Necklace Heist on Long Island Ends With Butler Revealed
A famed European jewel necklace worth over a hundred thousand dollars vanishes at a Long Island country house exhibit. Detective Aurelius Smith exposes the butler as the thief after a staged night of misdirection and a staged coat search.
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Tan Seltz
New York City
Long Island
Europe
van Seitz
Aurelius Smith
Smith
van Seltz
van. Seltz
Maranuder
Recalling a Case of Doughboy Nerve
A hospital recounts a front line nurse’s tale of extraordinary fortitude. A wounded veteran restrained by pain and peril, bleeding and missing limbs, urges the doctor to save others while the surgeon tends to him. The soldier’s grit astonishes all.
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France
Delaney
Meuse-Argonne
Rachel Delaney
Forty-third Engineers
Y. Ww
Ring Chokes Crow Found On Burgoyne Trail
Peter Sage of Lee Massachusetts reports a crow entangled by a gold ring found on the Burgoyne trail. The bird died two days after capture. Ring hidden by feathers bore the inscription M G H to L S W. Likely ringed by a parent bird while feeding young, leading to death by choking and starvation.
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Burgoyne Trail
Peter Sage
Lee
Mass
Boston Globe
Sage
Mexicans Build 35 Miles of Road in One Day
A Mexican effort near Tremendo claims a world record as 2,000 ranchers and Tarascan Indians abandoned work to construct a 35 mile highway link between Guadalajara and Mexico City from dawn to sundown.
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Tremendo
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Vacation tale of Fritz Kressler in Maine
The violinist Fritz Kressler spent a Maine vacation with a French-Canadian guide. The guide recalls Kressler paid five dollars a day to sit and play the fiddle, avoiding hunting fishing or climbing.
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Fritz Kressler
Maine
Kressler
Pictorial Quilt Showpiece by Concord Girl at State Fair
A quilt completed by Miss Geraldine Youd of Concord California portrays a pictorial history of California's gold discovery era. After two years of work it will be honored at the California state fair with 36 embroidered scenes and signatures of pioneers on each panel.
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California
Geraldine Youd
Concord
Calif
Explaining Gas Prices At The Station
A parent answers a child at a filling station about why gas prices differ. The elder explains there is cheap gas for buyers still paying off cars and a higher grade for those who have paid for their vehicles, reflecting affordability and preference.
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Pop
Cincinnati Enquirer
Scant Attire First Fellow There Goes Mrs Patton Ayres
A humorous exchange quotes two men commenting on a widow Mrs Patton Ayres and her gown. One says her husband’s money funds her dress, the other calls the gown ill fitting for a poor man. The clipped dialogue mirrors satirical social gossip of the era.
Tough Lot Reflected in Local Matrimony Lampoon
Brief note from the New Bedford Standard records a humorous exchange about marriage fidelity with Mrs Flap and Mrs Flip recalling a past ideal spouse now famed for infidelity.
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Flap
Flip
New Bedford Standard
Broadcasting Insects Science develops corncrib noise mics
In a report from The Country Home, Broadcasting Insects Science unveils microphones that transmit the gnawing sounds of insects in corncribs, highlighting a novel audio monitoring approach for stored grain.
Everybody's Problem Dollars Melt in America
A Collier's Weekly reflection notes that the core issue in U S finance is not scarcity but the tendency for money to lose value or slip away. The piece examines how spending habits and economic pressures erode wealth across society.
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America
Collier's Weekly
Hard Substance The only known thing harder than a n amend is making the payments on it
A compact note notes that the toughest task is meeting payments on an amendment, using a quip about resilience and financial strain without amplifying details.
Fenwick Crittenden Duel an 1811 Missouri story
This week in Missouri history notes the 1811 duel between Dr Walter Fenwick and attorney general Ezekiel Crittenden over a quarrel born in court. The bout on Moreau's Island left Fenwick mortally wounded. Crittenden survived and later held state office.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Walter Fenwick
Ste. Genevieve
Thomas T. Crittenden
Territory of
Louisiana
Ezekiel Fenwick
Crittenden
Kentucky
Territory
Benjamin Howard
J. J. Crittenden
United States Senate
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Fenwick
New” Ste. Genevieve
Ezekiel
Walter
John Scott
Congress
Missouri Territory
Henry Dodge
District of Ste. Genevieve
Louisville
John Smith
Smith
St. Louis
Louisiana Gazette
City Power Plants Unprofitable
An editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer cites Judge Reeves ruling that PWA aid is unconstitutional and that municipal light and power projects in Texas are financially unviable after depreciation and other charges. The piece notes farm papers’ alarm and contrasts with a letter from Iowa poultry expert Frank Priebel praising farmers for continuing to feed chickens despite drought, citing improved vitality from sturdy hens and balanced rations.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Missouri
Albert L. Reeves
PWA
Texas
Harriman& Company
Fort Worth
Iowa
Kansas
Misouri
Middle West
Frank Priebel
Letter to Poultry Raisers: Farmers Not Feeding
A letter to poultry raisers warns of public concern over farmers not feeding. It notes government surveys and bulletins on the issue and addresses readers as friends, urging attention to feed practices.
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Joseph B. Shannon
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United States Chamber of Commerce
National Manufacturer's Association
The
Federation of American Business
Busice
Special Committee
Retell
Missouri Association OF Public Utilities
West High Street
Jefferson City
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