Bookplate mystery heightens in Richmond auction scene
Julia Grosvenor uncovers family tensions around Clarshen's Notes as Charles Maclvor and Peter Burton vie for a rare book. A hidden brass box with a retractable blade triggers a tense confrontation revealing a secret linked to the estate and Julia's father. 420 BE CONTINUED.
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Clarshen
Mr Almy
Charles
Julia
Virginia
Richmond
Almy
Juia
Mr. Burton
Burton
Peter Burton
Miss Grosvenor
Charles Maclvor
Grandfather
Clarihen
Mr. Aling
Darow
Belgium Carillon History Highlights Its Musical Bells
Belgium pioneered the carillon a tower of 15 to 50 bells played from a below room by a carilloneur. The keyboard resembles an electroc switchboard with pedal keys for feet. The Van den Gheyns of Belgium propelled the craft in the sixteenth century. Antwerp Cathedral has 65 bells. St Rombold’s in Matines 44. Bruges 41. Ghent 39. Leuven 40.
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Belgium
Henry Eames
Society of American Musicians
Child Life Magazine
van den Gheyns
Antwerp
St. Rombold
Matines
Bruges
Ghent
Louvain
Don’t Blame the Women on Cosmetics Spending
An excerpt from Woman's Home Companion argues that devotion to cosmetics reflects value to both women and the men who admire them, suggesting continued spending despite costs.
Indian place names reflect history and tribal associations
Indian names for places harbor meanings tied to geography or events. Tribes often had dual names: one self chosen and one given by enemies, which explains some disparaging terms used by outsiders. The note cites Saskatchewan and Ottawa river as examples of names linked to tribes or traits.
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Saskatchewan
Ottawa River
Kansas Highway Commission Plans 165 Miles of Road and 36 Bridges
Topeka reports the Kansas highway commission will let July contracts for 165 miles of highway work and 36 bridges. Three jobs were approved last week, including grading on U S 54 near Greensburg and Meade county projects. Stafford county will let five miles of land surfacing on U S 50 S west of St John. In other news the state board of canvassers rules no nicknames or titles on primary ballots. J W Graybill and C O Leshelle lose medical titles on ballots. Clay county acts to preserve federal highway aid via a potential special legislative session.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Greensburg
Kiowa County
Meade County
Meade
C. O. Leshelle
Kansas
Clay County
Paulen
Milan Trader Eyes Wheat Purchases In Kansas City
Enrico Pozzani of Fratelli Pozzani & Co. Milan visited Kansas City to study market conditions and plan to buy at least a million bushels of wheat. He praised American and Kansas wheat and projected Italy would import more than 60 million bushels this year.
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Kansas City
Enrico Pozzani
Milan
Italy
Pozzani
House of Fratelli Pozzani & Co
Mr. Pozzani
Kansas
Resolution on Kansas constitution wrt federal road aid
William M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture, warns in a special delivery letter to John W. Gardner that Kansas may need a constitutional amendment to receive more federal road aid. The note arrived in Topeka and cites potential state action to secure funding.
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Topeka
Kansas
William M. Jardine
Federal Department of Agriculture
John W. Gardner
Topeka Expected to Learn Nomination of Curtis August
Topeka expects a national committee announcement around August 15 that Senator Curtis has been nominated for vice president at the Republican national convention. The word came from the national committee and is considered likely.
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Topeka
Curtis
National Committee
FiveYearOld Killed By Airplane Propeller in Tyrone
Liberal-Nina May Summers, five, daughter of Mrs Nellie Summers Tyrone Oklahoma, was killed by an airplane propeller while in her grandfather Sam Clemmons arms. Clemmons was severely injured.
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Nina May
Nellie Summers
Tyrone
Sam Clemmons
Clemmons
Holstein Bull Crushes Man on Farm
John Goddard age 20 was crushed in the chest by a 2 year old Holstein bull on the Frank Bartholomew farm. He is not expected to recover.
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Great’ Bend
John Goddard
Frank Bartholomew
Goddard
Victim Frances Armstrong Dies in Car Crash Near Here
Wichita stenographer Frances Armstrong was killed and three others injured when the car they were traveling in on a vacation trip to California overturned four miles west of here.
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Pratt
Frances Armstrong
Wichita
California
Here
Richmond Man Killed by Lightning on Farm North of Town
Arthur M. Richmond, 49, died after being struck by lightning on his farm about nine miles north of here. The fatality occurred the other night as he worked outdoors. No further details were reported.
Deaths and Drowning Reported in Kansas Areas
El Dorado honors George C. Haver 85 a Butler County pioneer who died at home while his wife Mrs Haver had died months earlier in Wichita John Vesecky Timken president of the Kansas Co-Operative Wheat Marketing Association was re elected leader of the Southwest Co-Operative Wheat Growers Association at a stockholders meeting in Parsons Glenn Morrison 21 drowned on a farm near Parsons his body recovered two hours later
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el Dorado
George C. Haver
Butler County
Wichita
John Vesecky
Timken
Kansas Co-Operative Wheat Marketing Association
Southwest Co- Operative Wheat Growers’ Association
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Hare With Good Ear for Music Delights Cheshire Choristers
England lore tells of five choristers by the Mersey in Cheshire who sang an anthem. A hare paused about twenty yards off, then returned to listen in apparent rapture as they sang, before retreating to the woods.
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England
Mersey
Cheshire
Hidden Tension Between First and Second Ladies Emerges
In a brief exchange the First Lady mentions her cough while recalling her father's throat illness. The Second Lady contrasts that with the father’s hanging, signaling a sharp difference in their family histories and implications.
Planist and Betty Trade a Sweet Request
Planist answers Betty with a playful line offering help and asks what she would like. Betty asks for a piece of chocolate, signaling a simple, affectionate exchange between characters. The scene centers on small, warm interaction.
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Planist
Betty
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Highlights Laundry Magic
An old advertisement urges use of Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to make baby dresses dazzle. It invites readers to try the product themselves and notes availability at all good grocers.
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Baby
Allen
le Roy
Wealth and happiness in self search on affection
A reflective line explores whether generosity brings happiness and whether wealth can grant joy. It notes the need for self examination to determine if one is guilty of affection or not.
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Almy
Maclvor
Julia
Mr. Almy
Macivor
Mr.Almy
Clarihen
Charles
Miss Fuller
Womanly Woman Reflects on Attitude Toward Men
A thoughtful depiction explores a woman who neither worships nor hates a man, presenting a nuanced view of gender dynamics and personal perception in relationships.
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Toledo
Ohio
Belle City
Racine
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S. B. Hardwick
P. O
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Supreme Products,Co
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