Glass and grit crack a fatal hit and run case
Sgt Brennan of New York finds a gray 1909 Packard as the killer car after a night’s work gathering bits of evidence. A lamp rim from Ham Lamp Co Rochester NY, glass fragments, a tire fragment and a paint smudge lead to the suspect. The driver confesses, and manslaughter charges follow the fatal collision with McHugh.
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John F. Brennan
New York
Pinkin
Ham Lamp Company
Rochester
N.Y
Brennan
Sherlock Holmes
McHugh
Trate Squad
Sixty-ninth Street
Meliigh
The Tailored Green Coat Crime on Green Terrace
Eleanor follows a man in a green coat after a pickpocket slips her handbag into his pocket. He denies theft, then returns the bag as a ruse. A second assailant chases the thief. a police whistle leads to an arrest, and the raid ends with the offender jailed on assault charges. Eleanor’s brother and neighbors express relief.
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Eleanor
Bradley
Grandmother Bradley
Tie
Kaum
Green Terrace
Aleanour
The Monarch Of The Oak Trees In Nature’s Court
The form of the oak trees is the true embodiment of nobility. When grown fairly and naturally it is a perfect emblem of qualities. It stands firm, massive, and strong, instantly recognizable in winter skeleton or summer foliage. Miss Henrietta Dumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Dumont
Red Tape Origin in Legal Bureaucracy
A Chicago Journal excerpt defines red tape as official formality and obstruction. It traces the phrase to historical use of red tape by lawyers and public officials to tie and seal documents, highlighting its long association with legal procedures and bureaucratic delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Heroic friend returns and romance deepens in crowd
Nee sad, John Bradley greets Captain Lewis in a crowded gathering about the unknown man. See helps revive him, and Lewis reveals a lucky tale of saving John in Finnece. Eleanor, torn by guilt, audits the tale and the budding romance with Lewis, who hints at a future story yet to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradley
Dickens
St Roger Lewis
Netley
Captain Lewis
Eleanor
Insects Pioneering Inventions Inspire Man
The piece notes how many human inventions long preceded by insects. It cites bees using hypodermic needles and antiseptics, spiders creating suspension bridges and airships, silkworms producing silk, and ants and mason bees building tunnels and cement structures. It also mentions a peacock moth’s distant signaling advancing toward wireless ideas.
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M. Fabre
Bee
Ant
Mason Bee
Min
The Life of the Weevil and Primitive Arts in the Era
An excerpt from a translated nature book describes early life forms and creatures with vivid, fantastical details such as monsters fifteen to twenty sards long and beans on their noses. It contrasts these with later notes on primitive culture and archaic industry, including references to Sik culture in China and ancient spinning wheels, then lists U S state entries into the Union with dates in January 1872.
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Hhoeven
Japan
Sik
Chini
WMI Grims
Celestial Country
Atlas Portland
Spanish Green Olive Beet and Potato Salad
A simple salad recipe using cold boiled potatoes onions green olives capers and a pickled beet sliced into rings. Toss with lettuce hearts and dress with boiled or French dressing for a tasteful, easy side.
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Denton Journal
Oward Melvin Bens
B. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishere
The
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Tye
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Manklind
Monsters
Wwo
Georgia
Connecticut
M. K. Newnam
Botha
J. Norman Pitts
Third St
John W. Noble
Sale
Norman Clark
A. M. Willey
O. W. Corkran
A. R. Messer
Kenneth Hubbard Salesmen
Detroit Vapor Oil
Fila
Nauttle Howe. Co
C. Leslie Walls Denton
Asalo
Dinyo
Thomas & Messer CO
W. Balto
St. Baltimore
Board of Education
Denton
Marsland
EM. Noble
Jl, Bowdle
Denton, Md
Calvert CG
Merriken
Aia
Bill Smith
Smith
Bill Jones
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
Prest
Portland
Atlas Portland Cement Company
New York-Boston -Philadelphia
Northampton
Farmers’ Supply Co., Inc
Ton-Trkuck
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Y Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co., Nover, Velaware
Carter & Dern
Agts
L. Irving Jones
Age
W. Payne
Agt
Reensboro
Preston
Om Works
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Vinton, Taryland
Wasley Collegiate Institute
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover, Delaware
Journal
Newspape
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