Mystery note in Craven suite shocks daughter
Abrupt intrusion by Craven's door shatters Lydia as her father collapses in fear over a diamond card clue. He weakly hints a secret code linked to a necklace in his box while Lydia tends him with brandy and questions the meaning amid hotel routine.
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Craven
Lydia
Mrs.Merrilees
Ladia
Ecard
Smith
Colonel Gordon
Gordon
Quoin
van Duree
Secret Service
Nah
Betty
Coftier’s
Collector Loeb
Betty Merrilees
Craven's secret scheme unravels amid tense family rift
In a strained confrontation Craven confesses to deceiving Lydia over a smuggling plot tied to Betty Merrilees. Lydia demands truth about the card and Smith’s role as Craven questions a secret service link while planning a risky delivery to Betty and an agent at Mrs Ellsworthy’s.
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East Seventy-sixth
Japan Population Density and Emigration Pressures
The article notes Japan's population density far surpasses the U S and other nations. It argues emigration or overseas colonization will ease postwar congestion and cites Pan American hostility to Asians and Australia’s immigration limits as factors.
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United States
Japan
California
China
Europe
America
Pan-America
Mexico
Australia
Boy complains of new suspenders in family scene
Ben receives his first suspenders and wears them over his blouse. He waits for his parents to notice but they do not. He finally announces with exasperation that he hates his new suspenders.
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Ben
Holland's Great Dikes A Timeless River Barrier
The Holland's Great Dikes stretch about 40 miles from the Yssel river to the sea. Built in sections, the earthbound wall has stood for seven centuries, protecting low-lying fields. It measures 40 feet at the base, 35 feet at the top, and rises 25 to 35 feet high.
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Holland’s
Holland
Yssel River
Book of Holland
Celery Not Nerve Food Says USDA Bulletin
The United States Department of Agriculture bulletin states celery is not a nerve food. It notes that the belief is likely a survival of old views attributing virtues to many plants and vegetables.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mean Trick Revealed in Atchison Globe Commentary
A column in the Atchison Globe notes a mean trick of repeating what people say behind someone’s back. The piece argues such gossip harms reputations and urges restraint in sharing unkind remarks.
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Atchison Globe
George W Perkins Emphasizes Living Each Day Fully
George W Perkins urges living every day as if it were the last, stressing hard work over clock watching and wages. He says the head of the table gains air and sunlight, young men should excel in a specific skill, and token effort is unnecessary. He cautions against theater downtime in favor of extra, purposeful labor.
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George W. Perkins
Leslie’s Weekly
A Good Comeback by Tom Moore the Irish Poet
Tom Moore, the Dublin poet and son of a grocer, wowed London with wit and charm. At a banquet a snob derided his father as a grocer, and Moore replied that if his father was a gentleman the snob should have been made one too.
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Tom Moore
Dublin
London
Pway
Moore
London Essay Sparks Teacher’s Surprise
A teacher asks students to write on London. A pupil offers a quip that London’s population is “very dense” in textbooks, prompting disbelief as he cites density as the source of the remark. The exchange appears in the New York Globe.
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London
New York Globe
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