Memorial Day Parade and Unseen Intrigue Unfold in City
The report describes a Memorial Day parade at 2:00 PM led by Commander J. M. Johnson and a color guard, with Navy and Army representatives. In the narrative, Nelson encounters whispers in a Gaston apartment, discovers a priceless necklace hidden in a wall safe, and begins his own investigation after being discharged from work amid mysterious circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Johnson
Maine
Nelson
Gaston
Barbara Bradford
Wick
Barbara
Macaulay
Missing Jewels Trigger a Detective Night in New York
Nelson discovers a jewel safe is empty and decides to investigate secretly while Miss Bradford seeks help. A signal from the Bradfords hints at a past marriage blackmail, and a typed note questions why the police were not notified as clues multiply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sherter
Rufus
New York
Barbara Bradford
Bradford
Miss Bradford
Mr. Nelson
McGowan’s Pass
Spalding Nelson
James
Claire
Hegd
Europe
Dad
France
Nassau County
Mother
Italwe
Claire Bradford
Thayer
Whispered Echoes on Age and Opportunity in Verse
The piece reflects on aging as a natural law and opportunity, noting a famous hymn and Longfellow’s view that age brings compensations despite decline. It frames Barbara hearing whispers as a motif and discusses pursuit of longevity and meaningful living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
When They Drove the Huns at Berry
Joseph Mills Hanson describes the fall of Berry on the Marne front as the Twenty-eighth infantry and General Buck lead a demanding assault across the Chateau-Thierry road. The last German garrison on the plateau south of Soissons resists as shells burst and heavy combat continues through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Berry
Paris
Jesse James
Beaumont B. Buck
Buck
Crise
Joseph Mills Hanson
That Troublesome Apostrophe and Schoolyard Punishment
An old tale from Indianapolis News recounts a neighbor dispute over a schoolyard ball game. A punishment for mocking the neighbor with an apostrophe leads to a dispute about language and insult. The piece then shifts to a discussion of engine efficiencies across locomotive to diesel and Still-Diesel blends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N—— School
Indianapolis News
Dawson
Costly Austro Marriage Burden Comes to Fore
A Vienna newspaper reported in New York that marriage costs in Austria are high. The bride alone is said to cost 240 000 crowns about 6000 dollars, with dresses linen and furniture priced accordingly. The custom requires the bride to furnish the house and provide her trousseau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Vienna
New York
Trousseau
London Road to Last a Century
Marylone borough council adopts a road making system for Oxford Street repaving. Old foundations cleared. Concrete to eighteen inches. Wooden blocks laid with one coat of repsote and two of tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Road
Marylone
Oxford Street
London
Speedy Antelope Record Attracts Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
Mongolian explorer Roy Chapman Andrews announces bringing to the country a specimen of an antelope that he claims can reach speeds of sixty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Chapman Andrews
Storm Party Of The Thunder Family
Old King Thunder and Queen Thunder plan a surprise storm for earth people. They summon the Lightning family and discuss dangers of storms and smart precautions while imagining a grand tour of all places as they unleash a mighty, playful tempest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Thunder
Old King Thunder
Queen Thunder
Earth People
Old Queen Thunder
Old
Thunder
Lord
Lady Lightning
Lightning
King
Queen Lightning
Lord Lightning
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Bessemer News
Carny
Harry D. Thayer
Betry
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