Federal Aerial Highways Developments Highlight New Bulletin
The Aeronautics branch of the Commerce Department releases a bulletin on the Federal Aerial Highways, describing rapid progress in the national airways. It cites 15 000 miles lighted with radio aids, plans for 17 500 miles by July 1 1918, plus telegraph circuits, weather stations, radio beacons, beacon lights and landing fields. The piece contrasts early transcontinental flights with today and notes efficiency gains. It closes with quotes from Paul Morand and Senator James J Davis on aviation progress and labor-saving devices.
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Aeronautics Branch
United States Department of Commerce
Federal Airways System
New York
Chicago
Poisoned Dr Kane Mystery Deepens at Winslow House
Detective Thorne probes Elsa Chase and the Kane/Lawrence connection after a carbon monoxide murder. A dying informant hints Mrs. Lawrence, Kane’s ex wife, also dies. Thorne finds a lab on Jack Winslow’s canal boat and a dangerous setup linking fire extinguisher gas to the crime.
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Paul Kane
Jack Winslow
Arnold Winslow
Kane
Elsa Chase
Jack
Winslow
G. Thorne
Mrs. Lawrence
Washington
Thorne
Lambert
Oaklands
Lucy
Miss Kline
Wall Street Compared To A Suction Pump And Ant Heap
A 1920s overview contrasts Wall Street with Broad Street noting Wall Street as a lagging physical thoroughfare while the Stock Exchange and curb brokers cluster on Broad Street. The piece recalls nine brokers near an elm forming Wall Street, later growing to over a thousand, with bulls and bears driving daily swings and sideline buyers. It laments Maiden Lane’s lost glamour as merchants disperse to new centers.
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C. O. McIntyre
New York
Wall Street
Broad Street
Stock Exchange
Backgammon Origin and Sun Worship Theories
An old Globe feature by Russ Murphy invites readers to submit ideas on how customs began, citing sun worship in ancient Persia as one theory. The column promises illustrated responses in a future installment and invites letters to the editor.
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Russ Murphy
Globe
Truckers Face Texas Border License Probe on Red River
reports from Fort Worth say Oklahoma livestock drivers are being pressured to buy Texas licenses at the Red River bridge north of Gainesville. State officials confirm Texas licenses unnecessary for farmers hauling their own stock, but not for hired trucks.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
Gainesville
Thackerville
Oklo
Selecting Jury In Cisco Bank Case On Today
Eastland Texas February 24 The state advances its case against Robert Hill in the Cisco bank robbery linked death of Police Chief Bedford On the first day of trial eight jurors were seated with eight state challenges and six by the defense Judge Davenport overruled a defense bid to dismiss the venire after a juror said he was a witness at Hill s prior robbery trial Hill previously received a 99 year term for the robbery and escape from custody was later recaptured at El Paso
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Associated Press
Eastland
Robert Hill
Cisco
Hill
G. B. Bedford
George M. Davenport
el Paso
Court Judge C. H. Jenkins Dies After Illness
C. H. Jenkins former Civil Appeals Court judge died at his Brownwood home after a long illness. He served on the Court of Civil Appeals from 1910 to 1923 and sat in the 30th 81st and 41st legislatures. He chaired the committee that codified and edited the revised statutes in 1925. His widow and three daughters survive.
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Associated Press
Brownwood
C. H. Jenkins
Civil Appeals Court
Jenkins
Court of Civil Appeals
Mystery Woman Elsa At Center Of Wrongful Imprisonment Tale
In a tense scene Mrs Kane declares she will interview Elsa while Inspector Mitchell watches. She hints at Sara Kane’s life and cautions that Elsa would not be a fit inmate in her home. The narrative foreshadows a dramatic solve to Dr Kane’s murder in tomorrow’s chapter.
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Globe
News- Globe
Elsa
Mrs. Winslow
Lucy
Inspector Mitchell
Mr. Winslow
Arnold Winslow
Lawrence
Ben
35Th St. N.W
Washington
City
Winslow
Mitchell
Joseph Kane
Kane
Sara
Boston
Sara Kane
Mrs. Lawrence
Oaklands
Elsa Chase
Thorne
D. Appleton & Co
Dr. Kane
Eastern Flanders Province Fully Electrified
The Belgian province of East Flanders becomes the first of nine to have every city town and hamlet with electric service. Liefferingen village could not afford the installation so the electric company completed the work at no charge.
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Associated Press
Ghent
Belgium
Flanders
Liefferingen
Ey Company
Peter
Peter Rabbit Learns Caution Near Brown Bear
Peter hides in a brush pile in the Green Forest to rest while fearing Fowler the Bobcat. He discovers Buster Bear sleeping in hibernation nearby, feeling both thrill and fear at his proximity to the great neighbor. The scene mixes gentle lessons on respect for neighbors with a quiet, tense moment in Burgess’s woodland world.
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Peter
Green Forest
Fowler
Bobcat
Blacky the Crow
Farmer Brown
Buster Bear
Buster
Johnny Chuck
Nimbleheels
Jumping Mouse
Peter Rabbit
T. W. Burgess
Crossword Puzzle Governor Question Horizontal 1
A compact clue filled grid item listing several crossword prompts and their numbered positions across horizontal and vertical entries with answers like Colonel Theodore Roosevelt dy governor and other terse word hints. The page presents yesterday's solution and a set of cryptic style hints for common crossword entries.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Smith
Samuel
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