The Red Hand Detective Story Unfolds in London
The tale follows Colonel Fraser and London police as they track a mysterious murder aboard a late train. A bloody handprint on a carriage wall, a missing watch and chain, and a German suspect link to Franz Muller culminate in his capture and execution months later.
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London
Locsil
Hackney
James Hraser
Fenhurst Street
Fraser
Victorian Park
Thomas Briggs
Peckham
Brigg
Cheapside
Franz “Muller
Muller
America
New York
Mouliér
Briggs
Fenchurch ‘Street
Franz Muller
War Finance Corps Financed Cotton Exports and Loans
The War Finance Corporation used export powers to ship cotton to foreign warehouses for cash sales. It then loaned 5 million dollars to a Mississippi cooperative to finance 100000 bales stored domestically until shipment abroad. Similar arrangements spread to other cooperatives and financing institutions across the South as farmers gained time to market crops.
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War Finance Corporation
Mississippi Co-Operative Marketing Association
United States
South
Debunking Horse Color Myths and Quick-Life Musings
A discussion debunks horse color stereotypes noting two white feet does not predict speed or stamina and three white feet are not a marker of weakness. Citing a government bulletin, color is shown irrelevant to traits like speed and vigor while anecdotes compare life to navigating rut-filled roads.
Mouth Holds Few Bacteria
A Johns Hopkins professor reports the mouth lacks an elaborate mucus trap yet uses mouth muscles to create suction that clears bacteria in fifteen to thirty minutes. The currents pull microbes to the back of the mouth and prevent lodging on Tonsils or pharyngeal walls.
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Johns Hopkins University
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Diamonds Territory Diamonds Nearing Desert Sources
British gains vast arid territory once known as German Southwest Africa though desert value is low. Coast sands yield many diamonds likely from ancient rivers and a single volcanic pipe similar to Kimberly. Explorers seek the source. multiple pipes found none holding stones.
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Southwest Africa
Kimberly
South Africa
Kimberly Field
Mysterious Cloud Bank Seen Along South American Coast
A rare atmospheric band stretches about 2000 miles from Ecuador to central Chile along the western coastline. It measures 10 to 20 miles wide and sits 2000 to 8000 feet high with a vertical thickness under 1000 feet. Observers say cool southerly and southwesterly winds condense moisture on the coast range to form clouds without rain.
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South America
Ecuador
Chili
Hilt Range
Buildings of Old Rome Height Laws in Caesars Era
Lanciani notes that in ancient Rome a law limited front heights to sixty feet and builders extended rear sections to rise higher. Other laws followed as buildings grew larger, with ceilings likely very low, perhaps only one foot per story, causing cramped rooms.
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Clay
Johanie
Ike
Arizona
Johnnie
Old
Rome
Lanciani
Executor's Notice in Clark County Illinois Probate
Ruth Miller Bell executrix of Siby A Slusser Howe deceased announces in Clark County Illinois she will appear at the Clark County Court Marshall for the July term to adjust claims. All creditors and debtors must attend or make payment. Dated May 2 1922 at Marshall Illinois. Graham and Snavely attorneys.
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Siby A. Slusser Howe
Siby ‘A. Slusser
Howe
Clark
Tlinois
Clark County
Marshall
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Men’s Athletic Union
Booth & Handy
Soma
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