Benson Murder Case Aids Vance Clue Hunt
In a New York County inquiry, Philo Vance and District Attorney Markham pursue a developing lead in the Benson murder case. Miss Hoffman reveals a second package marked Pfyfe Personal and a widow Paula Banning connection as investigators trace motives, suspicions, and alibis amid tense office politics and rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Vance
John F X. Markham
New York County
Alvin H. Benson
Wall Street
Anthony Benson
Anna Platz
Alvin Benson
Muriel ST. Clair
Philip Leacock
Miss St. Clair
Leander Plyfe
S. Elsid Hoffman
Faula Banning
Plyfe’s
Benson and Benson
Bigsby Ostrander
William H. Moriarty
George G. Stitt
Stitt and McCoy
Maurice Dinwiddie
Ernest Heath
Burke, Smitkin, Emery
Ben Hanlon
Phelps, Tracy, Springer
Higginbotham
District Attorney’s Office
Carl Hagsdorn
Doremus
Frank Swacker
Currie
Vance
S. 8
van Dine
Paula Banning
West Seventy- Fifth Street
Tracy
Markham
Pfyfe
Benson
the Elysee
Knoedler’s
Aeolian Hall
San Francisco
Major Benson
Mr. Benson
Twenty-third Street
Stuyvesant Club
Miss Hoffman
Alvin
Gnadiges Fraulein
Castoria Endorsed For Safe Easy Baby Care
A mother notes Castoria as a perfectly harmless aid for infant stomach issues and sleep. The ad touts its vegetarian formula and lack of harsh taste, urging use for colic constipation diarrhea and rest. It claims physicians recommend Fletcher's Castoria and highlights a baby care book included with purchase.
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Fletcher
Favorite Prescription Helps Woman After Ill Health
Mrs W O Pruitt of Columbia credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring her health after years of weakness and infertility. She says the tonic strengthened her and enabled her to bear three healthy children and that she relies on it when needing a tonic. She endorses the medicine to other weak and ailing women and notes availability through dealers and free advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Columbia, S. C
W. O. Pruitt
Main St
Pierce
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
Cardus Restores Shelbyville Woman's Health, Claim
Mrs Alven Jesse of Shelbyville Kentucky recalls severe weakness and nervous exhaustion before using Cardus. She reports rapid improvement after starting the remedy and says she regained energy to do housework with ease and vigor. She notes winter illness followed by spring improvement after taking Cardus, available at all drug stores.
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Shelbyville
Box of jewels on Benson's table raises questions
Mrs Platz glimpsed a box of jewels on Benson's table as a pivotal hint to a case. The fragment hints at a fatal afternoon event linked to a hidden motive or theft. Authorities peer into the scene for motive and ownership while tracing the suspect's steps.
North Carolina National Guard Shows High Camp Attendance
The North Carolina National Guard posted an 88 percent attendance rate at summer camps, the highest or near highest among states. About 3,600 officers and men attended, with costs mostly borne by the war department and federal government, totaling around $600,000 for maintenance in the state. Guardsmen earned $89,500 in cash pay for 15 day camps, plus standard drill pay.
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Smith
National Guard
War Department
Colonel Smith
North Carolina Guard
North Carolina
Greensboro Eyes Return to Piedmont League
Greensboro may rejoin the Piedmont League after a year without pro baseball. W. G. Bramham plans a directors meeting later this week to discuss Greensboro entry, with Rocky Mount having relinquished its franchise. Local interest exists to field a Greensboro team, and several NC and VA cities are named as possible successors to Rocky Mount.
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Greensboro
Rocky Mount
W. G. Bramham
Virginia
Piedmont
Durham Dispatches
North Carolina
Memorial plans for North Carolina Gettysburg monument
Governor McLean conferred with the advisory commission to discuss Gettysburg memorial designs authorized by the last legislature. The panel considers plans to represent the state's role in the historical battle and selects a monument concept.
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Raleigh
McLean
Gettysburg
Hoover Urges Strong Homes Ethic In Better Homes Week
Secretary Herbert Hoover promotes the seventh nation wide Better Homes campaign urging Americans to build sturdy character through home life. He says homes, schools, and churches shape citizenship and that durable houses and good landscaping uplift society and family values. He endorses wider support for the 1928 campaign.
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Washington
Better Homes
Herbert Hoover
Better Homes In America
Hoover
Coolidge
James Ford
America
Musterole for Cold Relief Ad Teaches Quick Soothing Benefits
Musterole is promoted as a cold remedy with mustard oil and simple ingredients. It promises a warm tingling, cooling relief and is claimed to aid bronchitis sore throat stiff neck pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and other pains. It is recommended by nurses and doctors and suggested to help prevent pneumonia and flu.
Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets Ad
Physicians praise these cod liver oil and iron tablets as the best tonics. Extracts from cod liver oil mixed with iron promise weight gain and energy, with tablets sold at two local stores.
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He — Benson
Cnantzs Eerravees
New York
Pryfe
Castoria
Kentucky
Cardus
Capudine
Ewa
Piedmont League
J.B. Watkins & Bro
Midlothian, V
Willowbrook St
W. E. Linthicum & Son
Chichesters Pitts Bresa
Dept
Burlington
Vermont
Mann Drug CO
Smara
Ae Ee
Carl Thomtay
the Man of
Sorrows
Baronet
Crosley-Kolster-Stromberg Carlson
Clinard Electric CO
Auditorum
Winston-Salem
Sigmund Romberg
Perr
Orchestra
Balcony
Grocer
Aunt Betty
Jones Bros. Bakery
Greensboro, N. C
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