The Caruthers Affair Ends With a Henricks Hunt
Minard Hendricks, famed detective, returns from Boston to untangle the Caruthers murder mystery. He links a typewritten note to art dealer Arthur Gielow’s alleged crime, investigates Count Bantinni’s hypnotic influence, and urges Henri the servant to aid in locating Gielow’s imprisonment and Bantinni’s guilt. Miss Huntington aids while Lampkin and Hendricks race to uncover the truth before more harm occurs.
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Minard Hendricks
Boston
Palace Hotel
Weldon Caruthers
Seeems
Dr. Lampkin
Caruthers
Lampkin
Arthur Gielow
Dorothy Huntington
Hendricks
Miss Huntington
Dorothy
Count Bantinal
Kola
Palisades
Gielow
Charleston
S. A
Pouilea
Lendricks
Cuff
Girlow
Henri
Gielon
Alenri
Mendricks
Count Bantinni
Cantinus
Kendricks
Morning Herald
Gigson
Denham
Miss Hartington
Strawberries Mistaken for Medicine in Detroit Household
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a man recounting how his family treated strawberries as medicine after a doctor attributed their illness to seasonal changes. He describes overuse from a single quart per meal and the washer woman selling leftovers in one sitting.
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Third Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Earnest Effort and the Ague in Philadelphia
Clipped lines reference a man’s illness described as the ague and a phrase about vigorous effort. The notes suggest a gossip or column tone from Philadelphia Record with brief, fragmentary remarks. No clear event or names beyond Philadelphia appear.
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Jax
Philadelphia
Life in New Mexico A mixed portrait from a traveler
In a reflective piece, Joseph E. Wing describes New Mexico villages as largely Mexican in population with few American residents. He notes adobe houses, bright interior decorations, and daily life practices such as frijoles, tortillas, and outdoor cedar ovens. He praises hospitality, family devotion, and patient labor among the local women.
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Joseph E. Wing
Well-Dressed Women
An essay on feminine attire stresses that proper dressing enhances charm without vanity. It highlights small details like shoes, stockings, gloves, and veils as key to a well dressed appearance, noting fit and finish matter more than fabric cost.
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Harper's Lazar
Faith Hope and Charity Definition Satirized by London Weekly
A London weekly offers two guineas for a definition of faith hope and charity. The proposed definitions provoke brevity and satire with lines like Faith as blind trust in a first page and Hope as what investors are fed upon. Charity appears truncated, hinting at modern investor cynicism.
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London
Glass Houses Hold Heat
A Boston Globe excerpt explains hothouse heat via solar energy. Sunlight enters through glass as short waves, converts to heat inside, and cannot escape as long waves. homes warm similarly. The piece notes farmers profit from glass structures yet often miss the science behind the warming effect.
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Boston Globe
Twice a Heroine Mrs. Edward White Awarded Medal
Mrs. Edward White, famed for bravery, received a congressional gold medal for saving three Ferndale crew members. Alaska life included six years trading with Kenitseys and Cook Inlet tribes and mining success on Turnagain Arm claims.
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Edward White
Congress
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Turnagain Arm
Golden North
Proper hand and foot care for children
Guidance on drying hands and feet to prevent soreness and corns. Emphasizes cleaning between fingers, pressing skin back from nails, and gently pinching fingertip areas after washing. Encourages teaching children to self-care as they grow and take pride in neat hands and nails.
The Pessimist Is Mad Poem Reflection
A Richmond Religious Herald verse asserts more good than bad in the world. It contrasts the pessimist with brighter days noting mornings, songs, stars, and laughter outweigh gloom. The piece concludes that the world is mostly right.
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Earth
Richmond Religious Herald
Silver wire egg holders replace china cups for soft boiled eggs
Delicate silver wire holders shaped like eggs provide a graceful serving method for soft boiled eggs. A small circular knife at the top cleanly cuts the shell from one end, offering an improvement over the traditional china cups long in use.
Apple Bread Rounds with Cream Topping Dessert
Cut bread into rounds and butter. Top each with apple slices and sugar. Bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. Remove and dish. Cover with creams and serve.
Salt Pop Corn Offered as Novel Snack
Salted popcorn is presented as a novelty in the venue alongside salted almonds. The note references recent changes in offerings and mentions this new snack option.
Remarkable Story of Theo Brown and a Menagerie Supper
A youngster named Theophilus Theodore Brown is said to have a prodigious appetite. A teller recounts his supper as a fantastical menagerie, listing a lamb, a cat, camels, a mooley cow, a giraffe, a pig, a lion, tigers, bears, horses, goats, and three elephants devoured in one meal.
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Theophilus Theodore Brown
Theo
Helen Standish Perkins
Hunter and dog survive brutal wildcat attack in New York swamp
William Babcock, famed trapper in Sullivan County, N Y, pursued a big wildcat in Flanigan swamp. After shots failed to drop the animal it leaped from the tree, seizing Babcock and injuring both him and his dog in a fierce duel that ended with the wildcat finished by Babcock and his brave hound.
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William Babcock
Sullivan County
N. Y
Babcock
Flanigan Swamp
Bakcoek
Native rocking chairs and cradles of primitive design
Describes how Indigenous North American, South American, and African peoples use strapped boards and woven reed cradles formed into a U shape. Infants are tied with cords, sat upright, with legs free and arms bound, often carried or hung from a tree trunk as parents work.
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North
South America
Africa
North America
Rat Outmaneuvers Boys in School Corridor
A West side schoolhouse tale describes boys trapping a large gray rat during noon exercises. As they attempted to subdue the rodent with traps, brooms, and sticks, the rat charged a boy and escaped, leaving the group to scramble and chase through the hallway.
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West Side
Chicago Daily News
Boys on a Novel Hunt For Sea Devil In Galveston Bay
Four boys aged under sixteen encountered a sea devil in Galveston bay. They took a rowboat with a harpoon and Winchester rifle and approached within 40 feet. After firing, the ray sped away in a circle but did not harm the boat. Two more shots followed before the creature floated, and the boys towed it toward shore.
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Galveston Bay
Pets swallow strange things and need surgery
A Philadelphia Inquirer item reports vets see many odd pet cases from hatpin shards to meat skewers and needles. Tiny terriers and goats have had foreign bodies removed under anesthesia and pets often recover quickly.
Snake Swallowing Its Young Recounts Vermont Tale
Martin Burnham of Watseka Illinois writes of a Vermont incident from 55 years ago in which a large garter snake reportedly swallowed dozens of its young. After pressing the snake, 43 newborn snakes emerged from six to nine inches long, the longest about the diameter of a pipe stem.
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Martin Burnham
Watseka
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Vermont
A Multitude of Coun
Gripped by uncertainty a multitude coun ponders contagion as questions linger about grippe and its spread in historical contexts, reflecting cautious public concern in early disease debates.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Harben
Fortieth Street
Rembrandt
Trendricks
Wenri
Iim
Ife
Tie
Sam
Flendricks
Afr
Wendricks
Miss Slantington
Therm
Herald Advertising Office
Life IN
New Mexico
Congress of the United States
Wildcat
Hunter
Doge
MR. Rat
Hittens
Philadelphia Inquirer
Man
Watseka, Ill
Reptile Stories
Grippe
Cee
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