Harvard Crew Captain Ob Entfer Results at Clip Joint Fight
Dallas youth Captain Armstrong of the 1932 Harvard varsity crew faced a Hell's Kitchen clip joint incident ending with four racketeers jailed and a ruined establishment. A diamond ring and pin plus about $3000 in cash vanished as rooms fell to a swift four-person confrontation.
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Harvard
Hell’s Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
Thomas E. Armstrong
Dallas
Texas
Patrick McVeigh
Armstrong
Clip Joint
Evening Crime and Trout Tales Show Murky Local Scene
A taxi driver recalls a West Forties speakeasy where a traveler vanished after a diamond ring theft. Nearby trout streams report poor fishing as season opens, with locals noting wary fish and unconventional bait. The fragment hints at broader, non police records anecdotes.
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Pennsylvania Station
West Forties
Fried Pies and Other Treats From a Louisville Kitchen
Edith M. Barber shares a fried pie recipe from Louisville with instructions for pastry and fruit filling. The piece also describes fried doughnuts and crullers, plus notes on fat temperatures and a vivid Bronx incident, with 1933 WNU Service credit.
Fragile Exchange Reveals Tense Household Moment
A short, revealing scene shows a character resisting, then yielding to pressure as a partner consoles with a tender, uneasy embrace. The exchange hints at underlying conflict and emotional strain within the relationship.
Polyglot Parliament in Prague Debates Across Seven Languages
Seven languages fill the Prague Parliament chamber with Czech Slovak German Hungarian Russian Romanian and Polish. Stenographers cover each linguistic group and only one deputy speaks Polish while a Polish stenographer is on the payroll.
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Prague
Giant Kodiak Bear Feasts From Salmon Streams
A Kodiak bear, the largest carnivore, feeds mainly on fish and can eat up to a hundred pounds daily in a salmon stream. The creature weighs near two thousand pounds and grows taller than a moving van when standing. In winter it digs a snow den and sleeps after dreaming of next year’s salmon.
My Neighbor SAYS: Fruit Salads and Sandwich Ideas
A 1933 cuisine note from WNU Service suggests serving individual fruit salads with a frozen pear or poached center. Pack a can of fruit in salt and ice, open before serving, and arrange remaining fruits around it. Also offers strawberry jam filled white bread sandwiches cut with shapes for trays.
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Rell Syndicate
WNU
Doing a Good Turn Shows Deliberate Aid Through History
The phrase doing a good turn is used to describe purposeful acts that aid friends, not just casual kindness. It dates back to 1472 in the Paston Letters, illustrating long standing usage in daily speech.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Not a Chance Game Reads as a Defiant Bet
Fractured R text shows a boastful line about luck versus skill in a defiant claim. The speaker rejects being a raffle doll and asserts effort beyond luck to win. The fragment hints at a gambling or betting context. No clear person or organization is identified.
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Mae
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New York
Chicago
Beaverkill
Edith M. Barber
Louisville
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Broadway
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Polyglot Parliament
American Animals
Alaska
David
Volland Company
WNT Servi
Alfl Hegenberger
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
G. V. Holloman
S .E. Prudhomme
Hegenberger
J. F. Harman
F. H. Coleman
R. J. Minty
D. McAllister
Associated Newspapers
Jean Newton
Dodge
Detroit
Roth
D. A. Stevens
Kreokruk
E. J. Pope
Woodville
Cutter
Lesoratny
Berkeley
California
Tersmith
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