London Police Hero Wensley Linked To Chicago Bid
Touting the fame of Chief Constable Fred Wensley, the London veteran linked to a Chicago force bid, the piece recalls his Whitechapel work, the Sidney Street siege, and high profile cases from Ruth Snyder to Thompson and Thorne, highlighting his famed interrogation methods and dangers faced by the detective.
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Chicago
Butta
Wensley
Frei
Leoni
Waiienwolf
Miinde
Levii
Ford
Wenster
London
Whitechapel
Scotland Yard
I Gang
Peter the
Stepney
Yead
Sidney Street
Ouro
Sis
Scots Guards
Winston Churchill
Wrensley
Thompson
Leon Beron
Clapham Common
Jeter
Fey
Betto
Sidney Leon Beron
Informa
Sidney Stinie Morrison
Beron
Orrigon
Satteder
Bettyhompson
Richard Muir
Edith Thompson
Snyder-Gray
Norman Thorne
Elsie Cameron
Crowborough
Thorne
Cane
Ami
Imesh
Wensies
Cost of illness to the American public high in yearly loss
Dr Homer Folks, a leading social worker, estimates total annual illness costs at 3 729 925 306 dollars, nearly the same as last year’s US government operating outlay. The breakdown includes physicians quacks dispensaries hospitals nursing medical supplies dental loss of wages and prevention. He also cites 12 billion dollars in wages lost from premature death due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Folks
United States
Doctor Folks
Babe Dies of Grief in New Bedford Case
Napoleon Sylvia, two years old, died from longing for his mother who is serving three months for an offense detectives doubt she committed. The incident highlights a tragic family crisis as police review the case in New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe
New Bedford
Maxs
Napoleon Sylvia
Boosters Hold Legal Right to Crow in Gleng Falls
In Gleng Falls Newfoundland and Labrador boosters may crow loudly and early, under a ruling by City Sheriff J Ward Russell. The decision confirms residents' right to express support and celebrate community events even at early hours, provided they do not violate local noise ordinances.
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Gleng Falls
J. Ward Russell
Scotch Chestnut Tree of Permer and Normandy's Day
An inscriptional fragment describes a Scotch chestnut tree by Permer and a gray pile opposite. It recalls a distant tale of welcoming poets and a 1006 moment when William of Normandy won a kingdom on Senjac hill, linking honor to place and memory.
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Pierm
Cesie
Gordes
Permer
William of Normandy
Senjac Hill
Old System of Timing Still in Use in Egypt
Before modern clocks, towns signaled noon by firing a gun. Rome adopted an electric master clock regulating 200 clocks, while Egypt still used ancient shadow clocks. Shadow clocks, wooden boards with central goal posts, measured work length by oxen or laborers, dating back 4,000 years.
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Egypt
Rome
City
Tibet
Sol
Eye strain linked to poor temper and fatigue
Dr B Franklsin Royer of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness states eye strain can cause physical exhaustion and irritability. He notes many workers misattribute fatigue to daily and weekly weariness when vision problems are to blame and that correcting the fault can relieve symptoms while preserving employment.
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B. Franklsin Royer
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Royer
Marksmen to Use 1765 Kentucky Rifle at Perry Matches
Camp Perry Ohio hosts National Rifle and Pistol Matches as Captain John G W Dillin of Media PA arrives with a 1765 Kentucky rifle. He plans to show how ancestors hunted deer and fought Indians. Dillin, a renowned antique firearm connoisseur, has authenticated and studied over 700 rifles. The gun, well preserved, was used by an early Berks County settler in 1770.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
John G. W. Dillin
Media
Ale
Archie Tsanes
Perry
Dillin
Charles White
Aylmer
Ontario
Peleara
Pennsylvania
Berks County
Illinoia Central Keeps At It In Informational Ads
Continuity record claimed by the Illinois Central System for its monthly goodwill advertisements. For nine years these discussions of railway topics have opened the tenth year with President L A Downs praising the reception and pledging continued efforts to earn goodwill. The campaign aims to shape informed public attitudes toward railroads, boost morale among employees, and improve efficiency and courtesy in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinoia Central System
Millinois Central System
L. A. Downs
Forged Ancient Art Illusion Delights and Deceives Museums
Forged stone carvings fool experts with near perfect reproduction. Museums worldwide host fakes in temporary shows, their detection revealing the fraud. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York maintains a special department for forged antiques, studied for interest rather than authenticity.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Napoleon Invented the Cocktail and His Pick-Me-Up
The article recounts Napoleon as the inventor of the cocktail and notes his frugal meals and strict regimen. It cites Bourlonne Fouche and valet Constant Wains as servants who aided him from 1801 to 1814, with Marchand later carrying on and reportedly leaving the recipe for the pick-me-up.
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Napoleon
Bourlonne
Fouche
Constant Wains
Marchand
Wains
St. Helens
Snake With Ears Report From Bushveld
Mr Vogel writes that a Johannesburg Sunday Times report about a snake with ears seen near Roosberg is true. He recalls childhood tales of a two-eared snake killed near a fig tree and says neighbors gathered to witness the event.
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Vogel
Johannesburg
Not Among Those Present in Victorian Police Barracks Library
A fragment describes the chief commissioner Gen Neal Birney establishing a well stocked library at police barracks to foster reading among youth. Obscure phrases mention a recent pew librarian and an apprentice, with unclear references to Australia and Pitts.
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Genneal Birney
Manitoba Boundary Line Crossing Amid Border Tales
Fragmentary text describing a boundary scene between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Mentions a rural farming district, crossing lines, and a view of activity around a border area. Details are garbled with many unreadable terms and names.
