Strange Visitor: Hattie Rohr Defends Family From Madman
In 1917 Iowa, eleven year old Hattie McLaughlin Rohr defends her mother and sisters from a madman who poisoned a pot of beans and attacked them. She battles the assailant with a wooden weapon, saves her mother, and the police recover the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Rohr
Chicago
Hattie
Clare
Dodge City
Iowa
Hattie McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mother
Dad
WNU Service
Annie Laurie Home at Maxwelton Estate Since 1611
The Maxwelton House in Dumfri eshire, once Glencairn castle, has belonged to the Laurie family since 1611. The estate, covering 4000 acres with the Cairn river nearby, includes four reception rooms two boudoirs fifteen bedrooms and staff quarters. Annie Laurie’s portrait with her husband hangs in the dining room.
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Annie Laurie
Robert Laurie
Baronet Douglas of
Brides of Granna Island Crown Wedding Headdress
On Granna Island in Lake Vattern Sweden brides wear a crown headdress not orange blossoms. The 300 year old crown was made for Ebba Brahe the Brahe family linked to Visingsborg Castle and Brahe church. Ebba and Gustavus Adolphus story ended with a royal match.
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Granna
Sweden
Visingso
Lake
Vattern
Brahe
Visingsborg
Ebba Brahe
Gustavus Adolphus
Italian migrant Salvatore Branchiella wins US residency
Salvatore Branchiella, seen in his Mamaroneck shop, celebrates Roosevelt signing a bill granting him right to live in the United States. He had faced deportation over a 10 year old charge in Italy alleging a $15 theft, which was proved false and he was exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Branchiella
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Salvatore
Roosevelt
United States
Italy
Branchiella
Temperamental Sculptor and Spanish Premier in Transition
A. E. Demaray of the National Park Service testifies on Mount Rushmore progress, while sculptor Gutzon Borglum counters that the work cannot be judged by engineers. The piece also notes Francisco Largo Caballero’s removal from Spain’s cabinet and Dr. James L Howe receiving the 1937 Herty medal for southern chemistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EW York
A. E. Demaray
National Park Service
House
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Rapid City
S. D
Demaray
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Georgia
Atlanta
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
New York
Rancisco Largo
Caballero
Juan Necrin
Spain
Largo Caballero
Cortes
Guadarrama
Franco
James Lewis Howe
School of Applied Science
Washington and Lee University
Herty
American Chemical Society
Howe
New England
Newburyport
Mass
Amherst
Gottingen
Germany
Advertising Speaks for Industry Voice of progress in ads
Advertising speaks for industry and voices the progress of labor saving devices. The piece argues that advertising brings distant manufacturers and their innovations to the public quickly, acting as a privileged channel to reveal new applications and products.
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Floyd Gibbons
Granna Island
St. James Palace
London
Dominions
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Congress
Sir Harry Lauder
Los Angeles
Australia
Monterey
Miss Greta Lauder
Sir Harry
Indalecio Prieto
Juan Negrin
Dr. Wang
U. S
C.T. Wang
Yeeh
An-Fu
Ranger
Bath
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Endeavor IL
By Lemuel F. Parton
Award
Plautus
Rogers
Doan
Haro
Somera, Inc
de Kalb Ave
Daisy Fly Killer
Madison, Tenn
Quebec
Broadway
Henry Grady
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