Police Detain Edgar Quires in New York Case Plot
Edgar Quires arrives at the police commissioner's office with his wife to explain his sister Christine Quires's stock market troubles and alleged danger. Detectives and officials probe his story while noting past alibi patterns from similar cases, hinting at a deeper murder mystery to unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Ugherty
Quibbie
Dougherty
Israel Henry
Edger Quires
Thatcher Colt
Henry
Edgar Quires
Christine Quires
Quires
Colt
Christine
Edgar‘ Quires
Ell
Mir
Tmay
iColt
Hin
New York
Lola
Securities Corporation
Tilick Reliance
Ruth Snyder
Judd
Grey
McLoughlin
Judd Grey
Rochester
Lux Toilet Soap Endorsement Promises Age Defying Beauty
A famous star touts Lux Toilet Soap as the secret to maintaining beauty from sixteen to forty. The ad claims hundreds of Hollywood actresses use the fragrance regularly, urging readers to buy several bars at 10 cents each to start today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niowa
Hollywood
Remember When The First Automobile I Saw
A reminiscence recalls the first car seen in 1905 before the Mahneke hotel. Cobblestone streets echoed with noise and odor as the vehicle rolled by, suggesting it would have been a public nuisance if driven at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahneke Hotel
Socks for Girls Bring Spring Brightness to Wardrobes
A shopper feature from The Light highlights five-eighths to dive-eighths length socks for children, in white, pastels, and dark tones. It notes styles from ribbed plain to mesh and striped patterns, with prices around 25 to 50 cents and emphasis on color matching with dresses.
Table Talks Milared Kitchen Baked Fish Minute Tapioca
Reader friendly column lists several old fashioned recipes including baked fish with tapioca dressing bread pudding deluxe tart tomato salad and chocolate crispees The notes include measurements methods and serving yields for each dish. The piece reads like a kitchen feature from a periodical.
Aids to Beauty Through the Cold Season
The article notes beauty fixes like plastic surgery tweaks and lacquered hair as feminine fixes to mind and bills, urging porcelain complexions and cold cream after cold winds. It cautions against soap after exposure, advises oily powder for protection, and highlights vanity as a distraction.
Mind readers and seers in Lindbergh case puzzles
The author argues that a mind reader or fortune teller could solve the Lindbergh kidnapping, noting that such experts would use their abilities for mankind’s good rather than personal gain, if they possessed infallible accuracy. The piece critiques those who profit from the case and contemplates ethical use of extraordinary insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay King
Informal Wedding Etiquette Advice From Kath ry n De Peyster
A reader asks about an informal church wedding with close family. An expert advises one attendant, an afternoon dress for the bride, a reception after, and simple bridge refreshments. Guidance covers introducing a man to two sisters and etiquette for crossing streets without causing awkwardness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss. de Peyster
Miss Everett
Mr. Mu
Modern Woman Seeks Beauty Through Skin Care
An era of beauty advice highlights women achieving soft white skin with minimal effort via Dr Campana’s Italian skin softener. Ads claim rapid results, grease free finish, and overnight visible difference, with availability in drug and department stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campana
Sil Drug and Department Stores
Patterns By Marian Martin Dress Pattern 9330
The pattern offers a stylish frock for matronly figures with slimming lines including a diagonal bodice closing and slim front panel. Available in sizes 36 through 50, it requires 2 3 4 yards of 39 inch fabric plus 3 4 yard contrast. Irrelevant stray text about toenails is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Kellogg's Whole Wheat Biscuits Promote Health Value
Kellogg introduces Whole Wheat Biscuits certified by Philadelphia Medical Arts Laboratory as rich in minerals vitamins and proteins. The pressure cooked, toasted biscuits preserve nutrients, offer crisper flavor and larger bowl-friendly portions, sold in red and green packaging by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Lovelorn Advice From Beatrice Fairfax at a Party
Dear Miss Fairfax advises a letter writer feeling snubbed by a sweetheart amid an older crowd. The response suggests the man may be influenced by senior peers and to let him pursue reconciliation if he is inclined, noting personal confidence and dating dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fairfax
Leslie
They’ve Never Tasted a Tonic
A health ad touts Dr Caldwell s syrup pepsin as a mild stimulant for children and adults. It claims avoidance of habit forming laxatives, improves liver and bowel function, and prevents illness by regular use. The copy urges readers to buy at any drug store and keep a bottle at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Galdwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vy Covicrrieds
Inn
King Features Srp
Tee
Nazimova
Mes. R. C. Harrison
West Lynwood
Foorshusomey
Alice and
Evelyn
Alice
Nin
Milared Kitchen
Etiquette
Kathryn DE Peyster
Beatrice Fairfax
Pitz Tower
Park Avenue
E Frawley
Columbus Circle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!