The Blue Circle Dinner in the Wardrobe Closet Mystery
Verity Campbell returns to the dining table with her customary grace after a tense afternoon. Renshaw reassures the family about Morris and the old man’s restlessness hints at deeper fear, while masking the closet episode from all but Jenks and the secretary.
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Verity Campbell
Verity
Madame Hooesler
Cherie
Katharine
Grandfather
Renshaw
Morris
Jenks
Campbell
Stanley
John R Hamilton Unmasked as Financial Prodigy in Sanatorium
Doctor Stanley reveals to Morris that the patient in Tawnaver is John R Hamilton the renowned financial expert and former athlete. Once a prodigy who shaped banking and currency, Hamilton faced a tragedy when his ship was torpedoed. He endured the loss of his mother sister and a niece and saved his twin sister, Mrs. Richard Vandewater, through desperate effort.
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Doctor Stanley
Morris
Stanley
Renshaw
John R. Hamilton
Hamilton
Richard Vandewater
Verity
Jenks
James
Annie
Hart
Mrs. Pardee
Hidden Ties in the Pardee House Mystery
Renshaw navigates danger after a life threatening incident at the Pardee home. Verity recovers while Morris plans daily visits. Rumors swirl about a submarine linked killer, and Renshaw quietly studies the wary servants as he awaits the next chapter.
First Silver Coins Begin in Ancient Greece and Massachusetts
The Isle of Aegina first coined silver coins stamped with a turtle over 700 years before Christ. Massachusetts minted early pine-tree shillings as the first U S silver coins before the crown closed the mint in 1684. The United States government issued its first coins in 1798.
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Isle of
Aegina
United States
Massachuetts Colony
Order of the Crown
Papal Triple Crown and Symbolism Described
The article explains the pope's triple crown as a gold cloth cap encircled by three coronets with a mound and cross, adorned with stones and pearls. It notes the crown bears no inscription and symbolizes the pope’s authority over the church’s militant, expectant and triumphant realms.
Plans for American Legion Paris Convention in 1927
National Legion leaders in Indianapolis hammered out details for the Paris convention on the tenth anniversary of the AEF landing. Officials including John R. McQuigg and Z Peckoff discussed invitations from Premier Briand and French government support such as travel discounts and housing arrangements. Members must reserve four months ahead. trips require 1926 and 1927 Legion or auxiliary membership.
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The
American Legion
Paris
France
A. EB. F
Legion
Indianapolis
John R. McQuigg
Z. Peckoff
John J. Wicker, Jr
Bowman Elder
American Legion France
Peckoff
Aristide Briand
St. Mihiel
St. Quentin
Chateau-Thierry
Mandant Peckoff
Foreign Office
Grand Palais
Champs Elysees
Wicker
Legion Auxiliary
Artists Legion Post Formed in Chicago Colony
The only American Legion post limited to artists was formed in the Chicago artists colony with over one hundred members before a charter was applied. Commander Morres Vickers Liepman said the post pledges to aid disabled veterans training in commercial art by the veterans bureau. A clubhouse has been rented for biannual exhibits of members work.
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American Legion
Chicago
Morres Vickers Liepman
Veterans’ Bureau
Post
Whistle While Out to Lunch Sparks Office Chore
An irate boss scolds an office boy over whistling during lunch. The boy points out the boss can light a big cigar himself, leaving the task to the boss when away from the desk. American Legion Weekly provides the panel of office humor.
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American Legion Weekly
War's Toll Reckoned in Shattered Souls
In a Chicago Evening Post piece, Oldfield, a 30 year old veteran, struggles with war trauma after experiences in Arras and a rats haunting memory. Lucy comforts him as he recounts a nightmarish recall of German cave rescues and rat tunnels, highlighting war’s toll on mind and body.
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Oldfield
Lucy
Arras
Inds
Chicago Evening Post
Surveying Great Salt Lake Lands Under Government Plan
The Geological Survey and General Land Office will begin a comprehensive survey of the Great Salt Lake region. They will investigate resources and possibilities, designate valuable salt tracts, and run the public land survey lines across the desert using wooden tran posts that could corrode over time.
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Great Salt Lake
Geological Survey
General Land Office
Salt Lake Base Line
Public Land Survey
Wrong Sort of Cake Senator Porter Dale Speech
Porter Dale warned in Washington that debtor nations will realize paying up is best. He contrasted the mood of debtors to a tramp seeking favors. A shopworn joke about a yellow farmhouse and a cake turns to a soap reward.
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Washington
Overzealous Registrar Refuses Weekday Wedding
In Ploenzig near Stettin a matrimonial registrar refused to marry a working man and his bride on a weekday claiming too many workers would skip work. The landrat later persuaded him that his duty is to wed couples, not boost labor zeal.
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Ploenzig
Stettin
Landrat
Spanish War Heroine Baroness de Alcahalf Honoured in Army
Spanish War Heroine Baroness de Alcahalf a noted Spanish painter and newspaper correspondent now in America is named one of two honorary captains in the Spanish army with the queen as the other. She served as correspondent and Red Cross nurse spending months in Morocco with the army. She was twice wounded once by being shot down from an airplane and again in an infantry engagement. She bears the military medal of merit presented by the queen of Spain.
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Baroness de Alcahalf
America
Red Cross
Morocco
Spain
Intrepid Ada Boyland Plans Solo Persia Expedition
Miss Ada Boyland, recently back in England from a bold Nigeria journey, declares plans to explore the distant parts of Persia alone. The venture carries substantial risk and promises notable adventure.
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Ada Boyland
England
Nigeria
Persia
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Elizabeth Jordan
the Century Co
WNN Service
American Legion News Service
Plans For Legion
Salt Lake
Porter Dale
With Portrem
Thacher Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Houston
Brook Mays & Co
Travis
Florida
Dept. A
Department OF Agriculture
Tallahassee
Hardway & Cathey Bankers Mortgage Bldg
Houston, Tex
New Jersey
Dr. Peery
Bellans
Dickey
Dickey Drug CO
Bristol
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