Nabbed!: The 1925 Journal of G. Codd Fitzmorgan (18 page)

HOW NOBEL!

Marie Curie,the first women to a win a Nobel prize,was spoted at a recent dinner to in honor of physicist Albert Einstein's
27th birthday on March 14.

THE INSPECTOR

5C We Have an “EYE” for News

“THE BIG ONE STRIKES SAN FRANCISCO!

EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE LEAVES CITY IN RUINS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A massive 30-second-long earthquake struck San Francisco at 5:13 AM on April 18,1906. This powerful quake
and its after-shocks destroyed much of the city. Broken gas lines helped feed a raging fire that burned for four days, reducing
the center of San Francisco to ashess. More than 1,000 people lost their lives.

TRANSPORTATION

TRAIN ROBBERS STEAL STATION!

Yes, there are now hundreds of miles of track running across this great land of ours, but the trains that run along them do
not interest a certain group of mysterious figures. About a year ago, they stole an entire station building from the Central
Railroad of New Jersey and no trace has been found. Recently, yet another building was crected — and has disappeared just
as mysteriously!

PEOPLE

KELLER SPEAKS OUT

At a recent rally,Helen Keller demanded rights for those less fortunate. In 1882, an illness struck Miss Keller, making her
deaf and blind before the age of two. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, also taught the deaf, and he introduced
Annie Sullivan to Miss Keller. Miss Sullivan became Miss Keller's teacher, lifelong friend, and interpreter while she attended
college, Miss Keller graduated from Radeliffe in 1904, and has become a leader in the fight for the rights of the disabled.

FOOD

MISTAKE OR FLAKE

BATTLE CREEK, Mich.— This year, W.K. Kellogg opened the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. Toasted cereal flakes were
an accidental invention at the health spa run by W.K.'s brother, J. H. Kellogg. Word has it the two brothers are no longer
speaking because J. H. doesn't approve of W. K's adding sugar to the product.

Unravel the mystery with real historical crime-solving methods!

Welcome to the crime-solving world of the famous Fitzmorgan and Moorie detective families! Each of the books in the Crime
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In
Nabbed!
,G. Codd Fitzmorgan is invited to a stormy, secluded island for a Roaring Twenties celebration. When a ghost plane lands near the mansion, it's up to G. codd to use his skills as an illusionist to track down the missing pilot. His journey takes him through the creepy mansion's hidden passages and secret towers, and ultimately into the deep, dark dungeons below.