The Red Button: Hanska Murder at Miss Moore’s Boarding House
Captain Hanska is found dead with a knife wound in a New York boarding house. Tommy North and Lawrence Wade figure in the early hours as police move to guard suspects while Rosalie Le Grange explains her past as a former clairvoyant now connected to the case. Mrs Hanska reveals Hanska’s crooked dealings and a Shanghai incident.
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Tommy North
Ms. Moore
John Hanska
Lawrence Wade
Hanska
Hafska
Rosalie LeGrange
Mrs. Moore
Miss Estrida
al Invalid
Rosalie le Grange
Iffie
Tommy Forth
Moore
Mr. Wade
Mr. North
Captain Hanska
Wade
Tommy
Moore Establishment
Martine McGee
New York
Moows
Boeton
McGee Jess
McGee
Oree
Mme
Rosalie le
Inspector McGee
Martin McGee
Marty McGee
Robert H. Norcross
Norcross
Rosalié
Tokern
North River
Rosalie
Nell
Martin MccGee
North
Boston
Shanghai
Boys advertise dads in bold roadside sign
Two suburban youths from well connected families devise a late afternoon scheme to advertise by painting signs on wood or stone. They proclaim buy your pants from Stanwood and your babies from Dr White, as they narrate their mischief to a doctor.
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Tom Stanwood
Stanwood
Dr. White
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
High Society Harem Customs in Algiers Reported
A National Magazine piece describes in Algiers and other Mohammedan cities that High Society women stay inside the harem behind walls veiled in closed carriages. It says middle class and servants roam streets while Mohammedan men keep women ignorant and tightly controlled.
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Algiers
Temptations and Secrecy Change Women’s Outdoor Freedom
The passage notes that temptations threaten discipline and that women allowed to go out alone or in small groups, though veiled, often encounter opportunities for intrigue. It implies social constraints push mixed behavior and moral risk.
Eve's Costume for Women in Chicago Stir Debate
Alexander A. McCormick, president of the county board, advocates the Sandwich Island outfit for street wear, arguing abolition of clothes would improve morals. He says imagination and curiosity drive vice. without clothing there would be no stimulus. He even cites muddy crossings and beaches as imagination sparks, praising nudity as a supposed fix.
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Sandwich Island
Chicago
Alexander A. McCormick
County Board
Mrs Hanska Aims To Explain Arden Night Murder Case
Mrs Hanska, widow of a man killed last night, tells Inspector McGee she and Rosalie Le Grange may hold key testimony. She asserts she was in Arden a hundred miles away last night and offers to begin at the start, with Miss Elizabeth Lane present to verify.
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Rosalie
Martin McGee
Mrs. Hanska
McGee
Inspector McGee
Arden
Safest Place for Jewels
The article notes a shift from storing valuables in safes to wearing them, as thefts grow more daring. It argues modern thieves outpace precautions, and emphasizes that wearing jewels may be safer than bank storage in light of recent bold robberies.
Father Farrell Confronts Boy Amid Mission Sorrow
A priest at the mission tries to move a small group to tears. One boy remains unmoved, claiming he does not belong to the parish, prompting the judge to remark on loyalty and belonging.
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Father Farrell
Honest graft in New York cashiers exposed by hotel manager
A New York hotel manager warns that accidental short changing is a widespread graft at cash desks. He details how cashiers use the angle of vision with a bar obscuring a dime, causing patrons to overpay while the cashier keeps the extra coins. He estimates losses in the hundreds of thousands annually.
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New York City
New York
Unique moment at school opening humor ends with applause
Seven speakers opened a new school with a renowned memory lapsing professor delivering a clear speech. After the applause his wife laughed with a blush as she realized she clapped the loudest. The couple headed home with a lighthearted joke about audience merriment.
Balkan Autonomy Drive Fueled by Ottoman Victory Claims
The Ikdam argues religious liberty has waned under Balkan Christian rule and backs a Turkish invasion to restore Crescent influence. It decries loss of Ottoman recognized rights, urges Ottoman forces to push beyond Salonika into Thessaly, and supports creating an autonomous Macedonian principality to balance power and curb rivalries.
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London
Ikdam
Macedonia
Crescent
Athens
Balkan
Kavala
Salonika
Elassona
Thessaly
Roumania
Europe
Balkans
The Vengeance of Outlaws in Sicily Murders
A Sicilian band of outlaws killed the Vala gero family in Favara near Palermo after accusing them of police spying. The father, mother and two elder sons were slain in their sleep on June 8. Two younger children and Fiorenza were abducted to Castrofilippo, then all three were shot recently. Only a Brooklyn, New York, brother and his two children survive.
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Milan
Valagero
Favara
Palermo
Signor
Calagero
Fiorenza
Castrofillippo
Brooklyn
N, Y
Bear Steals Army Meat In Yellowstone Troop I Loss
The War Department allowed Troop I of the First United States Cavalry in Yellowstone National Park a $10.80 claim for beef stolen by bears. Col. L. M. Betts described measures to protect meat, including a wire frame above ground. a bear climbed a tree, reached the meat, and carried it off to frustrate the guards.
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Washington
War Department
First
United States Cavalry
Yellowstone National Park
Petrified Man Found in Baltimore Grave
The nearly nine year deceased Patrick Dugan was discovered petrified with an estimated weight over 600 pounds. The gray face and hands contrasted with darker clothes. He died at eighty four and was reinterred in a new cemetery.
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Baltimore
Patrick Dugan
Dugan
Trapeze act ends in fatal fall in Calgary
During an aerial act John Bartlett hung by his knees as a woman assistant dangled from a strap above the orchestra. Bartlett sneezed and the woman fell thirty feet striking the pit. A hairpin pierced her skull causing death.
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Calgary
Alb
John Bartlett
Bartlett
Smoke of Herbs For Catarrh
Public notice of a herbal smoking remedy for catarrh claims to reach nose throat and lungs. It markets a free trial package and booklet from Dr. J. W. Blosser of Atlanta Georgia, with a full size box priced at one dollar.
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J. W. Blosser
Walton St
Atlanta
Seventeen Calls From a New Hotel Porter
A new hotel porter named Jim begins his first night on duty. At five in the morning the night clerk orders him to call rooms 17 and 4. Jim completes many calls but has yet to start on the remaining four, revealing the workload of a fresh employee.
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Jim
National Food Magazine
Parade Medal Confusion At Army Recruit
A recruit parades with six medals on his chest. Officers question his service but the recruit insists the medals came from his pigs winning six county fair first prizes. The exchange highlights a humorous mix up of decorations and achievements.
Poisoned Promises and Prominent Pitches in a Fractured Ad Page
An assortment of old ads mentions Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tender feet with a free trial offer, a definition of an acre-foot of water as 43 360 cubic feet, Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops touted for value, and a quip about building a skyscraper on a bungalow foundation, reflecting fragmented era copy.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
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Will Irwin
Harry R Grissinger
Merrill
Bobbs
John H. Hanska
Fair Algeriennes
Eve
Alistrati
Band of Desperadoes
Canada
United States
Maniitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lord William Percy
Canadian
England
Ottawa
R. A. Garrett
Jackson Street St. Paul
Minn
Dean
Texas
B. F. Benson
Anderson Ave
Houston
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Mack, May & Company
Third Street
Minneapolis
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