New York Woman Foiled by Melted Crown Jewels Scam
Mrs. Rebecca Barasch of 556 Crown Street Brooklyn bought an alleged Romanoff crown jewels hoard from three men Stefano Anillo Frank Russo Emanuel Fallaceance who claimed to be refugees from the Soviet regime The jewels melted and proved glass eight of twenty diamonds remained The trio were arrested at Brooklyn police headquarters on grand larceny charges and alleged to have sold jewels in Detroit The case drew police attention to a possible scam aimed at the local Russian community
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New York
Rebecca Barasch
Crown Street
Brooklyn
Rogues
Romanoff
Stefano Anillo
Frank Russo
Emanuel ‘Fallacana
Czar
Airs
Barasch
Anillo
Fallaceance
New York Avenue
Union Street
Russo
Detroit
Oxygen intelligence reveals triplet nature in air
New findings from Berkeley California show that the gas oxygen is not a pair of atoms as once thought. It is composed of three identical atoms, forming triplets rather than twins. This discovery redefines understanding of the element’s atomic structure.
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Berkeley, Calif
Yank Wins in France and Isotopes of Oxygen Found
U S golfer Jack Westland won the French amateur championship by defeating Richard Fletcher of England. Separately UC researchers Prof. W F Giauque and L Johnstone report oxygen has isotopes with weights seventeen and eighteen, alongside the common sixteen, forming variant oxygen molecules.
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Jack Westland
U. S
Richard Fletcher
England
Westland
Winged Foot Club
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Seattle
Chicago
Dipping Into Science on Newborn Hearing Sensitivity
The inner ear channels in newborns can be blocked by mucus making infants deaf for a few days after birth. By day three or four they regain sound sensitivity and startling noises may frighten them. Use only soft sounds near the baby.
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Western Newspaper Union
Blue Grottoes Opened Near Harrisonburg Caverns
Col. I6 T. Brown and Maj. Edward M. Brown formally opened the Blue Grottoes eight miles north of Harrisonburg on the Valley pike. The caverns are part of a six cave system in Shenandoah valley developed with over 1 million dollars by the Brown Interests and feature Civil War inscriptions by Confederate and Union soldiers from Ohio Iowa Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia.
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Atrisonburg
Uva
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
Hainois
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Col. I6
T. Brown
Maj
Edward M. Brown
Shenandoah Valley
Brown
New Market
Mount Solon
Harrisonburg
Valley Pike
Moore Farm
Chester on a Train Shows Modern Child Rearing Issues
Dean Clark notes Chester a well dressed ten year old whose impetuous behavior on a train reveals lax parental restraint. Parents play bridge while he disrupts car seating, newspapers, and meals, illustrating a child raised without firm guidance and self control. The piece argues restraint may curb such conduct.
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Chester
Minneapolis
Seattle
Western Newspaper Union
Getting High Hat Inspires Quiet Local Scorn
A neighborhood man gains notoriety for delaying debt payments while keeping a reputation for wealth. The mood reflects local satire on affluent conduct and financial tardiness as noted by the Ohblio State Journal.
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Ohblio State Journal
Thousand Islands Region in the St Lawrence River
The Thousand Islands lie in the St Lawrence River from Clayton to Cape Vincent New York. The name comes from the numerous tiny islets dotting the river.
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Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Clayton Down
Cape Vincent
N. Y
Copenhagen Child Crowned Denmark’s Prettiest and Healthiest
Five year old Yvonne Darville of Copenhagen wins first prize in a national competition for the prettiest and healthiest child in Denmark. The event highlighted health and charm among young contestants across the country.
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Yvonne Darville
Copenhagen
Denmark
Cities Rapidly Adopt Zoning Across the Nation in 1928
A Commerce Department survey shows 87 new zoning ordinances in 1928 and 101 amendments nationwide. New York led with 23 municipalities adopting zoning, followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania in six each. major adopters included Youngstown Ohio Waterbury Connecticut and Altoona Pennsylvania.
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United States
Division of
Department of Commerce
New York
Ohoo
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Ohio
Waterbury
Make Attractive Town Matter of Civic Pride
A Kansas City Star editorial urges a city-wide clean-up to build civic pride. It argues that local efforts to beautify blocks or districts will remove dirt and ugliness, inspire district responsibility, and spread pride citywide, deterring neglect and shame.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Garden Hints for Private Outdoor Living
In a private garden a person should express outdoor beauty with privacy screens and screens for unsightly views. Arrange planting to balance secrecy with street glimpses. Add comfortable furniture a swing seating and a table to create an inviting yard. Bird houses attract birds and flowers brighten summer living.
Small Town's Importance in a Modern America Editorial
An editorial in Household Magazine argues that the American town holds a future role unseen by city or countryside. It emphasizes town residents must cooperate to build a community center, improve business streets, ensure school medical attention, and foster modern enterprises.
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America
Household Magazine
Eveybody
Early Zoning Methods in Shifting Industrial Era
Early zoning relied on static conditions with steam driven industry needing isolation. Modern electrically powered plants allow closer links between workplace and dwelling, except for stereotyped zoning norms, reshaping urban industrial towns.
Focus on Individual Plants in Small Garden Borders
The passage notes that intimate attention to a single plant or flower draws focus away from the whole border. It urges careful removal of minor flaws yet argues there is less to maintain. It also says color schemes are easier to manage and that close attention to color yields good returns in small gardens.
Planners Fault Weakness Tying US Building Boom
Architects blame lack of permanence in economic stability and poor coordination for widespread land and building development flaws in United States communities. They warn of large economic and social losses due to this pattern.
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United States
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