Mystery of the Wendel Sisters and Fifth Avenue Fortune
The 1931 death of Ella Wendel ends a saga of six sisters led by brother John Gottlieb II who barred marriage and real estate sales. The family fortune of about 50 million dollars rested on Queens of a mansion on Fifth Avenue, with heirs contesting the will for years. The land, once protected by a vow to buy not sell, remains tied to charities as lawsuits persist in memory of the Wendels.
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New York
York
Fifth Avenue
Ella Virginia von Echtzelendel
Wendel
John Gottlieb
Matthias Wendel
John Gotlieb II
Thirty-ninth Street
Georgiana
Bellevue
John
Rebecca
Luther A. Swope
Wendels
Ella
Toy
Tobys
Toby
Back-to-Nature Colonists Battle Police at Laxton Green
Bearded members of a Great Britain nature colony at Laxton clash with police on the village green. Six men wielding axes and saws fight four officers to hold their ground before reinforcements end the melee. The dispute centered on elm trees claimed by Georgina Lady Bandon of Laxton Park as her property.
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Kettering
England
Great Britain
Laxton
Georgina Lady Bandon
Laxton Park House
Builds His Own Coffin Near Home in Munda NY
Leonard Roberts of Munda New York keeps a handmade coffin in a small room off his kitchen though he has never been ill. He built the coffin as a personal project and says he will rest there when the time comes, anxiously awaiting the moment.
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Munda
N. Y
Leonard Roberts
Roberts
Snake runs from tea heated porch in Healdsburg tale
Mrs E L Shriver of Healdsburg California read about Geneva Switzerland repelling Savoy dukes and creating a local Fourth of July. A rattler on her back porch was driven away when she heated a tea kettle and poured the boiling contents on it forcing the snake to depart quickly.
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Healdsburg
Calif
E. L. Shriver
Geneva
Switzerland
Savoy
Somers brothers gun down seventh burglar in seven years
In Somers Wisconsin the Bullamore brothers James and Albert 75 and 70 trap and kill a burglar in their store after installing alarms and floodlights. The brothers have defended their shop from intruders for seven years with no prior casualties.
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Somers
Wis
Bullamore Brothers
Big City
Bullamore
James
Albert
Best Man Weds Bride by Mistake in Northern Ireland
In Killeter a church wedding went wrong when best man Albert Muldoon spoke as the groom and Rebecca Cunningham and Christopher Craig married unknowingly. The bride spoke for the miscast best man, and only at signing did officials learn the mix up. The ceremony was halted and later resolved by ministers.
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London
J. H. Lyons
Killeter
Northern Ireland
Rebecca Cunningham
Christopher Craig
Presbyterian Church
Albert Muldoon
Cow Rescued After Two Weeks Buried in Straw Stack
In Brazil Indiana a two year old cow survived two weeks trapped in a straw stack after the top fell in burying her under a foot of straw. Owner Merl Collenba believed the heifer stolen until neighbors freed the exhausted animal. She now enjoys water and fresh grass.
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Brazil
Ind
Merl Collenba
Peg Leg Bequest Aims to Settle $160 Debt
Las Cruces New Mexico. W N Wells a lumber dealer holds a second hand wooden leg intended to settle a $160 debt by bequest. The reader learns of a personal item tied to a financial obligation and its proposed transfer through a will.
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Las Cruces, N. M
W. N. Wells
Easter’s risen Lord drives the church’s mission
Biblical lesson on Mark 16 emphasizes the resurrection as the core message and the living Christ as the motivation for evangelism. It notes unbelief as the principal barrier, and stresses the Great Commission to go into all the world and preach, with Christ working through witnesses.
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Christ
Jesus
Calvary
Conand
America
Ill Wind Blows to Welfare Families at St John
Ill wind causes hardship as the Norwegian freighter Aakre ran aground near Brunswick. Its 70,000 bushels of potatoes were dumped at the city docks and relief officials notified. City poor carted away a winter supply.
