Plateau Climb Leads to Murder Site in Unknown Land
Challenger and Summerlee debate ascent limits on a remote plateau as a giant snake sighting confirms life. They uncover a decayed European skeleton with a NY watch and a hidden sign by Maple White guiding westward. Evidence points to James Culver’s death and a chalk arrow as Maple White’s last clue.
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Summerlee
Challenger
Chicago
The
Chicago Democrat
Maple White
Lord John
Hudson
New York
J. C
A. Bb. S
Professor Challenger
Fazenda
Para
Rosario
James Colver
James Culver
Lord John Roxton
Iowa Plants Operate Normally This Season
Iowa manufacturing plants are running at normal levels for the season. The United States Department of Labor report notes strong demand for labor statewide, with increased employment in food products textiles iron and steel mills and lumber. Public projects draw many workers while a surplus of coal miners and railroad shopmen remains.
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Associated
Des Moines
Aug
Iowa
United States Department of Labor, Employment Service
Washington, D. C
Sioux City
Nebraska
Dakotas
Davenport
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Barlington
Purlington
Ottumwa
Mason City
West North Central District
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
North Dakota
Leper Isle Leader McVeigh Retires After 25 Years
John D. McVeigh ends a quarter century as Kalaupapa superintendent and shifts to advisory duties at Kalihi Honolulu. Ralph L. Cooke succeeds him, with Dr. Harold Marshall replacing Dr. W. J. Goodhue as Kalaupapa’s physician. He lauds pot factory, motion pictures, and chaulmoogra oil as pivotal in inmate care.
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Honolulu
Kalaupapa
Molokai
John Dr. McVeigh
Kalihi
McVeigh
Ralph L. Cooke
Wireless Department
the Mutual Telephone Co
W. J. Goodhue
Harold Marshall
Louisiana
Monokai
Unemployment Drops in Italy
Italy sees a rapid fall in unemployment per National Association for Social Insurance. May 1 total jobless reached 101,405, down 25,116 from April 1, with 24,675 of the unemployed being women.
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Italy
Rome
National Association For Social Insurance
German Publisher Meggendorfer Dies at 77
Lothar Meggendorfer founder of the humorous weekly Meggendorfer Blaetter died recently in Munich at age 77. The era defining publisher helped shape German humor magazines.
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Munich
Lothar Meggendorfer
Meggendorfer Blaetter
Trade War Splits Danzig Commerce Amid Polish German Tensions
In Danzig on July 19 a Baltic trade dispute between Poland and Germany threatens to shift Upper Silesian coal to Baltic neighbors, boosting Danzig as a port while forcing upgrades to loading facilities. Local merchants warn exemptions for goods of purely Danzig origin fail to aid the town as tariff animosities persist.
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Danzig
Poland
Germany
Baltic Sea
Russian Empire
Baltic Countries
Danvie
Free City
Beneft
Clark Warns Labor and Farmers on Tax, Rates in Iowa Speech
Howard J. Clark of Des Moines warns at the Story County Old Settlers Reunion that a movement seeks to raise railroad rates and repeal inheritance and surtax laws. He urges voters to back representatives who will defend farmers and labor, not special interests, and oppose rate increases and tax shifts.
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Maxwell
Iowa
Howard J. Clark
Des Moines
United States
Story County
Old Settlers' Reunion
Clark
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pavilion of French Colonial Woods Exhibit Opens at Havre
Havre wood masters and carpenters present an exhibit in the Decorative Arts Exposition featuring a pavilion crafted entirely from French colonial woods. The exhibit highlights timber from Ivory Coast Indo China Siam the Congo and Gabon.
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Havre
Ivory Coast
Indo-China
Siam
Con- Guisne
Gabon
Civil War Enoch Arden Sees Children Again
NEA Service reports a dramatic Civil War tale of John Pinkard a private who returns after Chickamauga to find his wife remarried with children. After years apart he arranges a divorce so his wife can remarry and later reconnects with his former family amid war’s toll and recovery.
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Enoch Arden
John A. Iinkard
Army of the South
Pinkard
Hyn
Ora
Gure Mays
Illessee Pinson
J M Roen
G. Elmore
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Summersee
Red Cross
France
Howard Clark
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Virginia
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Congress
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Tex
Bruch
Chickamauga
Ents
Nroeress
Chater
Ae Ta Lee Hinner
M. Roen
J.A. Pink
C.G. Elmore
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