Mystery of Elwell Murder Sees Little Progress
New developments fail to solve Joseph B. Elwell case as District Attorney Swann plans to question four people including the chauffeur and housekeeper. A woman guest is now confirmed to have been at Elwell’s home before the shooting, but no link to the crime is established. The estate’s final accounting may reveal a substantial loss of his $500 000 fortune.
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International News Service
New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Swann
Edwin Rhodes
Marie Larsen
Frank Jeffries
Jack de Saulles
de Saulles
Elwell
Victor A. von Schlegell
Violeta Kraus
Ritz- Carlton
Miss Kraus
von Schlegell
Elgell
Indians Watchfire Burns For 50 Years
In Spavanaugh hills near Murphy Oklahoma a Cherokee watchfire has burned for 50 years as a spiritual covenant. Its origin is unknown, with estimates from locals suggesting 33 years since first lit. The embers survive in ash three feet high, kept alive by tree gum insulation and tended by George Potato whose land hosts the ceremonies.
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Miami
Okla
Spavanaugh Hills
Murphy
Charlie Tee Hee
B. F. Abernathy
George Potato
Petrified Forest a Sixty Mile Square in Arizona
Flagstaff report describes the Painted Desert region hosting sixty square miles of petrified forest. Mammoth trunks up to 60 feet long and five feet in diameter turned to rock in colors of quartz agate chalcedony jasper and opal. Silica-rich mineral springs likely caused petrification.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Arizona
Preservation Agent Hardening Plant Tissues for Detail
A chemical permeated plant tissues acting as a hardening agent and preserving the original structure with astonishing perfection of detail.
Swiss cheese holes may be produced by new culture
Sugar Creek June 18 Swiss cheese long a luxury on American tables could soon become common. W U Weimar cheese specialist reveals a culture to create holes in American Swiss cheese matching the imported article. He will demonstrate to Tuscarawas county cheesemakers how to use the process, enabling dairymen to produce indistinguishable holes in home-made Swiss. A separate note mentions England court awards for a housewife in a case described as a grave fence larceny of a cook.
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Sugar Creek
W. U. Weimar
Weimar
Carawas County
Tenement District Plunged Into Panic By Fires
A suspected pyre mine started five fires in Cherry Hill tenements early today endangering 700 residents. Fires began in wood bins under basement stairways, challenging several fire battalions before being extinguished. Indications a large crowd will watch the play.
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International News Service
New York
Cherry Hill
Tourney Rescheduled After Rain Delays This Saturday
The tournament postponed by rain will be played Saturday afternoon at the Country Club. Earlier, the article notes the first stage service between New York and Philadelphia began in 1756 conducted by a Huntsman named Butler.
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New York
Philadelphia
Huntsman, Butler
All Depends Ardent Wover Do You Think Money Brings Happiness
An odd dialogue fragment contrasts money with happiness. A speaker questions money's necessity while another retorts that limited credit could undermine wealth as a measure of joy. The piece hints at attitudes toward finance and contentment.
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