Literary Criminal Now in Cell After Sensational Theft
A 22-year-old Buffalo draftsman led a bold plan to steal the Shakespeare first folio from Williams College in Massachusetts. His accomplices included his brother and a friend who donned scholarly disguises. The group was busted. the mastermind received two years, while his associates drew one and a half to two years.
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Bufpalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
William Kwiatkowski
Donald Lynch
Edward Kwiatkowski
Edward
Lynch
Williams Library
Lucy Osborne
Middlebury, Vi., College
Middlebury
Massachusetts
Kwiatowski
Albany
William Kwiatowski
Handless Hunter Slays 400-Pound Bear in Mountains
John Tamplin, who lost his hands seven years ago, shot a 400 pound bear in the Blue mountains of Oregon after developing mechanical hands. Rancher Jake Klicker recalls the bear charging Tamplin after two misses before the third shot felled the animal.
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Walla Walla
Wash
John Tamplin
Blue Mountains
Oregon
Tamplin
Blue Mountain
Jake Klicker
Tampilin
Romance Knows No Age Bridegroom Wins 90
Rev. J. M. Spencer aged 90 stunned Sanger California by marrying 55 year old Belle Hurst of Oklahoma City after a whirlwind letter campaign. He concealed his age at 80 to win her interest and claimed he saw a prize in life with the match. This is his fourth marriage and he jokes that no one thinks he is over 65.
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Sanger
Calif
J. M. Spencer
Belle Hurst
Oklahoma City
Spencer
Lost Combination Is Found Safe Is Barren
Hubert Smith, secretary to Mayor C. H. Veale, recovered a long lost combination to a safe in the mayor's office. He and Veale opened the safe, only to find it empty, ending the search that had lasted since the previous mayor left office.
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Tulsa
Hubert Smith
C. H. Veale
Smith
Veale
Dying Miner Seals Body in Solid Ice
In Alaska an 84 year old Edwin A. Robertson died on the Yukon trail and allegedly encased his body in ice to keep wolves away. Found in a glacial stream near the Seventy Mile river his parka covered head and arms folded, with wolves nearby, and a faint water trickle over the ice. Commissioner R K E Steel notes Robertson planned to endure freezing cold and darkness rather than let wolves take his body.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Yukon
Edwin A. Robertson
Robertson
Seventy Mile River
Eagle
Arctic Circle
United States
R. KE. Steel
Steel
Dying Recluse Rich Man Found in Sewickley Home
Police found A Campbell Stewart, last of a once prominent family, dying in his cold, bare Sewickley dwelling after he had sold furnishings to buy food. He died at Valley Hospital. malnutrition and exposure suspected. Relatives and wealthy friends had not aided him despite social ties. His grandfather Col. David Campbell Stewart’s Civil War treasures had been sent for a centennial exhibition months earlier.
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Sewickley
Pittsburgh
A. Campbell Stewart
Stewart
Valley Hospital
Col
David Campbell Stewart
Idle boast leads to surprise village lot sale
Everett Clark at a Fairbury tax sale boasted his gloves cost twenty five cents. Sheriff Dwight Young, auctioning the village lots in Harleme, recorded the price and sold Clark a lot with no other bids.
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Fairbury
Neb
Everett Clark
Clark
Dwight Young
Harleme
Blacksmith Indicted Over Noisy Smithy Nuisance
Grayville, PA. Davis Sykay known as the village smithy was indicted by the county grand jury for maintaining and causing a common and public nuisance. Prosecutor F. Jablonski argues the longtime clang has become an unnerving noise and smoke-filled nuisance to the town.
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Grayville
Longfellow
Davis S. Sykay
F. Jablonski
Early operation urged for acute gall bladder inflammation
Dr James W Barton reports on Dr F Glenn's study of 219 acute cholecystitis cases at New York Hospital. He concludes early gall bladder surgery yields fewer complications, no higher mortality, and better outcomes, especially in younger patients, unless overall health dictates medical treatment first.
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James W. Barton
F. Glenn
New York
Chicago
New York Hospital
Glenn
Understanding High Blood Pressure Causes and Management
The text explains that blood pressure rises as the body fights underlying conditions, not simply to be treated with drugs. It stresses natural factors like arterial hardening, infection, or stress, and suggests lighter meals, rest, and infrequent readings rather than frequent testing as part of care.
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Edward Weiss
Philadelphia
Bright
Ear plugs for sleep aid and noise reduction
Reader asks for help sleeping despite noise. Advice notes options include rubber swimmer ear stoppers from drugstores, absorbent cotton, and moldable wax plugs available in some stores.
Record-Breaker Turns to Romance in Streetcar Chaos
Annabel Drew, provoked by a crowded streetcar and a clumsy temper, breaks a record and meets Jim Ray, a refined young man who lectures her on manners. Their flirtation leads to love and a rapid engagement after secrets and mischief unfold. Annabel ultimately discovers Jim is her fiancé, and they plan to marry next week.
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Mabel
Annabel
Oaks Street
Annabel Drew
Jim Ray
Jim
Jimi
Sunrise in West Causes Confusion for Panam Canal Cruisers
Passengers aboard cruises through the Panama Canal often wonder how the sun rises in the Pacific over Panama City and sets in the Atlantic at Colon. The canal runs from Colon in the northwest to Panama City in the southeast, making navigation confusing as ships move north or south rather than east or west.
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Panama Canals
Panama City
Atlantic
Colon
Canal
Pacific
Sewing Bags For Home Use And Bazaar Sales
The piece describes stylish green and white ivy patterned chintz bags on hangers suitable for laundry travel closet storage and doll clothes scraps. It notes various fabrics including fic torial chintz and rope knot patterns and references SEWING Book 3 with directions for another bag on a hanger and pantry door pocket plus other featured sewing projects.
Home Tips From A Busy Kitchen And Workshop
Practical household hints on removing deep splinters with steam and hot water, preserving orange peels for flavor, shaping peppermint drops on waxed paper, keeping windows clear with glycerine, bulb planting near windows, preventing sweater buttonhole stretch, avoiding icebox waste, browning pie crust with sweet cream, finishing fruit puddings with spiced hard sauce, and protecting brass fixtures with paraffin.
Keep to the Right Tradition Traced to Conestoga Wagons
The American custom of driving on the right traces to Conestoga wagon drivers of the 1750s. Drivers sat on the left wheel horse to wield the whip with the right hand, and when meeting, pulled to the right to maintain clearance. Lighter vehicles followed the Conestoga tracks.
Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels and Comfort Stomach Too
An old advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin to treat constipation and upset stomach. It claims the product wakes lazy bowels, soothes the stomach, and is palatable for children.
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Dr. Caldwell
Dr Caldwell
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