The House of Mystery Across the Street
Rudolph Van Vechten watches the house numbered 1313 across from the Powhatan Club as two strangers approach and enter the House of Mystery amid a tense Sunday morning, just as the club’s curiosity and fate seem to converge in a single moment.
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Rudolph van Vechten
van Vechten
Powhatan
The
Kenmore
Barnicle
Waterloo
Mer
Cury
van Véchten
Powhatan Club
Tom Phinney
Fellows
Percy Bonner
Tom
Thi
House
House of Mystery
Worthy
Chapter II On the Stroke of the Hour
A fragment from a narrative describes a character showing perpetual impassivity that repulses advances from strangers and acquaintances, highlighting the subject’s distant demeanor and self-control.
Venice Faces Housing Strain Amid Population Boom
Venice struggles with rapid growth as 30 000 residents lack adequate quarters. Pro Venezia leaders study options including new neighborhoods on Lido and a town at the Brenta river mouth. Current population 165 000 up from 161 000 in 1911. Cholera scare reduced tourism in 1911, but last year tourism revived with art exhibition and Campanile reopening.
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Venice
Lido
Brenta River
Orgapig Society
Pro. Venezia
Campanile
Carnegie Pushes for Full Scale Universal Peace Effort
Andrew Carnegie advocates universal peace and rejects half measures. He criticizes Congresses that favor only minor steps and calls for decisive action to achieve broader disarmament and cooperation.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Women Speak of Health Restored by Pinkham's Compound
A nationwide plea endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. Letters from Mrs. W. Stephenson of Independence Oregon and Mrs. Hayward Sowers of Hodgdon Maine praise its quick relief from nervous prostration backache and loss of appetite. The advertisement urges sick women to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Lydia E. Pinkham
Independence
Oregon
Mrs. W. Stephenson
Hopnapox
Hayward Sowers
Hodgdon
Maine
Lydia E.pinkham
How He Made It Out
A light train incident shows Mrs. Jones and her son Johnny boarding a coach. The conductor asks for tickets and Johnny replies with a clever math joke about nine upside down becoming six, revealing his age as six.
The Whitewasher Crawford What Are Coroner Duties
Crabshaw argues that a coroner seeks to deflect blame by always finding a reason nobody is at fault, especially after an accident. The exchange critiques how coroners may avoid assigning responsibility.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
This Will Interest Mothers
This advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to relieve feverishness headaches teething disorders and stomach issues. It claims to move and regulate the bowels destroy worms and break up colds in 24 hours. It notes popularity with mothers for two years and lists 25 cents price plus a free sample. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Gray
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Little Boy Refuses Ocean Swim in Humorous Line
A young boy, after weeks at a warm sulphur pool, gazes at the sea and protests he will not swim, saying that the ocean is for boats. The note ends with short advertisements for Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops and other remedies.
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Dean
Payton and Parker Discuss Urgent Marriage Arrangement
Dialogue shows Payton asking if he has a fiancée and Parker confirming a swift wedding to a rich girl is required. The exchange implies pressure for an immediate marriage to secure wealth.
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Payton
Parker
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Stephenson
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Geraldine Farrar
Philadelphia Telegraph
E. F. Bashford
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
London Times
Pierce
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