Mystery at Borden House Tangle of Suspects and Dancer Alibis
Detective McMann probes a Christmas Eve murder at Mr. Borden's home. Suspects include Ruth Lester and Ruth Du Bois along with Ruth’s fiancé, a valet named Ashe describes a quarrel with a woman of a contralto voice. Jake Bailey and a bootlegger figure in the tale as aides to Borden.
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McMann
Frank Ashe
Borden
Ruth Lester
Ashe
Mr. Borden
Dancing Bear
Miss Gilman
Lip Berson
Bailey
Jake Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Mrs. Borden
Voice of a Woman and a Murdered Promoter in Borden Case
Detective McMann questions a valet about a darkly described woman seen with Harry Borden on a fatal night. The witness recalls a contralto call and a half dragged woman with blood at the mouth. Bailey relations, a drunken scene, and a glucose of suspects emerge as the investigation continues. Benny Smith disrupts the office seeking Ruth Lester.
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Ruth
S. Elizabeth Tes III
Ruth Lester
Borden
Bayward
Rath
Jack
Otto Pfluger
Y Moran
Bill Cowan
Iee
McMenn
Minnie Cassidy
Letty Miller
Benny Smith
Cleo
Rita Dubois
McMann
Ashe
Bere
Loyer
Mr. Borden
Mr. Bailey
Jake
Harry
Ashe De‘scribe
Duffer
Detective Birdwell
Miss Lester
Letter Golf Change a Coin to a Bill
A playful note explains turning a coin into a bill as an easy way to collect change. It mentions par four and hints at a solution on the last page, inviting readers to continue.
Letter Golf Rules and Given Stroke Example
The rules explain transforming one word to another by changing one letter at a time while preserving letter order. Each intermediate must be a valid common word. An example shows COW to HEN in three steps: COW HOW HEW HEN. A complete solution is printed on the last page today.
Radio Schedule Highlights From NBC And Columbia Networks
Radio list of Saturday features across NBC and Columbia networks with times ranging from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Entries include WIZ WEAF and WABC shows, concerts by Walter Damrosch, orchestras, vaudeville acts, and the Kodaks hour, plus educational and news segments and a late night scare program.
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WIZ & Nbc
Edwin Franko Goldman
WEALF
NBC
Walter Damrosch
WEAF
B. A. Rolfe
WIZ
WDAF
Kansas City
Night Hawks
R.eeanes
Coumbia Network
Orcheatre
Columbia Net
Columbia Network
NBC Sys
Ie Golhen
Jolly Bill and Jane
Wonder Bakers
Capt
Rich
Hobio
Schradertown Band
St. Regis Hotel
New York
Scott
Sopra
Landt
Peter de
NBC System
Singing Tower Bell Tower at Mountain Lake Florida
Frederick J Haskin reports the Singing Tower rises 295 feet in pink Georgia marble and tan Florida stone. It sits in Mountain Lake Club grounds center city. Daily at sunset a carillon recital and Sunday at noon are heard from the tower.
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Florida
Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake Club
Georgia
Inauguration Day Scenes and Historic Floridian Tower
A captioned montage places Matt Glaser presenting a silk topper to Curtis for vice president and George H. Moses riding with the presidents on inauguration day. It then describes Milton B. Medary’s Singing Tower in Florida with pink marble, ornate bells, faience, and a surrounding water moat.
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Matt Glaser
Curtis
Boomer
Glaser
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
White House
Capitol
Coolidge
Hoover
Charles EB. Cropley
U. S. Supreme Court
Taft
Herbert Hoover
Mixed trivia Q&A from a 1930s audience column
The column lists questions on topics from ship labor practices to Lindbergh’s fuel, paper from cornstalks, honey production, Ibsen actresses, Capitol grounds size, and pawnbroking history. Answers note ships hire mostly men, Lindbergh carried 450 gallons, cornstalk pulp impractical then, honey output around 250 million pounds, and early pawnbroking predates banks.
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Lindy
Paris
C. A
Lindbergh
New York
United States
J. S. A. Fry Hennings
Nora
Fiske
Mme. Duse
Mary Shaw
Patrick Campbell
Mme Nazimova
Carlotta Nilsson
United States Capitol
Capitol
Capitol Building
Two More Chances In Favorite Poem Poll
Washington March 1 A nationwide poll to pick America's favorite poem receives thousands of selections. The poll closes after mail receipts on March 11 1929 and final results will be announced later.
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Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
America
Soft Water Solution For Clean Clothes
A self contained ad asserts hard water can be softened with Melo additive. It claims Melo makes water a wonderful cleaner, enabling soap to work better or without soap. Encourages readers to buy Melo at the grocer.
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F.C. Helming
E. Harrison St
Portland
Ore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peecee
F. C. Helming
National Poetry Poll Seeks Favorite Poem in Vote
Citizens nationwide are urged to vote for their favorite poem as the national poetry poll closes today and tomorrow. Coupons will publish for the last time, inviting everyone to cast a selection reflecting the country’s diverse poetic ideals.
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Washington
United States
America
American Express Becomes Railway Express Agency
At midnight the American Express Company dissolved its 80 year-old name and assets totaling 40 million dollars. The railroads assumed control and renamed the firm Railway Express Agency Inc. Today about 100,000 men work in 26,000 offices for this new consolidated organization.
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New York
U.P
American Express Company
Railway Express Agency, Inc
United States
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DIL Lack Inc
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RADIO
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Trader Horn
Africa
Amro
Blue
Ae Franklin
Eorumbis Network
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WADC
WOHP
WMAQ
Cractnaatl
Henry Z
Crosley Agene
Crossey Bya
Cincinnati Educational Ceries
Soniee Pe Pregram
J Oney Melodies
Akers
Oo Week View
Hudson
Essex Challengers
New
Frederick J. Haskin
Jay
Milton B. Medary
Philadelphia
Lee Lawrie
France
RK. T. A
G. L
Cora Calahan
E. Ashton Ave
Grand Inland
Nebr
ETL
Iedia
Bo Pi In
Mass
The
Shipping Board
Athens Messenger
U.S. Pat
Melo
Remaseas
the Hygienic Products CO
Canton
Ohio
American Express
Corps
BAYER
Braucher
Bessey
Cardinal Borromeo
AS & Mnracin
NEA
Speckal
Ton
Milan
Grozier Society
Antigone
Moses
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