Grant Explains Cipher Clue in 1916 Police Adventure
Grant, a Chronicle police reporter, uncovers a cryptogram in a letter tied to Baron von Lichtfeld and Mamie the Rose. He follows the crooks, fights aboard rooftops, then uses a rope swing to confront the Baron until Cadogan and a crowd arrive. The message decodes by counting from a nursery rhyme.
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van Norden
The
Chronicle
Mansfield
Ister
Tom
Brophy
Grant Grants
Grant
Jim
Baron von Lichtfeld
Wrint
Bertillon
Baror
Tose
Miamie
Sam
Mamie
Rose
George
Cadogan
Tsisten
Madison Avenue
Mamie the
Baron
Hell-Cat
Birting
Two Sides of the Picture in Russia
Stockholm October 24 report from Moscow says Russia brings both hardship and opportunity. It notes scarcity and disorganization yet widespread work and high wages offsetting living costs. Mushroom fortunes rise as luxury demand outstrips supply per an American colony member returning after seven years in Moscow.
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Stockholm
Russia
Associated Press
Moscow
America
Great
Conditions in Moscow Worsen Here Among War Aftermath
An American observer reports Moscow faces severe postwar strain with housing shortages, scarce cabs and streetcars, and fuel shortages. Prices for wood and shoes soar, while food remains cheaper than Berlin. Despite talk of revolution, he says Russians are prosperous, well fed, and optimistic about peace, though vodka ban has unintended drinking of wood alcohol.
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Moscow
Empire
Russia
Moscow Beer
Berlin
Scandinavia
Southern Railway Cuts Winston-Salem to Goldsboro Pullman Line
On September 11 1916 Southern Railway shortens the Winston Salem to Beaufort Moorehead City Pullman Sleeping Car run to Winston Salem to Goldsboro and back. The car departs Winston Salem 850 pm arrives Goldsboro next morning returning at 1035 pm to Winston Salem next morning. Greensboro Raleigh line remains in operation with reservations through J O Jones Raleigh NC. The Southern Serves the South.
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Southern Railway
Winston Salem
Beaufort- Moorehead City
Goldsboro
Winston-Salem
Greensboro-Raleigh
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Raleigh, N. C
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Wells
Keith
Payne Drug Company, Ltd
Red Cross
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
Sola Tralia
Mt. Airy
Fayetteville
Sanford
Jacksonville
New Berm
Chadbourn
Conway
Florence
Charleston
Savannah
Jackesonville
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Fort Myers
Columbia
Asheville
Pulman
Treen
Richmond
Norfolk
Washington
Rocky Mount
New York
Atlanta
West
Charaston
Dally
A. M
W. J. Craig
T. C. White
Wilmington, N. C
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Golda Bore
Norfolk Southern Railroad
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Late
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Winter Park
Wrightsville
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