Parrot tale hints at motive in boarding house murder
The story centers on Mrs. Emma Hogarth found strangled in the second floor room of Mrs. Rhodes boarding house. Bonnie Dundee and Lt. Strawn lead an inquiry with multiple suspects including Emil Sevier, CorA Barker, Bert Magnus, and Walter Styles. Norma Paige, heiress to Hogarth’s fortune, is involved as key witness and potential motive emerges with Styles.
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Emma Hogarth
Bonnie
Strawn
Henry Dowd
Cap'n
Cora Barker
Bert Magnus
Sevier
Mrs. Sharp
Walter Styles
Norma Paige
Bonnie Dundee
Norma
Miss Paige
Styles
Magnus
Bert
Mrs. Hogarth
Payne
Headquarters
Chicago
Greenville
Dundee
Boyle
Herbert S. Magnus
Mr. Styles
Mr. Dundee
Acme Paper Company
Riverside
California
Van-Del Compound touted as stomach cure. drama continues
A local booster note touts Van-Del Compound as a blessing for stomach, liver, kidney and other ailments with testimonials from residents. The narrative shifts to a murder investigation in a boarding house, detailing suspect Walter Styles and detective questions about Norma Paige, Bert Magnus, and Mrs Hogarth. A new clue arises as detective Green reports a lead from the Chicago train line.
Health Board Study Draws Nationwide Requests
Requests for the North Carolina Capital Punishment study rise as the division of education and publicity reports thirty states and six foreign countries asking for printed material in six months. Massachusetts and California led domestic inquiries while North Carolinians remain the largest group seeking greater understanding of the welfare program. A foreign inquiry from Japan’s Kanagawa area arrived with a formal note about extending library works to stimulate member study.
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North Carolina
State Board of Public Welfare
State Board
Division of Education and Publicity
Massachusetts
California
Washington
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Arizona
Raleigh
Switzerland
Holland
China
Japan
Canada
Hawaii
Kanagawaken — Kyosaikai
Omote
Large Railway Laundry Under Construction in York
York England builds one of the world's largest railway laundries. The facility will cover over 14,900 square feet and process more than four million articles yearly. Soiled laundry from railway hotels cars hotels and ships will be delivered daily and returned clean the same day.
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York
Eng
Seek Best Golf Grass
YORKSHIRE England golfers test grasses from Oregon Rhode Island New Zealand France and other countries to find the best green turf for courses conducted by local business men seeking durable and suitable greens grasses through an experimental trial.
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Yorkshire
Eng
Oregon
Rhode Island
New Zealand
France
River Jordan wanders 220 miles in covering 69
The excerpt notes a 220 mile distance along the Jordan river and a 69 unit measure associated with the journey. It also states that the greatest menace to Guam inhabitants is intestinal parasites.
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Jordan
Guam
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NEA Service, Inc
Parrot
Anne Austin
Van-Del
New
Greensboro
Mr. L. M. Grant
Boro
Ring Drug Co
Hoffman Drug Co
Hamilton
Green
Dr. Weeks
Chief
Bayer Aspirin
Cesterfield
Chesterfield
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