The Amber and the Box in Tanglewood Mystery
In a Bengal intrigue aboard the Amber household, Miss Edith Amber and Mr. David Amber pursue a cryptic bronze token found in a secret box. A burglary at Tanglewood Lodge hints at rival hands seeking what is not theirs, while a note from a babu signals deeper mischief connected to a vanished heirloom.
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Mike Babu
Natla
Amb
Tanglewood Lodge
Amber
Ehere
Kmbl
Lal Chatter
Marooned in a Wind swept Channel
Amber and Quain survive a brutal storm after a duck hunt goes wrong on a flooded coast. Quain vanishes with a catboat while Amber, stranded on the shifting shore, fights cold, isolation, and a looming rescue or retreat as night deepens and the sea rages.
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Amber
Shotgun
Ambeh
Quale
Davy
Quain
Qualn
Declalon
Amber Alt
Zenny
Olos
Hopa
Quutn
Degat
Tin Horses Scandal Rumor In Queens Borough
A Brooklyn Times article cites a rumor of a graft scheme involving false work teams nicknamed tin horses in Queens, detailing inflated payrolls and fictitious city labor. It mentions families benefiting from ponies, clothing, and ponies skin coats while workers allegedly cashed extra city pay.
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Queens
4 Pull
Powers That Bs
Billa
Brooklyn
Governor Carroll Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1911
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll issues a proclamation naming Thursday November 30 1911 as Thanksgiving Day in Iowa. He cites blessings of peace plenty and prosperity and urges all to gather in churches and homes to give thanks to the Omnipotent Giver.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Commonwealth of Towa
Wwen
B. F. Carrall
United States
Carrole
Wad
Hayward
Coffin Divorce Case Ends as Judge Rules
Yort Dodge date November 13 reports Mrs L Coffin defeated in a divorce suit. Judge Albrook grants Mr Colin a divorce from his wife and orders plaintiff to pay costs. The judge calls Mrs Colin an adventuress and notes the husband’s wealth of about $150,000.
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Yort Dodge
Mra
Albroy
Muda
Colin
Cottin
Albrook
Death by blood poisoning linked to money handling
A report from November 13 describes Mrs. Fanny Hagerty a Clay county deputy clerk for twenty years dying from blood poisoning believed to have arisen after handling money. Germs allegedly transferred from money to her eyes explain the fatal illness.
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Spence
Fanny Hagerty
Clay County
Farm Land Values Jump Near Marshalltown
In Marshalltown on November 13 a 160 acre farm north of town changed hands. Three years ago O. T. Keen bought the Jogina Lloyd farm for 97 cents per acre and yesterday sold it to W. I. Colina and sons for 100 dollars per acre.
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Marshalltown
T Keen
Jogina Lloyd
VY. 1
Colina
Wolves Ravage Sheep Near Talbot and Convictions Reported
Wolves have been raiding flocks near Talbot for weeks with farmers losing up to a dozen sheep in a few nights. Hol. Russell, three miles northeast of Talbot, captured an old coy ote the steal trap. O Callaghan ten years sentence for conspiracy in Des Moines.
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Talbot
Russell
O'Callaghan
Des Moines
James B O' Callaghan
Ydara
Bradshaw Thig
Teen Confesses Assault Attempt Sentenced to Penitentiary
George Fray pleaded guilty to attempting to assault Istelline Broger, a deaf mute at Newell, about three weeks ago. He was sentenced in Zeare n' district courts to ten years in the penitentiary. The youth, around fourteen years old, appeared in court.
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Bratm Lake
George Frayby
Istelline Broger
Newell
Tadopandenes death during cycle ride reported
A brief item notes the death of a young rider, Tadopandenes, aged about seven or eight, in an incident involving a bicycle and the rider Hareld Grate is mentioned as connected to the event.
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Tadopandenes
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Becemn
Lalatten
Edith Amber
Thia
David Amber
Tam
Doggett
Rutton
Sho
Ruteton
Paris
Bellave
Iing
Rulton
Nokornla
Atetton
Button
Sophia Farrel
Farrall
India
Rolands
New York
Jwindis
London
Eho
Quein
Sant
Tagmlewgod
Migs
Farrell
Rolanda
Pwa
Quali
Mabiang
Alghy
Queens Borough Tin Horses
Baye Commonwealth of Tawa Hag
Goffin
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