The Hat on the Floor and Beatrice Johnson’s Night
Beatrice Johnson of Brooklyn recalls a 1930 spring night when a burglar crashed through a glass pane and left behind a gray fedora. The intruder, a "Dago Red" Italian, returned for his hat after a misdirected entry, grinning as Beatrice and her family stood frightened and naked in the kitchen. The tale, recounted by Floyd Gibbons’s columnist, centers on fear and a mistaken break-in.
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Beatrice Johnson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Webster
Johnson
Beatrice
Rockaway Avenue
Brownsville
Johnsons
Mama Johnson
Ma Johnson
Dago Red
Arnotto tree and carp boom in central states
The annatto tree, also called arnotto, yields a yellowish red dye used in foods and coatings. Carp populations have exploded in central U S lakes and rivers, reaching 15 to 30 pounds and offering cheap food despite being a nuisance with annual consumption over 20 million pounds.
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United States
Central States
France Faces Possible Fascist Coup as Mussolini Echoes
France braces for risk of fascist upheaval after Italy's 1922 coup. Colonel De la Roque, known as the Mussolini of France, commands the Croix de Feu with about 700 000 followers and 100 000 in related leagues, stirring tensions amid strike turmoil.
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Italy
Mussolini
Rome
France
Colonel de la Roque
Dramatic Edo Revenge Tale Draws Tokyo Audiences
A Tokyo Kabuki staging of the Forty Seven Ronin in which Azagemon Ichimura commits ritual suicide before 46 fellow ronins is described in vivid, choreographed detail. The article notes the long running time, lavish stagecraft, and audience appetite for the feast-like intermissions, underscoring the feud ethos and ceremonial death as performance.
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Ako
Japan
Eugene O'Neill
Far East
New York
Azagemon Ichimura
Ichimura
Uzagemon
WNU
All Around the House household tips compiled
A collection of quick homecare tips covers garden care during heat including pruning and watering, stain removal with lemon juice and salt, sun drying clothing, lighting cake candles from center outward, softening chamois with olive oil, and keeping celery and lettuce crisp by lemon water soaking.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
Postum Free Week's Supply Offer
Read the offer from the Postum Company in this paper. They will send a full week's supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.
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Postum Company
Adyv
Let Mistakes Educate
A reflective note on learning from errors, emphasizing growth from a series of missteps. The writer suggests that every mistake becomes part of a broader education when lessons are extracted and applied to future actions.
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Vatican City
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Marseilles
Charles
Chuck) Kocsis
University of Michigan
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Ill
Doris Whyman
Chicago
Gordon Hanneman
de Paul University
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Oliver E. Foulk
Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Tokyo
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Rawleigh
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Memphis
Tenn
George Eliot
Hollywood
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Calif
Rex
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