The Mystery of a Silent Love on the Lola
Chapter summaries trace yacht Lola near wreck in Leghorn harbor. Gregg locum tenens for the British consul, meets Hornby and Chater, discovers arms and a torn photo. Lola sails after a robbery. Joby exposed as a fraud and false name revealed.
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Lola
Leghorn Harbor
Gordon Gregg
Hornby
Hylton Chater
Joby
Muriel
Martin Woodroffe
Gregg
Woodroffe
Leithcourt
Gathering of the Clouds in the Rannoch Wood Mystery
Muriel Leithcourt seeks help from Mr. Gregg after a murder in Rannoch wood. They suspect a second victim and search the glen for a hidden body, uncovering strange signs and a buried mystery as two strangers vanish beyond a rock.
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Rannoch Wood
Agner
Rikcoe
Miss Leith
Clinto
Muriel Leithcourt
Olinto Santini
Mr. Gregg
Muriel
Picnic Drinking Water Health Advice From Commissioner
The Commissioner of Health warns picnic goers about typhoid risk from drinking unfamiliar water. Carry clean water in a picnic basket and boil unknown sources for twenty minutes to ensure safety. use vacuum bottles to keep water cool.
Thought Uncle Sam Had Gone to War
London reports slow news from East Africa as army officers recount a string of miscommunications at the outbreak of war. A telegraph asking who we are at war with followed by a list of civilians and foreigners highlights the confusion over enemy status.
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London
East Africa
Petrograd
South Dakota
St. Petersburg
Pitregrad
Just a Minute Mr Voter on Women’s Labor and the Ballot
The piece argues about 8 million American women forced from home to work in mills and factories. It accuses opponents of suffrage of ignoring working women and claims the ballot is needed to secure protection and fair wages for them. It addresses Mr Vater and urges readers to consider the thousands who need the ballot.
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Pennsylvania
Mr. Vater
Why the Farmer's Wife Should Vote
A radical campaign urging rural female suffrage argues wives should vote to curb vice and safeguard family welfare. It claims farmers wives face taxation and law obedience, while corporate interests dominate politics. It links female suffrage to roads, schools, rural protection, and anti sex trafficking efforts.
Veterans rally for suffrage in Pennsylvania
G A R veterans back the suffrage cause with Spirit of ’61 rallying support. George H. Weaver of Harrisburg, a 201st Pennsylvania Volunteer, donated his shiall pension to the state headquarters and urged equal voting rights for women, saying Lincoln’s government must treat all as equals and that women will improve the state.
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Justice
Grand Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Melting Pot
George H. Weaver
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Moseby
Virginia
Suffrage Association
Lincoln
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George H. Weaver, G. A. R
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