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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1920
Page
3
A Manitoba settler family story unfolds with Mary Harris receiving a letter from Beulah Arthurs inviting her to visit the foothills. Tensions simmer over plans, finances, and a secret romance as the journey toward a new homestead in the West continues.
The readable fragments sketch a family scene involving a father and daughter, references to letters and a field, and hints of a poetic or dramatic context. The garbled text mentions a woman named Iris, a boy or man named Ben, and elements of displacement, with abrupt phrases about departure and reading.
Even with 1856 rule requiring one party to have three weeks Scots residence, couples still travel to Gretna Green to wed in the smithy by declaration. The cost remains modest beyond the railway fare, with a tea for the couple and witnesses and a local blacksmith priest, James Dixon, continuing the legend of Gretna Green.
Two American airmen wearing coated suits and helmets demonstrated a new fireproofing compound on a gasoline drenched plane in Atlantic City New Jersey. The aircraft remained intact after five minutes of fiery spray and a soot covered but unharmed crew and craft were returned to earth.
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a bold woman passenger who proposed spitting in Zion City's main street. Two youths shouted Iley there, then hailed a ride to the next town, and the crowd quickly shifted to anticipation of trouble.
Mexican residents of San Francisco import pinoche from Mexico to cut rising living costs, especially for sugar. The brown, coarser substitute is not refined for tea or coffee but works in cooking, selling at about a third the price of refined white sugar, prompting growing use despite its lesser quality. Pinoche had circulated in southern California earlier, but recent shipments reach San Francisco.
Report notes a sign reading Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes as a cue in Boston.
The article notes demand for secret service careers and that only city detectives with years of proven work gain acceptance. It details efforts against counterfeiters, theft of government checks, and stolen Liberty and registered bonds, highlighting postwar crime waves and bureau investigations.
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