Trial Echoes of Old Valley Squire in Farthings Case
In a dramatic court scene, Allen Farthing accuses Squire Hartswick of framing him for theft and murder while revealing a past identity as Al Heller. Witnesses, stamp books, and alibi claims clash as the judge weighs evidence in a case entwining family vendettas and local feuds. The Squire collapses as the jury prepares next week’s conclusion.
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Hartswick
Moon Run
Karl
Jim
Sugar Valley
Istics
Dan Smith
Ing
Ower
Brose
Wees Bing
Gregg
Sonage
Thing
Istice
Sis
Karl Reichline
Art
Pitteburg
Amos RaTse
Amosé
John Clinca
Leon Heller
Tooney
Kelichline's
Leon
Chokin
Squire Hartswick
Reichline
Amos
Allen Farthing
Squire
Tom
Kelchline
Morever
Ira Hartswick
Hiram Hartswick
Gettysburg
Paoli
Heller
Zimmermans
Carpenter
Philadelphia
Old Valley
Ira Bartswick
al Heller
Farthing
Rose
Bear Cub Pursues Parrot in Golden Gate Park Feud
In San Francisco, Mary the Alaskan bear cub broke from her cage in Golden Gate Park to chase a parrot that taunted her from above her den. Park officials intervened, subduing the bear back into the cage with bread and milk, as onlookers watched.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Mary
John McHenry
Park Lodge
McLaren
Park
Saloon Closures Spark Reporter Quiz
A Western newspaper man recalls Amos J. Cummings once sending his reporter Murray to test if saloons would sell liquor the day after a nationwide closure announcement. The tale notes the reporter’s Thursday finding that saloons were indeed selling alcohol.
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Success Magazine
Washington
Amos J. Cummings
New York
the Sun
Cummings
Murray
Tom
City Desk
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical column notes views on women and men with quips about sewing as a virtue, dieting as losing flesh, male intelligence vs vigor, and friendship defined by talking behind backs to refined audiences. The tone is wry and social commentary.
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New York Press
Naval divers taught to rise by air filled suits
Education for English naval divers includes techniques to float upward if exhausted, with air filled suits propelling them rapidly to the surface and attendants pulling them aboard. London’s population is given as 4,795,757.
Leigh Hunt’s Rise to a Corean Copper Mine Fortune
In Corea a mining boom grows as concessions for gold, copper and iron appear. Leigh Hunt secures a full title to the Kaplan copper mine for under $30,000 after Morse balks at investment. He then borrows money in San Francisco and New York to buy a 20-stamp mill and bring it in by bull transport to start operations.
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Seoul
Corea
Collbran Bestwick Development Company
Kaplan
California
Peninsula
Thomas W. Power
Washington
James R. Morse
Leigh Hunt
Morse
Hunt
America
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
J. Slout Vassett
New York
Crockers
American Captain Power and Korean Gold Concession Tale
The account describes Mr Power seizing control of a Korean electric plant to force payment, triggering imperial panic and a gold dust windfall. It notes General Greathouse delivering proof of vast gold to the United States, spurring American mining concessions in Corea. The Oriental Consolidated Mining Co dominates output, employing hundreds across Corean, Chinese, Japanese, and American workers with vast reserves and a 1954 exclusive rights horizon.
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Royal Treasury
Mr. Power
Owever
Power
Clarence Greathouse
California
Osaka
General Greathouse
United States
James R. Morse
Corean
Oriental Consolidated Mining Company
Corea
Chittabalbire
Hunt
Egypt
Nile
Khartoum
After a Day in the Country Poem by Brininstool
E. A. Brininstool signs a reflective verse in the Los Angeles Express about returning from rural scenes. The piece contrasts country freshness with city clamor, expressing a persistent longing for forest and field and the simple beauty of nature.
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Daisy
E. A. Brininstool
Los Angeles Express
Court session features tense exchange over testimony
Lawyer Fuller questions the plaintiff Mr Barnes asking what he said. The defense objects to the conversation as evidence. After a half hour of argument and a judges’ recess, Fuller is allowed to proceed. The witness finally says Barnes was not at home.
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Barnes
Fuller
Parnes
Turkish fezes mostly Vienna made in Asia Minor
In Asia Minor most Turkish men wear fezes yet 90 percent of these head coverings are manufactured in Vienna and the remaining 10 percent in other Austrian towns or in Germany.
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Asia Minor
Vienna
Germany
School Girls Now Govern Themselves At Stanley Hall
Minneapolis students at Stanley hall adopt a self governing body with executive legislative and judicial powers chosen by pupils. Proctors enforce rules on punctuality halls and chapel. a judiciary and advisory board handle trials. Rev Thurston lauds self government and warns against viewing proctors as police.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Stanley Hall
Executive Board
Judiciary Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Theodore Payne Thurston
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of humorous and satirical observations on social behavior and manners. It notes that criticising a boss gently is prudent, and jokes about class and travel, including elevated trains and sleeping car berths. It reports Berlin's Charlottenburg appointing women officials called Schulschwester to oversee child health in elementary schools.
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Chicago News
Charlottenburg
Berlin
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