Mystery House Confronts a Green Lads Boss and a Secret Plot
In a dim eating room Mother Barton thwarts a wary young man’s attempt to piece together a amoral plot. She assigns guards and hints at a hired danger while the protagonist learns his payments and plans. A coded note and a looming move heighten tension as Richmond pays the men and a mysterious employer signals imminent action.
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Fort Point
Carson
Mother Borton
Henry Wilton
Mother Barton
Tom Terrill
Darby Meeker
Dicky Nahl
Trent
Brown
Porter
Barkhouse
Fitzhugh
Lick House
Doddridge Knapp
House of Mystery
Lumber Yard Ad Promotes Quality Building Materials
With season’s compliments we extend good will and offer to supply the needful lumber to builders. The message notes our lumber is always of the best grade and quality and invites readers to rely on us for building needs.
The King of the Street Plans a Virginia City Campaign
In San Francisco the narrator grows wary as the King of the Street outlines a future campaign and signals he will return after Virginia City. The door to Room 16 remains ajar and Omega stock and Decker loom as unresolved threads in a tense urban tale.
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San Francisco
Henry
Oldridge
Knapp
Wilton
Decker
Omega
King of the Street
Virginia City
Owen O Bannin Case Reversed By Court Of Appeals
In Frankfort Kentucky Owen O Bannin from Owen county had sued the Commonwealth. The Court of Appeals reversed the decision in the case involving tobacco he pooled with the Burley Association. The contract allowed shipping to Cincinnati where he sold it. He was indicted and fined but the court found him not guilty since the sale occurred outside the state.
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Frankfort
Dee
Owen O’bannin
Commonwealth
Owen County
Court of Appeals
O’bannin
Burley Association
Cincinnati
Funeral delayed a week in Hickman Ky
Charlie Boyd's family kept his body since last Thursday awaiting a colored preacher to preach the funeral. The preacher arrived today and the funeral will be preached this afternoon.
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Hickman
Dee
Charlie Boyd
Hockers Life Saved For Kentucky Governor Intervention
In Frankfort Kentucky yesterday afternoon Governor Willson commuted the life imprisonment the death sentence of Robert Hocker a Lexington Negro who murdered Newton Veal. Hocker was to be hanged at Lexington tomorrow.
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Frankfort
Deo
Willson
Robert Hocker
Lexington
Newton Veal
Hocker
SCHOONER CONFISCATED IN VIDAL ACT OF VENEZUELA
British authorities report the Lady Kensington seized off Margarita by Venezuelan officials ten weeks ago. Captain Jewett arrives from Carupano with crew freed, vessel sunk per reports, inquiry ongoing and no motive given for confiscation. Also notes church relics found in Chicago warehouse and Ohio River pollution committee named.
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Venezuela
St. Vincent
British West Indies
Jewett
Carupano
Trinidad
Margarita
Lady Kensington
Two Killed by Gas Explosion at Norwood Mine
Bluefield W Va Dec Two men both negroes are dead and three others Italians are believed fatally injured after gas from an abandoned Tidewater mine opening ignited in the King coal mine at Norwood about 30 miles away. About 13 men were inside when the gas escaped and ignited. The Tidewater Coal and Coke company owns the mine, run by Columbus capitalists.
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Bluefield
W. Va
King Coal
Norwood
Tidewater
King Mine
The
Tidewater Coal and Coke Company
Columbus (O.) Capitalists
Perilous Hippo Escape at London Zoo
The London Standard notes dramatic zoo exploits behind the scenes. Hippo Obash escaped his keeper’s custody, chased an assistant named Scott, then retreated when the gate was secured. A press visit yielded the misleading claim that the hippo was still in his den.
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London Standard
Lion House
India
Obash
Scott
Fishermen Perish in Newfoundland Gale Storm Toll Rises
Seventeen sailors are reported dead after a violent gale along the Newfoundland coast. Ten fishing vessels went ashore or broke on the rocks during a 48 hour storm, with crews from the craft among the victims.
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New Foundland
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Weybrecht Announces Policy For Guard Appointments
Columbus Ohio December policy of incoming adjutant general Colonel C C Weybrecht intends to appoint National Guard and Civil War veterans to positions in the adjutant general's office according to a statement given to journalists.
County Clerks Elect Officers in Ohio Association
At the annual meeting of the County Clerks Association of Ohio held at the Southern hotel officers were elected. Fred Snyder of Springfield was named president, Charles Morris of Lancaster secretary, and M. R. Talbot of Urbana treasurer.
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Columbus
County Clerks’ Association of
Ohio
Southern Hotel
Fred Snyder
Springfield
Charles Morris
Lancaster
M. R. Talbott
Urbana
His Habits Remain in a Frank Household Quip
A quotation from the Chicago Journal notes that when a husband tells his wife to cut living expenses he implies she should keep up a good table on half the money and forgo personal comforts while his habits stay unchanged.
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Chicago Journal
The Most Original Authors Quote
A compact reflection on originality from Goethe noting that true originality comes from presenting ideas as if new, not from merely advancing what is already said. The quote emphasizes fresh expression over repetition.
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Goethe
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Valcait
TRE Note Sme
Smirih
Corsen
Igor Borbstedrul
Cohn
Winchester Lumbers Manufacturing CO
Chicago
Dec
France
S. Robinson
Wakem & McLaughlin
Names
Harris
W. d. Mills
Marietta
Dehrman J. Sinclair
Steubenville
Samuel Carey
Ohio River
People’s State Bank
J. L. Brown
J. M. Holgkin
L. B. Cockrell
Capital
Winchester Bank
Winchester, KY
N. H. Witherspoon
W. R. Spear
D.B. Hampton
F. Curtis
Clark County National Bank
Main Street
Winchester
Kentucky
London Zoo
Hagan
Gasolne
Hagan Gas Engine & Mfg. CO Incorporated
Gilbert & Botto
Opera House
Nelson
Office
Winchester Tailoring Company
M &C
H. McKinney
Allan & Murphy's
Court House
Conkwright Transfer and Ice Co
North Main Stree
Pliny the Younger
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