The Pretty Miss Taylor Mystery in Monroeville
Sheriff recounts a small town burglary spree tied to Miss Bessie Taylor and her disguise loving father who is both blind and a thief. The burglaries target banks and homes, with footprints in snow guiding suspects. Miss Taylor's illicit marriage to the thief is revealed alongside a final twist.
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Monroeville
Taylor
Bessie Taylor
Bessie
Taylors
Mr. Taylor
Society
Miss Taylor
Ture
Floss
Gleason
A Fly’s Wing Explains Fast Flight Observed
A reader notes flies seeming to travel with a moving train at 40 miles per hour. Analysis of the fly wing shows two membranes and a dense nerve network. Researchers estimate up to 600 wing strokes per second, enabling rapid, precise flight and long distances relative to the train’s motion. The observation offers a natural explanation for the insects’ mechanical seeming propulsion.
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John Lubbock
St. Louis Republic
Private John Allen Nickname From Tent Guard Tale
Georgia politician recalls Mississippi Representative Allen earning the nickname Private John Allen after a war story about General Tucker sleeping in a tent. Tucker’s speech spurred Allen to joke about guarding a tent and sleeping in rain and cold, leading to the enduring moniker.
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Bow Alien
Georgia
Representative Allen
Mississippi
John Allen
Flo
Congress
General Tucker
Tucker
Allen
Stem Winding Watches Fall From Favor Worldwide
Stem winding watches have been obsolete for almost a decade and are hard to sell for even a tenth of their original cost. Dealers will offer a little more than the metal value in the case, not to resell the works but to hold them for lending to customers while their watches are repaired.
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Milwaukee
Les
Mass Taylor
T T
Floss
Mass
Miss Taylor
Chicago
Oss
New York Sun
New Spring Stock of Furniture Opens with Fine Goods
A local notice promotes the spring furniture selection featuring parlor and chamber suits bookcases desks hall racks center and dining tables side boards chiffoniers lounges couches chairs rockers folding and stone vaults. Carriages and funeral car also listed.
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Carrie E. Stoockwell
Chesterfield
N. H
Leo Willie
A. P, Ordwat & CO
HC Partici
Empire Medical CO
Boston
Ronne
Charles B. Lewis
Cerletom
Suntown
Carleton
Amsun
Uris
Are
Y Tif
Sorg Company
Mmpierowy
SALE
D. Shear
Gardless
Warren County
Nelson Greenland
Wanen, Penra
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