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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
7
Martin and Rhoda flee a tense scene after Forster hints at a forged contract while Rhoda confronts fear and fatigue. In the lobby the plan shifts to catching Max Lewis with Rhoda’s trunk and tickets as Babe explains how Max stole the envelope and jewels, worsening a blackmail scheme.
Rhoda and Martin spend hours with old newspaper clippings about Walter Whitehouse McFarland, a professor ruined by a Mann Act trial, as they pore over a secret file. Rhoda reveals telepathic memory and a plan to publish, while questions about Forster Claire and a contract linger. They face danger as Uncle William arrives, but Martin reassures Rhoda of protection and their engagement.
A marine opossum escaped into a banana shipment from South America and was sent to the London Zoo after reaching Leicester, where it arrived in a bunch of bananas. Spiders and snakes occasionally travel with fruit, surviving weeks in dormancy, while delicate manuals sometimes endure the journey through ship handling and holds.
A lyrical fragment recalls a dancer's release and rapture as drummers beat a timeless rhythm. The voice links the performance to ancient rites and the memory of creation, invoking Yeats Brown's Bengal Lancer as a source of enduring, deathless delight.
Manhattan spans 22 square miles while Staten Island covers 63. The densely populated regions hold a large portion of New York's teeming millions across these two boroughs and surrounding areas.
Discussion centers on highway 59 paving in 1931. A contract for 11.225 miles from Davis Corners to the Minnesota line was let to Fred Carlson Company for 1.09 dollars per square yard totaling 248637.33 dollars. The New Hampton Tribune-Gazette urges finishing the 59 corridor and filling gaps north of highway 10 and between numbers 106 and 18, arguing completion would complete a 50 mile cross Iowa link.
The New Hampton Tribune-Gazette reports rapid progress on Mississippi River toll bridges. The Lansing bridge aims for early summer completion while the Marquette Prairie du Chien span is hurried for use. Judge Eichendorf has acquired a franchise from McGregor to Prairie du Chien. Prairie du Chien plans a special election to bond funds for the bridge to Marquette.
Week ending April 25 1931 transfers include Wm Kaiser to Henry 8 Davis for 75 dollars lots 5 6 7 8 9 block 3 Sunnyside Sumner stern. Remo Cortesi to Clyde E McFarlane one dollar lot 20 in Wm Mooney addition. Ephraim Watenpaugh to F A Watenpaugh et al one dollar part lot 1 Simons subdivision NW of SW 24-93-11 and lots 6 7 8 9 10 block 4 J L Schildbach addition Sumner. Caroline A Leslie to Blanche L George one dollar lots 1 2 block 18 Janesville. O A Llewellyn to R I Munger one dollar lot 19 in S Koetrh subdivision SE of SE and front lot 21 in subdivision of S and E part of SE 28-93-11. Herman Bast to Reinhold Foelske one dollar part SW of SE of section 28-91-13. First National Bank Waverly trustee to Amy Foster value consideration 1 6 interest SE of NEMS and NE of SEM and E of NW and SW of SE 13-93-14. H W Dickman to J C Touestaint one dollar N of SE and S of NE of 21-98-11. Charles H Briden et al to Hulda Wolder eight thousand dollars SW of SW of 38-91-13.
Central Chihuahua crop conditions are 25 percent above last year per state agricultural commission reports. One-fifth more land was planted than last year with beans wheat corn and alfalfa.
The black walnut of California, though richly named as a true walnut, is not commercially viable due to its hard shell. L R Cody, Santa Clara county horticultural commissioner, notes the trees are valued for ornament. However, some trees harbor pests that spread to commercial English walnut groves.
Twenty two Reds Esman Shantung Chinna were executed here Easter Sunday. N Y Senate votes for dry test Albany New York The New York state senate passed the Streit bill previously approved by the assembly urging Congress to order referenda on all prohibition questions.
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