Beginning Another Rousing Farce By a Popular Author
Edwin Butt opens a comic tale where Kinkaid Parker learns he is a joint residuary legatee of his Aunt Martha Preston, inheriting a half interest in her estate. He imagines wealth yet recalls his estranged family and a recent jobless stretch as he ponders shared ownership and the other half.
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Edwin Butt
Kenworthy
Winstock
Caleb John Kenworthy
Kinkaid
Kinks
Parker
Mart
Martha
New England
Martha Preston
Securities
New York
Bleriot’s Historic Channel Crossing Opens Era of Flight
UNCLE RAY recalls the 1909 crossing of the English Channel by Louis Bleriot. He notes the 37 minute flight from France to England after early Wright trials and Latham’s near miss, highlighting the daredevil breakthrough and its promise of frequent cross-channel air travel.
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Wright Brothers
France
Europe
Wilbur Wright
English Channel
Wrights
Hubert Latham
Channel
Louis Bleriot
Bleriot
England
Aleriot
English
Dover
Uncle Ray
Atlantic
Wight
Word Block Puzzle With Florida Shoreline Note
Cranium Crackers presents a word puzzle with lists of names and terms and a conclusion that Florida spans 4 861 square miles with 1148 poiles of shoreline. The exact solution hints are embedded in the garbled text and misprints.
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Florida
Lightning Kills Three Bathers at Riis Park Beach
A freak lightning bolt struck Jacob Riis Park beach, killing Cesare Ceto 36 Peter Cava 28 and his wife Mary 24 all Brooklyn residents. Five bathers were injured and 15 were stunned as the bolt traveled 300 yards through a crowd of about 80 000. Two survivors were reported in serious condition.
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New York
Jacob Riis Park Beach
Ruth Melton
Brooklyn
Cesare Ceto
Peter Cava
Mary
Kinks Parker Seeks Kenworthy in Winstock Connecticut
The restless Kinks Parker travels from Yale Club to Winstock seeking attorney Caleb Kenworthy and his nap routine. A quiet village awaits as Parker plans to view his inheritance and press ahead with his citybound plan.
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Yale Club
Winstock
Connecticut
Grand Central Station
Kinks Parker
Kinks
Caleb Kenworthy
Cale Kenworthy
Cale
Seekers and a Charming House in Connecticut
A man named Kinks follows directions to a white green trimmed house by a Connecticut river. After failed bell attempts he forces a kitchen window and spots a striking woman on the lawn with a market basket, ending with a cliffhanger.
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Preston
Winstock
Connecticut
Kinks
Kinks Parker
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Ogee
Ray
Arc de Triomphe
Tower of Pisa
Soho
Amsterdam
Bolt
N. Y. Beach
Yukon River
Kenworthy & Kenworthy
Uoh
Walt Scott
High Point
Western Union
Robert Lee Oakley
William Vandiford
Grover John Durham, JR
Mr. Durham
S. J. Bone
Lee Mason
Reis
Raymond Craft
G. A. Langley
North Carolina Tobacco Planter
Marvin Holloman
Somay
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