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Famil
St. John
N. B
Glen
Aakre
Brunswick
Ghostly ad reveals manor owner seeks buyer for haunted wardrobe
Mrs B Barclay of Caterton Manor Oxfordshire advertises a walnut wardrobe that allegedly opens and closes on its own and a ghostly elderly man appears nightly. She notes visitors are frightened and staff have quit, leaving her unable to find someone to stay at the manor.
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London
Paris Youth Seized for Extortion Racket
A sixteen year old French boy, inspired by gangster tales, tried to extort 100000 francs from film star Josette Day. He was arrested after a planned attack by plain clothes officers and jailed in Saintes prison for reform school and military service.
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Paris
United States
France
Sante
Mile
Josette Day
Australian Native Wins Fight With Crocodile
In Western Australia a local man wrestled a six foot crocodile for ten minutes then hauled it onto the bank. He secured its jaws with stringy bark and tied the back legs, eventually carrying the reptile home as a trophy of his feat.
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Sydney
Western Australia
Totannus Rescee
Charlie
Finds No Bed of Roses in the Reptile Gardens
A sleepy seventeen year old, Herbert Thompson of Camden New Jersey en route to Hollywood for a movie job, climbed a tall board fence at Reptile Gardens in San Antonio Texas and fainted after bedding down in the heart of the exhibit.
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San Antonio
Tex
Herbert Thompson
Camden
N. J
Hollywood
Seven-Toed Kittens Born In Kenosha
Arlene Jackson reports nine lives and seven toes per front paw on her cat and all three newborn kittens in Kenosha Wisconsin. The kittens share the same seven toes on their front feet with normal rear paws.
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Kenosha, Wis
Arlene Jackson
Trade shows show stability in May sales and building activity
May sales in 62 principal department and apparel stores were nine percent lower than May last year. Central Valley stores led gains with May volume only one percent below 1937. California farm real estate values stayed at 123 percent of pre war average. Residential building activity rose 22.3 percent from April and 10 percent from May last year. Building permits in 32 California cities totaled 15 289 084, down slightly from last May and April 1938, excluding two large Los Angeles permits would raise May vs April by 11 percent. Bank debits reached 1 910 080 000 with a .3 percent daily gain.
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Central Valley
California
Bank of America Review
Calfornia
Los Angeles
U. S. Armory
Sequoia Forest Declares Fire Hazard and Smoking Ban
Supervisor J E Elliott under T-1 authority declares a fire hazard period in the Sequoia Forest and closes the area below 7000 feet to smoking except in posted places or inhabited sites. Effective June 1 signs will mark safe smoking spots and only those locations permit smoking.
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Sequoia Forest
J E. Elliott
Sheriff’s sale notice for Kern County real estate
Sheriff’s office lists an execution from a Los Angeles Superior Court for $1300 plus interest on real estate described as lots 21 22 27 and 28 in section 25E. The notice covers seizure of all occupants and estate to satisfy the judgment.
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Kern
Cali
Ued
County of
Los Angeles
California
United States
Kern County Farm Advisor Reports On Cotton Grades
Kern County farm adviser M A Lindsay reports from the Bureau of Agriculture Economics on California cotton quality. Most extra white and white grade cotton is strict middling or good middling, with 77.9 percent in those ranges. Spotted cotton largely falls in the middling range while Kern irrigated lands suit medium and long staple varieties. Lengths span 1 1/16 to 1 5/32 inches, with most at 1 1/16 to 1 3/32 and significant shares in 1 1/8 to 1 5/32 and 1 to 1 3/32 inch ranges.
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Kern Prim Arena
Kern County
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
M. A. Lindsay
California
Kern Courtry
Farmer rele Set by Gu Cates
A brief item notes Gu Cates releasing a farmer related set titled Farer rele Set, detailing a local agricultural project and its community impact.
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Farmer Rele
Gu Cates
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