Mystery House Across the Street Draws Characters into Peril
Ralph Van Vechten and Tom Phinney uncover a web around the House of Mystery at 1913 and 1313 as a man is found dead. Key figures include Paige Carew, Mrs Pevereaux, Temple Bonner, and Max Willard. Tom takes a yacht assignment aboard Kohinur to expose a rumored mission with unknown dangers.
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Ralph van Vechten
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Care
Tom
Theodore van Vechten
Wallstrest
Man of Iron
Paige Carew
Flint
van Veehten
London
Miss Carew
Mrs. Pevereaux
New York
Temple Bonner
Mystery
Compion Schuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Vanner
Willard
van Verhten
John Callis
Callis
Brownlow
Max WiIlard
Ill At Sea Romance Turns Turbulent Onboard
On a yacht voyage Captain Phinney confronts Delia as an onshore crossing dispute erupts over missing papers. A startled rescue follows a midshipman overboard while Mercer fights to save him and Tom amid mounting tension.
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Tom
Gayety
Mr. Mercer
Phinney
Claremont Landing
Mercer
Love and telephones change romance across distances
A nostalgic column notes how phone calls replace handwritten letters in courtship. It argues long distance calls cost money and spark more excitement than pink notes. Cupid is imagined as balancing on a wire between continents.
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Cupid
ManVisits In East Cleveland Sparkling Exchange Of Misunderstood Inquiry
An east Cleveland man with his fiancee visited a mutual friend’s home where a new baby had just arrived. The wife, ill with a cold, misinterpreted his question about the child and replied that she has one every year, calling this one the meanest she has ever had. The remark was reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Dela
Tom
Hewitt
Willard
Paris
Mr. Mercer
Nix
Molly
Winnard
Callis
East Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Canada
J. Keys
Denmark
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ada
Ottawa
Relics Shake Shawneetown Collection with Ponce de Leon Fragment
Shawneetown resident Michael Robinson adds a piece of the leaden coffin of Ponce de Leon from San Juan to his relics. The relic came from Captain Townsend who guarded the body and presented it through Cardinal Farley. The collection also includes a sandstone block bearing a prehistoric footprint from near Shawneetown, Kentucky, and an old silk Revolutionary flag.
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Michael Robinson
Shawneetown, II
Ponce de Leon
San Juan
Porto Rico
Cardinal Farley
O. P. Townsend
Captain Townsend
Mr. Robinson
Shawneetown
Kentucky
New York Herald
Georgia’s Brinson weighs 585 pounds and works daily
W. T. Brinson of Waycross Georgia calls himself a Georgia Cracker and remains active as a merchant farmer and turpentine operator. He weighs 585 pounds, has weighed as high as 600, and travels by a specially built buggy to his distillery. He laments overwork and notes his furniture and beds are reinforced for his size. Brinson dismisses vaudeville offers but jokes about weighing less than rival Sam Irwin.
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Savannah
Leonard Bliss
Bloomington
Ill
Georgia
Bliss
Three Rivers
Mich
Sam Irwin
United States
W. T. Brinson
Waycross
Brinson
Michigan
Irwin Fellow
Land Convict After 8 Years Stirring Portland Vagrant Saga
John Sullivan a parole violator from Joliet Illinois has wandered across cities for eight years. Detec tive Pat Moloney identified him at Third and Stark streets and placed him in custody as a vagrant. Illinois authorities have hunted him since May 22 1906 and will send an agent to Joliet to pursue further action.
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Portland
Ore
John Sullivan
Joliet State Prison
Ill
Pat Moloney
Illinois
Moloney
Swennes
Sullivan
Third
Stark Streets
United States
Joliet
Chicago
Koran Resting On Stand in Processions
The Koran and the Bible are never stored with other books but rest on a Mushraheeha stand. It is carried during funerals and public occasions on the stand, never in the hand.
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London
Chicken Thief Is Caught in Cornwall Coop Raid
A constable camped in Howard Taylor's chicken coop for five nights to trap Samuel Cronk, accused of stealing 122 chickens. Cronk was sentenced to 123 days in prison.
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Cornwall
N. Y
Howard Taylor
Samuel Cronk
Cronk
Classification Causes Trouble in Chicago Election
Alderman Henry D. Capitain Republican demands reprinting of the city election board's official list of candidates, claiming misclassification as a Democrat. The move targets ballot accuracy and party designation amid ongoing political contention.
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Chicago
Henry D. Capitain
City Election Board
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad
Advertisement for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claim to regulate and invigorate stomach liver and bowels. States sugar coated tiny granules easy to take as candy and includes promotional language.
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Dr. Pierce
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Mass
Fletcher
Geo. W.aird
Traction Terminal
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Ind
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Birmingham
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