Salustri case haunts Hartfield Herald newsroom
Hartfield Herald faces a dramatic turn as Salustri the famed numbers king returns to threaten the office. Editor Pepper Drislane frets over a shifting staff while publisher Geldhorn pushes a new young reporter into the high profile pursuit. The city trembles as Salustri’s escape humbles the newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salustri
Pepper Drnslane
J Lawton
Hartfield Herald
Drislane
State House
Jerry Cowan
The
Herald
Jerry
Salusii
Hérald
Pacific
Bayside
Hartfield
Jim Geldborn
Geldhorn
Mike Bales
Nick’s
Mike
Drnslane
A Woman's Place in the Herald Criminous Plot
Loretta Hewes of The Herald helps identify gangster Nat Salustri in Wick's barber and beauty shop on Main Street. Miss Hewes carried a locket with his photo and aided police in capturing the fugitive, while editor Dris lane contemplates his own ambitions and the newsroom chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Drislane
United States Marshal's Office
Miss Hewes
Salustri
Jerry Cowan
The
Herald
South Pacific
Salushi
Mike Bales
Duislane
Pacific
Geldhorn
Satustic
Mike
Deen
Nat Salustri
Wick
Main Street
Loretta Hewes
Soretone Linment Promises Quick Pain Relief
An ad touts Sorelane Linment for fast relief of back and muscle strains with a heating pad-like warmth and increased surface blood flow. It contrasts with Soretone claiming “just like i” effects and markets a 5 pack of athlete’s foot treatment with fungi-on contact for $1.0.
Home-Mixed Cough Syrup Claims Strong Relief
A home made cough syrup combines sugar or corn syrup with Pinex to create a pint of medicine said to ease coughs from colds. The remedy is described as quick acting, soothing throat irritation and loosening phlegm with a claimed fourfold value for money and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genees
Pinex
Pines
Towboat Pilot By Diston 4 Melton to Lue Connelly
A lively adolescent tale of Tom Briggs who dreams of becoming a towboat pilot on the Gasconade river. He overcomes hardship with perseverance, clears a murder charge against Mr Pugh, earns neighborhood respect, and grows from age 12 to 21 through adventure and outdoorsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diston
Melton
Caxton
Lue Connelly
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Tom Briggs
Johnny Sanders
Gasconade
Tom
Pugh
Mr. Pugh
Mellon
Missouri
Witty exchanges on driving, kissing, and service pace
A humorous dialogue features Good Rule Alice arguing against kissing while driving Beatrice counters that safe driving deserves full attention A bawdy remark about extremes prompts a shop scene with a butcher and a customer noting complaints about weight and wait A quip suggests a married man is better informed than a bachelor with wifely updates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Beatrice
New Uranium Discoveries Show Wide Distribution
The article notes that Burma and the Union of South Africa announced extensive uranium deposits, suggesting global spreading of the ore. It states prospecting is easier than gold, with a “draining rod” instrument detecting ore and references Hans Geer, a German scientist, who invented the instrument forty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Union of South Africa
National Geographic Society
Hans Geer
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Moat
Basi-Bird Pattern Company
Department W
Pleasantville, N. X
John T. Cavanaugh
the Herald
California
Sunkist
Soretone Liniment
Dean
Doan
Grace Nell Cavell
AITH
Ashal
Monty
Sealed Power Corp
Muskegon, Mach
Prince Albert
Uate
Igi
Gordon B. Guernsey
Frank Matthews, Jr
P.A
Ubert
M.B.C
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