Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915: The duplicate nightCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915: The duplicate night
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
Hawkinsville, Ga., has a well which refuses to work at night. This well,
which is located at the county jail, has an estimated flow of about
fifty gallons of water per minute until about a year ago, when it
suddenly and without apparent cause quit flowing entirely and remained
dry until about a month ago, or just after the earthquake in Italy, when
it commenced flowing again, the flow this time being not over two or
three gallons per minute. But the strange thing about this well is that
it flows only in daytime. It begins flowing about nine o’clock in the
morning and quits about the same time in the evening, and remains dry
all night.
Missing Police Pet is Found with Kittens.
“Now, Annie; now, Annie,” crooned Captain of Detectives Walker on his
knees at the central police station, in Cleveland, Ohio, “nobody’s going
to hurt em. Say, George, better give that teeny one some of that milk.
It looks as if it needs some.”
And Lieutenant George Matowitz, assisted by Lieutenant Charles Sterling,
obeyed the commands of their superior, picked up a kitten in the corner,
and administered nourishment via a bottle and nipple.
Annie, feline mascot of the police department, was discovered after a
disappearance lasting four days. Hidden behind the telephone booths in
the reporters’ room at the central station, she was found nursing her
litter of kittens.
The police department rejoiced, for Annie is the only official mascot at
the station, and her disappearance had caused no small amount of worry
among Cleveland’s finest.
Captain Walker sent to the nearest drug store for a bottle and nipple
and obtained a quart of milk, which was administered to all the little
newcomers by Lieutenants Sterling and Matowitz, while Annie, secure in
the grasp of Walker, arched her back and otherwise indicated her feline
rage.
Villainous Bugs to Pose for the Movies.
Bugs in movies--ten or twenty-legged insects posing for the camera--are
promised by a new entrant into the picture field, the division of
entomology at the Minnesota College of Agriculture. The various
creepers, borers, and aviators, after they have been placed on the film,
will be routed over a circuit of Minnesota towns. The promoters of the
venture are confident that their “star” bugs are sure to make a hit.
Only bold, dangerous villains, the most destructive known to exist in
the State, are sure of a position in the cast. They are to be shown in
the native environment, and all their destructive operations reproduced
before those who suffer from their malicious activities.
Has a Lamb with Eight Legs.
Martin Werner, living near High Ridge, Mo., has a lamb which has eight
legs. The lamb is otherwise normal. It is considered a remarkable
curiosity by Mr. Werner’s neighbors.
Heliograph to Sell Goods.
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