Th' Hollister Pink Pearls Heist Tied To Thumbprint Clue
In a tale of jewel theft and museum intrigue, Mrs Haggerty recalls a heist involving Hollister pink pearls and Morris rubies. A fingerprint on a jade plate links the case to a thief among New York collectors, while a source notes a potential $120000 market value and a large underground interest in antiquities.
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Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Milly
Hollister
Morris
Mrs. Haggerty
New York
Hagzerty
Peter
Haggerty
Detective Haggerty Faces Night at Crawford Estate
In Crawford's study Haggerty, a detective, waits with a valet named Mason as a clue emerges from a room lined with mummies and old safes. The investigator suspects a plot tying Crawford to a mysterious hobby of cracking safes amid a Naples trip plan.
Poker Night Conflicts Surge in Five Card Drama
Forbes clashes with Jillson over high stakes and two pair as Crawffy’s bold play and five aces shift tension in a tense five minute round. The scene centers on Forbes’s temper and Crawffy’s notorious reputation as a lovable crook.
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Jillson
Forbes
Jill
Portable electric light plant powers night film shoots
A moving picture company drives a four ton portable lighting plant on a motor truck to supply illumination for film productions in caves forests and other dark locations. The setup includes multiple projection lamps and a 13 inch navy type searchlight mounted near the driver's seat with 2000 foot cables for distant connections.
Weeds. The Earlier You Get the Upper Hand
A short note stresses early action to control weeds, emphasizing timely intervention to prevent spread and reduce future maintenance. It highlights practical steps and benefits of proactive management for garden or turf areas.
How Floral Novelties Are Developed
A guide explains how gardeners create new flower types through selection and crossing. It covers letting new varieties seed, destroying rogue plants, and fixing the type, plus the role of observation, time, and careful plant breeding. It also notes mulching, manure application, and proper pot soil care for greenhouse chrysanthemums.
Garden notes on protecting evergreens and winter plantings
Sun and wind can damage evergreens in winter. Build a simple triangular light wood frame over them and board two sides to protect. Fill vacant window boxes with bulbs ferns or small evergreens. A few roots of mint taken up from the ground may be divided and replanted later.
Caring for House Plants in Old Time Guide
Advice on keeping window gardens healthy with curtains to cut drafts, moist air from a heater, weekly hot iron treatment to humidity, and gentle neglect during slow growth. It notes papyrus as decorative, watering by hollow sound and soil dust, and pest control with tobacco tea coal emulsion whale oil Boapsuds snuff and sulphur.
Cascarets advertise 10 cent box for digestive relief
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a cure for constipation and related ailments. It touts a 10 cent box as a quick fix for liver, stomach, and bowel misery, claiming improved health, happiness, and a clear head for months with regular use.
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Had Right To Consideration
Howard Chandler Christy, the illustrator, was walking when a dog began snapping at him. Its mistress did not call it off, so Christy kicked the dog, saying the animal should be called away. The woman protested that the dog is a pet. Christy replied he did not wish to be bitten and noted his own home status as a favorite.
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Haggerty
Ciler
Broadway
Mr. Crawford
Mason
Haggerly
Howard Chandler Christy
Mr. Christy
Uncle Josh and the News of Jim Smith’s Death
Uncle Josh stops his team when an acquaintance reports that Jim Smith hanged himself in a barn. Josh reflects on practical matters and ends with a farmer’s dry, fatalistic quip about corn husking. The source notes the Philadelphia Telegraph as the origin of the anecdote.
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Josh
Kalker
Jim Smith
Philadelphia Telegraph
War profits fuel new stock investments at mint output
The dialogue notes saving money from war profits and reinvesting as the US mint in Philadelphia outputs about 600000 dollars daily. The exchange emphasizes rapid investment of earnings into more stocks amid wartime finance.
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United States
Philadelphia
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