Florida to Break Up Wire Tapper Gangs in Lauderdale
Florida officials report sweeping raids that led to arrests of a dozen men tied to wire tapping and related confidence schemes targeting wealthy winter visitors. Governor Hardee ordered Broward Sheriff Turner to resign for refusing to raid the alleged tapper den. The operation exposed a store like setup where victims bet on fake race results and are pressed to cash out with certified checks before being coerced.
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Lauderdale
Fla
Goy
Cary Hardee
Hardee
A. W. Turner
Broward ‘County
Fort Lauderdale
Turner
Florida
Ruth Muskrat to Visit China for World Student Conference
Ruth Muskrat a seventeen year old Cherokee student at the University of Kansas will travel to Peking this spring as a delegate to the World's Student Christian federation conference. She notes the need for trained native leadership among Indians and predicts strong female participation in funding drives.
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Awrence
Kan
Ruth Muskrat
Oklahoma
University of Kansas
China
Student Christian Federation
Peking
Miss Muskrat
Japan
Muskrat
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Contempt Fines Hit Cuban Planter and Wife in New York
Julio de Sorzano Jorrin and Virginia Foster de Sorzano Jorrin were fined 50 641 dollars for contempt of court in the New York Supreme Court. Additional judgments of 3 623 dollars and 47 018 dollars were filed against them. The case arises from money lent by Warren McConibe to the De Jorrins, who allegedly refused to obey court orders to testify.
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York
Julio de Sorzano Jorrin
Ald
Virginia Foster de Sorzano Jorrin
Supreme Court
Senora de Jorrin
Virginia Foster
Robert M. Foster
St. Louis
de Jorrins
Warren McConibe
Mme. de Jorrin
Husband
East Fifty-first Street
Europe
Spain
France
England
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland
Omahan Princess and Her Fiji Subjects
An Omaha woman, Mrs. Louis Landrock, claims to be seventh generation descendant of Princess Anneka of Holland and says she holds a vast distant throne in Dutch Borneo and part of a Fiji island. She visited the lands last year, found no loyal subjects, and returned, planning to press her title in Holland before pursuing the estate further.
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Maha
Omaha
Louis Landrock
Anneka
Holland
Dutch Borneo
Ugau
Fiji
Borneo
Pee Seerment
Landrocks
Fijis
Spring Gowns and Three-Piece Suits Promote Versatile Style
Fashion notes of 1922 highlight dress to type, with afternoon gowns and clever three-piece suits. New features include contrasting blouse effects, bright color notes, and detachable sleeves offering multiple looks from a single outfit.
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Milady
A Disturbed Decision
In a snowy village, Richard Marsh faces a moral crisis when Edgar Brunner leaves Avery Wells a $100,000 bequest. Marsh contemplates deceit or departure while Avery vows to donate Brunner’s fortune to a hospital for crippled children, choosing love and charity over wealth.
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Richard Marsh
Brade
Avery Wells
Avery
Brinner
Marsh
Philadelphia
Edgar Brunner
Wells
Brunner
Ile
What Will People Think Snobbery Across Social Lines
The piece critiques the pervasive question What will people think revealing snobbery. It argues against conformist conventions and hoops of status that govern everyday actions from invitation choices to how food is served, urging natural behavior over social approval.
Birds and fencing impact on crop yields suggest protection
Experts note that expanding cultivated area via modern fencing did not raise yields because bird destruction of insects remains a major factor. Recommendations include protecting farm woodlots, building bird houses, and encouraging new growth where clearing was excessive to preserve a valuable bird refuge that aids crops.
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Orti
Oregonian
Andree Balloon Expedition Ends In Tragic Failure
Swedish explorer S A Andree left July 11, 1897 on a perilous balloon journey to the far North with two companions. He used rope drag and rubber gait to steer the craft, hoping to ride air currents to safety. The mission failed likely due to accident or miscalculation, and the party did not return, presumed victims of northern conditions.
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Andree
S. A. Andree
Obstinacy as a form of possession and ignorance
The passage compares an obstinate person to a devil that cannot be cast out, noting that such a person holds opinions that possess them and sink them like a drowning man. It portrays obstinacy as irreversible, with an ignorance that is abrupt, impregnable, and sustained by rubbish.
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