Mystery at Twin Hollows Amid Spiritualist Hints
The Porter journal hints Horace Porter’s interest in spiritualism before his mysterious death at Twin Hollows. The family vacations there facing danger as a red lamp signals occult activity. Detective Greenough investigates while residents and visitors, including Warren Halliday and Bethel, grapple with threats and disappearances.
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William J. Porter
Horace Porter
Trin Hollows
Dane
Jan
Edith
Jane
Warren Halliday
Alove
Greenough
Porter
Bethel
Gordon
Carroway
Skiller
Twin Hollows
Hall
Mystery and murder haunt a seaside town as Carroway is found dead
The diary-style report details Carroway’s death, a staged nautical crime, and clues from the sloop, a culvert search, and the sheriff’s investigation. Halliday, Bethel, Greenough, and locals confront rumors, motives, and a growing belief in hidden forces at work.
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Bethel
George
Mr. Bethel
Annie Cochran
Carroway
Maggie Morrison
Clara
Maggie
Halliday
Votive Offerings Echo Saints in Naples Tradition
The article traces enduring votive offerings in Naples where families deposit wax models of injured limbs or organs in gratitude or in hope of cures. It notes church limits on offerings and lists saints believed to shield against plague, famine, and misfortune, along with protective invocations for brides and husbands.
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Naples
Pierre van Pugssen
Italy
Discoveries Reveal Fourth Century Underground Dwelling
An archaeologist in Halestone, County Antrim, Loreland, found an underground dwelling opening from a field site. The structure includes two chambers with a passage to a third, now blocked. The site is believed to date from the fourth century A.D.
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Halestone
County Antrim
Loreland
Divorce Odds Over Time After Marriage
After five years, a couple has about a 70 percent chance of remaining together. By fifteen to twenty years the likelihood improves, but after twenty years there is only a 1 percent chance of avoiding divorce court.
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Benchley
Oakville
Greenough
Halliday
Knolfe
Hadidd
Livingstone
Twight
Annie Cochran
Bethel
Gordon
Gether
Raith
Sense of Humor Defined by Adam in Disking Verse
A line from John Disking’s Adam and Eve defines sense of humor as the inner ability to reflect on another’s condition without outward laughter. The quote frames humor as internal amusement rather than external display.
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Adam
Franmy
Adam and Eve
John Disking
Pexel Jelly Extract Promises Quick Set At 30 Cents
A Chicago based company promotes Pexel a pure fruit product that makes jelly jell with no color flavor or odor. It claims jelly sets as it cools saving fruit sugar time and fuel and repays threefold the 30 cent cost. Includes recipe booklet and cooking tables.
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The
Pexel Company
Chicago
Ill
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Dj Jane
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Portland Oregorian
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