London burglars use furnished houses as trap
A London gang led by Dick Davenant posed as tenants to rent furnished homes in upscale suburbs. Police traced a scheme where a network of agents and informers identified targets, then burglars entered with ladders and tools. Inquiries followed as officers disrupted several attempts and detained suspects, exposing an organized crime ring.
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Walker
Ospar
Hartmoll
Dick Davenant
London
Lower Marsh
Klely
Menninglem
Hearn Reer
Ladies' column notes on manners fashion and sport
A survey of fashionable topics includes German Empress dancing rules and washing habits for gowns, rising popularity of women’s golf with the Ladies' Golf Union at forty clubs and 3,000 members, plus new linenlike cotton fabric. It covers Dutch wedding gifts, a Welsh pilot Mrs Betsy James, a daring real gypsy wedding, Mile Lucie Faure’s charity work, and a French president’s papers. Also tips for bicycle care and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Golf Union
Betsy James
Wales
Orgam
Mile Lucie Faure
Mlle. Faure
M. Felix Faure
Elusive wealth and modern vices across a crowded ledger
A fragmented assemblage discusses wealth excess and social contrasts, cites historic figures and misquoted anecdotes, and touches on crime, race, zoology, architecture, religion, Bermuda agriculture, and urban life. It weaves stray observations into a garbled catalog of topics with no single coherent narrative.
Varied Eras and Odd Phrases Reach New York
Three centuries after Penaenee atars, varieties spread in New York as sparrows. An estimate claims a crow destroys 700 000 insects annually. Nail growth differences noted with income details and a street widening phrase appears tied to Amber tubes before Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fragmentary science note on optics and color perception
A garbled science fragment discusses agrees with Tham and Singera, mentions rainbow shapes and earth, hints at aircle and detecting color effects above the earth. It also references removing spots from velvet with a small amount of benzine and a tip about odors.
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Puenished Hoube
Comfort
Serge Dans Spy
Square
Bloomsbury
Alvarnlonteet
Hampstead
Khaire Alao
Nice
Riviera
W . Walker
Wal
Paris
Walker Wel- Heckett
Dade
Gardena
Scott
Bat
Scotland
Bell
Taman
Torah
Te Wah
Ter Gore
Lombard Street
Mokness
Peema
Depen
Japan
Bene Heen
Caar
Sthres
Navy
Royal
Pacis
Bermuda
Pete
THE
Carooar Chronicle
Science
Tham
Singera
Hhia Aince
Roy
Nid
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