Pulp Fiction, 1931 · page 26 of 68
10-Story Book, July 1931 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This is a text page from a pulp fiction story that concludes a mystery plot. The narrative wraps up the case of a stolen neck lace, revealing that a character named Manchonche is the villain who targeted a victim's wife's house to locate and steal the jewelry. The page includes the story's final chapters (4-5) and conclusion, ending with the villain's capture and handcuffing. At the bottom is a humorous newspaper clipping excerpt titled "Must Have Been Awful Hot," describing a grenade accident. The page contains no illustrations, only printed text in typical pulp magazine format.
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24 10-STORY BEGINS ITS 30TH SUCCESSFUL YEAR! THERE. QUEER. THEN BANG BOOM MR. HIELTON WAS KNOCKED OUT NEXT THING HE KNEW HIS HANDS AND FEET WERE TIED HIS GUNS GONE HE WAS IN A DARK HALL WAY. A GUN WAS POKED INTO HIS RIBS. WHERES YOUR WIF'S RING? A SHOT IN THE DARK WHAT WAS THAT. CONTINUED IN CHAP. 4. DR. MANCHONCHE STEALS CHAP. 4. THAT WAS ME SAID CROK i SHOT THE GUARD AND UNTIED MYSELF AND EXCAPED QUICK RUN WE'LL''GET AWAY YET AH IM UNTIED NOW RUN. CLAP CLAP THEY RAN DOWN THE HALL UNTILL CROK STUMBLED OVER A CHEST THIS IS QUEER LETS OPEN IT LOOKI ITS THE NECK LACE, MY WIFES. QUICK RUN iTS NO TIME TO TAKE IT DONT SOMEBODYS COMING ITS THE BUTLER WITH A GUN LETS CATCH -HIM STICK EM' UP HELP . CONTINUED IN CHAP. 5 DR MANCHONCHE STEALS. CHAP 5. CONCLUSION. WERE OUT AND GOOD NEWS IVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY. SEE HERE IT IS. WHEN MR EHCNOHCNAM WANTED TO KNOW YOUR WIFES HOUSE HE WANTED TO KNOW SO HE COULD STEAL THE NECK LACE AND HE DID. AND WHEN HE WENT IN THE CLOSET AND PLAYED HE WAS BEIng CAUGHT IT WAS A FAKE. HIS NAME TURND AROUND IS MANCHONCHE. SO HE'S THE VILLIAN. HERE'S THE NECK LACE AND BOY'S BRING THE VICTIM IN PUT THE HANDCUFFS ON CLICK . EnD. Must Have Been Awful Hot Three persons were killed by a hand grenade and several women accidently exploded Thursday. —Taken from an Olio paper. (The Columbus Citizen.) GOmiilGoooks co an