The Woman Detective and the Kidnapped Child Case
A woman detective recalls a kidnapping mystery in an urban district with foreign residents. She uses interviews, language clues, a dirty envelope, and a newspaper appeal to lure the kidnapers into a ransom note. On the fourth day, a child’s cry at the doorstep reveals the rescue and leads to new work for the detective.
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Poven
Mra. Smitzburger
Smething
Ier
Mrs. Smitberger
Toy Detective Associates
Meaux as a Symbol in World War I History
The Meaux area near Paris stands as a historic high point of the German advance in 1914. It marks the closest approach to Paris by German troops, where French Sixth Army units retreated under pressure and then reassembled in a dramatic detour. Nearby graves, including the earliest near Paris, and rising monuments by French engineers memorialize the scale of loss and the memory of a nation’s crisis.
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Paris
Meaux
Mesux
Europe
France
Knitting Bag Captures Notice In Elevator Incident
A well dressed young woman in a tailored suit and velvet knitting bag draws attention in a Kansas City Star description. The bag’s crocheted flowers and satin lining frame a demure face, until a French bulldog emerges from the folds.
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The
Kansas City Star
France
When They Met Again in Flan ders
Dan Daly, once an advertising man in Brooklyn, met Arthur Blaut in Germany just before World War II. They toured Frankfurt am Main with Blaut, who runs a major tannery for a British firm, and Daly recalls helping wounded soldiers after a grand party where Nora Bayes was present.
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Flanders
Dan Daly
Brooklyn
Germany
Frankfurt-am- Main
Nora Bayes
Arthur Blaut
Blaut
Daly
Nanie
Dan
Not Dead at Funeral Sparks Legal Trouble in Africa
A drunken man slept by a roadside in Portuguese Africa and, mistaken for dead, was carried to a cemetery. The coffin was lowered before a commotion raised by the tapping revived him, and he was sued for drunkenness and disturbing a funeral.
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Africa
Taper
Caterpillars Raid French Village and Crops
A plague of caterpillars devastates Puy region in Auvergne and invades Atguilhe houses. Vals roads are blocked by larvae and River Borne washers stop work. Crops suffer extensive damage in a single night as usual remedies fail.
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Puy
Auvergne
France
Atguilhe
Vals
Borne
Public Notice Against Dumping Garbage Near Ke reka Ditch
Complaints arise over garbage and rubbish dumped along the ditch at Buel Street within Ke reka Nevada. Public nuisance under state law risks misdemeanor prosecution and costs for damages and cleanup.
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Buel
Stroate
Kereka
Neveda
Water Right Application for Nevada Creek Diversion
Notice of application by Bureks Land and Stock Company of Elko for permission to appropriate public waters. From Henderson Creek at a specified section, via dam and conveyance to lands in Sec 4 and surrounding sections in T23N R61E. intended use irrigation stock and domestic. Water not returned to stream. Date of first publication June 15 1918. Last publication July 13 1918.
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State of
Nevada
Bureks Land and Stock Company
Elko
County of Elko
State of Nevada
Hendenon Creek
Streas
Seymour Case
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United States
America
W. G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Roreka Cash Store
Express
J. B. Biale
Eureka
Giant Powder Co. Consolidated
WAL Garde
Edna C. Plummer
Edgar Eather
W. R. Reynolds
Hjal Building
Brown Hotel
Whitesides CO
Dean Tistiss
C. E. Whitesides
Frank H. Russell
F. Kopp
North Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
P. H. Hill
H. Hils
Henderson Banking Company
Snevada
Joan Henpenson
L. C. Henpersox
Haypex Henperson
Lamwszrt Hexpenson
Mra. G
Stockgrowers and Ranchers’ Bank OF Reno, Nevada
United States Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Postal Savings Depository
First National Bank
Blke, Nevada
J. A. Benent
A E Enepatt
O. F. Willame
E. E. Exxon
Onshier
Departament of the Interior , Land Office
Warren O. Ferguson
Leas Rg
Poe
R. McCharles
Eureka County
Theresa Ferguson
Tonkin
Teteriory Land Office
Bibo
Ae Pieretti
Tomkisco County
Napa North
DiabloBese
Meridian
Mureka Nevada
Euhae Neruda
FORD
Eureka Garage & Supply Co
verre tie & _ TINEL
Eureks
Nevasis
Sawrruvxt
Balling
Zareka
Pahing
Barska
Seson
Korok
Martin MaHoney
Rrureky County
Baroka
James Mackey
Novada
Beatific Lodge No. 7
Onette Hall
J. B. Vietronio
D. C. Attest
D. &. Nowrnosa K
Notios
Eureke
W. J. Hooper
Nevads
Nevada University
Third Judicial District Court
Mary KR. Crome
Nevara
Bertha Rich
Edna Covert Plummer
Wsemman
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