters or keepsakes explain his absence and past. A familiar masculine voice from the stairs foreshadows a reveal.
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Suzanne
Bess
Nora
Bob
Sue
New York
Adelaide Gifford
Adelaide
Thurston
Copper Thurston
The Wedding Desk Keeps a Secret in Bluebeard Style
Sue and Bob reunite after a tense moment with a family desk locked since their marriage. Bob reveals the desk holds no secrets, only a heirloom wedding gift from Grandmother Hadleigh. Sue vows to let love outpace locksmiths as they move toward New Year together.
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Sue
Bob
Suzanne
Edward Atkinson recalls Boston common chase tale
In youth Edward Atkinson played ball on the Boston common when Constable Clapp chased trespassers. As an adult Atkinson met the wizened officer who did not recall him, prompting a sharp boast that no honest boy ever had cause to run from me.
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Edward Atkinson
Boston
Erastus Clapp
Clapp
Atkinson
Eddie Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson
Give Her a Diary A Christmas Gift Idea
A Judge reflects on a diary evolving from daily notes to an account book and scrapbook. The piece lists small domestic tasks and chores such as recipe notes for waffles ruching and mending a tea kettle, ending with a remark on morals and human behavior.
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John
Washington Monument upkeep shocker in the nation’s capital
The secretary of the treasury estimates next year’s cost to maintain the Washington Monument at 11820 dollars. The plan covers elevator operations, engines, boilers, dynamos, heating, and staff including a custodian, engineers, foreman, elevator conductor, and guards.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Johnny
Great American Brotherhood of Rubbernecks
Bird Soprano Records Could Spark Opera of Birds
Henry Oldys, assistant biologist, holds 1000 bird music samples in popular form to let human voices imitate field and forest songsters. After 13 years of study and official reports, he positions this work as groundwork for a future bird opera with notes from wood thrush chewink song sparrow field sparrow Baltimore oriole wood peewee and Carolina wren aligned to human musical symbols.
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Henry Oldys
Department of Agriculture
Oldys
South
West
Patent Officials Demand Larger Quarters and Staffing
The commissioner of patents in Washington calls for bigger offices more clerks and higher pay as a flood of devices swamps the patent office. Motors submarines and aerial navigating gear dominate the list while inventors press for speed and new weapons.
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America
Washington
Patent Office
Officials Resent Navy Telephone Spying Practices
Navy department officials protest private detectives tapped into office lines. H C Gauss assigned to monitor conversations, turning Hello girls into eavesdroppers. Chiefs of bureaus resents censorship and fear loss of private communications, likely to bring issue to Secretary Bonaparte.
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Secretary of the Navy
Baltimore
Boneparte
Navy Department
Navy
H. C. Gauss
Bonaparte
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