Sapphire Moonlight Murder Mystery Ends in Marriage
In Middlesex England George Manners asks for Mary Lascelles hand. After her brother Edmund is killed and Manners is convicted, Mary secures a reprieve and, with detective James Shropshire, uncovers farmer James Parker as the real killer who severed Edmunds hand to steal a sapphire ring. Manners and Mary marry.
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Comes Manners
Mary Lascelles
Middlesex
England
Edmund
George Manners
Manners
Edmund Lascelles
Lascelles
James Shropshire
Shropshire
James Parker
Parker
WNU Service
Christina Queen of Sweden’s Reign and Life
Christina of Sweden born December 8 1626 ascended when Gustavus Adolphus died in 1682. Reigned under Oxenstierna’s regency until 1644 and crowned in October 1650. Known for amours yet remembered as a benevolent monarch.
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Christina Queen of
Sweden
Christina
Gustavus Adolphus
Oxenstierna
Countess’s engagements before marriage to Ryan revealed
New York reports chronicle Countess Clarisse von Wurmbrand-Stuppach’s multiple engagements with European nobles to gain wealth, including a broken engagement with Baron Buchs hoeveden and a later marriage to Clendenin J. Ryan Jr. The case shapes Ryan’s annulment suit as he faces a potential claim to his anticipated $8,000,000 inheritance. The dowager countess is said to have admitted debt and used marriage plans to secure funds.
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New York
Clarisse Marietta von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
Clendenin J. Ryan, Jr
Europe
Ryan
Clendenin
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Couness Marie
Vienna
von Wurmbrand-Stuppachs
Baron Karl Buchshoeveden
Clarisse
Salzburg
Clarisse Mariette von Wurmbrand - Stuppach
Trousseau
Count Mitrofsky
Clarisse Mariette
America
French climber survives week in Mont Blanc crevasse
Guy La Bour fell 60 feet into a crevasse on Mont Blanc and spent a week trapped in an ice cavern. He described darkness and rope improvised shelter, climbing 12 yards by morning, and a five day food supply of fruit and flour meal before burning candles wax for sustenance.
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Mt. Blanc
Paris
Guy la Bour
Mont Blanc
Punctuality Lesson From Judge Davenport At Court
Police Judge Davenport and Magistrate John Hornby faced a punctuality incident. Hornby, a bachelor, reportedly waited 10 to 20 minutes for attorneys before opening court. He began promptly at 9, waited two minutes, then left. after 80 minutes, he returned and lectured on punctuality.
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Davenport
John Hornby
Ducks Fall to Bees in Orchard Battle Near Fort Wayne
Bees attacked a flock of ducks at Howbridge farm near Fort Wayne Indiana killing 11 birds after a period of peaceful coexistence in the orchard. The clash began abruptly ending the tranquil scene.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Howbridge
Slender Frock Promises Weight Loss and Youthful Look
A fashion notice touts a white frock design with a long cape collar and tailored yoke that supposedly slim the wearer and shave years off age. Pattern 9990 comes in sizes 36 to 46, requires fabric and fifteen cents, with full sewing chart and order address in New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Humorous Exchanges on Banking and Polite Society
A skit features a joke about a joint account with one person depositing and the other withdrawing. Mrs Chuggins laments casual policing encounters, noting strangers greet her in the car. The dialogue reflects social manners and changing formalities.
Identity Substitution in Debates Sparks Pugilism Quote
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum saying he admires a knockout image and that it recalls how he would like to fight a colleague who irritated him in debates. The exchange highlights his lighthearted jab during political discourse.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Regular cinema trips aid father’s hearing in family life
In a light exchange Howarth explains he attends the talkies twice weekly to keep up with his children’s speech. The remark frames cinema-going as a practical habit linking entertainment to family communication.
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