The Brown House Mystery and a Doctor’s Choice
A detailed tale unfolds around a secluded brown house on the town's edge where Madame De Vere and her daughter Julie De Vere bring sociability to a standstill. A young doctor narrator and detective John Gray navigate a bank robbery defaulter Ellery Channing and a counterfeit gang while Julie captivates Gray, and an anonymous summons draws the physician into a mysterious blindfolded journey. The narrative blends romance, mystery, and crime as characters plot, observe, and confront unknown dangers.
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de Vere
Mille
Julie de Vere
Sarah Atchinson
Miss de Vere
Mme. de Vere
Madame
de Veres
Brown House
Mamma
Thad
Chum
John Gray
John
Little Brown House
Ellery Channing
Europe
Julia
Dr. B
The Paper Weight that Unmasked a Crime
A narrator recounts a night of chilling clues in a brown house, where hidden papers weigh the truth. Ellery Channing, wife, and mother are identified by the police as outlaws, a revelation that shatters a friend's trust and tests a physician’s conscience.
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Estelle
Ellery
Meintenon
Gray
John Gray
John
Beaman
Tam
Doc
Little Brown
Ellery Channing
Atchinson
New York News
Rats in a Menagerie and a Reporter’s Odd Hunt
A New York Evening Sun account describes a reporter visiting Mr. Reiche’s back office and yard filled with monkeys, birds, and other animals. The reporter attempts to shoot rats with a 22 caliber pistol while the animals watch, and notes monkeys and cats guarding the birds, while rats, mice, and seed attract them at night. The tale ends with six rats killed in seven shots and reports of other animal mischief and past ferret introductions.
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Treporter
Mr. Reiche
Tombstone
A. T
Land
Ir. Reiche
Searte
New York Evening San
What Dynamite Is Like and How It Functions
The piece explains dynamite’s appearance as resembling moist brown sugar and identifies nitroglycerine as its active explosive component formed from glycerine and nitric acid at low temperature. It describes an absorbent silicious earth carrier that absorbs nitroglycerine to safer handling, notes mixing in leaden vessels and wooden spoons to prevent friction, and contrasts ignition by flame versus detonating fuse or shock, with the latter producing tremendous explosive force.
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Dooston
Boston Women Look Down On Men In Society Says Cor
A New Orleans correspondent laments Boston women prefer male partners mainly as providers. He argues men are seen as a necessary evil, useful for money but otherwise undesirable, then sidelined after marriage while wives dominate social reform work.
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Boston
New Orleans Picayune
New Funeral Industry Emerges as News Offer Grows
A new funeral industry arises with offers to furnish families opinions of leading American newspapers on the deceased at set rates. If the deceased is prominent, European journals are included. The offer suggests an album of such extracts would be a valuable heirloom, noted by the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
Lode Hoornbeck
Uhip Saratoge
Ling
Newport Sarbor
Sen
Kaskine CO
Warren St
New York
Cloaks and Shawls Price Reductions Before Inventory
Owing to delayed cold weather and heavy stock we announce a great reduction sale of cloaks and shawls at 25 percent below early full prices. Adam Meldrum and Anderson also offer bargains in woolen dress goods and samples. Other stocks must be reduced before inventory including blankets flannels uniforms cloths underwear knit goods.
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Topacity
Iemmoy
Euuel Paing
Lauprtfi
G, Kokbley
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
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PV Askew Savings Bank
Warren, Pa
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A.J. Hazeltine
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L. R. Freeman
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Myron Waters
Francs Henry
D. L. Gerould
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S.P. Johnson
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G.N. Parintee
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Uaker
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Fast National Bank
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L. 1. Wetmore
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Cash
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Warren
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Ireland
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Warren, Py
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Liberty Street
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Workslandnerkert
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Meldrum
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Washington
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Williamsport
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Gafield
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Dunham's Mill
Clarendon
A. D. Wood
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Ly. Thompson Effield
Foxburg
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L& Re
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Tionesta Valley
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Tier
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Franworth
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Wayer & Son
Activa Philadelphia Cor
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Ayer & Sch
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