Gold Bullets Chapter Seventeen Defies the Law
Uncle John frets over Jerry as Deacon closes in while Lucy races to Skull Valley to save her fiancé. The town lies silent, Torridity’s heat presses on, and a perilous plan unfolds as Deacon pursues clues and Lucy takes daring action.
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Lucy
Deacon
John
Jerry
Peskella
Skull Valley
Uncle John
Plage
Henry
Lizard
Sidewinder
Senate plans on debenture provision despite Hoover veto
Senate conferees are expected to strike the debenture clause from a measure amid confidence from administration leaders. Senator Walsh's farm bill creating protein testing labs in wheat states won Senate passage but House action on tariff debt remains pending. The session continues with ongoing legislative maneuvers.
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Senate
Hoover
House
Walsh
Moh~tana
Senate Debates Sugar Duty Increases and Census Bill
The senate moves to compel the tariff commission to send copies of all reports on sugar production costs to the president before March 4 1929. The chamber weighs the Lenroot nomination to the court of customs appeals and resumes work on the 1920 census bill and house reapportionment. Committees take up Wheeler resolution on labor in textiles and interstate commerce continues hearings on the Couzens bill to establish a federal communications commission.
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Tariff Commission
Lenrool
Wisconsin
Court of Customs Appeal
Senate
House
Senate Manufactures Committee
Wheeler
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Retired Army Inventor Astounded By Device
Washington May 17 A split second world described by Major General George C Lauter retired former chief of the army signal corps in senate testimony Were living in a fourteenth of a second world He said the farthest corner of the earth is never more than that far away by radio He added he was astounded to see three Baltimore girls supervise thousands of telephone calls through an automatic switchboard General Squier invented a device enabling five telephone conversations and 20 telegraph messages over one wire at once.
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Washington
George C. Lauter
Army Signal Corps
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Baltimore
General Squier
Cosmopolitan Corn Dish Recipes From Early American Kitchen
A historical overview explains corn as native maize and its global reach, noting diverse ear colors in early colonies. It then lists numerous preservation recipes and serving ideas, including chowder, a corn and salmon pudding, corn with fresh vegetables, and a cream of corn supreme, emphasizing canned corn use.
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Bes
Seston
Mrs H B Workman Hurt In Fall This Morning
Mrs H B Workman wife of Rev H B Workman pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church fell this morning and seriously wounded her ankle Dr F S Suddith was called six stitches were taken no bones broken She is not seriously ill and will be confined to her room for weeks
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H. B. Workman
St. Paul's Methodist Church
F. S. Suddith
Hoover considered for law enforcement board chair
May assist Hoover cited as a possible choice for chairman of the law enforcement commission. George W. Wickersham, New York lawyer and former attorney general under Taft, is mentioned in connection with the selection.
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Associated Press
George W. Wickersham
New York
Taft
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Death Toll Mounts From Cleveland Clinic Blast
Cleveland Clinic fire and gas explosions killed another victim, leaving three firemen and several police officers hospitalized. Ben Jones, 29, former Canton football fullback, died at home after being rescued from the clinic blast. Officials report 75 patients missing or unaccounted as rescue and examination efforts continue. Investigators attribute the disaster to spontaneous combustion in the basement X ray storage room, with no negligence found by the coroner.
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Cleveland Clinic
Ben Jones
Canton, Ohio
Grove City
Pay
Jones
Convention Opens for B P W in Huntington
Huntington May 17 more than one hundred delegates attended the ninth annual state convention of business and professional women’s clubs. Miss Nellie A Lyle state president presided at the opening session and a nominating committee and by laws committee were named after the breakfast. W S Rosenheim of the chamber welcomed delegates and Miss Minnie Moore, local chapter president, extended greetings as the group marked its tenth anniversary.
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House
Nual
State Federation
Nellie A. Lyle
Wheeling
Rosenheim
Chamber of Commerce
Minnie Moore
Miss Lyle
Train service loss sparks hearings on Fairmont Morgantown line
Witnesses testified the trains ran at a loss during a hearing on the discontinuance of the Fairmont Morgantown route. Norval Grow of Tittle Falls filed a protest against the proposed service end and was not represented at the hearing.
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Norval Grow
Tittle Falls
Fairmont
Morgantown
Lambie Seeks Two Day State Safety Demonstration
R M Lambie chief of the state mining department proposes expanding the annual safety day in Charleston to a two day event. The plan shifts from Saturday September 7 to Friday September 6 and the following day with mine rescue demonstrations and first aid contests, pending approval by gate operators and field staff.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. M. Lambie
State Mining Department
Indy Stead
Nes
Ent
Lambie
Rev L L Postlethwait to Address Graduates at Newburg High
Final graduation exercises will be held at Newburg High School Sunday evening May 19. The program includes hymn invocation by Rev T A Canfield, a duet by Suzeanna Warnick and Mary Ella Fromhart, baccalaureate sermon by Rev L L Postlethwait of Grafton, quartet by Helen Ashby Ruth Geldbargh Mary Barker Suzeanna Warnick, and benediction by Rev I A Canfield.
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Newburg
B&O asks permit to discontinue several trains
The Public Service Commission has the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad application under advisement to discontinue trains Nos. 63 and 64 between Fairmont and Morgantown and trains Nos. 2 and 69 between Romineere Springs.
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Charleston
W. Via
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fairmont
Morgantown
Romneree Springs
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