Island Tale of Lilly Warren Murder Revealed
A murder on Speare Island unsettles life aboard a yacht and in the store room. Bea Cosgrove hides a Mauser pistol among sugar sacks linking her arrival to the crime. In an inquest, Harding, Firth, Sillwell and Bascome face questions about the weapon and its provenance.
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Lilly Warren
Henry Gough Speare
Lilly
Bea Cosgrove
Bea
Harding
Miss Cosgrove
Agnes Firth
Mabel Jones
Fred Sillwell
George Bascome
Mollie Stark
Nona McGuire
Waffenfabrik Mauser A. G. Oberndorf A. N. Mauser
Speare Island
Verdict, burial, and final act on Speare Island
Henry Harding delivers the court verdict absolving Sillwell of responsibility for Lilly Warren's death a gunshot incident tied to a personal crisis. Harding then uses dynamite to seal the grave as Bascombe and Sillwell assist, while the island women watch in restrained silence. Harding's final remarks dismiss melodrama and underscore the tragedy.
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Speare Island
Lilly Warren
Mr. Sillwell
Henry Gough
Henry Harding
A. Roble
Harding
FASTEETH: a powder keeps teeth from slipping
FASTEETH is an alkaline powder for upper or lower plates designed to hold false teeth firmly so they do not slide or rock. It promises no gummy taste and helps neutralize plate odor. Available at drug stores. The text then shifts to a scene with Miss McGuire and Nona discussing house duties and lunch while a story continues.
Rail Workers To Be Laid Off In Columbus
Approximately 350 of the 1200 employees at the Pennsylvania Railroad heavy locomotive repair shop in Columbus will be laid off effective today, General Superintendent W. H. Mapp said. The cut is due to a general decline in business, mainly in coal transportation. The official said he could not provide further details.
Railroad layoffs to be determined with vacation and bumping timing
The official said the exact number to be laid off would be decided after further details are worked out. Some employees may take vacations, with “some bumping around” on seniority. About a week to 10 days would be needed to run the string and identify those laid off, with no forecasted layoff length. Carloadings for the first four months of 1949 rose 7.7 percent from 1948 and 13.7 percent from 1947, per the Association of American Railroads in Washington.
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Association of American Railroads
Washington
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