Wethersfield prison shapes criminals with new faces
An American Mercury excerpt notes Wethersfield State Prison reshapes inmates physically to erase criminal stigmata. It contrasts Dillinger's outsider facial changes with the law driven transformation, arguing society equates ugliness with depravity and questions whether the reform alters true nature or crime rates.
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State
Connecticut
Wethersfield
John Dillinger
Publile Enemy No
Wethersfield Cove
Moon
Dillinger
Tie
Marian Murray
American Mercury
Postum Offers Free Week's Supply to Readers
The Postum Company advertises a free healthful week’s supply of Postum to any reader who writes for ft Adv. The offer appears in this newspaper as part of promotional space.
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Postum Company
Trust and Selflessness Face Sadness in Quiet Reflection
A thoughtful note suggests sadness eases when one stops focusing on self and instead acts with care for others. The idea emphasizes humility, patience, and shared humanity as remedies for sorrow.
Across Country Auto Trip The Irked Heir Heads West
Hal Ireland, son of a rich banker, loses financial support and must reach San Francisco from New York within a deadline. He joins a cross country share expense auto trek with five companions including Barry Trafford, Giles Kerrigan, Sister Anastasia, and Martin Crack. Tensions flare as Barry’s reticence irritates him and Kerrigan earns his quick attention.
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Hal Ireland
San Francisco
New York
Barry Trafford
Giles Kerrigan
Anastasia
Martin Crack
Barry
Kerrigan
Pulsipher
Neo York City
Pulsifer
Puistfer
California
Lewistown
Chambera Commerce
Hal
Val
Hal seizes Miller car in suspenseful highway escape
In a troubled night run to Harrisburg and beyond Hal confronts Miller over a car theft. He forces Miller to surrender wallet and documents and drives toward the coast, planning to push the vehicle into a hidden road to test the escape. The group reels from the dramatic turn as Miller is restrained and Hal eyes the road ahead.
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Miller
Pennsylvania
John
Kerrigan
Susquehanna
Tiber
Yangtze
Hal
California
Ippen
Trafford
Treland
Warrighurg Tontytt
Warrisburg
Mrs. Pulsipher
Har Maburg Ao
Kerripan
Hfm
Pulsipher
Crack
Wal Cave
Val
Ial
Jath
Miler
Vulcanizing Rubber Sulphur Content Varied in Rubbers
Soft rubber uses 6 percent or less sulphur in vulcanization while hard rubber may absorb as much as 50 percent sulphur.
First American Oil Gusher Aroused Scream of Fear in Burksville
A 1820 Burksville Kentucky gusher astonished a pioneer who sought salt water and cried that he had breached hell as oil and gas erupted from the pipe. Dr. Gustav Egloff’s talk at a Chemical Society session traced the oil industry’s rise from its early crude methods to modern large scale research and investment.
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Hell
Cumberland River
Burksville
America
Satan
Tne
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
Cuba
New York
Kytoff
Device Makes Sausages By Day Bombs By Night
A confectioner’s machine in Cork produced sausages by day and bombs by night for the Irish Republican Army during the Anglo Irish conflict. Police uncovered the dual use after an investigation revealed the gadget concealed in the shop.
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Cork
Irish Free State
Irish Republican Army
Unknown insect found by expedition in Spanish colony Africa
A scientific expedition reports discovery of a hitherto unknown bee species and numerous other strange insects in the Spanish colony of Ifnt in Africa.
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Ifnt
Africa
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