Detectives face coded threat after mysterious letter
In a New York office, detective Hendricks reads a taunting note claiming Weldon Caruthers is murdered in his Palace Hotel apartment. The warning spurs a tense plan to visit the hotel and pursue clues while his friend Lampkin watches for further danger.
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Hendricks
Boston Papers
New York
Lumpkin
Lampkin
Hiim
van Derwenter Club
Trendricks
Caruthers
Palace
Lampkis
Minard Hendricks
New York City
Palace Hotel
Nonsense and Snappy Puns From Early Comic Panels
A collage of comic lines and gags from various newspapers and cartoons. Jests touch on taxation, love, recipes, and everyday misunderstandings through playful exchanges and witty misdirections between colorful characters and narrators.
Medals of Honor Through American Wars Move by Congress
A historical survey details the first medals issued by Congress during the Revolutionary and subsequent wars. Washington, Hister, Wayne, Greene, Lee, Morgan and others are named for early recognitions, with later Civil War and Mexican War decorations noted. The piece also recalls peace medals for treaties and the Cuban courtesy anecdote.
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Congress
Gen
Washington
Hister
Saratoga
Wayne
Stony Point
Hudson
Gans. Greene
Lee
Morgan
Tul Jones
United States
Amin Pluribos
France
Mull
Constitution
Secretary of
Navy
Americana
England
Red Jacket
Maj. Anderson
Fort Sumter
Chamber of Commerce of
New York
Sumter
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Early Morning Car Conversationalists
A Washington Star item recounts a quip about training one’s wife and the faint echo of Gladstone. A man recalls telling his wife that when Gladstone spoke she listened, prompting a sly remark on perception and domestic persuasion.
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Mount Pleauant
Mr. Gladstone
Woman's Heroism and Odd Medical Ads Amid Old Chicago News
A potpourri of brief items and anecdotes from Chicago notes a tailor’s fatal needle incident, scattered jokes, weathered quotes, and an ad for Williams Pink Pills praised by Mrs. Houseweart. The snippet includes medical cures, wartime heroism mentions, and playful exchanges reflecting era journalism.
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Chicago
Get There Phrase Baffles Foreign Attache in Military Talk
A foreign military attaché says translating American language into English poses challenges. He notes the phrase get there as a test of understanding, recalling troops advancing under fire and later hearing wounded men say We got there. He questions how such tactics can be conveyed to his government.
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Caruthers
Lampkin
Hendricks
Bantimé
Miss Huntington
Jeanee
Vendricks
Temdricks
Howadius
Kola
Benton
Bola
Boston
Rox Cowtmved
Puck
Garrilons
Indianapolis Journal
Sagasta
Carvera
Philadelphia North American
R. Journal
Sweet
Harry
Edith
Mr. Sweet
Jeweler's Weekly
Chicago Tribune
Abe Coller
Lew Weiple
Colo
Mrs Pinkham’s Advice Aids Woman From Missouri
A reader from Deep Water Missouri credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving years of womb and reproductive troubles after five bottles. She praises the medicine and offers to answer inquiries, noting Mrs Pinkham’s free advice from Lena Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Newt Heast
Deepwater
Mrs. Pink
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Mejia
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Willie Withington
Misa Cayenne
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Mis. Houseweart
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Boxer
de. Willama’ Medicine Co
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