Murder plot links Stryker to Trowbridge case
In a tense tableau at the Trowbridge home, detective Groot sharpens a blackmailing thread tying Stryker to a murder. A handkerchief clue surfaces, and suspicions shift as investigators track Stryker’s insurance gambit and possible flight after a telephone warning. Duane pursues solid leads while relations fray between Avice and Eleanor as Kane Landon and Lindsay reveal potential motives and alibis.
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Stryker
Nin Hitel
Alvin Duane
Duane
Eleanor Black
Mr. Trowbridge
Avice
Kane Landon
Mr. Groot
Detective Groot Probes Stryker Family Ties
Detective Groot learns from Avice of Stryker’s kin and searches the Adler home for Stryker. Mrs Adler, ill with consumption and protective of her husband, denies knowledge of his whereabouts. Groot suspects Stryker fled to claim life insurance for his daughter, as hinted by Avice and Mrs Black, while Judge Hoyt is mentioned.
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Trowbridge House
Groot
Avice
Hoy
Judge Hoyt
Leather
Mr. Trowbridge
Buryker ‘St' A
Stryker
Iuller
Mrs. Adler
Mr. Adler
Adler
Orario unico in London reforms lunch breaks
A London government office debate centers on the orario unico system that would end a lunch hour. Workers start at 6:30 and finish at 6:40 with no midday break, eating in the office briefly and gaining a half day after 3:30. Proponents say it saves travel time and office disruption.
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Tome
London
Orario Unico
Aemeninete Cnet
European soprano Selma Huban Kors arrives for U S tour
Noted European soprano Selma Huban Kors, famed in European centers, arrives in the United States for an extended tour. A recent portrait shows her in New York as she begins her schedule abroad.
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U.S
Mme
Selma Huban-Kors
Europe
U. S
Rin
New York
Gompers Criticizes Supreme Court Boycott Decision
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, attacked the Supreme Court ruling on the secondary boycott, saying it joins anti union efforts and harms human freedom and progress. He called the decision a blow to the movement and aligned with predatory greed.
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St. Louis
Associated Freas
United States Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Movement For Human Freedom and Progress
Poles and Lithuanians in plebiscite deadlock
Warsaw reports an impasse in the Potish Lithuanian conference over the Vilna district plebiscite. Lithuanian delegates left for Covno to seek higher instructions while Poland demands Vilna be included. The League of Nations is expected to rule soon. Robotnik accuses Lithuanians of stalling to gain Vilna next spring from Soviet Russia.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Vilna
Covno
Ita
Poland
League of Nations
Robotnik
Soviet Ruuala
Barney Explains Army Coal Price Hikes
Senate reconstruction committee hears Lieut. Col. James B. Barney explain army coal purchases during last summer shortage. Only three bids totaling 7,500 tons were received for a 1,000,000 ton eastern demand. Prices ranged 4.50 to 6.50 per ton. eastern bids were rejected while western and Pacific offers were much larger.
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Washington
Associated Press
Army
Senate Committee On Reconstruction
James B. Barney
Pacific Coast
Werr
Ida Grove Man Sees Former Kaiser Near Scheveningen
George Lynn of Ida Grove Iowa, visiting his sister’s wedding in Ida Grove, recently saw the former German emperor near Scheveningen at his sister’s castle. Lynn approached within 76 feet and noted the emperor looked like his pictures but grayer and older. The castle is ringed by a moat and high iron fence, and garden guards were seen.
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Ida Grove
George Lynn
John Lynn
Kaiser
Schevingen
Hague
NIVELLE GOING HOME PROMINENT VISITORS HONOR EV
A farewell dinner in New York pays tribute to General Hubert Nivelle of Verdun as he returns to France tomorrow. Prominent figures from across the country attend. General John J. Pershing and Admiral J. H. Glennon will speak for the army and navy.
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New York
Hubert Nivelle
Verdun
France
John J. Perriog
J. H. Glennon
Army
Navy
Prisoners riot at Olmsted jail in Rochester Minn
A half dozen prisoners mutinied at Olmsted jail in Rochester. They looted corn, bed clothing and fixtures until firemen doused them with water. The disturbance stemmed from accusations the sheriff denied supplying food until prisoners confessed who cut a lock in the cell door.