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Hedoof
Maturoha
Duty Roundlang Cranky Husband Trashes Breakfast
An Indianapolis Star report notes a husband, upset over food, dumps his cup of coffee into a platter of butter claiming it as humane duty. His wife questions the act as he insists the strong must support the weak.
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Roundlang
Indianapolle Star
First Spencer Legion Post Claimed Iowa Title
A race to secure Iowa’s first American Legion charter pitted Spencer against Council Bluffs. On May 11 fifteen Spencer veterans signed a petition at midnight, rushed it to Des Moines, and aimed to beat Council Bluffs’ early train with the signed document.
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Spencer Legion Post
Spencer and
Council Bluffs
American Legion
Iowa
Legion Post
American Legion In
Jacob A. Swisher
State Historical Society of
Des Moines
Spencer
Petition leads to Post Nos. 1 and 9 in split registration
In Des Moines the Spencer trio raced to file petitions for Legion posts, arriving five minutes apart and securing Post Nos. 1 and 9. En route via Wyoming and Seattle they stopped in Lemmon for gas. A six year old girl, Art Kounkel’s child, was struck by a speeding car in Lemmon main street and left unconscious for two days. The drivers did not stop and investigators seek the vehicle’s identity.
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Legion Post
Iowa
Carroll
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Des Moines
Wyoming
Seattle
Wash
Lemmon
Art Kounkel
Passing Car Hits Child Injuring Little Daughter of Local Family
A six year old girl, Gladys Lemke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Kounkel of Neptune, was injured when a passing car struck her last week. Details are sparse but the incident prompted notices to the Kounkel family and neighbors.
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A. Kounkel
Kounkel
Neptune
Art Kounkel
Gladys Lemke
St. Paul Seminary
Reinhard Nemmers
Carnegie Tech
Donald Hansen
Morningside
Arthur Foreman
Augustana
Sioux Falls
Charleen Vollmar
Western Union College
Clarence Hoorneman
Walter Lentz
Gordon Koenig
Lyle Stevens
Ir Embert
Mann
E. Mann
Winner, S. D
Nebraska
Leslie Smith
Kingsley
Fay Smith
Ed Talbott
Jos Smith
LeMars
Oregon
Pia
Harry Schultz
Dolores
Irma Thomas
Yankton
S. D
Wm, St. Clair
Sioux City
Nick R. Schlesser
Clarence Keegan
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sionx City
Keegan
Elvira Schemmer
Bertke Named President of Sioux City Utilities Trio
W. J. Bertke of Sioux City Iowa is elected president of the Iowa Public Service Company the Sioux City Gas and Electric company and the Sioux City Service company. He succeeds C I Crippen of New York City who remains on the board as vice president but steps back from active management duties. Bertke has twenty six years of active utility service in Iowa and Sioux City and was formerly vice president and general manager of the Sioux City Gas and Electric company.
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W. J. Bertke
Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Public Service Company
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Sioux City Service Company
C. I. Crippen
New York City
Mr. Crippen
Mr. Bertke
Colleges Fill Early Theaters See Many Students Depart
A list details students from LeMara and nearby areas headed to colleges across Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Missouri. Names include Dorothy Martin Howard Fickey Katherine Edmonds Myron Hilger Chas Kneip Leo Kellen and others with destinations such as University of Iowa Iowa State College Grinnell College University of Minnesota and Conception College. Also notes a rubber factory hazard where radium near rollers reduces sparks and air vapors preventing fires.
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LeMara
University of Iowa
Dorothy Martin
Marshall Long
Wilhelmine Koehler
James Kelly
Thomas Eyres
Ernest Eyres
Adella Starz
Dwight Ladenburger
Paul Brauch
Agnes Hirsch
Arnold Hirsch
Elmer Nemmers
Rojman Schliekermann
Iowa State College
Aues
Ja‘net Cooper Lwight Moore
Howard Fickey
Charles Danie
John Watson
Marie Muecke
Joe Heuertz
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Katherine Edmonds
Fern Carel
Naomi Langhout
Viola Tucker
Eva Sullivan
Clare Maxwell
Alice Deegan
University of Wisconsin
Mary Dalton
Paula Hoffman
Jane Kluckhohn
Grinnell College
Theodore Locke
Katherine Gillespie
Marion Gillespie
University of Minnesota
Helen Coad
Charles Coad
University of Nebraska
Alice ‘Richey
Frances Henn
Wilma Vin Myer
Marvel Schrooten
Laura Hirsch
Tindall Robertson
Joe Mohan
Unchanging Fashion in Scuvino Haly Women’s Dress
In Scuvino Haly a small Apennine town styles rarely change. Women wear a very wide skirt tightly gathered at the hips, dark green fabric with a vermilion ten inch band, and a black wool bodice with silver buttons.
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Scuvino
Haly
Apennine Mountains
Students off to college exodus opens education quest
The annual exodus of students for college has begun as young scholars depart in pursuit of higher education. The article notes a widespread departure from local schools, with families planning travel and arrangements for campuses beyond the region.
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America
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Snyders
Edith
Doestie
Matty
Waters
Rules
I. C
Napoleon's
Pitts
Syonex
Ralia
Manitoba Boundary
Heads Utinty Co
Minnesota
Gay Maxwell
Luverne, Minnesota
Wests House
OWA Publ
Ic Company
Majestics
Atwater Kent
Stewart Warner
Crosley
Gray Radio Shop
Central Ave. E
Plymouth
Plymouth Milling Co
le Mars
Seney
Gans
Dgcamble
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