A Shrewd Detective Forces a Bank Robber to Confess
In Boomville a tense hotel confrontation unfolds as detective Prior pressures Gilbert Senn with a forged confession about Barron’s bank robbery and Constance Craig’s murder. Senn refuses but signs under threat after a struggle and ring evidence falls into play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Senn
Senn
Prier
G. Senn
S. Lyman
Boomville, Me
Gilbert Senn
Donald Barron
Barron
Boomville Bank
Elsie Barron-Senn
P. S
Prior
Sean
Mr. Barron
Constance Craig
JT Will
Boomville
America
Barron's
Barron's Bank
Magebe
Through Holland Day by Water From Amsterdam to Helder
A travel sketch from Amsterdam to the Helder describes a waterbound journey through Dutch canals and windmills. It notes Alkmaar farms and dunes, dikes and helm plants, the sea’s reclaiming fight, and a barge family aboard a floating home before landing near the fort and Texel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Amsterdam
the Helder
North Holland
Friesland
Peter the Great
Alkmaar
North Sea
Mynheer
Texel
Chicago News
Brazil Amazon Deerhounds and Daring Peccary Escape
A narrative from an expedition near the Amazon describes Brazil’s deer and native deerhounds, jaguars, and the perilous peccary drives. A rescued traveler named Morris, mauled by peccaries, survives after a risky jam in the woods and a hunter party’s coordinated rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon River
Brazil
South America
Onca
Capt
Valdez
Morris
Capt. Valdez
Incident of Travel Through Madrid Customs
An American traveler exits the Lisbon express at Las Delicias Madrid, avoids baggage inspection prior to Valencia de Alcantara. A Corduroy clad customs officer with a brass Ayuntamiento badge detains the luggage, demands payment, and keeps the bag under close review before releasing him. A friend notes the officer’s power and the badge purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Las Delicias
Madrid
Valencia de Alcantara
Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Wood Preservation Cuts Costs for Farmers and Utilities
Circular 139 from the Forest Service explains how simple preservative treatment can extend wood life from two years to eighteen for fence posts, and double or triple the life of ties, mine props, and poles. It outlines annual cost savings, per mile benefits, and notes treatment makes low value woods viable, with a free circular available from the Forester in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake States
Mississippi Valley
Forest Service
Forester
Washington,d. c
Fraulein Frausch Placed Under Dragoons For Singers Tone
A Chicago Record-Herald anecdote recalls Marie Frausch during Frederick the Great era. Threatened by hoarseness she resists then is escorted by an officer and four dragoons to a military hospital to sing at the king's insistence. Frausch performs best that night. In Elizabethan times a woman allegedly ate two pounds of beefsteak for breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean
Marie Frausch
Frederick the Great
Frausch
Fraulein Fransch
Fraulein
Fraule
Fraulein Frausch
Chicago Record-Herald
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Constance
Craig
Lyman
Mr. Prier
J. B. Prier
Mr. Lyman
Mr. Prior
J. B. Prior
Boston
Roomville
Africa
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