Amateur Sleuth Finds Clue in Neighbor’s House
Alice Cain investigates a suspicious cellar sigh and finds Ralph Rider’s handkerchief cuff link and dog leash left behind. Her brother Bobby reveals a staged scene from their wartime play with a toy dog named Jerry. The mystery resolves as the family pieces together misdirections and a pretend crime.
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Alice Cain
Bobby
Alice
Jerry
Ralph Rider
The
Cains
America
Ralph
Obituaries and Thanks Notice Rates Announced
The Daily Herald sets pricing for obituary notices cards of thanks and poetry lines. Obituaries cost 1 per notice with 5c per line for poetry. other rates cover subscriptions and single copies.
Gipping's Recipe Sparks Humorous Turnabout
A backstage exchange reveals jealousy and satire as a composer grumbles about a grape juice prank and a diva demands focus while a producer reassures her with a pointed quip about future worries. The scene ends with a hopeful note as characters face an uncertain turn.
Quarantined Colds and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Ad
The notice urges complete isolation for household members after a bad cold to prevent spread. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for curing a cold and encourages subscription to the Herald.
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Chamberlain
Cow wedged between two trees ends in tragedy
In Fulton New York Anton Shedd a farmer loses one of five cows after it becomes stuck between two hickory trees. He frees the animal by cutting down a tree but the cow suffers severe scrapes during the ordeal.
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Fulton
N. Y
Anton Shedd
Shedd
Eternal youth in microbes report from Paris
Professor Yves Delage reports Doctor Gallipe’s findings that century old paper organisms remain living and capable of movement. He notes microbes resist 248 degrees Fahrenheit heat and survive in fifteenth and eighteenth century papers and Chinese manuscripts, multiplying under proper culture.
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Academy of Sciences
Yves Delage
Doctor Gallipe
Professor Delage
Paris Change Shortage Hampers Retail Trade
France faces a small change famine worsened by a law banning silver money melting and export. Public hoards coins, cafes issue stamps for under 5 francs, shops use brass 1 franc checks, and stores demand customers provide their own change for small or non multiple of 5 franc purchases.
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Paris
France
War boosts chance to wed in Prussia
War leaves Prussia with a surplus of women at about 1017 to 1000 men. Dr. Robert Behla, a government vital statistics expert, says marriages may rise after the war as wage earners marry sooner thanks to improved economic conditions.
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Berlin
Germany
Prussia
Robert Behla
Woman Who Fed London Earns Public Acclaim
Miss E. M. Hopwood, dubbed the woman who fed London, served as food distribution officer for the metropolitan area during England's railway strike. She worked long hours from eight in the morning until ten at night, taking meals in her office.
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London
England
E. M. Hopwood
Deer Confined in Boston Fish Trap Surprises Anglers
In Boston Massachusetts Mr E N Paine reports a remarkable catch from his fish weir a young deer found swimming inside the trap. The animal was chased and finally captured near the ban Be era.
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Boston
Mass
E. N. Paine
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