The Mystery Carney Croft Chapter XXV Continued
In a blizzard MacArdel and Ware race a mare to Carney Croft to comfort Florence and face the dying Mr Carney. Amid storms and ghosts, Carney reveals his remorse, wealth and motives before dying. Bobbs explains his true identity as Rob ert Bruce and the tale continues.
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MacArdel
Carney Croft
Bobbs
Miss Weston
John Carney
Mr. Carney
Carney
Ware
Florence
Annie
Drastic Chase Returns to House in Stormy Rescue
In a blizzard the narrator drives a frightened sleigh with MacArdel toward a house to reach a dying girl. Bobbs blocks the path, reveals the doctor arrived too late, and warns the physician is dying. The group contemplates turning back as the storm rages.
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MacArdel
Bobbs
Proud of his new nose
David Dodson of Barnesboro Pennsylvania left the University of Pennsylvania dental hall wearing a new nose made of flesh-colored vulcanite with black-tin tubes. It is held on by bow spectacles and a heavy mustache after a past attempt to graft a finger failed. The procedure was led by Dr A De Witt Gritman with Philip Kurtz supervising.
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Philadelphia
David Dodson
Barnesboro
University of Pennsylvania
Dodson
Dean Cc. H. Frazier
Medical Department
Philip Kurtz
Dental Department
A. de Witt Gritman
Doing It Up Across a Shirt Washes Tale
A humorous exchange centers on a high bill for shirt cleaning. The customer protests the cost while the laundryman quips about the long process, noting it takes about four washings to finish a shirt. The dialogue underscores the comic frustration with laundry chores and pricing.
Charming Morning Dress Patterns Nos 5776 and 5720
Pattern department offers a dainty morning dress pattern set, including a house jacket and a five gore skirt with or without a flounce. Describes yardage, sizes 32 to 42 bust and 22 to 32 waist, with ordering details and 10 cent price per pattern.
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Pattern Department
Left It To The Old Hens Hen Farmer Tale
An Indiana author of Hoosier historical novels spends leisure as a hen farmer. His chickens die despite coop confinement until an old man Rawlins reveals he feeds them nothing. The farmer concludes hens rely on milk instead of food.
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Indiana
Rawlins
Lippincott’s Magazine
Ink bluing disaster from a housewife tale
A housewife warns that a large bottle of ink used for bluing laundry ruined all white clothes after a new maid washed with it. She notes the ink bottle was bought for office use and kept in the home, and stresses caution with seemingly harmless items.
Architects and Closets Mania Sparks Laughing Stock Jibe
A writer quotes an architect who laments women demand excess closet space. he says granting liberty to alter plans damages his reputation among peers. He argues a house may be beautiful yet unlivable without ample closet room.
Cunning Chap and the Missing College Yell
A girl with a white parasol admits to deceiving Jack about their college yell. To rid him she says three yells in quick succession, but the prank backfires when he receives three kisses and her mother misinterprets the calls as the class yell.
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Jack
Boy's Pleated Shirt Waist Pattern No 5834
The shirt waist features front and back tuck pleats and a waistline band with stitched buttons to support trousers. Turn-down collar attached to neckband or made separately. Suitable fabrics include linen madras and crepe. colored shirtings favored for daily wear. Fabric estimate 1 3/4 yards of 36-inch material for eight years. sizes 4 6 8 10 12.
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Madras
Pereale
Pattern Department
Her Wish
Tess jokes about men being bachelors and jokes about marriage to learn sewing and mending. Jess mocks the idea as impractical and laughs at the notion of permanent bachelorhood.
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Tess
Jess
Question of Dress Reveals as Time Ends
A quoted exchange centers on a request to confirm whether white undergarments show beneath a dress. The brief appears to be a literary or theatrical aside, framed as a dialogue line captured by Delruil Frees Press.
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Delruil
Her Secret Sorrow in Silent Table Scene
A sympathetic observer notes a woman at a nearby table with a masklike face while her companion, her husband, orders everything for her. The friend concludes she is bored, claiming the husband’s presence explains the quiet mood.
Foreign Waterways Growth Spurred by Canal Neglect
The article notes that France has quadrupled its waterways since neglect began, while commercial associations report the British Isles now boast 8,000 miles of canals, many built after the railroad era.
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France
British Isles
The Reason Why
A brief quip shows a Mexican bull asking how an old acquaintance arrived at the arena. The reply notes “I may say I was roped in” with a sly, humorous tone reflecting events in the arena setting.
A Life in Continual Need Is Half Death
A terse German maxim states that ongoing want amounts to half a death, reflecting a stoic view on deprivation and endurance. The phrase underscores the toll of perpetual need on spirit and daily life.
Deaf Captain Tricks Bascomb by Quiet Evasion
In a southern porch scene from Youth's Companion, Capt Bascomb who once seemed stone deaf appears to hear when not observed by Miss Bascomb. Capt Somers hints that Bascomb pretended deafness to avoid marriage, as Gersh Bascomb silently shifts toward a slow strategic life, aided by a talkative wife.
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Capt. Bascomb
Capt. Somers
Whisky Dosage Confusion In Irish Household
A Philadelphia physician recalls treating an Irishman who was told to drink one ounce of whisky three times daily. The wife misunderstood the unit, believing one ounce equaled 16 drams and gave the man regular doses, leaving him undeniably drunk despite the instruction.
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Philadelphia
Pat
Dochter
Harper’s Weekly
A Country Marvel Fresh Air Boy Surprises Local Marshes
A boy enjoying a summer outing at a farm near salt water wanders to the marshes and, startled by tall cat-tails, remarks to a local that sausages grow on sticks in a humorous rural misperception.
Vicar Testifies at Welsh Church Commission Visit
The vicar of Dwygyfylchi cum Penmaenmaur told the royal commission of the church in Wales that he had been at Pistylecum Carnguwch Llangefu cum Tregaian Llandyfuan cum Llanfair and Arleechwedd during the inquiry.
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Dwygyfylchi-cum-Penmaenmaur
Royal Commission of the Church In Wales
Pistylecum-Carnguwch
Llangefu’-cum-Tregaian
Llandyfuancum-Llanfair
Arleechwedd
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Mrs. Bruce
Chico
Dodds
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Lynn
Mass
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