Sheep's Clothing in a Web of Deceit and Suspicions
In a teeming drawing room, Quoin tracks Thaddeus Craven's shadowy past as jewel thefts ripple through high society. He notes Craven's link to the Joachim collection theft and Lydia Craven's cameo on board, while Betty confronts the risk to her reputation and a plan forms to recover the necklace that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Mrs. Beggarstaff
Betty
Quoin
Paris
Cottier
Articles de Paris
Cottier’s
Tad Craven
Dowager Dragon
Lord Evesden
Craven
New York
Letty Craven
Evesden
Joachim
Lydia Craven
Thaddeus Craven
Tad
Guy
Hanpy
Dramatic pursuit and unexpected reunion in a London household
Mrs Beggarstaff and Lydia Craven clash over Craven's guilt while Lydia and Betty Merrilees reconnect. Peter Traft chases Lydia after a planned meeting with Craven, risking a dangerous midnight ride as mystery deepens around the necklace and Lydia's movements. Cardiff's wartime finance closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Quoin
Lydia
Peter
Traft
Fifth Avenue
Climate Hampers Custer Training Before France Trip
Officers report inadequate clothing and harsh weather at Camp Custer hamper hardening of troops preparing for France. Major General James Parker now commands Camp Custer with plans for officer training and January exams for engineering graduates. Weather and logistics worry officials as Michigan hotelmen and farmers pledge support to food conservation programs.
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Lansing
Custer
Michigan
Parker
United States Army
Wisconsin Guards
France
Camp Custer
Eighty-fifth
Plattsburg
Fort Sheridan
Prescott
Michigan Hotelmen's Association
Saginaw
George A. Prescott
State Association of Farmers’ Clubs
National Administration
George W. McCormick
Menominee
McCormick
Sleeper
Orlo J. Price
R.S. Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Camp Custer Notes on Uniforms and Actions
Camp Custer notes describe rapid issue of uniforms after medical clearance and many objectors arriving with national colors on lapels. It mentions the YMCA running facilities, absence of a Masonic lodge, insurance details for Rudolph Forest, and a new concrete road to Battle Creek cutting travel time. YMCA director decries costly and pointless soldier aid literature while praising civilian generosity.
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Masonic Order
Rudolph J. Forest
Detroit
324Th
Battle Creek
O. D. Foster
Michigan Happenings Across towns and incidents
Reports from Michigan communities detail burns death from kerosene explosion in McCords, bean losses and rethreshed stacks in Oxford, potato grading talks in Greenville, a frozen escapee caught near Traverse City, child death from kitchen fire in Marinette, jail forgery in Sault Ste Marie, liquor fines at Camp Custer, alien enemy registrations in Kalamazoo, and multiple traffic and railway tragedies near Lansing and East Grand Rapids.
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Louis Joseph Vance
Mrs. Merrilees
Peter Traft
Betty Merrilees
Rue de la Paix
Cardiff
Wales
British Isle
Waco
Michigan Agricultural College
Department of Military Science and Tactics
War Department
John B. Archer
Amerca
Mexico
Cuba
Grand Rapids
Ida Kellogg
McCords
Pontiac
Oxford
Greenville
Traverse City
Edward Drew
Traverse City State Hospital
Here
Menominee Bernard
Rosario Benoit
Marinette
Sault Ste. Marie
Joe Davis
Sam (. Taylor
Chicago
Rudolph Shaur
Stanley Nemizka
Kalamazoo
Marshall
Howard Culver
Ceresco
Culver
Crresco
Ralph Brinkert
Frank J. Champs
East Lansing
Roy Wilmworth
Grand Trunk
Trowbridge
Muskegon
Reynold T. Jacobson
Signal Corps
Jacobson
Port Teuron
St. Johns
Lewis Allwater
Allwater
Benton Harbor
Gerald Handy
Elmer Waldorf
Dowagine
Charlotte Cowham
Volinia
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