Penelope's Lament Weighs in San Quentin Court
A courtroom drama sketches Nance Belden's failed reform efforts and a judge's harsh sentence. Amid pleas of rehabilitation Doctor Blethen and lawyer Tyrrell confront a conniving, memory-challenged defendant who hides a sharp mind and a stubborn will to escape punishment. She is shipped to San Quentin where a stern matron outlines rules, parole odds, and the grim rhythms of prison life.
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Burt
Nante Belden
Miss Belden
Nance Belden
Judge
Spécilis
Jone
Steve
Blerhen
Stephen
Nance
Doctor Blethen
San Quentin Penitentiary
Stephen Burt
San Quentino
Tyrrell
Penelope
San Quentin
Greenbrae
Bertha Lake Resort News Note on Illness
Our correspondent Mrs. Oscar Kube is bedridden with illness and hopes to attend next week to send her news items.
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Oscar Kube
Windover Lake He Community Notes Hit By Local Calls
Waldron and son Edgar were Marion callers last Thursday. Charlie Lyons returned to North Star last Monday. Himer Schofield of Farwell called on every family here last week. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Benchley to Parwell Saturday. Henry Fahnestock of Farwell called at several homes last Friday. Harry Kress moved his fish house to Lake George last Wednesday. Clare callers included Wiltse and family and Kenneth Benchiey. Many residents were on the sick list last week with others improving.
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HE. Waldron
Edgar
Marion
Charlie Lyons
North Star
Himer ‘Schofield
Farwell
Kenneth Benchley
Parwell
Henry Fahnestock
J. J. Beard
A. E. Van#Horn
Floyd Ferguson
Harry Kress
Lake George
Clare
Lake George Resort Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Newton Kress and wife of Word farm visited his brother and wife near Clare on Friday. Tom and son Lloyd went to Clare Saturday. Hildebrandt of Harrison called Sunday. Frank Baker James Morgan and John King were Clare callers Saturday. Basil Baker and family with a Lansing party spent Sunday at their cottage. M W McAlonan of Clare was in town Saturday. Stirling Curtiss, employed at Lansing, was in town Sunday. Mrs Herschel Reiss led a Town Hall recreation hour Monday. Mr Wiltse of Clear Creek ranch visited Sunday. James Morgan left for Port Huron Monday to seek work. Wm Mosher and wife to Clare Friday. Charles Borst returned home Saturday night from a week away. Men’s recreation meetings show games contested with effort.
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Newton Kress
Word Farm
Harry Kress
Stan Duross
Clare
Tom and Son
Lloyd
Ciem Hildebrandt
Harrison
Frank Baker
James Morgan
John King
Basil Baker
Lansing
M. W. McAlonan
Stirling Curtiss
Herschel Reiss
Town Hall
Wiltse
Clear Creel Ranch
Port Huron
Wm. Mosher
Charles Borst
Community Notes From Eighth Point Lake Area
Residents report Will Richter returning from Lansing under a doctor s care and not yet well. Nearby social activity includes a Saturday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Claud Wheaton and visits from Bert Marvin and G W Miller. Dr Labby s cottage project is expanding to a two story home formerly owned by Jimmy Hicks. Local CCC work crews build fish beds at Highth Point and nearby sites along Long Point to Coverts Landing.
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Will Richter
Lansing
Claud _Wheaton
Lloyd Hunt
Howard Brown
Don Brown
Flint
Walter Sherman
Claud Wheaton
Bert Marvin
Jonesville
Labby
Jimmy Hicks
Owosso
Asa Bigelow
Don
Claud Wheat
G. W. Miller
Highth Point
Long Point
Coverts Landing
Cooks Landing
Anna Spéck
Will. Richter
Barryton
Jim May
Buckiny Hone
Banks
Hove
Salt Content in Great Salt Lake Brines
A fragment notes that brines from the Great Salt Lake in Utah contain more than 200 percent of a substance and about three quarters a certain condition. The text is incomplete but indicates high salinity and mathematical proportions linked to salt solutions.
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Great Salt Lake
Great Salt ‘Lake
Utah
State Department Bulletin Reports Gas Tax Rise and Legislation
The bulletin notes a 1.2 percent rise in gasoline tax collections from 1933 to 1934, with total receipts increasing from 20,460,256.53 to 21,913,193.04 dollars. It discusses refunds for non highway use and proposed abolition, plus shifts in license plate tax payments and a February 18 sticker sale date set by Secretary of State Orville B. Atwood.
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Secretary of State
Michigan Board of Aeronautics
Orville B. Atwood
State Department
Lansing
Income Tax Rules For 1934 Filers And Dependents
The 1934 tax rules set thresholds for gross and net income, with $1,000 personal exemptions for singles and $2,500 for married couples. Joint or separate returns are allowed, but a joint return is a taxable unit. Dependents yield a $400 credit each, requiring support. Residents may be in different cities, and credits apply regardless of relationship or residence.
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Ohe
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Peter B. Eb Kyne
Bell Syndicate
W.N.A. Service
Nancy Belden
Belden
Tod
Bertha
Windover Lake
Lake George Resort
Eight Point Lake
Department OF State
Thayer Brothers West
Clare, Michigan
U.S. 10
Letson & Howe
Clare County Savings Bank
Clare County
McEwan and
Fourth Streets
City of
Allen R. Graham
Mechigan
Les
Doctor Firemen
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