Richest mine founder now pauper in Transvaal tale
London reports Samtet Honeyball once shared credit with four men for locating the Rand gold fields in the Transvaal, a fortune now vanished. He lives in poverty on a $3.10 weekly pension, giving no details of how wealth slipped away and preferring silence on the loss.
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London
Transvaal
Samtet Honeyball
Rand
Honeyball
Penury
Londeners
Africa
Witwaterstrand
Great Lakes Terrier Ships Sea Legs Across Canals
Toby the fox terrier owned by Capt. William Tulloch of Kingston has sailed the Great Lakes for five years. Since leaving Montreal, the dog has learned to keep aboard and avoid overboard spills, even narrowly escaping during the Welland Canal passage. Toby was routinely shipped over on the steamship Birchtown after each voyage.
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Toronto
Ontario
Great Lakes
Toby
William Tulloch
Kingston
Montreal
Tulloch
Welland Canal
Death Attempt Averted Brings Hopeful Milwaukee Couple
Leonard Grimmer aged seventeen and his sixteen year old wife Sophie faced a gas suicide attempt at their Milwaukee home. Police intervened, saving them, and authorities granted probation instead of prosecution. The pair, once despondent over unemployment, have reconciled and found stability in a new job.
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Milwaukee
Leonard Grimmer
Sophie
Grimmer
Fisherman nets pike and hawk in one haul
Karl Sohlman of Tosmte Vermland achieved a rare catch when a large pike became ensnared in his net and a hawk swooped in. The bird, unusually large with a wingspan over 38 feet, had its claws tangled in the mesh as the fisherman hauled in the double capture.
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Stockholm
Karl Sohlman
Tosmte
Vermland
Sohlman
Magazine solicitor uses strong arm tactics in Billings
A brusque solicitor pressed a receipt into twelve-year-old Richard Moore’s hands demanding $3. The boy stammered, turned pale, and the solicitor, saying he would, took the child’s penny bank containing about $3 and fled from the scene in Billings Montana.
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Magazine Solicitor
Billings
Mont
Richard Moore
Why we Behave Like Human Beings
George A. Dorsey examines the psychology of love and appetite, tracing how instinctive sex and food drives are shaped by conditioning, nature and nurture, and early life experiences. He argues behavior emerges from learned associations, with love guiding much of human action and societal life.
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Paris
Watson
George A. Dorsey
Raleigh Revue Friday Night Radio Program
Tune in to The Raleigh Revue airing Fridays from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. New York Time over the WEAF coast-to-coast network of NBG.
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Raleigh
New York
WEAF
N. B.G
Paris Expert Checker Sigal claims world speed title
Pierre Sigal of Paris asserts the world championship for speed and endurance in checkers. At Levallois-Perret he played 28 opponents simultaneously for two hours 20 minutes, winning 23 games, tying 3, and losing 2 as he switched boards without pause.
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Pierre Sigal
Paris
Levallois-Peret
Sigal
Favorite Authors of Women Teachers Revealed
A survey of women teachers in the United States finds favorite authors named by the average educator. Temple Bailey Gene Stratton Porter Charles Dickens John Galworthy Zane Grey and Kathleen Norris appear among top picks reflecting early 20th century literary tastes.
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United States
Temple Bailey
Gene Strattom Porter
Charles Dickens
John Galsworthy
Zane Grey
Kathleen Norris
Concord families receive bank books for newborns
In Concord New Hampshire every child born in the city is presented with a savings bank book and a gift deposit of one dollar by a local savings bank.
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Concord
N. H
City
On the Air! Murphy Brothers Praised by Mother
Mrs. Mary Murphy of Los Angeles praises her sons Terence and James for radio recitations and credits California Fig Syrup for quick relief of constipation. She claims the syrup boosts appetite and energy, with doctors endorsing its gentle influence and the genuine product bearing the California name.
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Erence
James
Mary Murphy
East 49Th Place
Maynes Angeles
Calif
Terence
California
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the Street Cleaners
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