Governor Moody orders grand jury probe into bank bounty killings
Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer accuses peace officers of staging fake bank holdups to collect a $5,000 head bounty from bankers. He says innocent men have been killed and urges grand jury action to expose the alleged murder-for-bounty ring and protect future victims.
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Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Frank Hamer
Grand Jury
Texas Bankers’ Association
Hamer
Mexico
Reclaim Philippi Plain in Greece Through Drainage Project
National Geographic notes plans to drain marshy plains in Macedonia to boost agriculture and health. The Philippi plain near Salonika lies 50 miles east, with nearby Struma valley and Lake Rhinos. projects aim to reclaim wetlands and improve cultivation, erasing marshes along the coast.
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Washington
Philippi
St. Paul
Julius Caesar
Greece
Philipp
Aegean Sea
National Geographic Society
Macedonia
Varda
Salonika
Angista
Wavala
Philippil
Phillip II
Macedon
St Paul
Philippis
Struma
Rhinos
Toad Mobilizes to Fight Mosquitoes in West to Aid East
Colorado College biologist Ralph J. Gilmore reports that the spadefoot toad of the western plains is carnivorous as a tadpole and preys on mosquito larvae. The 2 inch frog burrows and hides in dry seasons, reappearing after rains, potentially reducing mosquito populations in shallow water habitats across Arizona Colorado Montana North Dakota and Idaho.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Western Plains
Ralph J. Gilmore
Colorado College
Professor Gilmore
Arizona
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Idaho
Gilmore
The Printing Office Memory of a Doomed Printing Era
A reminiscence from 1928 describes a boy’s first encounter with a local newspaper office. He recalls watching hand typesetting, the heavy press, and the editor who inspired his dream of becoming a great editor. He notes the printing shop’s smells, sounds, and education for a loafer, ending with a 1928 attribution.
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Western Newspaper Union
Spike Webb Named Olympic Boxing Coach
The veteran Spike Webb, coach of the Naval Academy boxing team, is again chosen to lead the American Olympic boxing squad. Webb previously coached teams that competed in Antwerp 1926 and Paris 1924, earning major honors in both events.
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Spike Webb
Naval Academy
Webb
Antwerp
Paris
Disliked Phrases on Sundays and Values Cited
The quote notes dislike for calling Sunday the Sabbath and rejects the idea that money matters less than character and brains, as critiqued by Es Wyn Howe's Monthly. It reflects a broader cultural debate on values and social rhetoric.
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Es Wyn Howe
Just Out of Luck in The Unnimppiest Man on Record
A humorous note from Woman's Home Companion explores a man cast by constant expectation as someone he is not, and a woman who believes she is something she is not, reflecting social roles and romantic misperceptions.
Kill 1 000 Wild Horses for Fox Food in Washington
One thousand wild horses rounded up in central and north Washington are processed for fox farming. The meat and byproducts are shipped from Seattle to fur farmers on the islands off Alaska, costing about seven dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds plus freight.
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Washington
Reynard
Alaskan
Seattle
Lace for Afternoon wear in Laugh Clown Laugh ensemble
Loretta Young appears in a white lace afternoon dress paired with a peach chiffon coat trimmed in lace. The ensemble emphasizes a distinctly feminine style for the heroine in Laugh, Clown, Laugh.
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Loretta Young
Honest Ball Player New York
In New York a hotel cashier worried after a guest found $80 short when the till was counted. An affable young man then offered aid and revealed a check had been cashed for him for $90 too much. The man was Mark Koenig, the Yankees shortstop.
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New York
Easher
Mark Koenig
Ice Box Cookery and Household Hints Column
A 1928 kitchen column offers ice box storage tips and recipes. It covers tomato sauce, Ice Box Bread Cake, rolls and doughnuts, white sauce prep, and mold ideas from baking powder cans. It warns about overindulgence and health risks from rich foods, and suggests practical household tricks.
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Ato
Arthur T Walden
Klondike
Byrd
Antarctic
Toad
Mosquito
the Printing Office
Kochimilco
Canalg
Mexico City
Western ‘Newspaper Union
Margaret Sangster
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