The Man With a Billion Traps Sheriff in a Palisades Takeover
The Excelsior Trust building burns and a billion dollars in vault treasure including the Zophar diamond lies beneath. Master crook Sir Richard Calverly abducts Mrs. Peyton as Spanish Lizzie schemes, while Adrian Vanderpoel and Tierney fight to recover the loot. Police corner Calverly at the Palisades mansion and place him under guard as the rescue continues.
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Excelsior Trust Company
James Tierney
Tierney
Richard Calverly
Lizzie
New York
Calverly
Palisades
Mrs. Peyton
Violet
Secret Service
Adrian Vanderpoel
Adrian
London
Spain
America
Tierny
The Violet Widow Faces Hour of Torture and Escape
The Violet Widow sits in a high-ceilinged mansion room awaiting an hour that will end Sir Richard. She hides a pistol and plans a muffled shot to pierce his heart during their embrace. She hopes to slip past others in the house and escape.
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Sir Richard
Detectives Seize Notorious Crook in Hidden House Arrest
Jim Tierney and men trap and move Kelley Danto Judson to New York police HQ. Tierney warns of lethal force if the prisoner resists as Sir Dick refuses to admit them yet signals a possible smirk from within. The arrest proceeds with the door locked.
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Sir Richard
Cora
Richard
Dante
Kelley
Cockney
Tim
Tierney
Judson
Adrian
Reilley
Sir Dick
Danto
New York
Jim Tierney
Crook
S S S Blood Purifier Promises Skin Health
The Swift Specific Co promotes S S S as a blood purifier that stimulates skin vessels to filter nutrients from blood for tissue regeneration. It claims the remedy removes disease causes, with a promotional note offering a book and urging readers to buy and banish skin afflictions.
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S.S.S
Auto trade grows with 1908 US shipments exceeds 40 million
Washington reports US automobile and parts shipments totaling 40 million dollars in the last fiscal year, up from 1 million in 1903. Canada led with 7200 cars valued at 9.2 million, England about 4000 at 3 million, others follow. imports under 2 million at 2300 average versus 1907’s 4 million at 3400.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Canada
England
Oceania
South America
British South Africa
Germany
British East Indies
France
Russia
Pasteurization Study Recommends 145 F for 30 Minutes
Dairy division scientists report tests showing milk pasteurized at about 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes preserves healthful properties. They warn against higher heat which destroys body-building qualities.
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Washington, D. C
Dairy Division
Department of Agriculture
House members clash over Washington transfer slips
Representative Buchanan of Illinois plans to present legislation to resolve the Washington street car transfer issue. A conductor on a Pennsylvania avenue line was praised for surviving after trying to block Buchanan from boarding due to a faulty transfer. Sisson of Mississippi joined Buchanan in proposing new transfer rules amid prior summer clashes and a passenger paid the legislator’s fare to help the car proceed.
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Washington, D. C
Buchanan
Illinois
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sisson
Mississippi
Roads Club Organized to Promote Uvalde Corpus Christi Highway
San Antonio delegates return from Fowlerton where the Uvalde Corpus Christi Highway Association was formed at a Wednesday meeting. The club aims to push a Uvalde to Corpus Christi highway and improve roads in Nueces river valley area. Seven counties represented. Mason Maney of Pearsall elected president. D. E. Colp named secretary. Barbecue followed the rally.
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San Antonio
Fowlerton
Uvalde-Corpus
Dodson’s Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Help
Ask your druggist about Dodson’s Liver Tone a good remedy that replaces calomel. Fischer’s Drug Store endorses this mild vegetable liquid for constipation sour stomach and lazy liver with guaranteed safety and a money back offer. A large bottle costs 50 cents.
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Dodson
Fischer’s Drug Store
A. M. Fischer
Botany Curriculum Expands With Conservation Focus
The program adds conservation work to its botany studies and reports that field staff discovered 125 new plant species in the last year. The findings arose during research into plant growth and forage value in national forest reserves.
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Houston Street
U. S. Patent Office
John A. Moroso
Mulberry Street
Vanderpoel
New York State
New Jersey
Dr. Tutt
Fletcher
Roads Club
Uvalde and
Gulf
Forest Service
DR. Pierce
J. Pierce
K. V. Pierce
M. Diguffalo
N. x
Gibbs Building
Wimer, Richardson & CO
Financial Responsibility
Dr.stotts&co
Gunter
Tex
Williams
Durham
Gunter Building
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