Scotland Yard cracks lead swap theft on London Plymouth train
James Sweeney leads investigation into 100000 pounds in gold vanished between London and Charbourg. Charles Sadie led the scheme with wax impressions and inside help from luggage guards to substitute lead for gold, enabling multiple swaps en route. Sadie and four accomplices are arrested and most of the gold recovered.
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James Sweeney
Scotland Yard
London
Charbourg
Sweeney
Plymouth
Sweeny
Rogues’ Gallery
Charles Sadie
Charlie
Sadie
England
Return
Illuminated screen helps actors tune voices for radio dramas
Actors rehearsing radio parts use a portable rescroscope style device that projects a green light pattern on a screen to indicate pitch. A pointer aligns with chromatic notes while a microphone captures the sound, so performers adjust tone and balance by watching the visual signature.
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Washington Star
Printing and Lithography Industry Uses 250 Million Pounds Annually
America’s pricing industry annually consumes about 250 million pounds of printing and lithograph materials. The figure highlights scale in graphic arts, publishing, and related sectors.
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America
Debunking the Downward Force Myth of Dynamite
Hudson Maxim argues against the popular belief that dynamite acts downward when detonated. He explains that a mass of explosive becomes a ball of incandescent gases and vapors under high pressure, destroying its container when confined. The Americana encyclopedia notes rapid gas expansion and tamping by air, with gunpowder producing less downward force due to slower gas generation.
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Hudson Maxim
Central Park birth and early transformation in New York
In 1851 the Central Park site was proposed and by 1856 about 7 500 lots were purchased. The swampy land housed shacks and animals with few trees. Work began in 1857 to improve the land preserving natural beauty as more than half a million trees vines and shrubs were planted with bridle paths roads and walks added.
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Central Park
New York City
Inks Valued by Factories in Census Reports
Reported to the census bureau, inks valued by factories total over 43 million dollars. The data reflects industrial demand and pricing across manufacturing sectors during the period covered.
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Census Bureau
Nightie Fools Nazis and Blumenstein Reunion in Wellman Park
The Nightie group held a reunion Sunday in Wellman Park with 83 attending a noon cooperative dinner. Officers elected for the coming year were President Nellie Eckhardt Vice President Mrs Henry Millice Secretary Mrs Otha Jones and Treasurer Glenn Blumenstein. Additional attendees included numerous families from What Cheer Kinross Geneseo and Iowa City among others.
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Blumenstein
Wellman Park
Nellie Eckhardt
Henry Millice
Otha Jones
Glenn Blumenstein
Lilah Mangold
Janet
John Whittheft
Leonard
Eldon
Ruth
Washington
Berton Denison
Carl
Adah
What Cheer
Sam Shaffer
Earl Shaffer
Elwin
Wilbur
Kinross
Henry Eckhardt
Henry Semler
Charles Semler
Corrine
Will Eckhardt
Charles
Duane
Harold
Phyliss
Clarence Wetrich
Marlene
Dale
Anna Herr
von Hoene
Edna Hendryx
Francis Longwell
Oth Jones
Fonda
Norman Spenler
Judy
Frank Blumenstein
Mearl Blumenstein
Verlin Nickell
Nancy Lou
Billy Dee
Paul Blumenstein
Geneseo
Oldfield
Daryl Oldfield
Keith Wilson
Iowa City
Carl Oldfield
E. Jones
Eddie Wilson
Olin Bishop
Harold Schulty
Helen Ruth Durian
Theissen
C. CG. Theissen
Winn Durst
Jin Durst
John David, Jr
Birthday Party for Lela Knebel in Riverside
Lela Knebel celebrated her seventh birthday with a home party featuring games, a 3 30 lunch, and a cake with a lucky button prize for Martha Ann Yeggy. Attendees included many friends and relatives, with presents well received.
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Riverside
Lela Knebel
Zeno Knebel
Martha Ann Yeggy
Marie Thompson
Vernita
Virginia Droll
Susan Homan
Anetta Thomson
Joan O’conner
Marilyn Pesler
Dickie
Mary Lois
Martha Anna Veggy
Donnie
Rosemary Mapel
Thelda
Shirley
Loran
Dick Knebel
Joseph P. Pailliotet
Edward Bushek
Robert John
Edward Muller
Kenneth
Rose Dautremont
Mary Hartzler
Ralph Kloppfer
Mt. Pleasant
Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion
Esta Pailliotet
Jeanne Homan
Joanne Leeney
Washington
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Legion Post
Orpha Schauf and Ralph Yoder Wed in Iowa City
Orpha Schauf daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Schauf Wellman and Ralph Yoder son of Mr and Mrs Henry Yoder north of Wellman were married Wednesday afternoon July 30 at four o'clock in the Iowa City Baptist parsonage. Rev Dirk officiated with Lava Yoder and Oren Jones as attendants. The newlyweds planned a wedding trip to Pigeon Michigan and will reside near Oxford on return.
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Wellman
Orpha Schauf
Ed Schauf
Ralph Yoder
Henry Yoder
North of Wellman
Baptist Parsonage
Iowa City
Dirk
Iowa City Baptist Church
Lava Yoder
Oren Jones
Pigeon
Mich
Oxford
Eckhardt, Semler
Westbound trains and bus schedules including Masonic lodge notice
Railway timetables list Westbound services from Knoxville Davenport and B Q lines with daily and Sunday exceptions, plus eastbound local and Southwest Limited departures. Bus routes from Washington run to Chicago with multiple daily trips and a central ticket note at the depot. AL CANTONI is the agent.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Awa
W. Co. Bell
Omaha
Chicago
Eeaden
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Focal Depot
AL Cantoni
Agen
Broadcasting and tax tokens displayed in Louisiana
The article explains broadcasting as seed dispersal in agriculture and notes fifty seven million sales tax tokens are shown in Louisiana worth $85,000. These tokens will be called in after the sales tax law repeal takes effect next December.
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Louisiana
Pad Under Rug
A thin inexpensive rug can feel thicker with a heavy pad underneath. The pad protects the rug from wear and helps prevent easy tracking.
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Nightie
Charley Schachner
Cleo Moothart
Donnie and
Gary
Ray Bickford
P. Smith
Cirenaica
Libya
Royal Air Force
Honor Lela Knebel
Washington Lodge
A. P
A. M
Lee Holland
W. M
A. W. Yard
RL & P
California
Knoxville
L. Goodlander
C. B
Co. F. Anderson
Oo. M
Davenport
Kansas City
Burtington Trailways
John
Dad
Betty
Jack
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