Synthetic Gentleman in Southampton Seeks Letter From Rain Storm
A young jobless man Barry Ailbert enters a summer Southampton home posing as a relative. He learns the owner’s aunt is unexpected, finds a letter from his true father’s circle, pockets a hundred-dollar bill, and plans to vanish toward Montauk after aiding a stranded judge’s daughter. The plot links a sensational newspaper conflict with Tammany Hall.
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Southampton
China
Barry Ailbert
States
Willetts
Huang
Gok
Saat Ridder
Germany
Jacks
Barry
Evans
Montauk
Judge Hambidge
Patricia
Jack Ridder
Mr.Ridder
The
Globe
Tammany Hall
Duke in London Mystery Deepens After Wife Arrives
The Duke faces a crisis as a hard woman claims to be his wife and accuses him of killing Mike Kelly, boss of Tammany Hall. News reels tie a Jefferson Street project to a corruption probe while legal figures wrestle with Hambidge's delayed decision.
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Hambidge
Clyb Association
Holling Corporation
Bogs Kelly
Unk
Kelly
Tammany Hall
Jefferson Street
Supreme Court
Fray
Evening Paper
Barry
Ross Kelly
Patricia
Vather
The
Astor
Mr. Sidder
John Clarke Ridder
Europe
John Clarke Ridder, Jr
Willetts
Mike Kelly
Boss Kelly
Glitzy Lady Meets Mysterious Duke in Reporter’s Headlines
Barry and Peggy ODay, hiding identities, discuss the Kelly murder case as the Duke offers help. Peggy reveals she and Jack Ridder, Jr. used fake names, living as Jay Rogers, Jr. and paying a man to keep silent. A hidden letter from a longing grandmother hints at deeper motives and danger.
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Barry
Kelly
John’ Clarke Ridder, Jr
Willetts
Boss Kelly
John Clarke Ridder
Barry Gilbert
Ridder
Peggy O'Day
Jack
Florida
Day Rogers
Jay Rogers, Jr
Cotton and Nitric Acid Treatment in Lacquer Production
The article explains that cotton is treated with nitric acid to produce a soluble substance used in most lacquers. The treated cotton forms a clear liquid solution, to which a coloring matter is added.
Carrier Pigeons and a Newsroom Star in Yokohama
A reporter recounts a dramatic arrival in Yokohama where press pigeons were released bearing film and manuscripts. Carrier No. 158 of Nichi Nichi claims a 100 percent return record, speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour, and a 20 to 25 year service span with a value around 10 yen. The piece blends humor and archival flair about pigeons delivering news during naval maneuvers and earthquakes.
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Yokohama Harbor
the Nicht Nich
Creck
Nichi Nichi
Toklo
Yokohama
Ares
Comedy stars pledge laughs in new Patsy Kelly series
A new series starring Patsy Kelly and Lyda Roberts promises big laughs, with playful jabs at showbiz giants and a lion as a cast quirk. Mary Pickford and Jesse Lasky mark a historic first with One Rainy Afternoon, while buzz surrounds Dracula's Daughter and Dracula's Great-great granddaughter for horror fans.
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Patsy Kelly
Lyda Roberts
Lyda
Patsy
Thelma Todd
Keystone
Charles Bickford
Mons
Mary Pickford
Jesse Lasky
Lasky
Hollywood
New York
Draucula
Gloria Holden
Marguerite Churchill
Dracula
The Black Legion and the World’s New Birth Problems
Brisbane discusses the secret society called the Black Legion, its radical aims to overrun the federal government and enforce night-riding rule. He compares it to historic dictatorships, notes contemporary leaders’ push for larger families, and surveys Anglo American and European anxieties about war, empire, and taxation.
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Black Legion
U. S
Comet Named for Amateur Astronomer Nears Earth
A new comet discovered by J. O. Pele tler, an amateur astronomer working in a garage, will be the first naked eye comet since 1927. In Germany a 65 year old man convicted of killing 12 boys was beheaded after Nazi officials, who suspected communism, deemed him dangerous. He admitted multiple other murders before death as doctors failed to counter his poison.
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Peter Winslow
Pastriela
Q& Taxi
Petar
Barry
Winslow
Peter
Mrs. Winslow
Patricia
John Clarke Ridder, Jr
Willetts
Evans
Germany
Europe
America
New England
England
Azores
Lindbergh
Mordacq
Clemenceau
France
Vendee
J. 0
Peletler
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Channing Pollock
Bervide
Cherbourg
Pin
Nauheim
P.S
Japan
WNY Service
Virginia Vale
Freddie Bartholomew
Kim
Kipling
Dick Powell
Rudy Vallee
Marion Nixon
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Joan Grawford
Pioneer Pictures
Steffi Dann
Hoat Gibson
Harry Carey
Henry B. Walthall
New Mexico
Texas Rangers
Battersea
Ames
Leatrice Joy
Herbert Marshall
Katherine Hepburn
Anne Shirley
Herbert Brenon
Anne
Annes
Volga
Brisbane
Madam Roland
Russia
Ike Mussolini
Stalin
Moscow
Hitler
Margaret
William Philip Simms
Britain
Straits of Gibraltar
Gulf of Aden
Mussolini
Bahamas
New York Times
Big Type
United States
Canada
Marshal Badogne
Ethiopia
Rome
Hell
Heaven
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