Straight-Shooting Jailer's Wife Stops Jail Break
Ethel McCracken a 40 year old jailer's wife repels a break from the county jail as three prisoners try to free themselves. Jake Cook 24 is shot in the leg during the incident. Willie Murphy 26 and Casey 22 were recaptured or forced back inside. The trio aimed to remove Claud McCracken during exercise cell transfer with a homemade dirk.
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Ethel McCracken
Jake Cook
Cookson Hills
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Cook
Willie Murphy
Casey
College Campus Visit Sparks Family Scandal
On Corrinne’s campus visit by Sarah Anne the group gathers as night falls at Corrinne’s dorm. Robert Ransom, in New York’s nightlife, calls Corrinne in a drunken dispute about a church donation tied to his father. He plans to confront the fathers and return home to face consequences.
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Sarah
Anne
Corrinne
Sarah Anne
Collége Station
College
Corrinne’s
Robert Ransom
Bob
New York
West
Robert
Stork Club
el Morocco
St. Regis
Robert Kennedy
Corrinne’s College
Robert Randall Ransom
Mr. Melton
Office Cat and Short Jokes In Paducah Safe Find
A collection of gags and stories from a 1920s or earlier humor page includes one about a Mississippi governor not completing a term, marital quips, and third-person vignettes. The Paducah, Kentucky note reports four prior safe-crackings, and a fifth break in finds an open door with $3 inside.
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Mississippi
Paducah
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted Despite Malaria Crisis
A vintage ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a ready malarial remedy containing quinidine and iron. The copy claims rapid relief from chills and fever and notes the product is widely available at drugstores with the larger size offering better value.
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Grove
Maria
To Be Continued Scene Fragments Note
A fragmentary line reads pleasantly affectionate and suggests a continuing scene with no clear conclusion. The speaker’s tone remains calm and intimate as the text cuts off with a prompt for further narration.
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Wings
le Meoocalte
Helen Welsh
Mer
Bob Ransom
Gerald
Harold
Amos
Sam
Blank
Elliott
Franklin
McCracken
Mrs. MccCracken
Claud
Raffers
Murphy
Ani
Cretonnes
Batiste
Second Avenue
Woolworth's
Ant Ae
Purest Loud’s Drug
Carter
Amr
Sherwin-Williams
NEW Decatur Branca
Johnston S
ARS
Orange-Crush Grapho Distributing Co
Moulton ST
Decatur, Ala
Bes
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