Landru Refuses Mercy as Trial Opens in Versailles
Henri Desire Landru known as the Bluebeard of Gambais faces the jury at Versailles in a murder trial that could bring the death penalty. He smiles, refuses clemency, and asserts he seeks justice not mercy, while his counsel falters under the strain of defending alleged serial killer of ten women.
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Versailles
Henri Desire ‘Landru
Bluebeard
Gambais
Tudge Gilbert
Ais
M. Moro-Giaffort
Hia
Landru
Millerand
France
Berkeley Man Held as Shiner Near Berkeley Station
State officers arrested Joseph Wright at his home near Berkeley Station West Virginia and seized a five gallon copper still along with 50 gallons of mash in a barrel and ten gallons of barley mash. Wright is held for a hearing on a charge of violating prohibition statutes by manufacturing intoxicating liquor. The still resembles a copper oil can with a spout at the top.
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Joseph Wright
Berkeley Station
W. Va
Wright
Knows Sons Auto Insurance Insight and Wit
An insurance agent notes that stenographers can provide vehicle details without the owner, citing a call where a secretary revealed her employer is an exceptional driver. The passage then shifts to a quotation explaining humor and wit as expressions of human absurdity, citing Hazlitt and a periodical price.
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Sons’ Auto
Nature
Popes Dent
William Hazlitt
American Millionaire Boys Swiss Castle and Brass Band, Too
A Swiss tale from Lansburg recounts how American magnates, notably James W. Ellsworth of New York, restored Lenzburg Castle and invited the Lensburg brass band to perform there. Ellsworth, now a summer resident, marries culture with leisure by hosting the musicians within his alpine retreat.
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James W. Ellsworth
New York
Lensburg
Mien
Nr. Bilsworth
Lenzburg
Switzerland
Heroic Phone Girls Receive Bell System Medals
Nine Bell System employees honored for heroism with Theodore N. medals and cash awards of 3500. Two recipients were women, including Mrs. Kate Day of Dallas. Rotary tree plans include M. I. Patterson, Sam Minium, Andrew Coffman, A. B. Grubmeyer as committees and Hiram Hall aiding toward a community celebration. Fined Philadelphia motorist Cronin faces 25 dollars. Scent distribution noted in nature with fragrance in roots, wood, bark, and leaves. Columbus Dispatch.
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Bell System
Theodore.n
Kate Day
Dallas
Tex
Rotary
M. I. Patterson
Sam Minium
Andrew Coffman
A. B. Grubmeyer
Hiram Hall
Columbus Dispatch
Rail unions defer action on new shop rules until year end
Chicago December 1 action on the acceptability of revised shop rules 148 promulgated by the Railroad Labor Board will be delayed until after the first of the year. B M Jewell president of the Railway Employees Department AFL notes six railroad shop crafts align with the move. Executives doubt the rules will save railroads as much as 50 million dollars until practical application proves it. Rainbow Bridge and other Utah arches feature in another item.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Boards
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Lara
LaborBoard
Labor Board
Dreaming Of Fishes And Righteousness insights
Dreaming of a fish market signals great spirit and future reward while dreaming of fish sin denotes poverty and wretchedness. The practice of righteousness is easy to advise but hard to live, notes by Hitepa desea.
Discovery and Uses of Palladium in Early Chemistry
The piece notes palladium as a pale white ductile metal, alloyed with planes and peaking in gas occlusion and hydrogen absorption. Discovered in 1803 by Wollaston, named after asteroid Pallas, it is valued for graduated circles verniers plating silver goods and chemistry applications.
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Sata
Wollaston
Pallas
Beattle Daily Times
Evolution of Assurance and Insurance in English Usage
The text explains the historical distinction between assurance and insurance, noting assurance applied to life and insurance to fire or marine risks. It mentions the term Esurance appearing late in the Sixteenth century, with the initial e later becoming i.
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Britain
Lfe
Gardeners Question Cutworms Move to Vacant Lot
Boston Transcript reports a reader asking how to deal with cutworms. The suggested method is to carry them to a vacant lot and bury them around three times, hoping the worms become disoriented and unable to return.
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Boston
Transeript
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Molets
Intl Feature
Senvici, Inc
Oston Transcript
Berkeley
Beard’s
By Mariz Widmer
Hallwil
Baldegg
Seetal
Valey
Lansburg
Leneburg
Beloning
Frederick XV
Barbarossa
Zenaburg
Kiburg
Hokeburg
Hiburg
Canton of
Argovie
Cantona
Philadelphia
Phone
Charles Cronin
J. Vincent Jamison
Justic Halm
Katherine Lind
Mahaffey
M Fleisher
INO
Rd, McKer
Utah
Navajo Mountain
San Juan County
White River
E. Anderson
Pleasantville Terrace
N. J
R. D. McKee
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