Nonsense Snippets From A 1920s News Snippet Roundup
A collage of quirky lines from a 1924 NEA service column notes oddball events and wry observations across American cities. Headlines touching crime, weather, fashion, and luck mix with puns about alimony, pneumonia, and the year having 63 days, all in a playful daily miscellany.
Range Marmalade Anagram Found On Jar Label
A cryptic note suggests rearranging letters on a jar label to reveal "RANGE MARMALADE" from the original words "SROMA LED MANAGER." The puzzle hints at an anagram connecting product wording and branding.
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SROMA
Robbers loot store then flee after forced entry
Nighttime burglars broke into a Little Joe store by forcing a side window. A guard was forced to the wall at gunpoint while three accomplices fled in a car. Milner and Michelen found narcotics and other goods missing but the thieves had already escaped.
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Milner
Michelen
Bold Bandits In Robes De Nuit At Chestnut Street Drug Store
Four men broke into Louis Milner's drug store at 4401 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. They fled without stealing after Bilder awakened, with Jarry Michelen above the store hearing a noise. Milner saw a man guarding the curb while the others fled, outer clothing tossed over a second.
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Philadelphia
Louis Milner
Chestnut Street
Bilder
Jarry Michelen
Milner
Michelen
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Tonia
Chicago
New ‘York
St Paul
Atlanta
St. Louis
Troy
NEA Services
Lac
Lom Sims
Detroit
New Orleans
Pitsburg
New York
Europe
St Louis
San‘ Jose
Calif
Memphis
Tenn
Seattle
School of Experience
NEA Service, Inc
Imarmalade
Little Joe
JRAT
Boots
By Martin
T.boots
Iere
Sam
Swan
Afters Everett Tru
Sverestt
Lome
Stanley
Bat Nedralgia
Neast
Lan