Hanby Family Buys Gray House Near Pine Plains
Bilton Hanby purchases the Gray house as Mise Belenor warns of a curse. A murdered caretaker Kerr shocks the family as Pelham joins to steer them away from the ominous estate. Appleton, posing as a bird expert, lures Hanby into a formal agency role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilton Hanby
Gray House
Pine Plains
Mise Belenor
Adolf Smucker Hanby
Bir Stanford Seymour
Hanbys
Kerr
Hanby
Pelham
Elarte
Appleton
Douglas and
Emith
Pelhaam
Smucker's Fall and Flight Through Manhattan Shadows
Adolf Smucker, disgraced by his failed bid at power, spirals from respectability to paranoia. After clashing with Hilton Hanby, he faces police pursuit, a ruined home life, and a desperate midnight trek toward Hanby’s estate, ending with a tense pursuit near Pine Plains and the Hanby mansion.
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Smoecker
Crar
Hanby
Smucker
Pelham
Brophy
Smocker
Rolla
Fliun
Trees Along Highways Could Beautify Main Routes
A Missouri note reports the Louisiana state highway commission selling small plant groups along highways as gifts from a local nursery. The plan aims to create blooming growth to inspire broader highway treatment while avoiding billboards and other disfigurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
State Highway Commission
Vigilant Officer Nabs Speeding Motion Picture Couple
A vigilant law officer stopped a speeding couple traveling from Los Angeles to New York by car. The officer, refusing to yield to pressure, brought them before a judge where the charge unexpectedly shifts as arson is debated. The brief court scene ends with a five dollar fine amid laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Afoer
Fleede
Modernizing Old Houses Boosts Neighborhood Value
The passage argues neglected dilapidated homes depress values, while minimal renovations raise appeal and worth. It advises preserving original structural beauty with small, tasteful updates and fresh paint to improve desirability without major changes.
Call for Simple Play Spots in Urban Parks
Ferruccio Vitale of New York urges parks for health and relief from congestion. He says open spaces should serve masses, not just aristocrats, and argues landscape design must suit democratic communities and daily life.
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Ferruccio Vitale
New York
National Commission of Fine Arts
Tnettule
Architecta
Mr. Vitale
Joy of Life in Country Living
The article extols country living as offering more leisure and closer friendships than city life. It highlights abundant opportunities for genuine friendships and frequent social pleasures without the pace of urban life.
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Obo
Proper Use of Evergreens in Home Landscape
The article warns against overusing evergreens and favors a balanced mix with declinous shrubs for most homes. It notes evergreen abundance is unsuitable in informal house settings and advises cautious selection to suit the house’s treatment.
Obedience in Trial The True Disciple Urges Righteousness
A poetic fragment urges obedience and righteousness during trial. It emphasizes that truth is scarce and clouds obscure the day, and that a true disciple must dare to obey. The text appears as a dated verse from a 1925 Weather’s Newspaper Union compilation.
Nut and Raisin Bread and Other Cakes from a Picnic Menu
The article lists recipes for Nut and Raisin Bread Peanut Butter Bread Nut Bread Luncheon Bread Oatmeal Bread Frozen Orange Dressing and several desserts including Oatmeal Macaroons Raisin Drop Cakes Chocolate Cookies Butter Wafers and Drop Cookies with detailed measurements and baking steps for each item.
Betrayer of Cavell Remains a Living Death on Devil's Island
Georges Quien, who betrayed Edith Cavell to the Germans, endures a brutal life on Devil's Island in South America. Shunned by convicts and guards, he claims innocence as his health withers to a skeleton, while attempts to obtain a new trial have failed.
