Surprise engagement leads to murder inquiry in mansion
Ex service captain Matthew West answers an ad and agrees to act as fiancé for Natalie Coolidge. After a night of intrigue at the Coolidge home Percival Coolidge is found dead by suicide. West uncovers lies about a cottage trip and a suspicious saloon as Sexton hints at foul play.
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Danfer
Matthew West
France
Natalie Coolidge
Coolidge
West
Natalia
Natare
Percival Coolidge
Natalie
Charity
Sexton
Coolidges
Mike
Karvian
City Hall
H—l
Hobart
Jim Hobart
Coolidge Fammy
Blu
Tony
Ap Ff
Eakel West
Fobart
War relics lead to a tense confrontation in a bar
A bar visit to view a collection of wartime mementos turns lethal when Mike and associates trap West and Sexton in a dark back room. Hobart questions West about Coolidge and the missing man as Natalie Coolidge arrives to press for a resolution.
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France
Mike
West
Sexton
Hue
Carl
Genie
Raicome
Feader
Seston
Pigeon Flying Great Belgian Sport Cited In Court
The article notes the high value placed on trained racing pigeons in Belgium and reports a legal case where a homeowner sued for damages after his property was taken for public use. The court valued each pigeon at $25 and awarded $430 total.
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Belgium
Leighin
Hhm
Notorious train robber Kennedy killed in ambush
The famed outlaw Jack Kennedy known as the quail hunter, accused of bold mail train robberies with Harvey Logan, is killed in a dramatic post office inspector ambush near Wittenberg Missouri. Eleven officers witnessed the gunfight ending his long criminal career.
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Cara An
St. Louis
Jack Kennedy
Jesse James
West
Kennedy
Harvey Logan
Missouri State Penitentiary
Memphis
Wittenberg
Grandmother Misled by Granddaughter in Shoplifting Case
An elderly woman, Mrs Helen Dicnitus aged sixty, faced a New York City court after being accused of stashing goods from a department store. Her fourteen year old granddaughter Nora Jer Mamatos admitted encouraging the act and sought to take the blame. The grandmother received a one day sentence in children’s court.
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New York
Helen Dicnitus
Nora Jer Mamatos
UBA
Nota Ds Awaling Wiel
Chidrens
Wis Tinga
Reprint from American Mutual Magazine Parody Exchange
A short humorous quip about a man in a drug store asking for consecrated lye and mistaking terms like concentrated lye and camphor. The druggist offers corrections and a playful misfire on scents and spices, reflecting late era wit cited by the Boston Transcript.
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American Mutual
Boston Transcript
No Place for the Wife
Dialogue references taking a wife to the lakes of Killarney and echoes of voices, noting reluctance to travel to Kil lerney in New York Sun satire.
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Green
Killarney
Breen
Killerney
New York Sun
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