Golf Star Marion Hollins cashes million after bold bet
Marion Hollins, famed golfer, fulfilled a seven year luncheon pact by creating a $1,000,000 fortune in oil deals with Col Franklyn Kenney and New York backers. Her party at Pasatiempo awarded $25,000 each to Mrs. T. H. Dudey and Eric Pedley, cementing her status as a California real estate investor and society star.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Pasatiempo
Marton Hollins
T. H. Dudey
Eric Pedley
United States
Miss Hollins
Dudley
Pedley
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Dudley
California
Pasadempo Country Club
Col
Franklyn R. Kenney
Marland Oil Company of
Marland
Kettleman
McKim Hollins
Colonel Kenney
New York
Empire City
Payne Whitney
Kettleman Hills
Whitney
Harold E. Talbott, Jr
Chrysler Corporation
National Air Transport
Walter P. Chrysler
Samuel McRoberts
Chatham-Phoenix National Bank
Miss Collins
Pacific Western Oil Corporation
Honolulu Consolidated and Standard Oil Company
Kettleman Oil Corporation
Miss Holling
Harold &. Talbott, Jr
Birdie
Eric Pedhey
Miss Gollins
Dudley Carewe
McKim
Ysabel Chase
Lansing B. Mizner
Guatemala
Wilson Mizner
Chicago
Hollins
Pebble Beach
Palm Beach
Fla
Eric
Louise
Smuggle Arms to Palestine Ring Exposed in Vienna Safes
Vienna police uncovered a secret arms smuggling scheme shipping rifles pistols and ammo to Palestine. Safes from Vienna to Jerusalem via Trieste and Egypt were unusually heavy with sand removed, replaced by rifle barrels and cartridges for the ongoing conflict.
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Palestine
Vienna
Jerusalem
Trieste
Egypt
Cow Fight Tragedy Ends Bullfighting Enthusiast's Life
In Sanlucar de Barrameda Andalusia Jose Roldan Bernaldez a 28 year old bullfight fan staged an impromptu cow fight after a vaccination at Don Hermengildo Diez ranch He aimed a pass at a cow and was struck in the chest dying minutes later Bull fights with cows occur at ranches but remain private and non formal events in contrast to traditional bullrings.
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Madrid
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Andalusia
Don Hermengildo Diez
Jose Roldan Bernaldez
Pajama Stroll Leads to Arrest in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana a 30 year old woman Lillian Martin was arrested after being found walking the streets at night in pajamas. The officer noted the odd timing but carried out the restraint as public order concern.
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Great Falls
Mont
Lillian Martin
Glutinous Tapioca Inspires Romance and Recovery
Rose Brooks falls ill with anemia and inanition after a glutinous city life. She is treated at home by the Smith siblings and finds a new job as an assistant teacher at a private school. A romance with Dr. Ralph Smith develops as Rose regains health and embraces a future with Esther’s encouragement.
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Rose
Miss Brooks
Smith
Jose
Rose Brooks
Esther Smith
Ralph
Smiths
Maura
Doctor Smith
State University
Esther
The Statue and the Mayor
The late tra Remsen of Johns Hopkins criticized H G Wells and university attacks. He recalled a Baltimore report that Wells might label graduates as like the mayor of Nola Chucky who, after unveiling a statue, told a lady the general's statue was so-so and that it was not particularly equestrian.
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Tra Remsen
Johns Hopkins
H. G. Wells
Doctor Remsen
Baltimore
Wells
Nola Chucky
Paint Rock
Didn’t Want to Butt In Fire Alarm Call
A Worcester Telegram item describes a grass fire epidemic as six companies race to fires. In a fire alarm room an operator learns a caller witnesses old papers burning near a house and declines to intervene, saying he does not want to butt in.
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Wire Department
Worcester Telegram
Hesitating Airmen Warned After Weathered Delays
Captain Trumbull Harris at a San Francisco dinner urged aviators to avoid hesitation noting America’s wartime flight delays due to severe weather. He contrasted cautious pilots with ridicule of hesitation and cited a humorous Jaggers anecdote about choosing whether a shirt is dirty enough for laundry or not.
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Trumbull Harris
San Francisco
Jaggers
Cities Built on Furs Canada Frontier Heritage
The passage describes how fur trading defined early Canadian cities like Three Rivers and Montreal. It notes churches and forts rising from beaver skins and that outsiders paid large fines to monopolistic authorities using fur as payment, illustrating the era’s dependency on the fur trade.
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Canada
Three Rivers
Montreal
Bad Leadership Quotation Amid Chinatown Sage Comment
Quotations from Hi Ho in the Washington Star liken poor guidance to a cat playing with silk. The sage argues leaders who caused trouble cannot fix the tangle.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
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Pesuades
D. J Walsh
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