Mystery of the Ardway yellow letters and blackmail plot
A tale unfolds with Katharine Crandall, General Parish, and banker Andrew Elser entangled in a cryptic blackmail scheme. Inspector Davis and Kent chase leads from Ardway to New York, uncover a post office ruse, a missing postmaster, and a morphine trap as key players reveal a staged letter plot.
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Lourie Parrish
Anda
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Ardway
N. J. Kant
Henry ‘Cook
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Migalng
Davis
Sarah
Backet
Bridgeport
Louise
New York
Loutse
Central Park
Cook
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Archway
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Ment
Aleck Young
Young
Crandal
Mia
Davie
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Hig Ob Joot
Rover
Hs Keath
Andrew Hilger
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N. J
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Agaoin
Agai
Connecticut
Trouser
Katharine Fartish
Louise Ted
Fartish
Ouser
Henry Eberle
Dora
Hugh _ Crandall
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Hig
Perriak
Lova
Aly
Ken
Jerat
Jer
Furrish
Evory
Inet
Bess
Millervale
Inspector Davis
Louie
Peculations and murder twist through a Connecticut case
A man guilty of peculation faces ruin as a postmaster and a web of deceit unfold. A detective uncovers disguised motives involving Katharine Fartish, General Furrish, and Crandall, with a fatal twist and a tense pursuit.
End of the Mystery III The Yellow Letters Recalled
After Bribed guards and a quiet return to New York the conspirators burn the papers. Louise and I wed while Katharine and Hugh Crandall take a six month European honeymoon. Aleck Young is sentenced to fourteen years. General Farrish dies after learning the papers were destroyed.
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Katharine
Young
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Farrish
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Louisa
Steven
General Farrish
Valentine Day Origins Tied to Multiple Saint Valentines
The essay traces legends of several Saint Valentines, including a bishop of Rome who died in 278 A D, another Valentine linked to Craton the Rhetorician, and St. Valentine of Tyrol. It notes their varied deeds from curing a jailer's daughter to marriage rites and miracles, connecting old lore to modern Valentine customs.
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Valentine
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St. Praxudes
Rome
Porto Popolo
Porto Valentino
Pen
Craton
Italy
Greece
Tyrol
Menory
South Tyrol
Meran
Besthen
S. Valentine
Blessed Menn
Samson
St. Valentine
Lovern
Valentines Past and Present in the City Press
The Philadelphia Press reflects on St Valentine’s Day as time’s cruel marketing and tender sentiment. It notes memories of midlife sentiment, youthful mischief, anonymous valentines, and women preserving delicate lavender creations as a reminder of respectful regard amid modern bravado.
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The Valentine Bird Old English Valentine Custom
In west England on St Valentine’s Day a singular custom gathered young men with clapnets to trap an owl and two sparrows from a barn. They returned them uninjured before women, earning three pots of puri and the right to claim favors from the neighboring horseholder.
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