Streamlined trains draw eager crowds and travelers alike
Crowds line the north shore as streamliners roll by and railroads tout a new era of speed and comfort. The Mark Twain Zephyr and Challenger lead the wave with private berths, air conditioning, stewardesses, and low fares, redefining passenger travel from New York to Chicago and beyond.
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Hiawatha
United States
Mercury
Super Chief
Sunset Limited
Chicago
Los Angeles
Avis Lobdell
New York
Washington
Denver
City of
San Francisco
Portland
Wasp Beats Spider in a Porch Battle to Death
Fort Worth Texas witness G W Cloer saw a unusual nature clash on his porch as a wasp returning with winter food defeated a heavier black spider after minutes of fighting. The wasp pinned the spider on its back in a dramatic end with a single sting ending the struggle.
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Wasp
Spider
Fort Worth
Tex
G. W. Cloer
Cloer
Accuse Witchcraft in Hex Flareups Across America
A surge of hex and witchcraft claims appears in U S court records as sociologists study lingering superstitions. In Woodbridge New Jersey a witch trial features dramatic testimony about dog heads and horned fish-like forms. Bridget Caprara, 48, facing fortune telling fraud in Philadelphia, is accused of milking victims of money through black magic and claims of witch form shifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
America
Arthur Brown
Woodbridge
N. J
Catarina Favata
Mrs. Caprara
Angry Buck Attacks Hunter In High Speed Chase
In Herkimer County New York Gordon Clark hunting rabbits fired at a 200 pound 1 point buck with bird shot. The buck charged as Clark and companion David Caldwell fled under trees. Clark reloaded with buckshot and pursued for six hours before killing the animal with a knife after the buck collapsed.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Gordon Clark
Herkimer County
Clark
David Caldwell
Woman Burns House and Dies in France Tax Rage
Mme. Du Fau, 47, of Valiers, Chinon, France, killed herself and burned her residence after threatening to avoid taxes. She carried out the plan during a fire brigade banquet, ending in death and a house fire as authorities learned of her intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinon
France
Mme. du Fau
Valiers
Owl Defends Chimney in Cleveland Winter Quarters
Dr Henry Lichtig heard eerie cries from his fireplace chimney and found an owl has taken up residence for the winter. After a half hour struggle with a ny-sack gloves and a baseball bat he summoned the Animal Protective League to remove the intruder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Henry Lichtig
Animal Protective League
Easy Lace Filet Crochet Pattern 6520
Learn to crochet a lace filet set including chair covers scarf ends and buffet pieces. Pattern 6520 provides instructions charts stitches and a diagram. Send 16 cents to The Sewing Circle 259 W. Fourteenth St New York NY with your name address and pattern number.
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Fourteenth St
New York
N.Y
Christmas Among the Pines In Oregon Pines
Big Bill leads a holiday surprise for a crew of loggers and two local kids. Pudgy Sam suggests a Christmas with trees and gifts as Bob, Dave, and Martin volunteers to invite the Martins family to join and share a feast.
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Bill
Pudgy
Sam
Bob
Dave
Santa
Martin
Big Bill
Bathlehem
Oregon Pines
A House Built Christmas Day by Frances Grinstead
A Christmas day cabin on the Santa Fe trail near Arrow Rock Missouri stood for a century. Henry Nave and neighbors prepared shelter with undressed lumber cut from his farm. They built a stone hearth and fireplace with mud mortar, and soon lived snugly despite a hard early effort. Holidays spurred work and food gathering as they celebrated by building and survival.
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Arrow Rock
Henry Nave
Nave
Henry Nuve
Western Newspaper Union
Chicken Casserole with Vegetables and Broiled Chicken
A simple broiled chicken casserole combines one broiling chicken browned, butter, and vegetables. Place in a casserole dish with butter, arrange celery, carrots, beans, and peas in corners, then brown flour in butter and bake covered until vegetables are tender. Serve hot.
Beauty of Goodness in Kingsley Quote
A compact excerpt notes that gooncens are not just beautiful but the most beautiful thing, while badness is not merely ugly but the ugliest thing in the world, attributed to C. Kingsley.
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Cage
North Shore
Chi
Beng
C. Kingsley
Pwe Tome
Doan
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William Cutley
Amy Muareoo
England
Swindon
Pines
Frances Grinstead
Alice Faye
Coleman
Do Tig
Mantles
Fe Gaieman Lamb
Philsdelphia
Calif
Durham
N. S
Pittaburgh
WNU
Doans
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