Bartley to probe Saratoga robbery case
John Bartley, veteran investigator, returns from war service and is asked by New York’s governor to determine guilt in a Circle Lake robbery near Saratoga. He and reporter Pelt ready for a fishing trip as Rogers from the central office arrives to recount a suspected miscarriage of justice and two penitentiary inmates.
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John Bartley
New York
Robert Slyke
Circle Lake
Saratoga
Bartley
Rogers
Central Office
Pelt
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Slyke
New Hampshire
Billy Sunday
N. Y
Garden City
Currie
UW Harvard
Edlingham
Buartley
Circle Lake affair echoes famous Edlingham Burglary
Bartley and Pelt compare the Circle Lake burglary with the English 1879 Edlingham case where two men were wrongfully imprisoned. Evidence misused, a torn newspaper piece, cloth fragment, and a sleeping suspicion arise as they suspect police fabrication and plan a field investigation to uncover whether the suspects were innocent.
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Bartley
Pelt
Rogers
Circle Lake
England
Edlingham
Slyke
Cirele Lake
Circle Lake Mystery Near Saratoga Observed by Travel Narrator
The narrator recalls a Sunday journey from Albany along the Hudson to Circle Lake near Saratoga. Details include an uneasy companion Bartley, reflections on a case about two men, and Circle Lake described as a small circular body with a bay, near a summer estate area.
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Mr. Slyke
Hudson
Albany
Bartley
Pell
Tom
Rogers
Slyke
Saratoga
Circle Lake
Bob Currie
Harvard
Fragmentary courtroom remark sparks protest after verdict
A terse speaker questions the need for more justice after men were found guilty following a trial, asserting the fairness of the proceedings and challenging further demands. The remark reflects public sentiment in a contentious legal dispute and hints at ongoing debate over the verdict.
A Thought for the New Year Storks Fly South After First Flight
A young stork, narrow minded before marriage, learns the depths of motherhood as his mate guides their family from nest to sky. The pair reflect on love, labor, and the lifelong bond of parenthood as their stork brood joins the Great Flight southward. The wife proclaims she is a stork before and after motherhood, and the storks take to the air.
New Year Mood of Joy and Hope across the Day
The speaker voices a warm New Year mood praising Old Man Winter as kindly cold. They urge a year round spirit of happiness and goodwill, urging not to harm others with words, to keep Christmas and New Year kindness alive in all ages and daily life.
New Year Poem Imagines Springing Fresh Start
Belle Willey Gue reflects in the Los Angeles Times on the 1823 New Year as it arrives adorned with holly and mistletoe. The verse contrasts the old year’s shadows and age with the New Year’s brief chance to shine, urging optimism amid experience.
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Belle Willey Gue
Los Angeles Times
Horseless ambulance on the Staten Island ferry
A rural couple aboard a Staten Island ferry notices a new feature on deck and the old gentleman calls it a horseless ambulance with a tone of pride. The scene contrasts their country origins with urban voyage sights as they observe vehicles and bustle around them.
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Staten Island
Iconoclasm as a Route to Youth, Lewig Says
Sinclair Lewig argues that youth comes from becoming an iconoclast, describing it as the second stage of breaking one’s toys and urging a break with old rules to stay youthful.
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Sinclair Lewig
Topeka Capital
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