Maine woods murder case strands lead in utilities feud
FBI operator Adam Bruce and Inspector Tope uncover a murder at a Maine auto camp run by Bee Dewain. A man thought to be Ledforge is killed, his associate Holdom implicated, and a car tied to the crime yields a woman's body with dope found in the victim’s stomach.
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Adam Bruce
FBI
Tope
Maine Woods
Bee Dewain
Mr. Ledforge
New England Utilities
Holdom
Ledforge
Kell
New York
Tope Delivers Cracking Clues Before Night’s End
Inspector Tope outlines a web of witnesses and motives linking Holdom Kell and Sally Tennant to a kidnapping and a planned murder. He predicts two would be targets, Mr. Eberly and Miss Ledforge, and seeks actions to stop the lethal plan while mobilizing Ned Quill, Joe Dane, and others.
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Medford
Tope
Srndaen
Cumberland
Joe Dane
Banion
Joe
Adam
Holdom
Hell
Bob Flint
Flint
Sally Tennant
Kell
Ledforge
Doctor Loud
Ridgcomb
Doctor Medford
Ned Quill
Tennant
Quill
New York
Feeras
Will Banion
Bee
North Madderson
Mr. Eberly
Faraway
Little Bear
Miss Dewain
Eberly
Miss Ledforge
Mr. Ledforge
Westminster College Welcomes Churchill With Honorary Degree
The piece celebrates Winston Churchill visiting Westminster College in Fulton Missouri where he receives an honorary degree. It blends playful regional imagery with praise for Missouri hospitality and warns him not to smoke Eastern cigars. The poem-like tribute links Churchill to Missouri figures and local lore.
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Winston Churchill
Missouri
President Truman
Westminster College
Fulton
Winnie
Westminster
Longhorns
Yale
Harvard
The
Golden West
Truman Boy
Maine Winters Softening Up
John Gould of Lisbon Falls Maine reports in the New York Times that winters are milder this season. He notes a house in North Jay received as much as 37 bushels of snow through a keyhole during a single storm, with five years since any storm exceeded 18 bushels and no storm this winter above 15.
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North Jay
John Gould
Lisbon Falls
Maine
New York Times
Buffalo Bill remembered as a childhood thrill 100 years on
The piece recalls Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show as a defining childhood thrill. It describes the yearly event in Westville near Whalley avenue, with riders in an open buggy leading Indians, cowboys, and buffalo hunters. The author recalls sneaking in a tree view when funds were short and the excitement of the Deadwood stage hold up.
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Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill Wild West
Congress of Rough Riders
Whalley Avenue
Westville
Nick Hubinger
I Love Miss Tilli Bean Reviews Spark Feverish Feels
A quirky clipping notes Tika Chase running fever after reviews of I Love Miss Tilli Bean while Clifton FinNegan is praised as a favorite radio comic. A Walk in the Sun is praised as graphic war cinema with Applejack for Breakfast cited as a bold book title.
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Tika Chase
Tilli Bean
Clifton Finnegan
Gregorian Calendar Not Readily Accepted in 1752
England switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752 and many people believed they lost ten days. As Christmas approached many traveled to Glastonbury to see if the thornbush there would bloom. Its failure to flower was seen as proof the date remained the 14th rather than the 25th and the new calendar was not accepted immediately.
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England
Collier
Glastonbury
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Regular Elimination
An old advertisement urges constipation relief through daily Kellogg's All-Bran with water, claiming it provides gentle bulk for natural elimination. It markets All-Bran as richer in nutrition than whole wheat and notes minerals like iron calcium and phosphorus plus protein for growth.
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Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Omaha
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