Mystery Plot Moves Through Seance and Secret Messages
Journal notes describe a plan to loot a house during a seance while tracking a suspect named Halliday. Letters, drawings, and a questioning witness suggest an attempted crime connected to the Livingstones and Cameron. The narrator ponders choices between Hayward and another path as preparations proceed at night.
The Journal Ends Its Seance Night Mystery
In this wartime era diary fragment the narrator recalls a late seance led by Cameron and Halliday at the lodge. Suspicion falls on Livingstone as uncanny events unfold, candles flare, a cabinet is searched, and a hidden figure is revealed in the final shocking moment.
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June
Edith
Halliday
Cameron
Hibthouse
Robinson's Point
Greenough
Ales
Livingstone
Alvingstone
Hayward
Lyingstone
Gdith
Malliday
Diane
Ime
Yeress
Jane
Thix
Peculiar Curare Arrow Poison Described by Explorer
An explorer explains how curare poisons kill by direct blood injection via blowpipe arrows. He notes the toxin can be swallowed or digested harmlessly yet is deadly when entering the bloodstream, citing examples with monkeys birds and other animals. The account from the Springfield Union highlights the dangerous distinction between ingestion and injection.
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Springfield Union
Purist Objects to Quotation Attributed to Congreve
An Oregon attorney faces scrutiny after a Purist publisher challenges a widely cited line misattributed to William Congreve. The dispute centers on the famous phrase Often quoted as Bell hath no fury like a woman scorned, which the source claims does not exist in Congreve.
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Liviawetine
Cirus Tullidity
Jane
Halidey
Hayward Heath
Hayward
Sir
Paul Plonger Press
Oregon
Wiliam Congreve
Congreve
von Tiue Li
Bear Girls Anella Gineham Ends Bright and Gay
Anella Gineham, a noted actress, is described as bright and gay to the end. A Riverside Drive flat scene at 4 diner features a dialogue about money and choices. A Greenwich Village studio setting follows with a millionaire’s son contemplating lifestyle and a possible date.
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Riverside Drive
Angle Sculptor
Greenwich Village
Funeral Parade Passes Through Quiet San Diego Hamlet
A New York salesman visiting San Diego asks what to see in the town. The hotel doorman confirms a funeral procession sometimes travels past, noting it may feature a defendant who misjudged himself.
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New York
Silesiman
San Diego
Los Angeles Times
Pexel Jelly Promises Quick Set From Pure Fruit
Ad copy touts Pexel as a 100 percent pure fruit product that makes jelly jell instantly when boiled and cooled. It claims colorless tasteless odorless results, saves fruit sugar flavor time and fuel, and promises a 30 cent cost return with a recipe booklet from The Pexel Company Chicago Ill.
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Pexel Company
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Man Relieved of Forehead Stone After 25 Years
Aggara laborer Hang Nilsson of Scania province carried a marble sized swelling on his forehead for decades after a severe cut in his teens. The wound healed but a growth persisted until a small polished stone finally emerged, ending his long ordeal.
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Hang Nilsson
Aggara
Scania
Nilsson
Modern Miss Mae Quips in Silly Exchange
A brief comic exchange unfolds with Mae asking why Susie bought a revolver and Susie replying in a playful rhyme about hope and silliness.
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Miss Mae
Susie
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