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Rochester
Minn
Olmatedany Jalil
Townley Leaves Salina After National Campaign
A. C. Townley head of the nonpartisan league has left Salina Kansas after a week in the city for league activity. Associates say Townley was seen in Kansas City as the American Legion pushed education against the nonpartisan league.
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Townley
Salina
Legion
Constantine to seek funds for army and treaties
In Athens on January 6 the throne speech outlined aims to raise money to maintain the army of Emyrna until the Turkish question is settled, keep friendly relations with allies, enforce the Sevres treaty, and maintain internal harmony, with the king's illness affecting the delivery.
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Athens
Preas
Constantine
Emyrna
Sevres
A Dangerous Weapon on a Fifth Venue Bus
In Harper’s Magazine a man eating on a Fifth venue bus ignores a nearby baby held by a lapless woman who sits beside him. The baby gapes at him while he, distressed, asks her not to point the object at him, highlighting a humorous misreading of danger.
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Duane
Mrs. Black
Srange
Kane Landon
Landon
Denver
Lindsay
Harper’s Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Notice and Purifier Claim
Those who are in a run down condition will notice that catarrh bothers them more than when Hall's Catarrh Medicine is used. It purifies and acts through mucous surfaces of the body, as claimed by the W. R. Hall & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hall
Ferele Eee
OTF
Forage Gee & Co
Toledo
Obie
Total Loss: Clerk fired for overfamiliar can opening
A Birmingham Age-Herald item reports a grocer dismissed a new clerk who was “too accommodating.” The reason given was comic yet telling as the clerk kept opening canned goods to prove to lady shoppers they were in a fine state of preservation.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
A Farmer Lad Sends Letter With Dirty Envelope
A farmer lad writes to a bhy friend using a dirty envelope he carried in his pocket for a long time. He annexes at the end a note begging forgiveness for the envelope stating it was clean when it left his hands.
Open Letter to Women in Philadelphia Pa
An open letter from a Philadelphia reader describes ongoing health struggles including fatigue, irregular periods, and extended sickness. The text reflects personal symptoms and seeks remedies, mentioning a product named Pinkheen and referencing a medical tone without clear evidence.
Savage faces and civilized grease in comic quip
Mr Chuggins mocks savage face painting by contrasting it with a civilized man who crawls under his car and ends up smeared with automobile grease. The remark highlights social differences with a humorous edge.
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Mr. Chuggins
Danger in hunting Porky porcupine menace on farms
A traveler recalls porcupines in British East Africa that raid potato plots. They nest under escarpment rocks and descend at night, wrecking crops. Hunts require speed as porcupines charge with quills that can wound leg flesh like a bodkin.
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British East Africa
At a Distance in Stranger Tan Fletion
A fragmentary dialogue quotes a ready made philosopher and Miss Cayenne debating truth and perception. The garbled lines suggest a satire on honesty and social circles with unusual spellings and clearly unreadable portions.
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Miss Cayenne
Like and Unlike Whistler and Sickert in Etching Folklore
The death of Anders Zorn sparked a tale about Whistler and Walter Sickert. A Pittsburgh poet recalls their printing days, noting Sickert dropped a copper plate and Whistler followed with a similar mishap, quipping about likeness.
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Anders Zorn
Whistler
Pittsburgh
Walter Sickert
Sickert
Boy compares grandpa to Moses delaying ark builders
Seven year old Joseph, eager for a downtown trip after three months of Sunday school, interrupts his grandfather’s slow pace with the quip You’re as slow as Moses was when he built the ark. The remark exits in a playful family moment.
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Joseph
Moses
That Speech Was No Impromptu Remarks
A reader debate centers on a last night speech described as extempore with one side claiming it was improvised and another labeling it as rotten. The exchange highlights differing opinions about the speaker’s preparation and delivery.
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Uncle Rowly
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Barney
Nivelle
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