One Big Shot Convicts A Mob Boss In 62 Counts
Arthur Brisbane column notes the Dewey prosecution of Charles Luciano and eight associates on 62 counts, highlighting a genuine crime conviction not tax dodging. It contrasts public laughs with bold advances in aviation, conquest, and global power, referencing Mussolini, Badoglio, and changing world events.
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Dewey
Supreme Court
McCook
New York City
Charles
Lucky
Luciano
Badoglio
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Constantine
Made in Britain and France a point of pride for Americans
The piece notes Americans’ eagerness for foreign goods from Britain and Europe, questioning loyalty to domestic producers. It warns of continuing violence in Palestine with Arabs defying leaders’ demands to stop strikes and killings.
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Great Britain
England
France
Palestine
King Features Syndicate
Wnubervicn
New Masked Threat The Black Legion Rumors Rise Long History
A long column discusses a alleged Black Legion threat in the Midwest, tracing its roots to secret orders and comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan and historic vigilantism. It notes suspected membership numbers, regional spread, and past cases, including Detroit Poole homicide and Utah/Ohio links, while reflecting on secret fraternal orders in American history.
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Middle West
Black Legion
Diigo
Ouallaw
Michigan
Charles Poole
WPA
Detroit
Poole
KKK
William Jacob Shepherd
Bellaire
Ohio
Indiana
Shepherd
Arthur Lupp
William Joseph Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Tom Sawyer
West
Ku Klur Klan
South
TALL TALES The Trolling Frog Tragedy
Detroit man Albert Mackey kept a giant Grass Lake bullfrog named Frenchy as a pet and fishing assistant. He rigged a trolling setup with lines and hooks, caught bass, then a muskellunge swallowed the frog during a swim. He mourned the loss and stopped eating persimmons in memory of the frog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mackey
Detroit
Albert
Grass Lake Mich
Frenchy
Grass Lake
Grandpap Morgan’s Texas Dream Sparked by Poetry
Frank Morgan recalls Grandpap Morgan a frontier publisher who joined a wagon train with an Army press. At the Cimarron crossing a war party attacked but Morgan kept workers focused on printing to protect the force. He ordered poets to threaten the attack with verse turning the retreat.
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Grandpap Morgan
Texas
Lone Star State
Frank Morgan
Middle West
Army Press
Cimarron River
Ever Meet a High-Behind in Camp Tales
A Western joke piece describes a legendary high-behind creature with a posthole digger tail. It allegedly balances on its back and spins, drilling holes in the ground as it roams. Tenderfoot night duties include stocking condensed milk cans, which the beast drinks to lull itself and keep the camp safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Forest Air Purity Tied to Dense Woods
Forests act as natural filters catching dust and bacteria and provide hygienic influence on surrounding lands. Indian villages surrounded by dense woods report protection from cholera epidemics, suggesting forested areas reduce disease spread.
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India
Egyptian man 130 weds 25th bride amid 23 children’s protest
A 130 year old Egyptian man married again, his nineteenth wife, while his bride is 25. His 23 children object to the match due to the 105 year age gap. The report appears in London Answers.
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London
Blemishes Made Her Old Looking
A reader letter extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin blemishes. Mrs. L. Whetzler of Floreffe Pa describes improvements after using two cakes of soap and one tin of ointment. The ad emphasizes external skin conditions and health claims, urging purchase at druggists with prices 25c each.
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Cutticura Ointment My Face Was Cleared Again.” (Signed) Mrs. L. Whetzler
Floreffe
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Fulton
Hudson River
Major Baker
Army Air Corps
Oklahoma
Kansas
Sulu
Jolo
Bulu
Jamialul Kiram
Jaqmatul
Sir Samuel Hoare
Mediterranean
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
NEW “Klan
Midwest
William Cutley
Pennsylvania
Pioneer West
The
Molly Maguires
D. C. Stephenson
Kleagle
Stephenson
Michigan City
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Mollies
Charles A. Wingert
New York Sun
Tall Tales
Frank E. Hagan and
Elmo Scott Watson
Hines Eyes
J. G. Holland
Peterman
Great Lakes
S.S
S.S. Juniata
York
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Daisy Fly Killer
WNU
Magnesia
Von
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