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Paris
Georges Quien
Edith Cavell
Lfe
Devil's Island
South America
Quien
Hfe
Tally
Prisoner Turns Jokes Into Magazine Checks From Jail
In Columbus Ohio a former salesman William Ray Gillun, jailed four years ago for auto theft, now writes jokes from his prison cell. He sends about 150 dollars a month to his mother in Millsburgh as his humorous pieces reach eight magazines. He began after finding a writer's magazine in his cell and invested a dollar in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
William Ray Gillun
Cleveland
Millsburgh
Gliman
Soirvey
Ollman
Teeth-Print Clue Warns Thieves In Los Angeles Heist
In Los Angeles a party at Ethel Apperson’s home was robbed of rare whisky and jewels valued at 10 100. Detectives tied the break in to a thief who tore tin foil from a bottle using teeth, matching prints found by Police Technician Rex Welsh. The incident follows Christian M. Shirley, a merchant and ex policeman, who was jailed earlier.
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Los Angeles
Christian M. Shirley
Ethel App
Shirley
Rex Welsh
Heart on Wrong Side St. Lovla Mo Mire Vien Thomann
A medical report from the hospital states the heart position is on the wrong side for Mire Vien Thomann of Betleville. The case was discovered during surgery and the patient is under care at the facility.
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St. Lovla
Mire Vien Thomann
Betleville
Curce
National Radio Schedules Full of Mixed Programs
A dense list of July radio broadcasts across networks notes times and shows. Programs span Red Blue and Columbia systems with religious services, music hour, youth conferences, speeches, and variety entertainment featuring numerous sponsors and performers.
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N. B.C
RED Network
Parks Cadman
Maj. Bowes
Pfainty
Atwater Kent
Seth Parker
Blue Network
Roxy
Young People's Conference
McKinney Musiciana
Harry Emerson
N. B
Willia
Radio Household Institute
Voles
Firestone
General Motors Family Party
Empire Hulliders
BLUE
Montgomery Ward
Dept. of Agriculture
White House
Edison Recorders
N. B.C. Red Network
B.C
la Touraine
Happy Wonder Bakers
Ipona Troubadours
P.m. Palmolive
REO
M Radio
Coward
Hoover Bentinela
Belberting
Halsey Stuart
N. B.C. Blue
Maxwell House
M. Libby
McNeil
Libby
Columbia System
Ida Bailey Allen
Derry
Sonora
George Oleen Howe
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Wyndham Martyn
Chapter
Adolf Stoucker
Hilton Hanby
Leonard Street
Smuckers
Ike Smucker
Smucher
Caplin
Smuckera
Adolphaliould
Mr. Hanby
Weehawken
Tim
Thiaw
Hilton Lindy
Wold Smucker
Walt
Flere
Olsen
Smorker
Smeckers
Manhattan
Adolf Smucker
City Hall
Grant
Stucker
Hanley
Pine Pining
Newburgh, Dutchess and Columbia
Gscreech
Earth
Hammer
Weaters Newspaper Union
Imwaaa
Cavell
Washington
Helen Marie Fucker
Wwe
Robert CL Gucker
Helen Jost Heeniite
Helen
Plory
Coords
Tle
Wien
Donald Gray Barnhoune
Howard
la Palma
Majestic Theater of
The
de Forest
Samovar
Uncle Don
Robert Burns
Panatéias
Duco Decorators
Michelin
Freed
Jewel
Pablo
Prederic William Wile
U. S&s Navy
Paul Whiteman
Curtis
Curtiss
Lombardo
Oirchestra
Dept. of Agricultura
T. Montgomery Ward
Yeast Foumers
Sylvania Foresters
ADA Voyagers
Stromberg Cartoon
Chancellor Dance Orchestra
Nears
Ida Pbaly
Ida Palley Allen
Hank Simmons
van Heuwen
Koleter
Kansas
N. B.C Red Network
Pom Naybeston
P.m
Citlen Bervice
An Bening
Porte Opm Behredertown Ras Band
UB Dept. of Agriculture
Cqulbie Health
Ida Falley Allen
Neti
Konasetitek Mehidine
N.bc
REO Network
Lotky Birte
Hedi Mitmeeddubers
Grafa Jey Alien
Nate Margin Welleng
P. George
Opes Musia
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