Global News in Brief from War-Torn Years
A sweeping roundup reports on traffic bans in Washington areas, farm stats for Manhattan, Pershing health rumors, Hoover economic outlooks for 1926, farm relief plans, sugar from Jerusalem artichokes, a Brownsville snowball scuffle, bank embezzlement sentencing, Munsey estate going to the Met, potato shortages and Texan arrivals, a Kansas City bank holdup, and international tensions. It also covers crime, aviation, and political shifts across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East with notable figures like Rockefeller, McCormick, and Briand aides.
Puzzle words and clues from a vintage dictionary game
A garbled OCR shows a list of numbered clues with definitions across multiple word types. It mentions terms for verbs nouns and adjectives including old forms and obsolete senses plus a note about a puzzle solution appearing in the next issue.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
A vintage guide explains placing correct letters in white spaces to form words across and down. Each word’s final letter is numbered by definitions dated below. horizontal clues fit until the next black square, vertical clues fit from the white area to the black row below. Words are dictionary terms with few exceptions for abbreviations initials and obsolete forms.
Mysterious Nevada Senator Targeted in Poison Plot
New York papers report a sensational case linking a supposed Senator A. B. Lewis of Carson City Nevada to a $106600 poisoning plot. Warren Cowan killed Edith Burton, a stenographer, and wounded himself after becoming obsessed with Lewis. A warning letter found in Cowan’s room described a plan by Miles Burton to force marriage for control of $100000, with threats of slow poisoning. Cowan had a prior $12000 hotel theft, and the Burton family disputes any engagement with Lewis.
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New York
Pollcn
A. B. Lewis
Harry W. Cowan
Edith Burton
Lewis
Hotel Astor
Miss Burton
Carson City
Nevada
Cowan
Miles Burton
Latham
Noted musician John Hood dies at Kinema scene in Viah
John Hood, famed music instructor and choir leader, dies of a stroke entering the Kinema theatre where memorial services for film star Mary Thurman were held. The death follows a sudden collapse as he entered the venue.
General Hau Killed At Langfang Railway Station
Gunman Lu Cheng Wu shot General Hau at Langfang railway station after reporting to chief executive Tuan Chi Jui on his Europe United States and Japan tour. Lu seeks vengeance for his father General Lu Chien Chang who was killed by General Hsu in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hau Shu-Cheng
Hau
Peking
Iisu Shao-Cheng
Langfang
Tuan Chi Jui
Europe
United States
Japan
Filsu
Lu Cheng Wu
Lu Chien Chang
Hsu
Munseys Will Discloses Large Bequests in NY Publisher Estate
Frank A Munsey renowned publisher died recently and the will released shows an estate around 40 million dollars. Bequests to friends and their connections total about one quarter of a million, while further gifts to officers and associates linked to companies under his control amount to nearly 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Frank A. Munsey
Munsey
New York
Draft in Industry Bill Urges Congressional Support
California Legion officials urged members of Congress to back a bill before the chamber that would draft both industry and manpower in national emergencies. State Adjutant James K. Fiske, acting for Commander Allen P. Bixby, reported the Legion's support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California Department of the American Region
California
Congress
James K. Fiske
The
Legion
Allen P. Bixby
Russian Poet Sergei Yessinin Dies by Own Action
Ec centric Russian poet Sergei Yessinin died in Moscow by his own action. He was the divorced husband of leadora Duncan the renowned dancer famed for barefoot terpischora emulation that made her famous worldwide.
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Austraan
Isa Briggs
Hea
Vienna
Maumfeld
New York
Sergei Yessinin
Moscow
Leadora Duncan
Brookhart Plans World Court Debate Proposal
Senator Smith W. Brookhart will propose a cooperative plan for world peace via regulation of exports and imports during the senate debate on the world court issue. He announced the plan but declined to provide details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhart
Des Moines
Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
Dry Laws Bankrupt English Baronet Amid Liquor Shipments
Sir Broderick Hartwell, England's Torn running baronet, faces bankruptcy after Prohibition agents and the American coast guard seize a 26,000 case liquor shipment worth about 260,009 pounds. Hartwell had shipped liquor to the United States in several ventures. The seizure spurred the court filing as enforcement tightens on smuggling and illicit alcohol trade.
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London
American Coast Guard
Prohibition
Sir Broderick Hartwell
England
Broderick
United States
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Washington
Sixteenth Street
FBI Street
Colorado Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Fourteenth
Twenty-second
New Lampshire Avenue
Washington Circle
U Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
North Capitol Street
County of
Manhattan Island
Borough of
Manhattan
John J. Pershing
Tacna
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Old Guard” Petisans
White House
Coolidge
Jardine
Aido
Howell
Republican
Nebraska
Bureau of Standards
Jerusalem
Ceneral
Brownsville
Texas
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
E. J. Thompson
Citizens’ State Bank
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Atate
Fort Madison
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Harold McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Indianapolis
Ind
Aresle State Bank
Kansas City
Poland
Hungary
Bernard Kahn
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
James N. Rosenberg
Bridgeville
Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Isaca Hanna
George Deep
Joseph Deep
Deep
Darrow
Richard
Peg Leg
Munn
Zbyszko
Stecher
J. A. Tower
Sellier
Legion of Honor
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Paris
Tolera
Lond Street
Milady
Emile Daeschner
Victor Henry Beregner
Cabinet Council
Phillippe Berthelot
M. Briand
Foreign Office
Britain
John Taylor
Hillside Green
Kent
Taylor
Mme
Henry Gberenger
Associated Press
Italy
Gruato
Ring
Seine
Sepen
France
Tokio
Tsurumi
Yokohama
Motler
Saz Carda
Rooster
Otargh
Senator Lewis
Slayer
News
Viah
Logan
Cadis Valley
Sarah Harris
Nauvoo
Gelt Lake City
Preston G. Peterson
State Road Commission
Henry H. Blood
Commission
Peterson
George H. Dern
Salt Lake City
State Street
Brodaway
Carlos Bullock
Moses
Emma Bullock
Providence
Benny Schtens
Buillock
Provo
Spanish Fork
Board of County Commissioners
Utah County
Ogden
Board of
Ogden City Commissioners
Wetter County
Utah Taxpayers’ Association
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
D. D. Cunningham
Salt Lake
Bingham
Proyvo
Utah Lake
Utah Counties
Sylvester ©. Cannon
City of
George M. Bacon
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Willam H. Wattis
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