Sheriff Captures Logan After Boots Trick
The Sunset Canyon sheriff trails Bill Logan for days in Dead Man's Gully. Logan mocks a trap but is finally captured with Logan’s own gun after the boot trick backfires. The sheriff coolly cuffs Logan and heads home with a jest about the booted ruse.
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Sunset Canyon
Logan
Arizona
Bill Logan
Dead Man's Gully
Langdon
Agnee
Bil Logan
Sonny
William Logan
Secon
Loreq
Bill
Mel
Turning Eggs Into Poison Warning From Capper's Weekly
A chemist named Hilton Jones says anger worsens digestion turning the egg nutrient choline into muscarine, the toxin found in toadstools. He cautions readers to avoid disagreeable topics when boiled eggs are served.
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Hilton Jones
Colin
Capper
Air Mail Lights Rout Wolves Protect Sheep
Wyoming sheepmen note that transcontinental air mail route beacon lights deter predators like coyotes and wolves by driving them from ranges. The new issue is that bright lights disturb lambs, keeping flocks restless at night and feeding instead of bedding down.
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Evanston
Wyo
Wyoming
Milwaukee woman cites spirit husband in odd divorce case
Mary Czachorowski testified she attended seances to embrace the materialized spirit of her first husband who died in 1911. Judge Briedenback granted a divorce to Mary on cruelty claims, noting such conduct with a spirit cannot be deemed fidelity, while he blamed the husband for temper and abuse.
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Milwaukee
Mary Czachorowski
Briedenbach
Joseph Czachorowski
Mary
Briedenback
Modern Robin Hood to Prison When Bank Fails
J L Rosecrantz Mulvane Kansas cashier of Farmers State Bank pleaded guilty to embezzling 217691 and began a sentence of 12 to 50 years The bank closed Its doors He said he aided distressed farmers laborers and foreigners in loans and saved crops but wrecked the bank Officials disclosed the loss and noted his pay was only 150 monthly with no personal benefit from the theft
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Wichita
Kan
Robin Hood
J. L. Rosecrantz
Farmers’ State Bank of
Mulvane
Fat Prisoner Forces Special Jail Quarters
In Pressburg Hungary authorities detain a former Romanian deputy Theophil Barescue after embezzlement. His massive size defeats standard scales and doors. the warden offers private apartment space within the prison for his confinement until trial.
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Pressburg
Hungary
Theophil Barescue
Doctor MacDonald Saves Four Children From House Fire
Built on a life saving act in Sherbrook Canada Dr D. MacDonald became a human life net as he rescued four children from a burning home. He saw them at an upper window and urged them to jump catching each child unharmed.
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Sherbrook
Can
Dr. D. ©. MacDonald
Twin Canary Hatchlings Born in Dallas
Two canaries hatched from a single egg in Dallas per Miss Addie L. Clark. The mother laid three eggs, she broke one, Clark broke another, leaving one egg that produced two normal birdlings.
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Dallas
Texas
Addie L. Clark
Miss Clark
No Chances Taken as Kosmoski Sentenced for Life
Ossining reports Mike Kosmoski, convicted murderer, sentenced to life. At Sing Sing the prisoner is restrained nightly with a wooden prosthetic leg, a security measure amid ongoing risk and strict supervision.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Mike Kosmoski
Quetta Sky Praised as World’s Clearest by Abbott
Washington through a National Geographic Society bulletin reports Quetta Baluchistan as a civil and trading center under British control since 1877. Dr. C. G. Abbott notes the region’s exceptionally clear skies, ideal for a potential solar observatory atop Kojak peak near Quetta.
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Washington
Quetta
Baluchistan
National Geographic Society
Smithsonian Institution
Kipling
C. G. Abbot
Bulletin
Pax Britannica
India
Wali
Kalat
Eivil
National Geographic-Smithsonian Solar Observatory
Kojak
Kojak Range
Chaman
Kojak Mountains
Helmand
Cows Quicken Milk with Music and Novel Farm Plans
In Knoxville, Tennessee, J G Sterchi reports cows yield extra milk when exposed to music from a phonograph and plans to enhance barns with goldfish pools and canaries. He envisions a 18 story Knoxville store with a fountain of buttermilk and a nickel-for-all-you-drink sign, as 1800 acre farm expands.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
J. G. Bierchi
Sterchi
Stefchite
85 Years Ago to Work for 10 a Month in a Furniture Store
A historical note recalls an 85 year old entry describing employment at a furniture store promising ten dollars per month. The snippet indicates wage and occupation but lacks full context.
Device Warns Flyer Near Ground in Fog London
A Royal Aeronautical Society report explains how pilot lessens fog risk using cockpit instruments. Guidance systems keep the craft 1600 feet above ground and indicate distance to ground and exact landing area for safe touchdown even without visible ground.
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London
Royal Aeronautical Society
Unable to Name Michael Maroney In Cult Court
A man known as Can't Be Mike refuses to reveal the name Michael Maroney in the court proceeding. The case involves a cult context and questions of identity.
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Homene Ttalian
Michael Maroney
Cie Cult
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