Portrait Painter in Austria Faces Murder Plot
John Spencer and cousin Geoffrey Bohun vacation in Austria. They stumble on four men burying a killed man in green livery, led by Pharaoh with Dewdrop Rush and Bugle. John’s letter betrays him. Geoffrey and Bailey flee as the chase unfolds toward Yorick castle and Plumage farm amid shouts and gunfire.
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John Spencer
Geoffrey Bohun
Austria
Geoffrey
John
Dig
Nah
Dacidéa
Pharaoh
Dewdrop
Rush
Bugle
Bailey
Spencer
Yorick
Helena
Annabel
Plumage Farm
Indy Helena
Helena Yorick
Mr. Bohun
Villach
Florin
Father
Weill
Yorick and Plumage Bond in a Tangled Escape
In a sunlit terrace exchange at Yorick Castle, John agrees to aid Lady Helena in pursuing justice for Florin’s death while a plan unfolds to hide and shelter at Plumage. Private gold hoard talks, blackmail threats, and a dangerous hunt for the killers set a tense mood as the party plots further.
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Yorick
Geoffrey
I. Y
Salzburg
Europe
Bolivia to Erect Huge Hydro-Electric Plant
Proposals call for one of Latin America’s largest hydro electric plants near Lake Titicaca on the Peru Bolivia border. The article describes Titicaca as the world’s highest steam navigated lake at 12 500 feet, its history and people, and notes steamers travel between Puno Peru and Guaqui Bolivia with historic ties to Incas and pre Inca sites.
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Washington
Latin America
Lake Titicaca
Peru
Bolivia
Andes
National Geographic Society
Peruvian
Puno
Guaqui
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
Pizarro
Tlahuanaco
Federal Men Prove Skill at San Diego Exhibition
The San Diego exposition featured a fingerprint booth run by the Department of Justice offering free prints. A letter arrived with only fingerprints attached and a challenge to identify the writer. The department matched the letter to its author the same day.
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San Diego
Department of Junties
Department
Malls
Pat
Cleo B. Yoder
Wellman
Towa
Chicago
Berlin Cabaret School Teaches English In West End Cabaret
Berlin cabaret holds a school for English with Walters page boys and bar maids as pupils. A teacher leads lessons before a chalkboard while guests later sip wines. Forty Berlin cabarets bars and restaurants join in the courses as Olympic preparations proceed.
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Berlin
Walters
Wiedersehen
Unions of Cousins Not Dangerous, Survey Shows
Berkeley report quotes Dr Olga Bridgman of the University of California asserting cousin marriages are not harmful. She claims such unions may even improve racial stock when both partners have high intelligence and notes feeble-mindedness rises with certain blood marriages due to social pressures.
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Berkeley
Olga Bridgman
University of California
Bridgman
Bolivian Lake Titicaca Seen Through Electric Power Plans
The article surveys Lake Titicaca and the Desaguadero river system, describing glacial melt feeding streams and an outlet that ends in a salt marsh. It outlines plans for a canal to divert Titicaca water to power Bolivia’s plateau and railways, highlighting the impact of cheap electricity on La Paz and the stark, treeless highland landscape inhabited by Namas and alpacas under Andean condors.
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Connecticut
Desaguadero
Lake Poppo
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
la Paz
Runa
Chorines Coeds Make Best Wives Says Harvard Research
Cambridge study by Dr Henry Odbert reports chorus type women excel in coordination taste originality and emotional stability for marriage tests at Harvard labs find college honor students show higher originality and intensity than lower rated peers musical speed linked to dress sense and reading poetry aloud outcomes reflect stereotype laden conclusions from the university's psychology work.
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Savant
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Odbert
Harvard
University Psychological Laboratories
Odbert
Doctor Odbert
Hig
Dallas Hostesses Tests in Doctor Odbert Study
Dallas hostesses took tests on signs manufacture scribbles composing letters and arranging pictures to gauge preferences and skills. A lingering question from Doctor Odbert asked if they could cook, a detail he did not determine.
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Odbert
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