Light s of New York by Walter Trumbull
A Melbourne style essay notes the shift of cinema stars to live theater, contrasts stage and screen acting, and reflects on Harlem gambling, boxing, and social scenes. Mentions Harlemites, numbers game, and a Dodgers era vibe with miscellaneous cultural observations. Coalesces with a quirky note about apple trees in Manzano and Appleseed Johnny legends.
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Blondy
Frederick WW. Hodge
United States
Manzano
New Mexico
Ohio
Johnny
General ‘Park
Bell Syndicate.y
Statue to Alaskan heroine Mollie Bell planned at Skagway
Plan underway to erect a bronze statue of Mollie Bell in Skagway Alaska. The famed North belle aided prospectors and camps, cared for the sick, and grubstaked ventures. Her romance with “Packer Jack” ended, and she later lived in Seattle before her murder in 1902.
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Seattle
Mollie Bell
Skagway
Alaska
Mollie
Lake Bennett
Packer
Jack
Mike Bartlett
Bartlett
Skagway Trail
Imagination Keeps the Mind Traveling Beyond Walls
A reflective tale contrasts practical fact seeking with the old woman who, though crippled and confined to a room, travels by imagination. She recalls England, Devon, roses, lilacs, and classic authors Dickens, Scott, Thackeray, finding joy in books and memory while living far from home. The Bacons also move far yet remain connected through imagination.
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England
Devon
Scott
Thackeray
Bacons
Millionaire debts repaid by selling real estate and more
Emory J. Sweeney of Kansas City once owed a million dollars and rebuilt his life by shedding key holdings including a mansion a ten story building a car fleet a subdivision and a radio station He credits his recovery to shifting from wealth to steady home life and helping others while influenza and a down real estate market wrecked his fortune He recently settled the last debt by selling Indian Village a major land development once hoped to bring new riches
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Kansas City
Emory J. Sweeney
Sweeney
Judge Linebarger Aims To Seal Chinese Silver Loan
Judge Paul M Linebarger acted as envoy for China to Washington to negotiate a loan of about 360 million dollars in silver. The proposal states the funds will not fund military aims but help return Chinese soldiers to the pursuit of peace.
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Paul M. Linebarger
Washington
China
The Casket Letters and Mary Queen of Scots Mystery
Mary Stuart the queen of Scots faces the casket letters controversy in Elizabethan intrigue. The letters allegedly prove her guilt in Darnley’s murder plot and Bothwell’s abduction, yet their authenticity and fate remain unresolved mysteries of history.
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Mary Stuart
Scotland
Elizabeth
Mare Stuart
France
Lord Darnley
Earl of Lennox
Darnley
Mary
David Rizzio
Earl of Bothwell
Dunbar
England
Bess
Earl of Murray
Murray
Bothwell
Queen of Scots
James
Wheeler Syndicate
Germans Use Welded Frames for Colorful Concrete Walks
Germans lay patterned colored concrete using welded sheet steel frames ten by fifteen feet with upright sides and interior divisions forming designs. Frames are moved as sections fill, with two workers handling each frame and laying about 200 square yards per day in garden and park walks.
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Germany
Popular Mechanics
Senator Sorghum Aims To Believe His Own Speeches
In a tense exchange, True Belief asks if Sorghum believes all his public statements. He replies that every word is true, noting he spends much mental energy convincing himself to speak with conviction. The dialogue highlights the tension between rhetoric and belief.
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Senator Sorghum
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Holly Wood
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University of Minos
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Deacon
Waite
New York Rraigers
Love
Bacon
Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Schon
Uae
MOKAS
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