Inherits Millions Yet Keeps Quiet Detroit Heiress
Ina Metachran, heiress to a multi million dollar estate left by the late Edward F. Searles secretary, remains a home body in Detroit. The twenty six year old daughter of Susan Metachran and Ry Bl Melkach lives simply in a Meridan Avenue house, with routine dinners and a small car, despite sudden wealth and new yachts or palaces.
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Detroit
Brek
Ceci Metachran
Arthur
Walker Noa
Susan Metiachran
Edward F. Searles
Metiachran
Merdinand
Ing
Ina
Michigan Central Railway
Jackson
Ry BL Melkachran
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Ian
Flying Kitten Has Its Own Parachute
Pittsburgh program notes Bettisfield airport mascot Girdie the kitten rides with air mail pilot Kenneth Curley Lovejoy. The jet black nosed cat wears a custom parachute on every flight, chosen for luck and kept ready for emergency landings as flight crews piloted mail and passenger routes.
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Pittsburgh
Girdie
Kenneth Curley Lovejoy
Bettisfield
Lovejoy
Birdie
Gambler's Card 6020 Years Old Found in Ur Exhibit
A mud-enshrouded tablet unearthed at Ur of the Chaldees, about 210 miles southeast of Babylon, reveals a gambler's score card dating to about 4000 BC. Now on display at the British Museum, the artifact joins other Ur treasures brought by C. Leonard Woolley. Card tables and playing pieces show early gaming forms, with attempts to reconstruct a game resembling red and black roulette using inlaid triangles and materials like mother of pearl and red pigment.
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London
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Abruluu
British Museum
C. Leonard Woolley
World of noise fines under city court order in Colgat
A fragmentary report notes a city court in Colgat University imposing a $6 fine on individuals for unnecessary noises. The text mentions a world of noise and a Tat 4 Tord of Colgat, with unclear context and names.
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Colgat U Bivers
Idan
Uber
Reamey's dramatic underworld comeback in small town life
Five years after turning state's evidence against twenty Canyon City penitentiary inmates, George L. Reamey now leads a quiet life under a new name. He owns a small hotel business, heads a luncheon club, teaches Sunday school, and is regarded as a leading citizen. Detective Roy O. Sampson recalls his remarkable reversal and notes danger from former partners who still seek revenge.
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Denver
Colo
George L
Ken) Reamey
Canyon City
James
Andy Koehn
Sherif
Doc” Dawson
Reamey
Len Reamey
Underworld
Roy O. Sampson
Simpson
Canyon City Penitentiary
Hell
Sampson
Stim
Irish Would Keep the Ogham Stones
Valentia Free State lorry men protest removal of Ogham stones to Irish museums. Stones record chiefs and clergy, mark clan lands, or record battles. Ogham writing uses straight and slanting lines for consonants and short lines for vowels.
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Valentia
Trish Free State
Chely
Irrish
Ireland
Gates of Glory
Voentry
Training a King Sinaia Raumania Boy King Raised Like American Child
The young king Michael of Raumantia in Sinaia is educated like a typical American boy. His mother’s threats failed to stop him from pulling a dog's tail, but a threat to send him to bed without supper did.
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Sinaia
Rumania
Michael
Raumantia
Apple Tree in Glen Cove Bears 33 Varieties
Versatile tree in Glen Cove New York yields 33 apple varieties, noted by James Holloway who owns the orchard where the specimen grows. The claim highlights grafting work and unusual fruit diversity at a single mature tree.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
James Holloway
Marginal Lighthouse Report Delays Baltic Seaway
New York report tells how Capt Summers diverted the 24 000 ton Baltic to a Nantucket lightship to deliver a lighthouse keeper's monthly report. The keeper's letter was dropped into the pad after the ship docked, while 558 passengers watched.
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New York
Nantucket Shoals
White Star
Ballie
Ffff Summers
Flgethouse
Summers
Baltic
British Warships Puzzle the Expert
Washington reports on Nelson and Rodney as the British experiment with a new dreadnought design. The ships lack visible hull armor, feature forward main guns, stern secondary turrets, a castle bridge, and a 23 knot speed. They are 735 feet long, about 100 feet longer than American battleships.
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Washington
Nelson
Rodney
Admiralty
Lowever
Married men live longer, study finds in England
Prof. G Robertson, noted British medico psychologist, states insanity is three times as common among single people as among married ones. The Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries urged everyone to marry before age twenty five.
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London
England
Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries
G. Robertson
Flying Police Chief Leads Traffic From Sky in New Jersey
In Bereen County New Jersey the community boasts the only flying chief of police. Chief Siccardi uses an airplane to direct eighteen motorcycle patrolmen through traffic jams on roads toward the Teterboro airport.
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Bereen County
N. J
Siccardi
Teterbora
Bottle Adrift 24 Years Found Near Glasgow
A tide weary bottle that drifted since 190% was recovered near Glasgow. The find dates to a long voyage at sea, with authorities noting the unusual time span and location as a curiosity for maritime records.
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Glasgow
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