Insull downfall exposes limits of financial jugglery
In the Depression era critique, Samuel Insull is cited as a once revered financier whose public image collapsed. The piece argues that builders of large pyramided holding structures appeared wizardlike in prosperity but proved fallible in hardship, revealing the dangers of overvaluing financial manipulation and interlocking securities.
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Samuel Insull
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St Marks and Pigeon Hordes in Venice Squared
Venice visit notes St Marks Square famed for pigeons and photogs with con games and clever nature fakery. Observations on pigeons crowding the square while gondola traffic and theater culture mingle with locals and visitors.
Deathless Fatherhood and a Brutal Farm Murder
The piece recounts a farmer who killed his twelve year old stepson over a housekeeper dispute. He hid the body in a gulley and marked the grave with a chair spindle seeking later access, then confessed when pressed. The author calls this paradoxical form of fatherhood incomprehensible, urging soft judgment of motive.
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McClure Newspaper
Nothing Venture by Patricia Wentworth
Jervis Weare disappears after being woken by Rosamund Carew. Nan debates his sudden departure with Ferdinand Francis as they search Croyston and the Tet terleys for clues. They press hotel and railway staff for sightings, facing uncertainty about his whereabouts and intentions.
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Jervis
Nan
Weare
Croyston
Ferdinand
Tetterleys
Rosamund
Janet
Basher
F. F
Mr. Weare
Typhoid Carriers Highlight Public Health Risk
Dr. Copeland warns that typhoid carriers pose a constant danger to families and the public. Contaminated water milk and food sales in unhygienic camps or abroad drive outbreaks. food handlers are tested and isolated to prevent spread. insist on safe water and milk and avoid doubtful sources.
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Royal C. Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Heart in the mountains and the human pulse
Winifred Black muses on a dredger, a distant engine, and the beating heart. She notes the heart as a powerful, faithful muscle that never truly rests, contrasting human invention with the body’s enduring rhythm and contemplating perpetual motion.
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Winifred Black
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Farmer found dead near Whiteland in Texas
Orville Fikes, 30, McCullough County farmer, was found on a railroad track near Whiteland in Brady Texas. Authorities believe he fell from a westbound freight train last night and died.
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Farmer
Brady
Texas
Orville Fikes
McCullough
Whiteland
Radio Clock Listings Signal Campaigns Slow Talk Time
Radio editor notes networks trim programs as campaigns heat up. Al Jolson to start a network series on WEAF NBC November 18. Wednesday night schedules feature Hoover speech, Burns and Allen, Col Colin and Budd, and musical acts across WEAF WABC and WJZ networks.
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al Jolson
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the Shadow
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Hughes
American Bar Association
Ozzie Nelson
Burns and Allen
Colonel and Budd
Howard Lanin
Sherlock Holmes
Jeck Benny
Mildred Bailey
Cab Calloway
Young Grouse Recovers From Hunter’s Terrible Gun
In a Green Forest tale, a young Grouse is wounded on an upper leg after a hunter with a terrible gun shoots near his den. His mother, Mrs. Grouse, explains the danger of staying and urges rapid, cautious movement to safety away from hunting areas as they plan their next steps.
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Mark
St. Mark’s
Mother
Grouse
Mrs. Grouse
Green Forest
Farmer Brown
Thunderer
T. W. Burgess
Land of Cherry Blossoms Puzzle Compilation
A vintage crossword style page lists across clues from 1 to 65 and vertical clues 1 to 63 with definitions like what tree is used in silk worm culture and the capital of Japan. The garbled OCR mixes languages and numbers, presenting a dense puzzle grid and a range of word hints from geography to anatomy.
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Japan
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