Two Wanted Men Challenge Chicago Policeman in Prairie Chase
Albert Rickert, a Chicago detective, pursued two automobile thieves after spotting them during a ride with friend Emmett Hartnett. The chase ends with Rickert injured and a thief captured, another shot and killed days later. both thieves receive prison or death sentences.
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Ello
Chicago
Albert Rickert
Emmett Hartnett
Emmett
Station House
People's Hospital
Englewood
Bronze Shekels First Coined in Jerusalem
A Detroit coin club authority notes bronze shekels were first coined in Jerusalem about 132 B C. Later issues included gold silver copper and potton a copper washed with silver. The famous silver shekel bore a jeweled chalice a flowering lily and Hebrew letters Jerusalem the Holy. No portraits of men or animals appear on these coins.
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Jerusalem
Detroit Coin Club Authority
Israel
Home Lesson Warns Against Alcohol’s Harmful Home Impact
A religious study warns that alcohol destroys families and invites sorrow and ruin. It cites Jeremiah 35 and Ephesians 5 15 21 6 1 4 to urge loyalty to family standards accurate daily living and unity in the home with sober living and hymn singing as practical safeguards.
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America
Jerusalem
Christ
Slipcovers and home crafts with Mrs Spears guidance
A reader asks for removable chair slipcovers. Mrs Spears explains edge bindings or facings, snap fasteners over zippers, and using a sewing book series to learn home decor projects. She notes Books 1 and 2 cost 25 cents each and offers a free patchwork quilt leaflet with two books.
General Quiz and Answers on Language and History
A humorously phrased quiz presents answers on usage between you and among you, King Charles I, car piece counts, riot thresholds, scissors versus shears, the Missouri Mississippi river length, and lapel notches tied to General Moreau.
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Charles I
Missouri-Mississippi
Moreau
Napoleon
Wit and Wisdom Medley for a Curious Mind
A collection of quips on philanthropy success and family, noting a five dollar giver isn’t a philanthropist and two children don’t make a family. It praises studying men over books and laments barking dogs unpacified by scolding.
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Adventurers’ Club
WIN
Gaekkal
Fiecing
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
International Council of Religious Education
Ruth Wyeth Stenss
Philé
Usc Luotes
U. S
Elbert D. Thomas
UO Ee
Gooch
Gooch Milling & Elevator Co
Lincoln
Nebr
Anak Fey Rt
Nebraska
Costhier
L' Accos
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