Sheep's Clothing Ends Tonight With a Father Daughter Crisis
Lydia confronts Craven as a mysterious card signals danger from Betty Merrilees and Quoin. Craven reveals secret service ties, explains the necklace theft, and plans a risky transfer to Betty while Lydia rushes to deliver a note to their trusted agent Mrs Ellsworthy.
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Lydia
Betty
Secret Service
Craven
Imave
Cottier
Collector Loeb
Betty Merrilees
East Seventy-sixth
Craven Returns With Puzzle Box and Necklace
Craven reenters and presents an open puzzle box showing a necklace on cotton wool. He asks what the other person thought upon seeing it, then she replies with a stout defense.
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Craven
Lydia
Rea
Mrs. Merrilees
Holland’s great dikes hold back sea over seven centuries
A Holland landmark, 40 miles long, begins near the Yssel river and runs to the sea across the Hook of Holland. Built in sections, the dike has stood for seven centuries, protecting low-lying fields. Base width 40 feet, top width 35 feet, height 25 to 35 feet.
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Holland
Yssel River
Hook of Holland
American War Council Formed to Oversee War Industries
Washington November 28 The war council will supervise all war and allied industries with priority authority. Cabinet members Baker Daniels Lane Houston Redfield Wilson McAdoo Hurley Hoover Garfield join Daniel Willard and Walter S. Gifford. It will meet weekly with the president attending on major questions to coordinate resources for overseas needs.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
American War Council
War Council
War
Baker
the Navy
Daniels
the Interior
Lane
Agriculture
Houston
Commerce
Redfield
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Shipping Board
E. N. Hurley
H. C. Hoover
H. A. Garfield
Daniel Willard
War Industries Board
Walter S. Gifford
Army
Navy
Battle in Italy Continues On Northern Front
Italian forces report favorable lines on the northern front as heavy fighting persists. An entire enemy division attacked in the Brenta Valley but was driven back. Five determined Austro German assaults near Monte Pertica were repulsed with heavy enemy losses.
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Italy
Rome
Brenta
Monte Pertica
American Ship Actaeon Torpedoed Off Spain
The American steamship Actaeon was torpedoed on Sunday near Corunna Spain. Twenty one survivors arrived at Port Camarinas. The ship’s crew remains missing. Notable aboard include wireless operators G A Jensen Ferndale CA J A Atkins Hood CA and others from Los Angeles New Orleans Muskegon Philadelphia and more.
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London
Actaeon
Corunna
Spain
Port Camarinas
G. A. Jensen
Ferndale
Cal
J. A. Atkins
Hood
Louis R. Carson
Los Angeles
H. Wotton
St. Paul
James R. Heal
Bianca De Saulles Trial Continues In Nassau Count
Bianca De Saulles, 22, Chilean heiress, endures four hours of cross examination by District Attorney Charles R Weeks in Mineola Long Island. She reiterates the night murder tale of August 3 at her late husband John L De Saulles home, standing firm under pressure.
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Mineola
L. 1
Bianca de Saulles
Charles R. Weeks
John L. de Saulles
de Saulles
Long Island
Memorials for Their Dead Ceremonial Serb burial memory ritual described
The piece explains Serbian anniversary memorials where families visit graves with priests, lay flowers, and recount remembered deeds. After prayers and tears the gathering shares a meal, tells anecdotes, and relives the deceased’s memory, hoping to remain remembered themselves.
Learn Value of Men in War Voices
An excerpt from Donald Hankey's A Student in Arms notes war's leveling effect. It argues combat reveals true character, welds officers and soldiers in shared danger, and fosters trust. Jim Smith's courage and unselfishness symbolize how war exposes genuine worth beyond externals.
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Donald Hankey
Jim Smith
Jim
Largest Catch of Salmon
New fish are introduced yearly and fishing grounds are surveyed for fishermen. Rescue work saves stranded fish each year, with 8 000 000 saved last year to grow for table use. A skilled investigator studies frog culture and Alaska salmon fisheries are protected by federal law, yielding an enormous season. The Alaska seals are the most valuable herd owned by any government, with the bureau of fisheries as custodian.
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Alaska
Disciplinary Garden in Somerville For Juvenile Offenders
Somerville Massachusetts operates a disciplinary garden where youths who trespass or damage parks are assigned work as restitution. The Youth's Companion notes the scheme mirrors a local police court practice requiring restitution to those harmed.
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Somerville
Mass
Somerville Police Court
Children Make Trains Jump At Rail Yard
A Vineland New Jersey correspondent reports children playing near the New Jersey Central station learned they could place joint plates on rails to make trains jump. It became dangerous sport once trainmen spotted the trick and halted the activity.
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New Jersey Central Railroad
Vineland
N. J
French Army Clerical Desks Raise and Lower Typewriters
The French government outfits army clerical staff with desks that raise and lower typewriters every half hour to encourage alternating sitting and standing for improved work efficiency.
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The
Army
Those Bright Blinkers and the Moneybags Exchange
An exchange of flirtatious lines between Miss Moneybags and Mr Hardfax hints at playful intrigue. The two characters trade witticisms about eyes and fascination, weaving a light, bantering dialogue.
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Moneybags
Mr. Hardfax
T’s Lo
Kinne Killed When Revolver He Was Cleaning Exploded
State news item notes the death of Houghton James D. Kinne 55 from a revolver explosion while cleaning the weapon. The roundup also covers local incidents from Manistique Holland Kalamazoo Saginaw Oxford Iron Mountain Wyandotte Manistee Caro Detroit and Lansing with war era references and public notices.
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Houghton
James D. Kinne
Iron Mountain
William H. Hamper
Randville
United States
Chauncey
Navy
Wyandotte
F. J. Pattee
Detroit
Biddle Avenue
Pattee
Manistee—Filer Fiber Co
Caro
Alpin Greenfield
Mildred Henze
Dimondale
Ray Ireland
Dimimondale
Camp Custer
Lansing
Hillsdale
Frederick K. Powell
British Royal Fusiliers
A. R. Powell
Powell
Pleasant
J. BE. C
Isabella County
Michigan Railroad Commission
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Ada
Alto
Byroncenter
Clarksville
Freeport
Gratton
Harvard
Jamestown
Leroy
Manton
Moline
Tustin
Bellevue
Caledonia
Middleville
Lowell
Nashville
Reed City
Rockford
Saranac
Vermontville
Belding
Ionia
Kalamazoo
Fred Price
Comstock
State Hospital For
Ludington
Edwin Shelby
Lieut
New Orleans
Washington
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Louis Joseph Vance
Downing Street
Mr. Southpaw Smith
Smith
Quoin
Colonel Gordon
Gordon
Board
Defense Council
Teutons
State News
Schoolcraft County
J. T. Dickman
Custer
Kalamazoo County
Saginaw
American Red Cross
Oxford
Connolly
Simon Mackimon
Cleveland
William Woo
Pontiac
J. H. Baehr
Grand Rapids
Donald Carson
Charles Malrose
Marquette
Tequamenon River
Luce County
John Dietrich
Congressman Fordney
Lake Superior
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