Otisville kidnaping case ends with ransom payoff
Mrs Berry V Stoll is returned home after six days of captivity in Indianapolis by Thomas H Robinson Jr. The kidnapper fled with most of $50 000 ransom. his wife and father were arrested for complicity. Police across the country pursue leads as the case closes.
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Otisville
Berry V. Stoll
Young Society
Indianapolis
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Stoll
Robinson
Leavenworth
Roosevelt price policy aims for moderate gains and stability
President Roosevelt signals a preference for a price level near the 1909 to 1914 average and warns against runaway inflation while keeping brakes ready. He seeks to curb volatility in commodity prices without committing to the 1926 parity, and he weighs solvency and credit conditions amid NRA codes and industry pushback.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Committee For the Nation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NRA
White House
Worth Waiting For Patent Grants to Calculating Machine Inventor
Collier's Weekly notes the inventor of a calculating machine received a patent on August 4, 1931. The document spans 245 pages with 40 drawings and 99 specification pages and contains 975 claims, marking a lengthy culmination of an application filed nineteen years earlier.
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America
Collier's Weekly
Change to California Syrup of Figs for Children
Advertises using pure California Syrup of Figs as a safe liquid laxative for children. Advises selecting proper strength and age-appropriate doses, then reducing dose until bowels move naturally, warning to ensure the bottle labels include California.
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California
Wise Cracking Wit Pencil Breaks Under Pressure
A humorous descriptor notes Wise Cracking Wit as a sharp pencil that snaps when pressed hard, illustrating a metaphor for resilience and wordplay under strain.
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