Murder at Johnway Park Fractures a Grim Night
Patsy Gullens breaks into Miss Bannettle's mansion at Johnway Park to steal and spy, discovers Lurline Bannettie asleep and confronts the keeper Elsie, while a desperate plan unfolds. Elsie asks for help from Walter Aldrich in Boomville, a fatal confrontation follows.
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Johnway Park
Caesar
Patay Gullens
Miss Bannettie
Mr. Gullens
Miss Bannettle
Samuel Lyman
Barron's Boomville Bank
Constance Craig
Lurline Bannettle
Quilens
Lurline Bannettie
Patsy Gullens
Gullens
Boomville
Elsie
Himself
Aldrich
Johnway
Constance Crate
Wright Brothers Flight Deemed Real at Kill Devil Hill
Zach McGhee reports from Manteo North Carolina on May 17 describing the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hill, their flying machine, and the dramatic mixed public reaction. He notes sensational but unverified newspaper accounts, details the craft’s design, flight history and safety concerns, and mocks sensationalism while explaining the disc like aeroplane concept and the dangers of descent.
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Wright Bros
Kill Devil Hill
Zach McGhee
Columbia State
Manteo
N. C
North Carolina
Virginia Dare
America
Albemarle Sound
Nag
Edward R. Teach
Wall Street
Kill Devil Hil
United States Life Saving Station
Roaring Sea
Wright Brothers
Elizabeth City
Kill Devil
New York
Norfolk
Washington
London
Chigoe
Wrights
Devil Hill
Dayton
Ohio
Liberia's Call for Help and Partridge Bird Aid
Secretary Root to receive Liberia delegation amid historical struggles with colonization efforts and recognition of Liberia as an independent nation. The piece then shifts to agricultural advice, praising partridges as key natural pest controllers and urging Audubon society-backed campaigns to protect them and aid farmers in South Carolina and Texas. James Henry Rice Jr. notes farmers should keep partridges to curb pests and boost crops.
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Root
Republic of
Liberia
West Africa
America
England
United States
Republic
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Africa
Maryland
Elizabeth
Monroe
Eli Ayres
Lieut
Stockton
Porpoise
Great Britain
Washington
London
Kansas
Nebraska
South Carolina
Audubon Society of
Texas
Audubon Society
The
James Henry Rice, Jr
A Visit to an Amazon Village and Early Money Myths
The author recalls staying in a thatched adobe house on the Maranon in Peru and resolving ownership disputes by paying 20 cents to the rightful claimant while noting a later claim by relatives. He also asserts English habits of cleanliness before leaving. The piece then surveys early money history from Egypt to Greece and Rome, coins, weights, and unusual currencies.
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Maranon
Peru
C. R. Enoch
Andes
Amazon
Mr. Enoch
Gobernador
Arriero
Pheidon
Argos
New York World
Burmah
England
Cornwall
Rome
Europe
United States
Regina
Siam
Atlas and Ethel in Philadelphia Legend
In Philadelphia the daughter of a construction worker muses on the myth of Atlas. When asked who bore the world, she correctly says Atlas and adds that Atlas must have had an American wife, reflecting a playful local wit.
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Atlas
Ethel
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Partridges Prove Economically Vital Beyond Game Use
The partridge stands as a premier game bird and an insect eater vital to farmers. It helps control billbugs and other pests that threaten corn and crops, as the bird feeds on insects like cutworms and grasshoppers, aiding crop health while remaining a valued game species.
Buried Alive The Chinese Famine Murder Case
A Su chien man condemned to die chose burial alive over torture. After a family feud escalated when an elder sold a coffin for food, the murderer was executed by burial at the request of the man’s father and local elders. The wife masked his mouth then filled the grave after lowering him in.
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China
China Port
Suchien
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Yye S. and
Patsy
Guilens
Walter Aldrich
Miss Bannottie
Mr. Prior
Worm
Ian
Jasper Johnway
Patsy Guilens
Johnway Station
Mrs. Brown
Egypt
Colorado
United States Department of Agriculture
B. C
South
Carolina Farmers
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