Ordinance Tracks Moving Vans in Birmingham History
A Birmingham ordinance requires owners of transfer vehicles to report moves to the chief of police, with records kept in an alphabeted book open for public inspection. Enforcers included Commissioner Arley Barber, and the measure aided police in locating delinquents, bootleggers, and sex workers after extending from old red-light district reforms.
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Birmingham
Alu
Dilevaston
Arley Barber
Senate
Veteran honored as lifeline in war deserts Fort Leavenworth
Harry W. Haley, called prisoner No 22102, claims his life was saved in France by a fellow soldier who later died. Haley, now at Fort Leavenworth, serves a six month sentence for desertion, allegedly connected to that wartime act of courage.
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France
Harry W. Haley
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Constitutionality of Law Upheld with Minor Changes
The Supreme Court ruled the measure constitutional and reasonable. Minor changes were made that do not affect its efficiency. The decision has broad approval from reputable interests and is in force.
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Suprem
Undertaker Laughs As Supposedly Dead Man Sits Up
Mrs. John Babe entered the room where her husband lay proclaimed dead and called an undertaker. The supposed corpse sat up and spoke to friends, greeting the arriving undertaker with laughter.
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Martins
Ferry
John Babe
W. Belloying
Magnet salvage plan aims to raise sunken ships with new device
A British demonstration at Albert Docks showcased a submarine electromagnet proven to lift heavy steel components from wrecks. The magnet, 6 feet wide and 2 inches deep, can seize and hoist girders and castings from deep, silty water, aiding salvage where divers cannot dive.
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Shibe
Albert Docks
Ue Batsh Adminity
Port of
Lenelon Authority
Acenine
Wheamagner
Ertine
Ato
Gene Dows
Mr. Neale
Neale Magner Construction Company
Wieter
France's recovery progress shown after war devastation
Paris reports Minister Loucheur’s brief on rebuilding France, noting restored towns and farms, cleared roads and factories returning to work. Statistics detail evacuees, destroyed acres, livestock recovery, and the renewed confidence of populations in the wake of wartime losses.
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Paris
France
al. Loucheur
Johohttauys
Buried Treasure Uncovered North Coast Cache
A Hamburg dispatch to Neue Berliner Zeitung reports that a legendary fortune hidden by Capt. Kidd era figure Claus Stoekcecker near the North Sea coast has reportedly been dug up. Authorities say the found gold and silver total about six million marks.
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Berlin
Germany
Kidd
Claus Stoekcecker
Northsch
Hamburg
Neue Berliner Zeitung
Household hints and kitchen tips from old guidance column
A stitched-together excerpt offers household tips on mushroom foraging and preservation, making flavored sauces and tomato and egg dishes, reviving wilted greens, storing herbs, and simple cooking tweaks. Also includes moral maxims about kindness, memory, and restraint from the original columnist.
Recipes for Pickled Beets Jellies and Sandwiches
Fragments describe cooking steps for beet jelly, grape preserves, orange jelly, and Rabin sandwiches. Instructions cover slicing beets, grinding horseradish, cooking grape pulp with sugar, preparing orange rind strips, and mixing meat with whipped cream for sandwiches.
Dogs and clocks test a terrier’s sense of time
A parrot’s wisdom aside, a terrier on a bed wakes at seven, though clocks move to seven-thirty for daylight saving. The dog’s reaction probes whether he hears the clock or understands the time shift. Also quoted is a dinner remark on beggars and honesty by Secretary Lawson Purdy in New York, with a biting anecdote about a beggar and her children in Calico rags.
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H. J. Magsinghane
Lawson Purdy
Charky Organization Society
New Yok
Afl
Gentle Consideration in Quirky Chat by Mrs Torkins
Excerpt shows Mrs Torkins chiding Clarley about his foul habit of sitting under a bhoo awaiting fish nibble. He replies with a plan to make him comfortable, mentioning a rubber tree and art galdist as part of the resolve.
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Clarley
Drawing It Too Fine
A domestic scene shows a house mistress deciding whether to dismiss a servant after she is asked if she knows the mistress’s business. The servant replies she is unsure but believes she can do the work for pay, hinting at uncertain competence and wage.
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Mata
Mary
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Pion
Thomas Dreier
Sears
Mikes Ua
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