Babson’s Life Insurance Proceeds Trigger Fatal Plan
Babson studied life policy provisions that punished suicide within a set period. With two hundred thousand dollars insured for his wife, he directed her investments and hid the note in a bank box before fleeing. Two weeks later his body drifted near Lake Rabson’s headgate, suggesting suicide.
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Babson
S. B
Rookby
Rube Tenney
Lake Rabson
Lake Rabson. A Gentle Wind Was Blowing Across the Lake and Mr. Balson
Forlorn Valley Saga of Banks and Betrayal Ends
In Eden Valley a bank failure ties to Nate Tichenor and his wife Larry. They confront devastation of Forlorn Valley, forgive enemies, and plan a community revival with new water rights and a rebuilt bank, ending with a New Year’s vow of renewal.
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Silas Babson
Bank of
Valley Center
Henry Rookby
Mr. Rookby
Babson
Ife
Mr.Rookby
Henry
Lake Babbon
S. B
Rookby
Capitol
Bank of Valley Center
Nate Tichenor
Tichenor
Buck
Europe
Darby
Gold Run
Eden Valley
Rube
Larry
Tie
Nate
Porloro Valley
Larry Kershaw
Robin Tichenor
Dan
Dan Clanton
Clanton
Joe Brainerd
Joe
Valley
Forlorn Valley
New York
Mountain Valley Power Company
Bar H Land and Cattle Company
Circle K
Bar H
Eden Valley Land and Cattle Company
Powers
Ital Stock
Eden Valley Creek
Lake Babson
State Banks
Babson's Bank
Fla
Nathan Tichenor
Nate and
Etty
New Domestic Animals Added by Science for Man Aid
A Pathfinder Magazine highlight notes how modern science has domesticated new animals for research. Wistar Institute warns of bogus Wistar white rat strains sold by unscrupulous dealers. Guinea pigs, vinegar eels, para mecia, Drosophila, maggots, axolot, and possums are cited as laboratory domestics alongside pure bred guidance.
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BE. BE
Wistar Institute of
Philadelphia
Wistar
South America
Yale
Ditch
Wistar Institute
Pathfinder Magazine
To Run the' Gantlet in Early Language Forms
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the term gantlet historically meaning a passage or challenge. The text hints at a transformation from eee to a wartime or linguistic context and suggests a historical explanation.
Name Changes and Forms for Address and Titles
A Q and A column by Emly Post discusses whether to drop junior from John Smith Jr or keep it, and how unmarred women should be addressed in hotels. It also covers how children should address a school handyman who drives the bus, suggesting respect and formality may depend on personal naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Chicago
St. Paul
Junior
Mrs. Post
Carol Jones
Miss Carol Jones
Miss
Mr. Jones
Silas
Emly Post
WNU Service
Earerican
Pollard
Sawyer
M.la Pierre
Hawthorne Road
Bronxville
New York
Traffic Etiquette for Foreign Travelers in Japan
The translated guide warns visitors to yield to police signals, avoid insulting pedestrians, horn softly at pedestrians in sight, then firm if obstacles remain. It cautions about wandering horses and dogs, and to pass calmly to avoid splashes, grease, mud, or brake failures.
Island ban on cricket six days a week on Tonga Island
The Tonga Island natives are so cricket obsessed that authorities ban the sport for six days weekly to prevent disruption of work and plantation duties. Officials warn continued play could lead to abandonment of plantations and eventual social decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonga
South Seas
London
Missing Person Notice for Fred Brown Jewel
Public appeal seeks information on Fred Brown Jewels whereabouts. Message directed to his sister Ale in Columbia Missouri or Alvin BK Stein at Otis Building in Chicago. Good news phrasing accompanies the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Ale
Columbia
Alvin BK
Stein
Otis
Chicago
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Peter B. Kyne
WNU Servic
Chapter
Emily Post
Mreered
Coleman Lamp & Stove Company
Calif
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Raymond Knight and the
Cuckoos
Ram
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