The Model Son by Fannie Hurst and a Mother's Hope
Ben Yawitz, a courteous, faithful picture-framing merchant, is hailed as a model son by his devout mother Mrs. Yawitz. When Aimee McRae, a lively neighborhood newcomer, enters his life, the quiet artisan faces unfamiliar feelings and a shift in the family dynamic as loyalty, love, and propriety collide.
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Aras
Ben Yawitz
Yawitz
Ben
Uttle Street
RS. Yawitz
Aimee McRae
Aimee
Len
Almeée
Anchorage
Ben Chooses Aimee After Mother's Death
Ben wrestles with renunciation as Aimee, a battered youth, draws closer while his mother objects. Aimee’s defiance and Ben’s love clash with faith and family. The story climaxes when Ben’s mother dies at six, leaving him to decide whether to marry Aimee and honor his vow to her memory.
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Ben
Aimee
Tim
Feolly
Trousseus Hngerle
Thief Again Six Hours After Parole
Harold Remington was arrested in Boston six hours after his parole from Concord reformatory for snatching a woman's handbag containing $0. He was returned to the reformatory to serve the remainder of his sentence.
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Boston
Mass
Harold Remington
Concord Reformatory
Reformatory
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in Burden Utah
Ogden resident John Norton aged about 80, noted pioneer, honored with a banquet and reunion in Burden Utah to mark his and wife’s sixty years of marriage. Out-of-town visitors joined local residents for the celebration at the Twelfth Ward Hall.
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John Norton
Ogden
Gtah
Nor
Norton
Cohen
Twelfth Ward
Burden
Utah
feSer
Go Norton
Wolf Trapper Survives 48 Hours Among Howling Wolves
Bayfield Wis reports Martin Kane a Presque Island fisherman trapped six wolves near his cabin and lured a pack with fish smeared on boots. After hours of danger darkness neared and the pack closed in forcing him to climb a tree. Hunger drove him to the water and he reached his cabin alive.
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Bayfield
Wis
Martin Kane
Presque Island
Lake Superior
Kane
Lmb Off the Tree and Walzing
Conscience Stricken Thieves Return Hams in Virginia
In Laray Virginia two men stole two 800 pound hogs from Calvin Sours Gentlemans Hollow county. Conscience led them to return the meat the next night. Mrs Sours spotted prowlers and a bag of the missing hams was found by the barn with rails holding it.
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Laray
Calvin Sours
Jewell Hollow
Mr. Sours
Sours
Bottle Cap Lodges in Throat At Party
A man from Richards Missouri nearly died when a wine bottle cap blew off and lodged in his throat at a party with his girlfriend. Doctors failed to remove it for hours and finally pushed it into his stomach.
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Kansas City
Ross—Puncan
Richards
Wathront
Augusta Marne Means Run Ends in Wreck and Injury
A damaged fragment reports a vehicle accident near Augusta Marne where a ute lost control after the wrecker and an injury occurred to Herman Matterson. Officials described the scene as chaotic with the vehicle toppled and responders attending. Further details and exact cause are unclear in the readable text.
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Augusta
Marne
Herman Matterson
Leyte
Hobos Get Free Food at New York Mission Dining
Captain Hammill notes derelicts crowding bread lines while Father Di Misia runs a St. Marks mission food depot for white collar workers and artists. Panhandler scams and job offers surface as welfare officials question adequacy of aid amid Depression era hunger and a dozen city depots.
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New York
John A. Hammill
Fifth Street
Hammill
St. Mark's Catholic Mission
Bowery
Michael di Misia
Panhandlers
Jersey
Diliste
Welfare Council
Colleges and Roads Blamed for Hobo Life
Ames Iowa reports Prof H Wood Jr of Iowa State College blames colleges autos and paved roads for hobos. He says easy college life tempts loafing and travelers in cars provide too easy transport for beggars.
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Ames
Iowa
H. Wood, Jr
Iowa State College
1930 Healthiest Year on Record for America
Metropolitan Life officials report 1930 showed the best health conditions in the United States and Canada through 11 months based on mortality data from 10 million policyholders. They noted no major contagious disease outbreaks, a dip in cancer deaths, and a rise in self harm deaths as the only notable unfavorable item, with a cumulative death rate of 8.6 per thousand by end of November versus 9.4 in 1929.
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New York
United States
Canada
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan
Divorce Ends Woman's Choice of Two Loves
Memphis Tennessee court grants divorce to Mrs Mamye Briggs Scruggs on cruelty charges. Seventeen years earlier she chose between two suitors and tore up one marriage license, then married Douglas P Scruggs while friend Russell J M Dodgen blessed the union.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mamye Briggs Scruggs
Mamye Briggs
Douglas P. Scruggs
Russell J. M. Dodgen
Brain Fluid Claim Arises From Berlin Doctor
Berlin professor Haberlandt claims a brain intelligence injection can sharpen sluggish minds. He says a single cubic centimeter of an ox and calf brain extract boosts thinking, citing rapid guinea pig responses and plans to test in humans. He may develop injections or pills for broader use.
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Berlin
Haberlandt
Innsbruck
Hoberlandt
First Snow Shite Raccoon Killed Along Eel River
In Peru Indiana a 15 pound snow white raccoon, the first seen locally, was killed by Carter Kungle along the Eel River north of town.
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Peru
Ind
Carter Kungle
Eel River
Here
Thieves Take Beehives Near Martinsburg West Virginia
William Lupton, a farmer and orchardist, reported two of his beehives missing along with their wintering bee colonies and this season’s honey. He had left the honey unharvested hoping the bees would survive winter, but suspects the thief wanted the honey and took the hives to access it.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
William Lupton
Roman village unearthed near Cologne dated 8000 B C
Experts from the Cologne museum excavations uncovered a Robin village in Lindenthal near Cologne dating back to 8000 B C. They say it may be the first of its kind found.
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Oost
Daniel Platt
Hammill
Cologne
Lindenthal
2Cologne_muceum
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Leteete
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Panama Canal
State of California
San Fransco Bay
California
America
Hoover
Joan Hoover
Ands. Herberver
Unearth
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