Vance Solves Double Murder In Coe House Mystery
Philo Vance and District Attorney Markham investigate Archer Coe’s death deemed suicide. They uncover a second corpse Brisbane Coe and a web of clues including a wounded terrier, a Chinese cook, a lipstick, and a bent pin with waxed thread linking the cases.
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Philo Vance
Archer Coe
Markham
Coe
Wrede
Signor Grassi
Vance
Doremus
Vence
Brisbane Coe
Archer
Chicago
Liang
Brisbane
Bolted Door Puzzle Solved By Hidden Pins And String
Vance unlocks a murder mystery method by using two pins and strings, hidden in a wall crack and door keyhole, to bolt Archer’s room from the outside. Miss Lake’s criminology chats loom as Brisbane’s library aids the deduction.
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Vance
Uncle Archer
Hilda Lake
Liang
Miss Lake
Uncle Brisbane
Bris‘bane
Markham
Brisbane
Brisbane Coe
Archer
Aussenseiter der Gesellschaft
Tab
Rex Lander
Lander
Zof
Konrad
Criminal Court
Hollmann
Heath
Vanes
The Dagger Strikes in a Dining Room Interlude
Markham and Vance weigh the murder puzzle as a three hour gap in Grassi’s alibi remains. Heath questions Chinamen tactics while a detective confirms Grassi’s alibi and Montrose hints at a troubling dinner call. The case edges toward more clues as tension rises.
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Markham
Vance
Brisbane
Archer
Heath
Miss Lake
Grassi
Doctor Montrose
Montrose
Dow
Imean
Swiss resistance and US economic outlook feature in Brattle section
The column highlights Swiss resolve and potential countermeasures against Germany over political dismissals. It notes Mrs Roosevelt's idea of small children receiving allowances to foster independence and reports on US trade balance and prosperity signals from bankers like Aldrich. It mentions Insull acquittal, European war talk, Nye's aviation concerns, and Lindbergh kidnap panel jury details.
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Roosevelt
Switzerland
Europe
Carl Barth
Bonn University
Kaiser
Prussia
Barth
Hitler
Germany
Witl
Franklin D. Roosevelt
NRA
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Deserts in Two Global Zones
The text describes two desert belts around the world. The major belt runs east-northeasterly from near the equator across North Africa through Arabia Persia Turkestan to the Gobi and reaches the Pacific, with the Great Sahara Libyan Nubian Deserts included. It circles back via the Great Basin of North America at about 40 degrees north. A southern belt is smaller and includes the Kalahari in southwest Africa the Australian interior and regions in Argentina and the Andes.
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Equator
North Africa
Sahara
Arabia
Persia
Turkestan
Gobi
Shama Desert
Pacific Ocean
Great Basin
North America
Kalahari Desert
Africa
Australia
Argentine Republic
Andes
Housewife’s Idea Box Turns Old Laces Into Dish Cloths
A housewife suggests repurposing torn laces or net curtains by cutting them into squares, layering three or four, and stitching across corners to create durable dish cloths. The tip appears under a Public Ledger service credit.
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the Housewife
Public Ledger, Inc
WQNU
Paris Doctor Opens Germ Free Butcher Shop De Luxe
A Paris physician launches a hygienic meat shop with glass chamber display, sterile white tunics for salesmen, antiseptic gloves, and air kept at 45 degrees. Customers see operations via microphones while a patent skin liquid aims to prevent contamination.
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Paris
Montreal Herald
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Gamble
Vaunee
Prague
Pennsylvania
Mr. Wrede
sVance
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Uncle Sam
France
Slong
Ford Company
Preside Jar Springs
Winthrop W. Aldrich
New York Chase National Bank
Seattle
Aldrich
Samuel Insull
Insull
Greece
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Alexander
England
Nye
United Aircraft Company
United ‘Aircraft
Roostvelt
Warm Springs
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU
Housewife's Idea
de Luxe
Marine Co., Opt.w
Orm Mother Gray
Cuticura
Malden
Mass
Vata Ue Oe
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