Student Fraternity Initiation Ends in Death
Milton Propper's pledge at Mu Beta Sigma fraternity goes tragically wrong as Stuart Jordan a university student dies soon after initiation. A physician declares poisoning. Philadelphia detective Fammy Rankin takes charge of the investigation.
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Mu Beta Sigma
Stuart Jordan
Fammy Rankin
Philadelphia
Ran- Kin
Ahold Prince
St. Louis
Mu Beta
Sigma
Aberdeen
Jordan
Stanton
Death at Mu Beta Sigma Initiation Unfolds in Chapter Room
Detective Rankin questions Mu Beta Sigma president Stanton about Jordan’s death during a ritual. Stanton describes robes, a secret toast with a special wine, and the line of pledgees at an altar. Thumbtacks in Jordan’s shoes hint at a premeditated plan. investigators seek the wine, glass, and suspect movements.
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Mr. Warwick
Rankin
Mu Beta Sigma
Stanton
Stuart
Mote
Mr. Rankin
Ned Patterson
Arthur Wilson
Patterson
Jordan
Tye
Stinton
Secs
Halk
RO Mattes
Ted Stanton
Rankin -Rose
Thomp
Thompson
Tordan
Doctor Thompson
Dirk
S. J
Mu Beta’ ‘Sigma
Philadelphia
Western
Croft
Deen
Perdeen
Missouri
Anova
Hannibal
Phat
Hines
Croft Hall
Jask
Alice
Merrick
Edward Tordan
Howard
Mer-rick
Hunter
Vandalias
Love and Salesmanship in a Summer Romance
A young woman Justine works selling gingham dresses in backcountry July heat near Melrose. After door refusals and a flirtatious encounter with a single man, she accepts a hard ride from a captain-like suitor to a next farm. Eventually she stays, marries, and helps with a household while the couple plans a survey expedition.
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Usline Carr
Syomen
Melrose
Justine
Europe
Scott
South -America
Peter
Lim
Smuch
Patterson the God of Medicine in Indian Canes
Smithsonian ethnologists note canes carried by Indian medicine men depict a white man, Doctor William Patterson, founder of a 1698 Scottish colony on San Blas coast. The figures, carved as his likeness with green coat and hat, spread from Tule to Chocó, a legacy of sympathetic magic and belief in his supernatural powers. The colony failed after clash with Spaniards, yet Patterson endures in myth.
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William Patterson
Smithsonian Institution
Panama
South America
Smithsonian Tethnologists
Doctor Patterson
Gulf of San Blas
Company of Scotland
Africa
Mdies
Smithsonian
Colombia
Pattersen
President Warwick Reportedly Delayed Burial
Fragments indicate the president named Warwick died and burial preparations were postponed. Local reports reference dye or body coverage details, but clarity remains limited.
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I A. Warwick
Aid to Memory for New Testament Books
A Scottish friend offers a mnemonic list titled Aid to Memory to help children learn the 27 New Testament books. The note explains that “Gauls” means Galatians and “Cols” means Colossians, with a brief footnote by E. KA. in the New York World Telegram.
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Tians
Cols
E. KA
New York World-Telegram
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Warwick
Doctor Prince
Hawthorne University
Port Wayne Ind
Omicron
Ranikin
Afu Beta Sigma
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Prince
D “Stanton
Tector Newspaper Syndicate
WNT Service
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Corinthians
Gauls
T&t
Ager
Thomson
Faylor Co
Cnicaco
Timieorso
Jonal
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