The Man of Lower Ten and the Gilmore Case
A narrator recounts a perilous pursuit tied to forged notes in the Bronson case and a tense link to Gilmore family wealth. Amid rain and shadow the trip to Pittsburgh unfolds as McKnight and Blakeley chase danger and a mysterious next door house. Alison West enters the tale through Gilmore's granddaughter as the deeper mystery deepens.
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McKnight
Pullman
Ontario
Washington
Pittsburg
Efair
Sol
Bronson
Richmond
North
South
West
Blakeley
Grand Rapids
Pittsburg Iom
Eastern College
Union Station
Lawrence Blakeley
Blakeley & McKnight
Gilmore
Whistler
John Gilmore
Alison West
Injured Conductor Credits Kidney Pills For Recovery
George Hahn an West Chicago Illinois conductor recalls a wreck on Arbor Avenue where he fell down a 36 foot embankment and suffered kidney trouble. After a year unable to work and failing medical treatment he used Dean’s Kidney Pills and recovered fully. Red Cross Christmas Seals for 1910 are announced with the slogan A Million for Tuberculosis. Local associations will benefit from lower stamp charges and new design placement on the back of letters.
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George Hahn
C. An. W
Arbor Ave
West
Chicago
Til
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Red Cross
National Association For the Study
N Vnion
Ameri Can
National Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Dice Throwing for Charity Stirs Guildford Town Hall
In Guildford the old ceremony of throwing dice for the maid's money or John How's charity took place at the town hall. On the first throw both servants drew ten. In the second throw Ellen Reeve totalled thirteen while Dora Palmer had eight. Ellen Reeve received a check for £11 19s.
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Town Hall
Guildford
John How
London Standard
Ellen Reeve
Dora Palmer
Banquet Talk Prompts House Number Mystery
In a playful exchange Mrs Kicker asks if Mr Kicker will know the house number after attending another banquet. He answers that he will, claiming he has unscrewed the number from the door and will take it with him.
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Mrs. Kicker
Mr. Kicker
English Speech From London Shows Lingua Franca Gaffe
Senator Depew aboard the Lusitania discusses London English noting its difficulty to understand. A Bloomsbury lodgings anecdote contrasts a guest’s mispronounced requests with a landlady’s sharp correction over tea water and timing.
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London
Depew
Bloomsbury
British Museum
Museum
Enmity Buried As Senator Clapp Recounts Minneapolis Joke
At a Minneapolis dinner Senator Clapp recalled a past careless building address. A speaker quoted: one St Paul resident is killed by accident in the streets every 48 hours. A heckler retorted that it was not enough.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Clapp
St.Paul
Local Enterprise
A fragment from a local notice discussesponses related to disaster concerns and a sceptical tourist questioning official claims about volcanic activity and inspection cadence.
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M. J. Kettner
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Pittsburgh
Owell
Richey
New York
Miss Gardner
Westinghouse Electric
Alson
Embankment
Nebraska
John Deere
John Deere Plow CO
Omaha, Neb
Beatrice Creamery Ge
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