Southley Downs Mystery Opens With Veiled Threats
Florida interior setting introduces Dr. Long and detective Alexander Pierce aboard a Seaboard train bound for Southley Downs. They discuss aliased suspect Peter Southley Lasson, a potential heir with a dangerous past, while a mysterious girl faints and a pistol appears in her bag.
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Southley Downs
Florida
Seaboard Station
Europe
North America
Farmer’s appetite prompts stove pawn plan
Mr. Smith returns home hungry and orders a full meal. His wife questions his appetite as he reveals a plan to pawn the stove, declaring he is not hungry but intends to raise quick cash. The tale uses humor to show a desperate, impractical solution.
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Mr. Smith
John
Notice of Sale under North Carolina Mortgage
Public sale by M J Williams as mortgagee under a 1923 deed to E 8 Williams and M J Williams. The property in Beaver Dam township Watauga NC, part of J B Williams old home place, described in 1916 deed, to satisfy 581.57 debt plus costs. Sale at Boone courthouse on July 2 1928. Attorneys Bingham and Lovill.
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A. C. Williams
Dessie Williams
E. 8. Williams
M. J. Williams
Watauga
North Carolina
Beaver Dam Township
J.B. Williams
J. B. Williams
Register of Deeds
Watauga County
S. C Eggers
Bingham and
Lovill
Attys
James A Reed Senator of bold Midwest reformer
James A Reed stands as a colorful Midwest senator with gray blue eyes and a blunt voice. He fights corruption, speaks freely, and is known for wit and anecdotes. Born 1861 near Mansfield Ohio he studied law in Cedar Rapids and Kansas City before becoming Jackson County prosecutor and Kansas City mayor. He served as U S senator since 1911.
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James A. Reed
Senate
Reed
Mansfield
Ohio
Iowa
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Laura M. Olmsted
Kansas City
Jackson County
United States
Talking Flea May Speak Through Simple Morse Code
London reports Professor Vittorio Pirelli will present a talking flea that signals with taps on its head using two taps for no and three taps for yes. The creature attempts to communicate with other fleas, though they appear unable to grasp the concept.
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London
Vittorio Pirelli
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